Belfast

:This article is about the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. For other uses, see Belfast (disambiguation).

Local Politics

In the 2005 local government elections, the voters of Belfast elected 51 councillors to Belfast City Council from the following political parties: 15 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 14 Sinn Féin, 8 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 7 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 4 Alliance Party, 2 Progressive Unionist Party (PUP), and 1 Independent (Frank McCoubrey).

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2005 - Belfast City Council - Democratic Unionist Party - Sinn Féin - Social Democratic and Labour Party - Ulster Unionist Party - Alliance Party - Progressive Unionist Party - Frank McCoubrey

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Belfast has four UK parliamentary and Assembly constituencies - North Belfast, West Belfast, South Belfast and East Belfast. All four extend somewhat beyond the city boundaries into parts of Castlereagh, Lisburn and Newtownabbey districts. In 2003, they elected 7 Sinn Féin, 6 DUP, 5 UUP, 4 SDLP, 1 PUP, and 1 Alliance MLAs (members of the Northern Ireland Assembly). In the 2005 general election, they elected 2 DUP MPs, 1 SDLP MP, and 1 Sinn Féin MP.

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North Belfast - West Belfast - South Belfast - East Belfast - Castlereagh - Lisburn - Newtownabbey - 2003 - Northern Ireland Assembly - 2005 general election

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Belfast is twinned with Nashville, Tennessee in the United States and Hefei in China.

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Twinned - Nashville, Tennessee - United States - Hefei - China

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