Tom Ekin Alliance Wallace Browne

Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 5 May 2005 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 DUP emerged as the largest party, and Wallace Browne became Lord Mayor.

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP 2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: No change 2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP 2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP 2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2005: 5 x Sinn Féin 2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP 2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP 2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: UUP gain from PUP 2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance 2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2001-2005 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and Sinn Féin 2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: No change 2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance 2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP