As it happened: NI council election 2019

Summary

Counting in Northern Ireland council elections complete
462 councillors elected across 11 councils
All seats declared after two days of vote counting
Alliance, Greens and People Before Profit topped polls in several areas
First openly-gay DUP councillor elected

Live Reporting

School's back for St Malachy's triopublished at 20:01 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Belfast City Council
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Loss for Sorcha McAnespypublished at 19:59 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
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Green shoots in north Belfastpublished at 19:45 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Belfast City Council
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Green Party deputy leader Mal O'Hara
The Green Party secures a win in north Belfast.
Malachi O'Hara, the party's deputy leader, has won a seat in the hotly-contested Castle District Electoral Area.
Alliance and DUP wins in Watersidepublished at 19:42 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Derry City and Strabane District Council
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Alliance's Philip McKinney elected in Waterside in the eighth and final round
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DUP's David Ramsey re-elected to Waterside in eighth and final round
Sinn Féin on course for sixpublished at 19:28 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Belfast City Council
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Don't try this at homepublished at 19:24 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
TUV leader Jim Allister struck an unusual pose with Brian Collins and Christopher Jamieson, who both picked up seats for the party in Braid.
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TUV candidates struck an unusual post with party leader Jim Allister
Happy poll topper!published at 19:13 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Belfast City Council
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Baby on boardpublished at 19:01 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
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'People want to see politics that delivers'published at 18:57 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
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Alliance leader Naomi Long explains why she thinks voters rewarded the party at the polls
A thriller for Jacksonpublished at 18:52 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Derry City and Strabane District Council
There are just two seats left to fill in the Waterside district where Sinn Féin's Christopher Jackson has secured his place on the council for the next term.
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Christopher Jackson of Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin and DUP complete Balmoralpublished at 18:48 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Belfast City Council
The counting is over and done with in Balmoral, where Sinn Féin's Geraldine McAteer took the fourth seat.
That was followed almost immediately by Sarah Bunting of the DUP, securing the fifth and final seat in the district.
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Sarah Bunting of the DUP (centre) celebrates her victory
Victory after the su-Spencepublished at 18:44 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Belfast City Council
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Let's hope we don't have a repeat of 2014...published at 18:32 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Belfast City Council
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Another three hours?!published at 18:26 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
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Fare thee well Enniskillenpublished at 18:16 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
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Making progresspublished at 18:07 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Belfast City Council
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Forever the optimist...published at 17:51 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Belfast City Council
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First preference vote sharepublished at 17:49 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
'Representing all the people at the bottom of society'published at 17:43 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Derry City and Strabane District Council
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Eamonn McCann is "looking forward" to his new role as a councillor
Two years after losing his briefly-held seat in the Northern Ireland Assembly, People Before Profit's Eamonn McCann returns to politics with his election to Derry City and Strabane District Council.
UUP take two in Enniskillenpublished at 17:38 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
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