Northern Ireland local elections

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election local elections

Northern Ireland local elections are periodic polls in which voters across Northern Ireland choose representatives to serve on local councils responsible for municipal services and community governance.

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Label	Occurrences
2011 United Kingdom local elections	1
Belfast City Council election	1
Northern Ireland local elections canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	election ⓘ local elections ⓘ
administeredBy	Electoral Office for Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Northern Ireland ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
electoralSystemType	proportional representation ⓘ
elects	local councillors ⓘ members of district councils ⓘ
firstElectionHeld	1973 ⓘ
governsBody	local councils in Northern Ireland ⓘ
isPartOf	United Kingdom local elections ⓘ elections in Northern Ireland ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	local government ⓘ
mainFunction	community governance ⓘ selection of representatives for municipal services ⓘ
mainParticipants	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Democratic Unionist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinn Féin NERFINISHED ⓘ Social Democratic and Labour Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulster Unionist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ smaller parties and independents ⓘ
mostRecentElection	2023 Northern Ireland local elections NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfCouncilsAfter2015Reform	11 ⓘ
numberOfCouncilsBefore2015Reform	26 ⓘ
previousElection	1973 Northern Ireland local elections NERFINISHED ⓘ 1977 Northern Ireland local elections NERFINISHED ⓘ 1981 Northern Ireland local elections ⓘ 1985 Northern Ireland local elections ⓘ 1989 Northern Ireland local elections NERFINISHED ⓘ 1993 Northern Ireland local elections NERFINISHED ⓘ 1997 Northern Ireland local elections ⓘ 2001 Northern Ireland local elections ⓘ 2005 Northern Ireland local elections ⓘ 2011 Northern Ireland local elections ⓘ 2014 Northern Ireland local elections ⓘ 2019 Northern Ireland local elections ⓘ
previousTermLength	four years ⓘ three years ⓘ
replaced	elections to county and municipal authorities in Northern Ireland ⓘ
supervisedBy	Electoral Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
termLengthOfElectedBody	four years ⓘ
tookPlaceAfter	local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland ⓘ
typicalIssues	community and leisure facilities ⓘ local public services ⓘ local rates (property tax) levels ⓘ planning and development ⓘ waste collection and environmental services ⓘ
usesVotingSystem	single transferable vote ⓘ
votingAge	18 and over ⓘ
votingEligibility	registered local government electors in Northern Ireland ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Workers' Party of Ireland → participatesIn → Northern Ireland local elections ⓘ

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 → electoralEventLinked → Northern Ireland local elections ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2011 United Kingdom local elections

Lord Mayor of Belfast → officeContestedIn → Northern Ireland local elections ⓘ

this entity surface form: Belfast City Council election