Former Wards (May 1973 To April 1985)
| Ward | Electoral area | Boundaries | Population (1971) | Population (1981) | Westminster constituency(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosetta | A | Upper Ormeau Road and Rosetta areas | 7,633 | 6,628 | |
| Ballynafeigh | A | Ballynafeigh | 6,674 | 5,231 | |
| Ormeau | A | Areas around Ravenhill Road from Park Road to Albert Bridge Road | 6,710 | 4,718 | |
| Willowfield | A | Areas bordering Woodstock and Cregagh Roads to city boundary | 7,417 | 6,292 | |
| Orangefield | A | Orangefield | 7,921 | 6,801 | |
| The Mount | A | Bordered by Ravenhill Rd, My Lady’s Rd, Willowfield St, Clara St, Beersbridge Rd, Connswater and Albertbridge Rd | 8,765 | 4,640 | |
| Ballymacarrett | A | Areas between Newtownards Rd and Albertbridge Rd | 8,743 | 4,472 | |
| Island | B | Areas north of Newtownards Rd and between rivers Connswater and Lagan | 8,665 | 4,100 | |
| Sydenham | B | Bordered by Connswater, Newtownards Rd, Holywood Rd and Belfast Rd | 7,931 | 6,606 | |
| Belmont | B | Bordered by Holywood Rd, Belmont Rd and city boundary | 8,948 | 7,825 | |
| Bloomfield | B | Bordered by Bloomfield walkway, Connswater, Abetta Parade, Dunraven Gardens, North Rd and Grand Parade | 6,455 | 5,510 | |
| Ballyhackamore | B | Bordered by Bloomfield walkway, Belmont Road, Belmont Church Rd, Knock Parkand area north of Orangefield Rd and Sandhill Gardens | 7,493 | 6,434 | |
| Shandon | B | Knock, Shandon and Cherryvalley areas | 8,715 | 7,985 | |
| Stormont | B | Areas north of Upper Newtownards Rd, east of Belmont Church Rd and south and east of Belmont Road | 8,778 | 7,675 | |
| Finaghy | C | Finaghy | 7,376 | 6,599 | |
| Upper Malone | C | Upper Malone and Taughmonagh areas | 7,920 | 7,038 | |
| Malone | C | areas around Malone Road | 6,775 | 6,462 | |
| Windsor | C | Windsor | 9,925 | 6,600 | |
| Stranmillis | C | Stranmillis | 7939 | 6541 | |
| University | C | Areas around Queen's University and Lower Ormeau Road | 7,830 | 4,609 | |
| Saint James | D | Beechmount and Saint James areas | 9,202 | 8,043 | |
| Whiterock | D | 10,861 | 6,847 | ||
| Milltown | D | areas around Milltown Cemetery and Falls Park | 9,864 | 7,291 | |
| Andersonstown | D | Andersonstown and Glen Road areas | 8,433 | 6,406 | |
| Suffolk | D | Glencolin and Suffolk areas | 11,031 | 9,396 | |
| Ladybrook | D | 11,044 | 10,085 | ||
| Legoniel | E | 7,218 | 5,504 | ||
| Ballysillan | E | Ballysillan | 8,181 | 5,967 | |
| Ardoyne | E | Ardoyne and Glenbryn areas | 9,547 | 5,902 | |
| Ballygomartin | E | Ballygomartin and Glencairn areas | 7,734 | 8,467 | |
| Highfield | E | Highfield | 8,516 | 5,703 | |
| Woodvale | E | Woodvale | 7,628 | 5,889 | |
| Falls | F | Lower Falls Road around Divis tower | 5,655 | 2,645 | |
| Clonard | F | Clonard | 8,491 | 5,463 | |
| Grosvenor | F | Areas around Grosvenor Road | 7,385 | 2,239 | |
| Donegall | F | Areas currently between Westlink and Railway line, southern boundary Stockman's Lane | 7,789 | 6,227 | |
| Saint Georges | F | Sandy Row and The Village | 7,690 | 2,931 | |
| Cromac | F | Donegall Pass and The Markets | 6,991 | 2,446 | |
| New Lodge | G | Bordered by Antrim Road, Duncairn Gardens, North Queen Street and Clifton Street | 8,090 | 5,097 | |
| Central | G | Barrack St and John St, Brown Square, City Centre, Docks including all areas between Motorway and Belfast Lough, Henry St and Lancaster St areas, Smithfield, Unity Flats | 7,085 | 2,132 | |
| Shankill | G | Areas between Shankill and Crumlin Roads, east of Cambrai St as far as western half of Crimea St | 8,337 | 5,811 | |
| Crumlin | G | Bounded by Flax St, Ardoyne Ave, Oldpark Ave, Cliftonville Rd, Antrim Rd and Crumlin Rd | 12,414 | 3,250 | |
| Court | G | From Carlisle Circus, down the Westlink, up Divis Street, along Northumberland Street, the Shankill Road, Crimea Street and then down the Crumlin Road to Carlisle Circus | 7,345 | 3,325 | |
| North Howard | G | Starting from the Falls Rd, along North Howard St, Cepar Way and Lanark Way, down the Shankill Rd and along Northumberland St and the Falls Rd | 6,957 | 1,883 | |
| Bellevue | H | Bellevue | 7,530 | 6,256 | |
| Castleview | H | Innisfayle, Downview and Parkmount areas | 7,653 | 6,766 | |
| Grove | H | Areas from Skegoniell Avenue to Mountcollyer Street and Lower Cavehill Road to Kansas Avenue | 6,230 | 4,635 | |
| Duncairn | H | Tiger's Bay and Newington | 8,408 | 4,196 | |
| Fortwilliam | H | Fortwilliam | 6,690 | 5,879 | |
| Cavehill | H | Cavehill Road and areas to Kansas Avenue | 8,430 | 8,239 | |
| Cliftonville | H | Cliftonville, Torrens and Brookvale areas | 9,637 | 7,537 |
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