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Belfast City Council (Irish: Comhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste) is the local authority with responsibility for part of Belfast, the largest city of Northern Ireland. The council serves an estimated population of 348,005 (2022), [ 1 ] the largest of any district council in Northern Ireland, while being the smallest by area.
The Lord Mayor of Belfast is the leader and chairperson of Belfast City Council, elected annually from and by the city's 60 councillors. The Lord Mayor also serves as the representative of the city of Belfast , welcoming guests from across the United Kingdom and Ireland .
The UK government is pausing funding of City Deals in Northern Ireland. The deals are regeneration funding packages worth more than £1.5bn with about £600m coming from central government.
Sandy Row (Irish: Rae na Gainmhe[ 1 ]) is an inner city area of south Belfast, Northern Ireland, which is predominantly Protestant working-class. [ 2 ][ 3 ] In 2018, the population was estimated to be around 4,000. [ 4 ] It is a staunchly loyalist area and heartland of the paramilitary Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and Orange Order.
Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west. Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party, although Jim Rodgers from the ...
The subdivisions of Belfast are a series of divisions of Belfast, Northern Ireland that are used for a variety of cultural, electoral, planning and residential purposes.. The city is traditionally divided into four main areas based on the cardinal points of a compass, each of which form the basis of constituencies for general elections: North Belfast, East Belfast, South Belfast, and West Belfast.
UUP. Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west. The UUP remained the largest party, and James Stewart became Lord ...
3.8%. 0.4%. 3.7%. Belfast 2014 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs) Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 22 May 2014 – on the same day as other local government elections in Northern Ireland – as part of the process of local government reform provided for in the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.