2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election

2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election
All 40 council seats; 21 seats needed for a majority
	Lisburn and Castlereagh 2019 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)

Last updated December 18, 2024

The 2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election was the second election to Lisburn and Castlereagh city Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, which returned 40 members to the Lisburn and Castlereagh city Council via Single Transferable Vote.

Election results

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council Election Result 2019^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
DUP	15	0	5	5	37.5	36.7	18,455	3.7
UUP	11	3	0	3	27.5	17.6	8,837	1.6
Alliance	9	2	0	2	22.5	23.6	11,883	11.6
SDLP	2	1	2	1	5.0	8.7	4,364	0.7
Sinn Féin	2	2	0	2	5.0	5.4	2,717	0.7
Green (NI)	1	1	0	1	2.5	1.7	878	0.2
TUV	0	0	1	1	0.0	2.3	1,167	3.6
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.7	878	1.3
NI Conservatives	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	592	0.5
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	255	1.3
Democrats and Veterans	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	242	New
NI21	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	6.9

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

The overall turnout was 49.21% with a total of 50,268 valid votes cast. A total of 479 ballots were rejected.

Districts summary

Results of the Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election, 2019
by district
Electoral Area	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Electoral Area	DUP		UUP		Alliance		SDLP		Sinn Féin		Others		Total Cllrs
Castlereagh East	49.8	3	10.4	1	30.8	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	9.1	0	6
Castlereagh South	22.5	1	6.9	1	31.6	2	15.8	1	11.8	1	11.3	1	7
Downshire East	44.7	2	27.1	2	21.3	1	6.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Downshire West	37.4	2	25.4	2	25.9	1	4.9	0	0.0	0	6.4	0	5
Killultagh	38.0	2	17.8	1	20.3	1	9.2	0	13.2	1	1.4	0	5
Lisburn North	33.6	2	17.7	2	20.3	1	11.6	1	8.9	0	7.9	0	6
Lisburn South	36.4	3	22.9	2	13.3	1	9.3	0	0.0	0	18.1	0	6
Total	36.7	15	17.6	11	23.6	9	8.7	2	5.4	2	7.9	1	40

District results

Castlereagh East

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from TUV

Castlereagh East - 6 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Alliance	Martin Gregg	17.36%	1,212
	DUP	Sharon Skillen*	16.81%	1,174
	Alliance	Tim Morrow* †	13.41%	936	1,128.78
	DUP	David Drysdale*	12.16%	849	850.19	951.14	956.92	1,081.92
	UUP	Hazel Legge*	10.36%	723	728.1	736.65	808.9	1,040.9
	DUP	John Laverty	11.64%	813	814.19	847.04	851.8	976.8
	DUP	Tommy Jeffers*	9.14%	638	640.72	666.67	672.79	768.79
	TUV	Andrew Girvin*	9.12%	637	637.85	644.15	656.39
Electorate: 14,963 Valid: 6,982 (46.66%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 998 Turnout: 7,047 (47.10%)

Castlereagh South

2014: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green
2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin and Green gain from DUP and SDLP

Castlereagh South - 7 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Alliance	Sorcha Eastwood †	17.95%	1,629
	DUP	Nathan Anderson* ‡	16.55%	1,503
	Alliance	Michelle Guy	13.62%	1,236
	SDLP	John Gallen*	10.74%	975	1,094.68	1,099.96	1,128.12	1,130.12	1,131.68	1,165.68
	Sinn Féin	Ryan Carlin	11.78%	1,069	1,107.4	1,109.32	1,115.48	1,115.48	1,117.8	1,129.92	1,263.92
	Green (NI)	Simon Lee ‡	7.14%	648	819.52	825.04	858.96	863.84	868.96	946.2	1,168.2
	UUP	Michael Henderson*	6.92%	628	657.76	683.44	690.88	759	789.12	869.52	920.92	940.92	971.6
	DUP	Jason Elliott	3.69%	335	338.84	585.56	586.28	634.32	856.92	873.2	886.16	890.16	892.52
	SDLP	Rachael McCarthy	5.10%	463	544.6	545.08	552.84	552.84	555.8	598.32
	Independent	Geraldine Rice*	2.61%	237	277.32	283.32	289.56	294.12	303.76
	DUP	Vasundhara Kamble*	2.29%	208	221.2	260.4	261.84	287.52
	TUV	Nicola Girvan	1.61%	146	148.88	161.6	161.92
Electorate: 17,351 Valid: 9,077 (52.31%) Spoilt: 53 Quota: 1,135 Turnout: 9,130 (52.62%)

Downshire East

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Downshire East - 5 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Alliance	Aaron McIntyre*	21.34%	1,318
	DUP	Andrew Gowan	18.35%	1,133
	UUP	James Baird*	15.38%	950	1,003.75	1,081.75
	UUP	Alex Swan	11.76%	726	787.5	930.5
	DUP	Uel Mackin*	14.66%	905	911.25	920.75
	DUP	Janet Gray*	11.68%	721	731.5	741.5
	SDLP	Owen Beckett	6.83%	422	574.5
Electorate: 12,214 Valid: 6,175 (50.56%) Spoilt: 47 Quota: 1,030 Turnout: 6,222 (50.94%)

Downshire West

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: No change

Downshire West - 5 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Alliance	Owen Gawith*	25.92%	1,616
	DUP	Caleb McCready	16.23%	1,012	1,029.76	1,060.76
	UUP	John Palmer*	14.68%	915	988.26	1,038.95	1,039.74	1,081.74
	UUP	Jim Dillon*	10.70%	667	722.87	767.97	771.92	842.03	871.03	1,071.06
	DUP	Allan Ewart*	10.75%	670	678.51	686.62	693.73	706.58	710.58	715.8
	DUP	Vince Curry	10.38%	647	652.92	657.66	663.98	669.09	670.09	682.53
	SDLP	Morgan Crone	4.94%	308	458.96	473.62	474.41	664.58	669.58
	Green (NI)	Luke Robinson	3.69%	230	416.11	471.79	473.37
	NI Conservatives	Neil Johnston	2.71%	169	234.86
Electorate: 12,385 Valid: 6,234 (50.34%) Spoilt: 67 Quota: 1,040 Turnout: 6,301 (50.88%)

Killultagh

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin
2014-2019 Change: Alliance and Sinn Féin gain from DUP and SDLP

Killultagh - 5 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Alliance	David Honeyford †	20.30%	1,524
	UUP	Ross McLernon	9.40%	707	729	775.8	1,313.8
	Sinn Féin	Gary McCleave	13.22%	994	996	1,022.8	1,024.8	1,025.22	1,438.22
	DUP	Thomas Beckett*	14.18%	1,006	1,018	1,024.6	1,047.4	1,058.88	1,091.66	1,115.66
	DUP	James Tinsley*	13.03%	979	988	993.8	1,032.8	1,057.3	1,079.28	1,102.28
	DUP	William Leathem*	10.87%	871	885	891.2	909.4	923.4	925.16	944.16
	SDLP	Ally Haydock	9.25%	695	717	863.3	884.6	891.46
	UUP	Alexander Redpath*	8.41%	632	639	667.2
	Independent	Stuart Brown	1.42%	107
Electorate: 14,361 Valid: 7,515 (52.33%) Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,253 Turnout: 7,591 (52.86%)

Lisburn North

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NI21
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2014-2019 Change: UUP gain from DUP, NI21 joins SDLP

Lisburn North - 6 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Alliance	Stephen Martin*	20.25%	1,483
	DUP	Jonathan Craig*	16.21%	1,187
	SDLP	Johnny McCarthy*	11.63%	852	1,100.62
	DUP	Scott Carson*	11.55%	846	856.56	883.2	951.51	951.81	1,060.81
	UUP	Nicholas Trimble*	9.82%	719	786.52	808.52	812.04	824.64	950.14	1,077.14
	UUP	Stuart Hughes	7.89%	578	619.92	659.56	665.72	673.32	789.61	1,058.61
	Sinn Féin	Joe Duffy	8.93%	654	680.24	685.88	686.43	710.13	716.13	717.13
	DUP	Lindsay Reynolds	5.80%	425	429.8	449.12	497.19	497.99	559.04
	NI Conservatives	Gary Hynds	5.78%	423	443.8	467.72	469.7	475.1
	UKIP	Alan Love	2.13%	156	162.08
Electorate: 15,356 Valid: 7,323 (47.69%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,047 Turnout: 7,412 (48.27%)

Lisburn South

2014: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Lisburn South - 6 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Jenny Palmer	12.60%	877	924	942	1,022
	DUP	Andrew Ewing*	10.60%	738	758	895	997
	Alliance	Amanda Grehan*	13.34%	929	947	949	965	1,176
	UUP	Tim Mitchell*	10.27%	715	742	758	859	969	1,010
	DUP	Paul Porter*	10.14%	706	748	857	906	942	944
	DUP	Alan Givan*	10.56%	735	758	825	890	934	940
	SDLP	Brendan Corr	9.32%	649	654	655	661	738	822
	Independent	Jonny Orr	7.67%	534	578	589	615
	TUV	Alison Chittick	5.52%	384	466	477
	DUP	Rhoda Walker*	5.08%	354	376
	Democrats and Veterans	Ricky Taylor	3.48%	242
	UKIP	Helen Love	1.42%	99
Electorate: 15,521 Valid: 6,962 (44.86%) Spoilt: 82 Quota: 995 Turnout: 7,044 (45.38%)

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Date co-opted	Electoral Area		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
31 January 2020	Castlereagh East	Alliance	Tim Morrow	Sharon Lowry	Morrow resigned.
26 May 2022	Castlereagh South	Alliance	Sorcha Eastwood	Fiona Cole	Eastwood was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
26 May 2022	Killultagh	Alliance	David Honeyford	Sian Mulholland	Honeyford was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
4 April 2023	Killultagh	Alliance	Sian Mulholland	Vacant	Mulholland co-opted into Assembly to replace Patricia O'Lynn - not replaced before May 2023 council election.

‡ Changes in affiliation

Date	Electoral Area	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
28 September 2021	Castlereagh South	Nathan Anderson		DUP		Independent	Left the DUP believing it did not take a firm enough position against abortion.^[2]
4 August 2022	Castlereagh South	Simon Lee		Green (NI)		SDLP	Left the Green Party and joined the SDLP.^[3]

– Suspensions

None

Last update 5 August 2022.

Current composition: see Lisburn and Castlereagh.

Notes

↑ The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.

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↑ "Simon Lee quits Green Party for SDLP". BBC News. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

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[SFnote-1] The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.

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