1981 Belfast City Council Election
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Elections to
Belfast City Council Belfast City Council ( ga, Comhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste) is the local authority with responsibility for part of the city of Belfast, the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. The Council serves an estimated population of (), the ...
were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government
elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold Public administration, public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative ...
. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51
councillors A councillor is an elected representative for a local government council in some countries. Canada Due to the control that the provinces have over their municipal governments, terms that councillors serve vary from province to province. Unl ...
, most representing the more heavily populated north and west. The DUP became the largest party, overtaking the UUP, while
Grace Bannister Grace Bannister (''née'' Johnson; 1924–1986) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. She was the first female Lord Mayor of Belfast. Early life and education Bannister was born in the Ravenhill area of Belfast into a Protestant fami ...
from the UUP became the first female Lord Mayor.


Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.


Districts summary

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, - class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="", SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , PD !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , IRSP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , UDP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , UPNI !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , PUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white", Others , - , align="left", Area A , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 39.3 , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 3 , 33.5 , 3 , 12.1 , 1 , 9.2 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 5.9 , 0 , 7 , - , align="left", Area B , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 33.5 , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 2 , 26.8 , 2 , 23.0 , 2 , 1.1 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 2.0 , 0 , 11.0 , 1 , 0.0 , 0 , 2.6 , 0 , 7 , - , align="left", Area C , 21.6 , 2 , bgcolor="40BFF5", 33.6 , bgcolor="40BFF5", 2 , 28.6 , 2 , 9.4 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 3.3 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 3.3 , 0 , 6 , - , align="left", Area D , 0.0 , 0 , 3.3 , 0 , 5.3 , 0 , bgcolor="#99FF66", 44.8 , bgcolor="#99FF66", 3 , 17.0 , 1 , 10.9 , 1 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 18.7 , 1 , 6 , - , align="left", Area E , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 35.1 , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 2 , 22.1 , 2 , 5.8 , 0 , 3.5 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 6.5 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 11.1 , 0 , 15.9 , 1 , 6 , - , align="left", Area F , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 26.4 , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 2 , 18.4 , 1 , 10.0 , 1 , 20.8 , 1 , 0.0 , 0 , 15.2 , 1 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 9.3 , 0 , 6 , - , align="left", Area G , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 24.8 , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 2 , 17.7 , 1 , 3.1 , 0 , 7.5 , 0 , 19.6 , 1 , 0.0 , 0 , 14.3 , 1 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 13.0 , 0 , 6 , - , align="left", Area H , 21.7 , 2 , bgcolor="40BFF5", 27.4 , bgcolor="40BFF5", 2 , 11.5 , 1 , 19.6 , 1 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 2.5 , 0 , 17.3 , 1 , 7 , - , - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" , align="left", Total , 25.8 , 15 , 23.7 , 13 , 13.2 , 7 , 14.1 , 6 , 3.7 , 2 , 2.6 , 2 , 2.3 , 1 , 2.2 , 1 , 1.9 , 1 , 10.5 , 3 , 51 , -


District results


Area A

1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1981: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: DUP and UUP gain from Alliance and SDLP


Area B

1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UPNI
1981: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP


Area C

1977: 3 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x UPNI
1981: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from Alliance and UPNI


Area D

1977: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Alliance
1981: 3 x SDLP, 1 x People's Democracy, 1 x IRSP, 1 x Independent Socialist
1977-1981 Change: People's Democracy and IRSP gain from Republican Clubs and Alliance, Independent Socialist leaves SDLP


Area E

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Unionist
1981: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Anti H-Block
1977-1981 Change: DUP and Anti H-Block gain from Alliance and Independent, Independent Unionist joins PUP


Area F

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Alliance
1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x IRSP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: DUP and IRSP gain from UUP and Republican Clubs


Area G

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Alliance
1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IRSP, 1 x UDP
1977-1981 Change: DUP, PD and UDP gain from UUP, Republican Clubs and Alliance


Area H

1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1981: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from Alliance


References

{{1981 United Kingdom local elections Belfast City Council elections
Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom ...