Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office.
They have regular contact with the general public through council meetings, telephone calls or surgeries. Surgeries provide an opportunity for any ward resident to go and talk their councillor face to face and these take place on a regular basis.
Councillors are not paid a salary for their work, but they do receive allowances. By law, all members of the Council are required to complete a declaration of interest form, the details of which are published annually.
Party Group Leaders
The leaders of each of the Party Groups on the Council are:
Councillor Ciaran Beattie - Sinn Féin
Councillor Sarah Bunting - Democratic Unionist Party
Councillor Michael Long - Alliance Party
Councillor Séamas de Faoite - Social Democratic and Labour Party
Councillor Áine Groogan - Green Party
Alderman Sonia Copeland - Ulster Unionist Party
To find your councillor please use the below links:
Photograph | Councillor | Political party | District Electoral Area (DEA) |
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Work mobile: 07909 609 575 |
Alliance Party | Ormiston | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9027 0497 Work mobile: 07826 511 608 |
Sinn Fein | Castle | |
- Party Group Leader c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS |
Sinn Fein | Black Mountain | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9027 0497 Work mobile: 07826 511 659 |
Alliance Party | Titanic | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS |
Sinn Fein | Court | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 07721 165 002 |
Alliance Party | Ormiston | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 02890 270 497 Work mobile: 07741 380 991 |
Sinn Fein | Oldpark | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, BT1 5GS Work: 02890 270 497 Work mobile: 07919 375 851 |
Sinn Fein | Balmoral | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9027 0497 Work mobile: 07826 511 688 |
Democratic Unionist Party | Titanic | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9027 0497 Work mobile: 07440 433 445 |
Alliance Party | Balmoral | |
- Party Group Leader c/o Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 07823 668783 |
Democratic Unionist Party | Balmoral | |
c/o. Members Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 02890 320 202 |
Sinn Fein | Court | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9080 8404 |
Sinn Fein | Black Mountain | |
c/o Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 07823 668785 |
Democratic Unionist Party | Castle | |
12 Stewartstown Avenue, Belfast, BT11 9GE Work mobile: 07927 688875 |
People Before Profit Alliance | Collin | |
- Party Group Leader c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 02890 320 202 |
Ulster Unionist Party | Titanic | |
- Party Group Leader c/o Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 07469 943 401 |
Social Democratic and Labour Party | Lisnasharragh | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 07826 511 639 |
Social Democratic and Labour Party | Black Mountain | |
c/o Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 07823 668799 |
Sinn Fein | Black Mountain | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9027 0497 Work mobile: 07826 511 697 |
Sinn Fein | Titanic | |
Councillor Róis-Máire Donnelly Work: 02890 270 497 Work mobile: 07435 774 763 |
Sinn Fein | Black Mountain | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 02890 320 202 Work mobile: 07342 706 718 |
Democratic Unionist Party | Oldpark | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9027 0497 Work mobile: 07826 511 647 |
Democratic Unionist Party | Lisnasharragh | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 02890 270 497 Work mobile: 07795 926 732 |
Democratic Unionist Party | Titanic | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 07721 165 716 |
Sinn Fein | Collin | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9027 0497 Work mobile: 07826 511 657 |
Democratic Unionist Party | Lisnasharragh | |
c/o Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 07823 668432 |
Green Party | Ormiston | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9080 8404 |
Sinn Fein | Collin | |
- Party Group Leader c/o Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 07823 664817 |
Green Party | Botanic | |
c/o Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 07823 668780 |
Alliance Party | Lisnasharragh | |
c/o Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 07823 664909 |
Democratic Unionist Party | Botanic | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9027 0497 Work mobile: 07826 511 638 |
Democratic Unionist Party | Ormiston | |
- Party Group Leader c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9032 0202 Work mobile: 078 7639 5436 Work: longm@belfastcity.gov.uk |
Alliance Party | Lisnasharragh | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 078 4677 0144 |
Social Democratic and Labour Party | Balmoral | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9521 5649 |
Sinn Fein | Oldpark | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 07721 165 132 |
Alliance Party | Ormiston | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9032 0202 Work mobile: 07833 437 083 |
Sinn Fein | Castle | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9027 0497 Work mobile: 07826 511 767 |
Alliance Party | Titanic | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 02890 270 497 |
Sinn Fein | Black Mountain | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9027 0497 |
Sinn Fein | Collin | |
The Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Andrew McCormick c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 07826 511 646 |
Democratic Unionist Party | Ormiston | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9032 0202 |
Democratic Unionist Party | Court | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 02890 270 497 Work mobile: 07825 453 003 |
Democratic Unionist Party | Castle | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 074 6733 9637 |
Independent | Oldpark | |
Councillor Emmet McDonough-Brown c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 078 3322 0447 |
Alliance Party | Botanic | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9027 0497 Work mobile: 07826 511 643 |
Traditional Unionist Voice | Court | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 02890 270 497 Work mobile: 07387 546 498 |
Sinn Fein | Botanic | |
c/o Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 07823 665088 |
Social Democratic and Labour Party | Botanic | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, Bt1 5GS Work: 028 9027 0497 Work mobile: 07826 511 644 |
Democratic Unionist Party | Court | |
c/o Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 075 9814 5508 |
Sinn Fein | Black Mountain | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 02890 320 202 Work mobile: 07554 222 395 |
Sinn Fein | Oldpark | |
The Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor, Councillor Micky Murray c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 07721 165 067 |
Alliance Party | Balmoral | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 07721 164 550 |
Alliance Party | Castle | |
Councillor Clíodhna Nic Bhranair c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, Bt1 5GS Work: 0228 9027 0497 Work mobile: 07826 511 617 |
Sinn Fein | Collin | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9027 0497 Work mobile: 07826 511 619 |
Sinn Fein | Oldpark | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9032 0202 Work mobile: 078 0188 2478 |
Ulster Unionist Party | Ormiston | |
c/o Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 07823 668431 |
Green Party | Lisnasharragh | |
c/o Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9027 0497 |
Democratic Unionist Party | Court | |
c/o. Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work: 028 9032 0202 |
Sinn Fein | Collin | |
c/o Members' Room, City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS Work mobile: 07823 668806 |
Social Democratic and Labour Party | Castle |