List of mayors of Belfast
Deputy Lord Mayors -- 21st century
Table:
From	To	Name	Party

2000	2001	Frank McCoubrey	Ulster Democratic

2001	2002	Hugh Smyth	PUP

2002	2003	Post vacant	Post vacant

2003	2004	Margaret Crooks	UUP

2004	2005	Joe O'Donnell	Sinn Féin

2005	2006	Pat Convery	SDLP

2006	2007	Ruth Patterson	DUP

2007	2008	Bernie Kelly	SDLP

2008	2009	David Browne	UUP

2009	2010	Danny Lavery	Sinn Féin

2010	2011	William Humphrey	DUP

2011	2012	Ruth Patterson	DUP

2012	2013	Tierna Cunningham	Sinn Féin

2013	2014	Christopher Stalford	DUP

2014	2015	Máire Hendron	Alliance

2015	2016	Guy Spence	DUP

2016	2017	Mary Ellen Campbell	Sinn Féin

2017	2018	Sonia Copeland	UUP

2018	2019	Emmet McDonough-Brown	Alliance

2019	2020	Peter McReynolds	Alliance

With reference to the tabular data plus the context snippets provided.

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Frank McCoubrey ( born 5 February 1967 ) is a Unionist politician and loyalist in Northern Ireland , as well as a community activist and researcher . He is a leading member of the Ulster Political Research Group ( UPRG ) and a member of Belfast City Council , representing the Court area as a Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP ) councillor . McCoubrey is a native of Highfield , Belfast .
The Ulster Democratic Party ( UDP ) was a small loyalist political party in Northern Ireland . It was established in June 1981 as the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party by the Ulster Defence Association ( UDA ) , to replace the New Ulster Political Research Group . The UDP name had previously been used in the 1930s by an unrelated party , which on one occasion contested Belfast Central . The party 's roots were firmly in the Protestant community of Northern Ireland , but its initial political stance was not the traditional unionist one favoured by that section of society . Instead , it supported independence for Northern Ireland within the European Economic Community and the Commonwealth . These policies had been set out by its predecessors in the New Ulster Political Research Group , in their Beyond the Religious Divide policy document . However , this position did not capture the electorate 's imagination , and the UDP switched to supporting the UDA 's Common Sense position , which suggested an assembly and executive for the region , elected by proportional representation . It also supported a written Bill of Rights and Constitution . In the early years the party 's electoral support was limited . Its first foray into electoral politics was deeply disappointing , with the party leader John McMichael polling only 576 votes ( 1.3% ) in the 1982 Belfast South by-election . The party 's two candidates in the 1982 Assembly election in Belfast North similarly failed to make an impact . It was not until the 1989 local elections that the party made its electoral breakthrough , when Ken Kerr won a seat on Derry City Council , in the Waterside area .
Hugh Smyth , OBE ( 1941 - 12 May 2014 ) was a Northern Irish politician who was leader of the Progressive Unionist Party . He was a former Lord Mayor of Belfast as well as the longest serving member of Belfast City Council , having represented the Upper Shankill Road area since 1973 . Smyth was awarded the Order of the British Empire in the 1996 New Year 's Honours list .
The Progressive Unionist Party ( PUP ) is a small unionist political party in Northern Ireland . It was formed from the Independent Unionist Group operating in the Shankill area of Belfast , becoming the PUP in 1979 . Linked to the Ulster Volunteer Force ( UVF ) and Red Hand Commando ( RHC ) , it was for a time it described itself as the only left of centre unionist party in Northern Ireland , with its main support base in the loyalist working class communities of Belfast . Since the Ulster Democratic Party 's dissolution in 2001 , the PUP has been the sole party in Northern Ireland representing paramilitary loyalism .
The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP ) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland . Having gathered support in Northern Ireland during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries , the party governed Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972 . It was supported by most unionist voters throughout the conflict known as the Troubles , during which time it was often referred to as the Official Unionist Party ( OUP ) . Between 1905 and 1972 its MPs took the Conservative whip at Westminster , considered as part of the Conservative Party . It is currently the fourth-largest party in Northern Ireland , having been overtaken in 2003 by the Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP ) and Sinn Féin , and in 2017 by the Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP ) . The party has been unrepresented in Westminster since losing its two seats in 2017 . Most recently , the party won 11.7% of the vote in Northern Ireland and no seats in 2019 , placing fifth behind the DUP , Sinn Féin , Alliance Party of Northern Ireland , and SDLP . In 2016 , the UUP and the SDLP decided not to accept the seats on the Northern Ireland Executive to which they would have been entitled and to form an official opposition to the executive . This marked the first time that a devolved government in Northern Ireland did not include the UUP . Steve Aiken succeeded Robin Swann as leader , in November 2019 .
Sinn Féin ( /ʃɪn ˈfeɪn/ shin FAYN , Irish : [ ʃɪnʲ ˈfʲeːnʲ ] ; English : [ We ] Ourselves ) is a centre-left to left-wing Irish republican political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland . The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith , but has split substantially on a number of occasions since then - notably giving rise to the two traditionally dominant parties of southern Irish politics - Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael - in the aftermath of the Irish Civil War . The party took its current form in 1970 after another split ( with the other faction eventually becoming the Workers ' Party of Ireland ) . It has historically been associated with the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) . Mary Lou McDonald became party president in February 2018 . Sinn Féin is one of the two largest parties in the Northern Ireland Assembly , winning just one seat less than the Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP ) at the 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election . In that assembly it is the largest Irish nationalist party , and it holds four ministerial posts in the power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive as of 2020 [ update ] . In the UK House of Commons , Sinn Féin holds seven of Northern Ireland 's 18 seats , making it the second-largest bloc after the DUP ; there it follows a policy of abstentionism , refusing to sit in parliament or vote on bills . In the Oireachtas ( the parliament of the Republic of Ireland ) , Sinn Féin won the largest share of first-preference votes at the 2020 Irish general election .
The Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP ) ( Irish : Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre ) is a social-democratic , Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland . The SDLP currently has 12 MLAs in the Northern Ireland Assembly and two MPs in Westminster . The SDLP party platform advocates Irish reunification , and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom . During the Troubles , the SDLP was the most popular Irish nationalist party in Northern Ireland , but since the Provisional IRA ceasefire in 1994 , it has lost ground to the republican party Sinn Féin , which in 2001 became the more popular of the two parties for the first time . Established during the Troubles , a significant difference between the two parties was the SDLP 's rejection of violence , in contrast to Sinn Féin 's support for the Provisional IRA and physical force republicanism . Since February 2019 , the SDLP have been in partnership with Fianna Fáil .
The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP ) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland favouring British identity . It was founded in 1971 during the Troubles by Ian Paisley , who led the party for the next 37 years . Now led by Arlene Foster , it is equal with Sinn Féin in having the most seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly , and it is the fifth-largest party in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom . The DUP evolved from the Protestant Unionist Party and has historically strong links to the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster , the church Paisley founded . During the Troubles , the DUP were opposed to power-sharing with Irish nationalists or republicans as a means of resolving the conflict , and likewise rejected attempts to involve the Republic of Ireland in Northern Irish affairs . It campaigned against the Sunningdale Agreement of 1973 , the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985 , and the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 . In 2006 , the DUP co-signed the St Andrews Agreement and agreed to share power with the republican party Sinn Fein who agreed to support the Police Service , courts , and rule of law . The party has been linked to various loyalist paramilitary groups , namely Ulster Resistance ( URM ) and Third Force . The URM was formed on 10 November 1986 by DUP politicians Paisley , Peter Robinson and Ivan Foster , with the stated aim to take direct action as and when required to bring down the Agreement and defeat republicanism . Recruitment rallies were held in towns across Northern Ireland and thousands were said to have joined . The following year , the URM helped smuggle a large shipment of weapons into Northern Ireland , which were shared out between the URM , the Ulster Volunteer Force ( UVF ) and the Ulster Defence Association ( UDA ) . In 1989 , URM members attempted to trade Shorts ' missile blueprints for weapons from the apartheid South African regime .
David Hugh Browne MBE is an Ulster unionist politician . Living in the Skegoniel area of Belfast , Browne was elected to Belfast City Council for the Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP ) at the 1993 elections . He was then elected to the Northern Ireland Forum in Belfast North in 1996 , but was unsuccessful when he stood for the same seat at the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election . Browne continued to hold his council seat . He was appointed as High Sheriff of Belfast in 2005 and , in 2008 , he was elected as Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast . At the 2011 local elections , the UUP were reduced to three seats on the council , but Browne again held his seat , and was subsequently appointed as an alderman . In 2012 , he was appointed as a Belfast Harbour Commissioner .
William Humphrey ( born 17 October 1967 ) is a Democratic Unionist Party politician in Northern Ireland . Born in the Woodvale area of Belfast , Humphrey studied at the Boys ' Model School . A member of the Woodvale Residents ' Association , he joined the Democratic Unionist Party , becoming its chairman in North Belfast , and a member of the party 's executive . He was elected to Belfast City Council in the Court district at the 2005 Northern Ireland local elections , then served as High Sheriff of Belfast in 2006 . At the 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election , Humphrey stood in North Belfast , but was not elected . He moved to contest West Belfast at the UK general election , 2010 , but took only 7.6% of the votes cast . In June , he became Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast , In September 2010 , he was selected to replace Nigel Dodds in the Northern Ireland Assembly , representing North Belfast and was elected at the 2011 Assembly election . Referencing his predecessor , Humphrey said , Nigel has a proven track record of dedicated hard work on the ground , making a difference in peoples ' lives within the Constituency.That will be the record I will strive to emulate .
Christopher Stalford ( born 17 January 1983 ) is a Democratic Unionist Party politician from Northern Ireland . He has been an MLA for South Belfast since the 2016 election . Stalford was born in south Belfast and studied at Wellington College Belfast and Queen 's University Belfast . At the 2005 local elections , he was elected to Belfast City Council , representing the Laganbank area At the 2014 local elections , Laganbank was abolished and he was re-elected for the Balmoral area . Stalford served as High Sheriff of Belfast in 2010 . Aged only 27 , the Belfast Telegraph described him as the youngest ever High Sheriff of the city . He was elected as Deputy Lord Mayor for the 2013-14 term . In 2008 he was selected as the chairman of the Belfast District Policing Partnership . At the 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election , he was one of two DUP candidates elected in South Belfast .
Máire Hendron MLA is a Northern Irish politician who was appointed to represent Belfast East in the Northern Ireland Assembly for the Alliance Party , after incumbent MLA Naomi Long was elected to the European Parliament . She resigned in January 2020 . She formerly sat as a Councillor on the Belfast City Council and previously held the position of Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast .
The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland ( APNI ) is a liberal and centrist political party in Northern Ireland . It is Northern Ireland 's fifth-largest party overall , with eight seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly . It made breakthroughs in recent elections , placing third in first preference votes in the most recent European Parliament and United Kingdom general election , winning one of the three Northern Ireland seats in the European Parliament , and one seat , North Down in the House of Commons respectively . Founded in 1970 from the New Ulster Movement , the Alliance Party originally represented moderate and non-sectarian unionism . However , over time , particularly in the 1990s , it moved towards neutrality on the Union , and has come to represent wider liberal and non-sectarian concerns . It opposes the consociational power-sharing mandated by the Good Friday Agreement as deepening the sectarian divide , and , in the Northern Ireland Assembly , it is designated as neither unionist nor Irish nationalist , but 'Other ' . In general election in May 2010 the Alliance Party won their first House of Commons seat in a UK-wide general election , in the Belfast East constituency , unseating Peter Robinson , First Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP ) . Naomi Long was the first MP from the Alliance Party since Stratton Mills , who joined the party from the Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP ) in 1973 . However , the DUP regained the seat at the 2015 general election following an electoral pact with the UUP , leaving the Alliance Party with no representation in the House of Commons . In the 2019 general election , Alliance regained its foothold in the House of Commons , with Stephen Farry winning the North Down seat vacated by independent Unionist , Sylvia Hermon . Earlier that year , leader and former MP , Naomi Long won the first seat in Strasbourg for the Alliance Party in the 2019 European elections . The Alliance Party is a member of the Liberal International and Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe , and is aligned with the Liberal Democrats in Great Britain .