2014 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election
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Lisburn and Castlereagh Council 2014 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs) |
The first election to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014, returned 40 members to the newly formed council via Single Transferable Vote.[1][2][3] The Democratic Unionist Party won half of the seats.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | First Pref. votes | FPv% | |
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Democratic Unionist | 20 | 18,520 | 40.46 | |
Ulster Unionist | 8 | 7,311 | 15.97 | |
Alliance | 7 | 5,492 | 12.00 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 3 | 3,658 | 7.99 | |
NI21 | 1 | 3,173 | 6.93 | |
TUV | 1 | 2,720 | 5.94 | |
Sinn Féin | 0 | 2,150 | 4.70 | |
UKIP | 0 | 824 | 1.80 | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 699 | 1.53 | |
PUP | 0 | 695 | 1.52 | |
NI Conservatives | 0 | 376 | 0.82 | |
Independent | 0 | 169 | 0.37 | |
Totals | 40 | 45,777 | 100.00 |
Districts summary[edit]
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Castlereagh East | 48.4 | 3 | 8.8 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 19.9 | 0 | 6 |
Castlereagh South | 22.2 | 2 | 11.1 | 1 | 23.3 | 2 | 22.7 | 2 | 4.4 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 9.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
Downshire East | 47.0 | 3 | 19.5 | 1 | 11.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.6 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 |
Downshire West | 34.6 | 2 | 27.4 | 2 | 8.5 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.6 | 0 | 5 |
Killultagh | 44.6 | 3 | 18.2 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 10.8 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Lisburn North | 37.5 | 3 | 16.0 | 1 | 10.7 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 8.6 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 6 |
Lisburn South | 53.6 | 4 | 14.0 | 1 | 6.9 | 1 | 6.8 | 0 | 8.9 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 6 |
Total | 40.4 | 20 | 16.0 | 8 | 12.0 | 7 | 8.0 | 3 | 6.9 | 1 | 5.9 | 1 | 4.7 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 40 |
District results[edit]
Castlereagh East[edit]
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Tommy Jeffers* | 13.37% | 881 | 886 | 897 | 903 | 978 | ||||
Alliance | Tim Morrow* | 7.91% | 521 | 537 | 566 | 836 | 852 | 1,065 | |||
Democratic Unionist | David Drysdale* | 12.49% | 823 | 834 | 849 | 858 | 923 | 961 | |||
TUV | Andrew Girvin | 10.37% | 683 | 702 | 711 | 716 | 853 | 897 | 908 | 1,159 | |
Democratic Unionist | Sharon Skillen* | 11.95% | 787 | 792 | 798 | 801 | 855 | 891 | 903 | 1,155 | |
Ulster Unionist | Hazel Legge | 8.81% | 580 | 608 | 634 | 645 | 733 | 837 | 880 | 1,131 | |
Democratic Unionist | Lynda Spratt | 10.63% | 700 | 717 | 724 | 726 | 737 | 747 | 754 | ||
Green (NI) | Martin Gregg* | 6.71% | 442 | 450 | 492 | 537 | 579 | ||||
PUP | Izzy Giles | 7.47% | 492 | 496 | 506 | 516 | |||||
Alliance | Stephen Donnan | 4.57% | 301 | 306 | 369 | ||||||
NI21 | Mark Devenney | 3.66% | 241 | 247 | |||||||
Independent | Robert Campbell | 1.14% | 75 | ||||||||
Independent | Sandra Wilson | 0.93% | 61 | ||||||||
Electorate: 13,645 Valid: 6,587 (48.27%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 942 Turnout: 6,690 (49.03%) |
Castlereagh South[edit]
2014: 2 x Alliance, 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Alliance | Geraldine Rice* ‡ | 15.06% | 1,221 | |||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | John Gallen | 11.89% | 964 | 967 | 981.96 | 1,015.3 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Nathan Anderson | 11.62% | 942 | 943 | 945.38 | 958.38 | 1,020.38 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Michael Henderson* | 11.12% | 902 | 904 | 912.84 | 968.52 | 995.37 | 1,277.37 | ||
Democratic Unionist | Ben Mallon | 6.15% | 499 | 499 | 500.02 | 514.02 | 757.7 | 926.06 | 1,091.06 | |
Alliance | Vasundhara Kamble* ‡‡ | 8.25% | 669 | 671 | 811.25 | 948.33 | 951.5 | 974.18 | 988.18 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Brian Hanvey* | 10.80% | 876 | 876 | 893.34 | 914.85 | 915.85 | 924.36 | 932.36 | |
Sinn Féin | Nuala Toman | 9.90% | 803 | 803 | 809.8 | 822.97 | 823.97 | 823.97 | 823.97 | |
TUV | Wallace Douglas | 6.41% | 520 | 521 | 523.72 | 537.89 | 544.89 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Vikki Nelson* | 4.43% | 359 | 360 | 361.7 | 365.87 | ||||
NI21 | Elizabeth McCord | 3.58% | 290 | 346 | 353.31 | |||||
NI21 | Adam Murray | 0.85% | 69 | |||||||
Electorate: 16,309 Valid: 8,110 (49.73%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,015 Turnout: 8,198 (50.27%) |
Downshire East[edit]
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Luke Poots* | 20.78% | 1,245 | ||||||||||
Democratic Unionist | Uel Mackin* | 12.25% | 734 | 778.4 | 798.2 | 806.8 | 1,058.8 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | James Baird* | 12.25% | 734 | 748.6 | 787.8 | 799 | 825.4 | 829 | 1,156 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Janet Gray | 8.01% | 480 | 594 | 611.4 | 617 | 709.2 | 757.92 | 824.84 | 1,074.84 | |||
Alliance | Aaron McIntyre | 11.54% | 691 | 693.8 | 711.8 | 747.2 | 753.4 | 753.88 | 779.28 | 804.88 | 866.88 | 880.88 | |
NI21 | Christina Dobson | 7.11% | 426 | 430.8 | 450 | 646.2 | 654.4 | 654.88 | 673.92 | 722.48 | 810.48 | 860.48 | |
TUV | Tom Mateer | 6.89% | 413 | 418.8 | 467.2 | 470.4 | 484 | 485.92 | 517.24 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Alex Swan | 7.21% | 432 | 442.8 | 451.2 | 462.4 | 483.2 | 485.36 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | Roy Young* | 6.19% | 371 | 412.6 | 427.2 | 427.8 | |||||||
NI21 | Glenn Wilson | 4.52% | 271 | 274.2 | 279.2 | ||||||||
UKIP | Peter Lindsay | 3.32% | 199 | 202 | |||||||||
Electorate: 11,563 Valid: 5,990 (51.80%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,000 Turnout: 6,062 (52.43%) |
Downshire West[edit]
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Jim Dillon* | 15.80% | 912 | 914 | 921 | 936 | 975 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | Allan Ewart* | 15.25% | 880 | 883 | 883 | 886 | 914 | 915.32 | 1,049.32 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | John Palmer* ‡ | 13.31% | 768 | 771 | 773 | 775 | 808 | 809.32 | 972.32 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Alexander Redpath*† | 11.63% | 671 | 678 | 687 | 687 | 706 | 711.28 | 738.61 | 805.25 | 859.58 | 1,079.58 | |
Alliance | Owen Gawith | 8.54% | 493 | 535 | 554 | 701 | 717 | 717.33 | 721.33 | 722.31 | 904.64 | 918.64 | |
NI Conservatives | Neil Johnston | 6.51% | 376 | 383 | 392 | 400 | 432 | 432.66 | 434.66 | 434.66 | 475.3 | 551.47 | |
TUV | Jonny Miller | 5.80% | 335 | 338 | 339 | 340 | 418 | 419.32 | 432.32 | 448.98 | 461.98 | ||
NI21 | Roger Duncan | 3.57% | 206 | 221 | 320 | 347 | 362 | 363.32 | 366.32 | 368.28 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Colin Preen | 6.01% | 347 | 348 | 349 | 349 | 354 | 354.33 | |||||
UKIP | Rebecca McBride | 4.95% | 286 | 290 | 291 | 297 | |||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Dee French | 4.00% | 231 | 237 | 240 | ||||||||
NI21 | Neil McNickle | 2.56% | 148 | 158 | |||||||||
Green (NI) | Luke Robinson | 2.06% | 119 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 11,673 Valid: 5,772 (49.45%) Spoilt: 60 Quota: 963 Turnout: 5,832 (49.96%) |
Killultagh[edit]
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Thomas Beckett* | 18.78% | 1,216 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Robbie Butler † | 18.22% | 1,180 | |||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Pat Catney* ††† | 10.78% | 698 | 700.42 | 703.12 | 774.97 | 1,072.61 | |
Democratic Unionist | William Leathem | 12.49% | 809 | 897.44 | 936.86 | 980.51 | 1,040.93 | |
Democratic Unionist | James Tinsley* | 13.34% | 864 | 896.67 | 929.7 | 965.66 | 1,018.47 | |
Sinn Féin | Mary Quinn | 13.19% | 854 | 854.33 | 854.42 | 870.51 | 900.62 | |
Alliance | Jonnie McCrea | 7.03% | 455 | 458.96 | 466.7 | 654.73 | ||
NI21 | David Honeyford | 6.16% | 399 | 402.19 | 414.7 | |||
Electorate: 12,863 Valid: 6,475 (50.34%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 1,080 Turnout: 6,534 (50.80%) |
Lisburn North[edit]
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NI21
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Brian Bloomfield* | 15.51% | 1,026 | ||||||||||
Alliance | Stephen Martin* | 10.75% | 711 | 720 | 729.28 | 731.68 | 755 | 760.72 | 968.72 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Scott Carson* | 10.34% | 684 | 685 | 703.24 | 749.32 | 756.56 | 831.04 | 833.2 | 939.04 | 946.04 | ||
Democratic Unionist | Margaret Tolerton* | 11.11% | 735 | 735 | 743 | 779.16 | 785.24 | 823.2 | 828.2 | 886.6 | 889.68 | 889.97 | |
NI21 | Johnny McCarthy ‡‡ | 4.97% | 329 | 340 | 343.68 | 348.76 | 516.64 | 524.36 | 587.52 | 656.56 | 838.56 | 859.44 | |
Democratic Unionist | Jenny Palmer* ‡† | 8.07% | 534 | 534 | 541.36 | 554.76 | 556.84 | 599.12 | 605.28 | 670.76 | 671.76 | 672.63 | |
Democratic Unionist | Yvonne Craig* | 7.95% | 526 | 527 | 535.8 | 554.28 | 558.36 | 597.08 | 598.16 | 664.04 | 669.04 | 669.33 | |
Sinn Féin | Jacqui McGeough | 7.45% | 493 | 493 | 493 | 493 | 498 | 498 | 627 | 630.08 | |||
UKIP | Alan Love | 5.12% | 339 | 341 | 345.72 | 378.12 | 380.36 | 500.04 | 511.12 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Nicola Turtle | 7.04% | 466 | 469 | 470.2 | 470.28 | 483.28 | 484.36 | |||||
TUV | John McCall | 4.53% | 300 | 301 | 310.44 | 348.48 | 353.56 | ||||||
NI21 | Colin McCord | 3.58% | 237 | 241 | 243.16 | 243.16 | |||||||
PUP | Matt Brennan | 3.07% | 203 | 203 | 208.44 | ||||||||
Independent | Jonny Orr | 0.50% | 33 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 14,284 Valid: 6,616 (46.32%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 946 Turnout: 6,725 (47.08%) |
Lisburn South[edit]
2014: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Tim Mitchell | 14.04% | 874 | 890 | |||||||
Democratic Unionist | Alan Givan | 13.06% | 813 | 818 | 831 | 918 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | Andrew Ewing* | 11.18% | 696 | 699 | 703 | 764 | 1,089 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Paul Porter* | 12.33% | 768 | 782 | 794 | 882 | 982 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Rhoda Walker | 9.07% | 565 | 570 | 578 | 661 | 737 | 924.96 | |||
Alliance | Amanda Grehan | 6.91% | 430 | 481 | 719 | 727 | 744 | 749.92 | 754.92 | 765.32 | |
NI21 | David Cairns | 7.10% | 442 | 553 | 642 | 680 | 695 | 697.96 | 710.96 | 735.4 | |
Democratic Unionist | Alan Carlisle* | 7.93% | 494 | 497 | 504 | 561 | |||||
TUV | Andrew Moore | 7.53% | 469 | 475 | 480 | ||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Conor Quinn | 6.79% | 423 | 438 | |||||||
Green (NI) | James McMurray | 2.22% | 138 | ||||||||
NI21 | Andrew Doran | 1.85% | 115 | ||||||||
Electorate: 14,566 Valid: 6,227 (42.75%) Spoilt: 94 Quota: 890 Turnout: 6,321 (43.40%) |
*Incumbent.
Changes during the term[edit]
† Co-options[edit]
Date co-opted | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
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2 Jun 2016 | Lisburn North | Democratic Unionist | Jenny Palmer (UUP) | Jonathan Craig | Palmer (UUP, former DUP) was elected to the Assembly.[5][6] | |
17 Jun 2016 | Downshire West | Ulster Unionist | Alexander Redpath | Nicholas Trimble | Redpath filled the vacancy in Killultagh arising from Butler's election to the Assembly.[7] | |
17 Jun 2016 | Killultagh | Ulster Unionist | Robbie Butler | Alexander Redpath | Redpath filled the vacancy in Killultagh arising from Butler's election to the Assembly.[7] | |
29 Mar 2017 | Killultagh | Social Democratic and Labour | Pat Catney | Conor Quinn | Catney was elected to the Assembly.[8] | |
16 Apr 2018 | Killultagh | Social Democratic and Labour | Conor Quinn | Christine Robb[9] | ||
9 Jul 2018 | Killultagh | Social Democratic and Labour | Christine Robb | Máiría Cahill | Robb resigned.[10] |
‡ Changes in affiliation[edit]
Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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2 Sep 2015 | Downshire West | John Palmer | Democratic Unionist | Ulster Unionist | Defected.[11] | ||
2 Sep 2015 | Lisburn North | Jenny Palmer | Democratic Unionist | Ulster Unionist | Defected.[11] | ||
29 Dec 2015 | Lisburn North | Johnny McCarthy | NI21 | Independent | Resigned.[12] | ||
23 Feb 2016 | Lisburn North | Johnny McCarthy | Independent | Social Democratic and Labour | Affiliated.[13] | ||
25 Jan 2017 | Castlereagh South | Vasundhara Kamble | Alliance | Independent | Resigned.[14] | ||
25 Jan 2017 | Castlereagh South | Geraldine Rice | Alliance | Independent | Resigned.[14] | ||
6 May 2016 | Lisburn North | Vacancy | Ulster Unionist | Democratic Unionist | Palmer's vacated seat reverts to DUP.[6] | ||
25 Nov 2017 | Castlereagh South | Vasundhara Kamble | Independent | Democratic Unionist | Affiliated.[15] |
Last update 25 March 2019.
Current composition: see Lisburn and Castlereagh.
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