Downshire West (District Electoral Area)

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Downshire West
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats5 (2014-)
Councillors
  •   Allan Ewart (DUP)
  •   Owen Gawith (APNI)
  •   Alan Martin (UUP)
  •   Caleb McCready (DUP)
  •   Gretta Thompson (APNI)

Downshire West is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland. [1] The district elects five members to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council and contains the wards of Blaris, Hillsborough, Lagan, Maze and Moira. [2] Downshire West forms part of the Lagan Valley constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

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It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Downshire DEA which had existed since 1985, as well as gaining Moira from Killultagh DEA and Blaris from Lisburn South DEA.

Councillors

ElectionCouncillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)
2023 Owen Gawith
(Alliance)		Gretta Thompson
(Alliance)		Alan Martin
(UUP)		Caleb McCready
(DUP)		Allan Ewart
(DUP)
2019 Jim Dillon
(UUP)		John Palmer
(UUP)/
(DUP)
June 2016 Co-OptionNicholas Trimble
(UUP)
September 2015 DefectionAlexander Redpath
(UUP)
2014

2023 Election

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Downshire West - 5 seats [3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Alliance Owen Gawith*23.58%1,693     
Alliance Gretta Thompson13.04%9361,353.02    
Ulster Unionist Alan Martin8.69%624641.98 693.33 776.91 1,315.91 
DUP Caleb McCready*13.87%9961,014.56 1,020.85 1,032.40 1,059.86 1,093.46
DUP Allan Ewart*13.53%971975.06 987.35 992.81 1,039.51 1,082.56
DUP William Leathem12.79%918921.48 925.48 928.21 947.26 988.56
Ulster Unionist Liz McCord8.57%615621.38 691.12 739.42   
Sinn Féin Siobhán Murphy4.21%302310.70     
Green (NI) Luke Robinson1.73%124135.02     
Electorate: 13,284  Valid: 7,179 (54.04%)  Spoilt: 72  Quota: 1,197  Turnout: 7,251 (54.58%)  

    2019 Election

    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 [4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Alliance Owen Gawith*25.92%1,616      
    DUP Caleb McCready16.23%1,0121,029.76 1,060.76    
    Ulster Unionist John Palmer*14.68%915988.26 1,038.95 1,039.74 1,081.74  
    Ulster Unionist Jim Dillon*10.70%667722.87 767.97 771.92 842.03 871.03 1,071.06
    DUP Allan Ewart*10.75%670678.51 686.62 693.73 706.58 710.58 715.8
    DUP Vince Curry10.38%647652.92 657.66 663.98 669.09 670.09 682.53
    SDLP Morgan Crone4.94%308458.96 473.62 474.41 664.58 669.58  
    Green (NI) Luke Robinson3.69%230416.11 471.79 473.37    
    NI Conservatives Neil Johnston2.71%169234.86      
    Electorate: 12,385  Valid: 6,234 (50.34%)  Spoilt: 67  Quota: 1,040  Turnout: 6,301 (50.88%)  

      2014 Election

      2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

      Downshire West - 5 seats [5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678910
      Ulster Unionist Jim Dillon*15.80%912914 921 936 975     
      DUP Allan Ewart*15.25%880883 883 886 914 915.32 1,049.32   
      DUP John Palmer* ‡13.31%768771 773 775 808 809.32 972.32   
      Ulster Unionist Alexander Redpath*†11.63%671678 687 687 706 711.28 738.61 805.25 859.58 1,079.58
      Alliance Owen Gawith8.54%493535 554 701 717 717.33 721.33 722.31 904.64 918.64
      NI Conservatives Neil Johnston6.51%376383 392 400 432 432.66 434.66 434.66 475.3 551.47
      TUV Jonny Miller5.80%335338 339 340 418 419.32 432.32 448.98 461.98  
      NI21 Roger Duncan3.57%206221 320 347 362 363.32 366.32 368.28   
      DUP Colin Preen6.01%347348 349 349 354 354.33     
      UKIP Rebecca McBride4.95%286290 291 297       
      SDLP Dee French4.00%231237 240        
      NI21 Neil McNickle2.56%148158         
      Green (NI) Luke Robinson2.06%119         
      Electorate: 11,673  Valid: 5,772 (49.45%)  Spoilt: 60  Quota: 963  Turnout: 5,832 (49.96%)  

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