Belfast City Council is the local authority with responsibility for the city of Belfast, the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. The Council serves an estimated population of 268,700 (2010), 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.
The Council is made up of 51 councillors, elected from nine district electoral areas across the City and holds its meetings in the historic Belfast City Hall. The current Lord Mayor is Gavin Robinson of Democratic Unionist Party, while the Deputy Lord Mayor is Tierna Cunningham of the Sinn Féin, both of whom were elected in June 2012.
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