Castlereagh Central (District Electoral Area)

Last updated October 03, 2023

Castlereagh Central was one of the district electoral areas in Castlereagh, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. It was one of three Castlereagh DEAs until 1993, and one of four until 2014. The district elected seven members to Castlereagh Borough Council from 1985 to 1993, and six members from 1993 to 2014. It formed part of the Strangford constituency until 1997, the Strangford and Belfast East constituencies from 1997 to 2010 and the Belfast East and Belfast South constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Castlereagh Area C which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Cregagh, Downshire, Hillfoot, Lisnasharragh, Lower Braniel, Upper Braniel and Wynchurch. For the 1993 local elections, it was reduced by one ward as Hillfoot was transferred to the new Castlereagh West District Electoral Area. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and most of the area was transferred to Belfast City Council for the 2014 Belfast City Council election to form part of the new Lisnasharragh DEA.

Councillors

Election							Councillor (Party)
2011	Michael Long (Alliance)	Carole Howard (Alliance)	Michael Copeland (UUP)	Denny Vitty (DUP)	Tommy Sandford (DUP)	Vivienne McCoy (DUP)	6 seats 1993–2014
2005		Peter Robinson (DUP)		Joanne Bunting (DUP)	John Norris (DUP)	Andrew Ramsey (DUP)
2001				Joanne Bunting (DUP)		Tommy Sandford (PUP)
1997	Patrick Mitchell (Alliance)		Alan Carson (UUP)/ (DUP)	John Dunn (DUP)		Grant Dillon (UKUP)/ (Independent Unionist)/ (UUP)
1993				Cecil Moore (DUP)
1989				Joyce Boyd (DUP)	Paul McNaughten (DUP)			Ellen Gray (UUP)
1985	Patricia Archer (Alliance)			Cedric Wilson (DUP)	Ivan Castles (DUP)	Herbert Johnstone (UUP)		Ellen Gray (UUP)

2011 Election

2005: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Castlereagh Central - 6 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Alliance	Michael Long *	18.14%	919
	DUP	Vivienne McCoy	14.21%	720	727.35
	Ulster Unionist	Michael Copeland *	12.91%	654	667.65	763.65
	Alliance	Carole Howard	10.64%	539	676.34	696.23	706.43	926.43
	DUP	Tommy Sandford	12.51%	634	639.46	675.88	688.12	692.75	700.75	943.75
	DUP	Denny Vitty	8.64%	438	439.47	453.47	457.55	457.55	457.55	508.37	723.97
	PUP	Jason Burke	6.37%	323	326.36	353.36	362.2	369.67	394.67	401.67	405.59
	DUP	Sharon Skillen	6.08%	308	310.31	324.31	328.39	329.81	329.81
	SDLP	Rosaleen Hughes	5.66%	287	300.23	303.44	303.44
	TUV	Alan Carson	4.84%	245	247.94
Electorate: 9,341 Valid: 5,067 (54.24%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 724 Turnout: 5,171 (55.36%)

2005 Election

2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP

2005: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from PUP

Castlereagh Central - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Peter Robinson *	25.81%	1,431
	Alliance	Michael Long *	16.32%	905
	DUP	Joanne Bunting *	16.14%	895
	Ulster Unionist	Michael Copeland *	9.76%	541	582.86	608.21	611.62	727.3	796.3
	DUP	John Norris*	7.59%	421	663.42	669.27	699.08	710.82	790.83	800.83
	DUP	Andrew Ramsey	4.91%	272	523.16	527.97	583.85	588.42	614.39	621.65
	PUP	Tommy Sandford*	6.42%	356	391.88	399.03	401.34	403.99	436.39	491.01
	SDLP	Sean Mullan	6.55%	363	363.92	397.72	397.94	407.8	429.9
	Independent	Alan Carson	3.77%	209	254.08	269.55	274.72	295.81
	Ulster Unionist	Alan Martin	2.74%	152	165.8	181.01	181.89
Electorate: 9,735 Valid: 5,545 (56.96%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 793 Turnout: 5,700 (58.55%)

2001 Election

1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKUP

2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP

1997-2001 Change: PUP gain from UKUP

Castlereagh Central - 6 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Peter Robinson *	42.40%	2,841
	Ulster Unionist	Michael Copeland	15.40%	1,032
	DUP	John Norris*	2.40%	161	949.8	976.8
	Alliance	Michael Long	11.48%	769	798.82	879.68	904.16	1,274.16
	DUP	Joanne Bunting	4.51%	302	737.2	772.52	778.36	779.8	780.8	1,151.16
	PUP	Tommy Sandford	7.54%	505	564.16	590.56	599.84	612.24	674.24	695.24	719.72
	UK Unionist	Grant Dillon*	4.31%	289	393.04	488.96	512.96	515.04	547.04	572.44	661.52
	DUP	John Dunn*	1.10%	74	437.12	467.8	473.08	476.44	480.44
	SDLP	Sean Mullan	6.37%	427	431.08	436.44	438.6
	Independent	Alan Carson*	3.27%	219	277.48
	NI Conservatives	Terence Dick	1.22%	82	95.8
Electorate: 10,528 Valid: 6,701 (63.65%) Spoilt: 237 Quota: 958 Turnout: 6,938 (65.90%)

1997 Election

1993: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKUP

1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UKUP

Castlereagh Central - 6 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Peter Robinson *	55.30%	2,783
	Ulster Unionist	Alan Carson*	16.97%	854
	DUP	John Norris*	1.21%	61	950.2
	Alliance	Patrick Mitchell*	11.92%	600	623.56	626.96	644.3	966.3
	DUP	John Dunn	1.73%	87	593.92	662.12	684.05	689.12	698.12
	UK Unionist	Grant Dillon*	5.30%	267	516.28	528.28	591.69	609.59	684.59
	DUP	Alwyn McClernon	0.46%	23	372.6	512.4	527.53	541.35	548.35
	SDLP	Dominic Marsella	4.45%	224	225.52	225.52	225.69
	Alliance	Ann Smith	2.66%	134	161.36	162.76	171.94
Electorate: 11,033 Valid: 5,033 (45.62%) Spoilt: 148 Quota: 720 Turnout: 5,181 (46.96%)

1993 Election

1989: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1989-1993 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP, DUP loss due to the reduction of one seat

Castlereagh Central - 6 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Peter Robinson *	53.27%	2,775
	Alliance	Patrick Mitchell*	15.01%	782
	Ulster Unionist	Alan Carson*	12.57%	655	802
	DUP	John Norris	0.90%	47	770.75
	DUP	Cecil Moore	2.17%	113	689	695	707.8	708	723.74	737.31	746.31
	Ind. Unionist	Grant Dillon*	6.53%	340	450.25	452.75	471.31	471.83	472.63	505.81	570.92	645.92
	DUP	Mary Fairfield	1.06%	55	417.25	423	431.32	431.48	433.5	442.41	469	493
	Alliance	Ann Smith	3.55%	185	209.75	214.5	216.1	245.22	245.34	292.08	320.1
	Ulster Unionist	Ellen Gray*	1.98%	103	142	164	174.24	174.6	174.84	206.33
	NI Conservatives	Leeburn Stitt	2.42%	126	144.75	146.75	151.23	151.75	151.81
	Ulster Unionist	John Ferris	0.54%	28	46
Electorate: 11,260 Valid: 5,209 (46.26%) Spoilt: 202 Quota: 745 Turnout: 5,411 (48.06%)

1989 Election

1985: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

1989: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

1985-1989 Change: No change

Castlereagh Central - 7 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Peter Robinson *	50.75%	3,461
	Ulster Unionist	Grant Dillon*	13.40%	914
	Alliance	Patrick Mitchell	13.33%	909
	DUP	Alan Carson*	4.06%	277	1,895.04
	DUP	Joyce Boyd	2.70%	184	497.88	1,371.06
	Ulster Unionist	Ellen Gray*	6.64%	453	616.4	657.56	684.26	733.46	970.46
	DUP	Paul McNaughten	0.38%	26	124.8	192.42	646.32	647.16	666.92	729.71	759.29
	DUP	Cecil Moore	2.20%	150	510.24	553.85	583.55	584.81	621.55	675.24	699.55
	Alliance	Ann Smith	6.54%	446	474.88	479.29	481.09	482.53
Electorate: 14,462 Valid: 6,820 (47.16%) Spoilt: 188 Quota: 853 Turnout: 7,008 (48.46%)

1985 Election

1985: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

Castlereagh Central - 7 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Peter Robinson *	52.69%	4,118
	DUP	Cedric Wilson *	0.92%	72	2,292.72
	Ulster Unionist	Herbert Johnstone*	11.90%	930	1,076.68
	DUP	Alan Carson*	3.85%	301	683.28	1,651.23
	DUP	Ivan Castles	0.69%	54	211.32	413.82	1,068.22
	Alliance	Patricia Archer*	11.43%	893	921.88	958.78	962.62	968.56	983.56
	Ulster Unionist	Ellen Gray*	7.73%	604	673.16	725.36	733.36	802	884.95	926.44
	Alliance	Derek Middleton	5.40%	422	441	446.85	448.45	455.71	463.97	743.85
	Alliance	William Moreland	3.69%	288	313.84	323.74	325.02	334.26	352.44
	Ind. Unionist	Cecil Moore	1.70%	133	189.24	213.54	218.02	225.94
Electorate: 14,751 Valid: 7,815 (52.98%) Spoilt: 220 Quota: 977 Turnout: 8,035 (54.47%)

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References

↑ "Castlereagh Central Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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[1] "Castlereagh Central Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[2] "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[3] "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[4] "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[5] "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[6] "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[7] "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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