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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.
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![]() Lisburn and Castlereagh 2019 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs) |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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DUP | 15 | 0 | 5 | ![]() | 37.5 | 36.7 | 18,455 | ![]() | |
UUP | 11 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | 27.5 | 17.6 | 8,837 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 9 | 2 | 0 | ![]() | 22.5 | 23.6 | 11,883 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 2 | 1 | 2 | ![]() | 5.0 | 8.7 | 4,364 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 2 | 2 | 0 | ![]() | 5.0 | 5.4 | 2,717 | ![]() | |
Green (NI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 2.5 | 1.7 | 878 | ![]() | |
TUV | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | 0.0 | 2.3 | 1,167 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 1.7 | 878 | ![]() | |
NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 1.2 | 592 | ![]() | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.5 | 255 | ![]() | |
Democrats and Veterans | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.5 | 242 | New | |
NI21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | ![]() |
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.
Electoral Area | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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DUP | UUP | Alliance | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Others | ||||||||
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 |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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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%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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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%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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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%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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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%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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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%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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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%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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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%) |
Date co-opted | Electoral Area | Party | 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. |
Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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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] |
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Last update 5 August 2022.
Current composition: see Lisburn and Castlereagh.
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