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Sinn Féin (19) DUP (12) Alliance (8) SDLP (7) UUP (7) PUP (3) Green (NI) (1) People Before Profit (1) TUV (1) Independent Unionist (1) | last_election1 = 22 May 2014 | session_room = | session_res = | meeting_place = 250px Belfast City Hall | website = | footnotes = }} Belfast City Council ((アイルランド語:Comhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste); Ulster-Scots: ''Bilfawst Citie Cooncil'') is the local authority with responsibility for part of the city of Belfast, the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. The Council serves an estimated population of 333,871 (2011), the largest of any district council in Northern Ireland, while also being the fourth smallest by area. Belfast City Council is the primary council of the Belfast Metropolitan Area, a grouping of six district councils with commuter towns and overspill from Belfast, containing a total population of 579,276.〔http://www.nisra.gov.uk/archive/demography/publications/urban_rural/ur_gaz.pdf Based on 2001 Census〕 The Council is made up of 60 councillors, elected from nine district electoral areas across the city, most representing the more heavily populated north and west. It holds its meetings in the historic Belfast City Hall. The current Lord Mayor is Arder Carson of Sinn Féin. As part of the 2014/2015 reform of local government the city council area expanded and now covers an area that includes 53,000 additional residents in 21,000 households.〔http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/council/Reformoflocalgovernment/reformoflocalgovernment.aspx〕 The number of councillors increased from 51 to 60. Elections to the expanded city council took place on 22 May 2014.〔(Belfast City Council )〕 ==History== (詳細はPlantation of Ulster in the early 17th century which brought significant numbers of Protestant Scottish and English settlers to Ulster. The town gradually developed to become a major industrial centre, in particular in the areas of linen and ship building. In recognition of this growth Belfast was granted city status in 1888 and by 1901, it was the largest city in Ireland. The city's importance was evidenced by the construction of the lavish City Hall, completed in 1906. The body now known as Belfast City Council has its origins in the defunct Belfast Corporation, and was created on its current boundaries following the local council elections of May 1973. Originally it was intended that there would be 52 wards. However, local enquiries meant that the proposed Tullycarnet ward became instead the Castlereagh Borough Council wards of Tullycarnet and Gilnahirk, leaving Belfast with 51. Although the county borough of Belfast was created when it was granted city status by Queen Victoria in 1888, the city continues to be viewed as straddling County Antrim and County Down with the River Lagan generally being seen as the line of demarcation. From the late 18th century onwards, the city's Roman Catholic population gradually increased, although the city was still dominated by its mostly Ulster Protestant majority. The council was dominated by unionists from its inception until 1997, when they lost overall control for the first time in its history, with the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland gaining the balance of power between Irish nationalists and unionists. This position was confirmed in the three subsequent council elections, with mayors from the Irish nationalist Sinn Féin and Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), and the cross-community Alliance Party regularly elected since 1997. The most recent election in 2011 saw Irish nationalist councillors outnumber unionist councillors for the first time, 24–21, with Sinn Féin becoming the largest party, and the Alliance Party maintaining the balance of power with six members. The 2011 census findings confirmed this significant change in demographics. In the Belfast City Council area, the proportion of people who were Catholic or brought up Catholic (48.58%) is larger than those who were Protestant or brought up Protestant (42.30%) for the first time.〔Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, 2011 UK Census, Religion or Religion Brought Up in http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/pivotgrid.aspx?dataSetVars=ds-2426-lh-38-yn-2011-sk-136-sn-Census+2011-yearfilter--〕 In terms of national identity 43.16% of the population considered themselves to be British, 34.77% considered themselves to be Irish, and 26.82% considered themselves to be of Northern Irish nationality.〔Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, 2011 UK Census, National Identity (Classification 2) http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/pivotgrid.aspx?dataSetVars=ds-2446-lh-38-yn-2011-sk-136-sn-Census+2011-yearfilter--〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Belfast City Council」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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