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incorporated into the city, with a total of 53,000 additional residents and 21,000 households transferred from bordering council areas. A total of 60

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were elected. Data derived from the Council website.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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District results

Balmoral

2014: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

Black Mountain

2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x SDLP

Botanic

2014: 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

Castle

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

Collin

2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

Court

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP, 1 x TUV

Lisnasharragh

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

Oldpark

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x PUP

Ormiston

2014: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Green

Titanic

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP * ''Incumbent''

Changes during the term

† Co-options

‡ Changes in affiliation

– Suspensions

Ruth Patterson (Independent) was suspended from the council from 4 March 2019 to the end of her term in May. ''Last update 24 March 2019.'' ''Current composition: see

.''

References

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