2014 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election
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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.
Results by party
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008080;" data-sort-value="NI21" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0C3A6A;" data-sort-value="Traditional Unionist Voice" |Party | Seats | First Pref. votes | FPv% | |
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DUP | 20 | 18,520 | 41.10 | |
UUP | 8 | 7,311 | 16.23 | |
Alliance | 7 | 5,492 | 12.19 | |
SDLP | 3 | 3,658 | 8.11 | |
NI21 | 1 | 3,173 | 7.04 | |
TUV | 1 | 2,720 | 6.04 | |
Totals | 40 | 45,055 | 100% |
Results by Electoral Area
Castlereagh East
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
DUP | Tommy Jeffers* | 13.37 | 881 | 886 | 897 | 903 | 978 | ||||
Alliance | Tim Morrow* | 7.91 | 521 | 537 | 566 | 836 | 852 | 1,065 | |||
DUP | David Drysdale* | 12.49 | 823 | 834 | 849 | 858 | 923 | 961 | |||
TUV | Andrew Girvin | 10.37 | 683 | 702 | 711 | 716 | 853 | 897 | 908 | 1,159 | |
DUP | Sharon Skillen* | 11.95 | 787 | 792 | 798 | 801 | 855 | 891 | 903 | 1,155 | |
UUP | Hazel Legge | 8.81 | 580 | 608 | 634 | 645 | 733 | 837 | 880 | 1,131 | |
DUP | 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Alliance | Geraldine Rice* ‡ | 15.06 | 1,221 | |||||||
SDLP | John Gallen | 11.89 | 964 | 967 | 981.96 | 1,015.30 | ||||
DUP | Nathan Anderson | 11.62 | 942 | 943 | 945.38 | 958.38 | 1,020.38 | |||
UUP | Michael Henderson* | 11.12 | 902 | 904 | 912.84 | 968.52 | 995.37 | 1,277.37 | ||
DUP | Ben Mallon | 6.15 | 499 | 499 | 500.02 | 514.02 | 757.70 | 926.06 | 1,091.06 | |
Alliance | Vasundhara Kamble* ‡‡ | 8.25 | 669 | 671 | 811.25 | 948.33 | 951.50 | 974.18 | 988.18 | |
SDLP | Brian Hanvey* | 10.80 | 876 | 876 | 893.34 | 914.85 | 915.85 | 924.36 | 932.36 | |
Sinn Féin | Nuala Toman | 9.90 | 803 | 803 | 809.80 | 822.97 | 823.97 | 823.97 | 823.97 | |
TUV | Wallace Douglas | 6.41 | 520 | 521 | 523.72 | 537.89 | 544.89 | |||
DUP | Vikki Nelson* | 4.43 | 359 | 360 | 361.70 | 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
DUP | Luke Poots* | 20.78 | 1,245 | ||||||||||
DUP | Uel Mackin* | 12.25 | 734 | 778.40 | 798.20 | 806.80 | 1,058.80 | ||||||
UUP | James Baird* | 12.25 | 734 | 748.60 | 787.80 | 799.00 | 825.40 | 829.00 | 1,156.00 | ||||
DUP | Janet Gray | 8.01 | 480 | 594.00 | 611.40 | 617.00 | 709.20 | 757.92 | 824.84 | 1,074.84 | |||
Alliance | Aaron McIntyre | 11.54 | 691 | 693.80 | 711.80 | 747.20 | 753.40 | 753.88 | 779.28 | 804.88 | 866.88 | 880.88 | |
NI21 | Christina Dobson | 7.11 | 426 | 430.80 | 450.00 | 646.20 | 654.40 | 654.88 | 673.92 | 722.48 | 810.48 | 860.48 | |
TUV | Tom Mateer | 6.89 | 413 | 418.80 | 467.20 | 470.40 | 484.00 | 485.92 | 517.24 | ||||
UUP | Alex Swan | 7.21 | 432 | 442.80 | 451.20 | 462.40 | 483.20 | 485.36 | |||||
DUP | Roy Young* | 6.19 | 371 | 412.60 | 427.20 | 427.80 | |||||||
NI21 | Glenn Wilson | 4.52 | 271 | 274.20 | 279.20 | ||||||||
UKIP | Peter Lindsay | 3.32 | 199 | 202.00 | |||||||||
Electorate: 11,563 Valid: 5,990 (51.80%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,000 Turnout: 6,062 (52.43%) |
Downshire West
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
UUP | Jim Dillon* | 15.80 | 912 | 914 | 921 | 936 | 975 | ||||||
DUP | Allan Ewart* | 15.25 | 880 | 883 | 883 | 886 | 914 | 915.32 | 1,049.32 | ||||
DUP | John Palmer* ‡ | 13.31 | 768 | 771 | 773 | 775 | 808 | 809.32 | 972.32 | ||||
UUP | 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 | 475.30 | 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 | |||
DUP | Colin Preen | 6.01 | 347 | 348 | 349 | 349 | 354 | 354.33 | |||||
UKIP | Rebecca McBride | 4.95 | 286 | 290 | 291 | 297 | |||||||
SDLP | 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
DUP | Thomas Beckett* | 18.78 | 1,216 | |||||
UUP | Robbie Butler † | 18.22 | 1,180 | |||||
SDLP | Pat Catney* ††† | 10.78 | 698 | 700.42 | 703.12 | 774.97 | 1,072.61 | |
DUP | William Leathem | 12.49 | 809 | 897.44 | 936.86 | 980.51 | 1,040.93 | |
DUP | James Tinsley* | 13.34 | 864 | 896.67 | 929.70 | 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 | 466.70 | 654.73 | ||
NI21 | David Honeyford | 6.16 | 399 | 402.19 | 414.70 | |||
Electorate: 12,863 Valid: 6,475 (50.34%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 1,080 Turnout: 6,534 (50.80%) |
Lisburn North
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
UUP | Brian Bloomfield* | 15.51 | 1,026 | ||||||||||
Alliance | Stephen Martin* | 10.75 | 711 | 720.00 | 729.28 | 731.68 | 755.00 | 760.72 | 968.72 | ||||
DUP | Scott Carson* | 10.34 | 684 | 685.00 | 703.24 | 749.32 | 756.56 | 831.04 | 833.20 | 939.04 | 946.04 | ||
DUP | Margaret Tolerton* | 11.11 | 735 | 735.00 | 743.00 | 779.16 | 785.24 | 823.20 | 828.20 | 886.60 | 889.68 | 889.97 | |
NI21 | Johnny McCarthy ‡‡ | 4.97 | 329 | 340.00 | 343.68 | 348.76 | 516.64 | 524.36 | 587.52 | 656.56 | 838.56 | 859.44 | |
DUP | Jenny Palmer* ‡† | 8.07 | 534 | 534.00 | 541.36 | 554.76 | 556.84 | 599.12 | 605.28 | 670.76 | 671.76 | 672.63 | |
DUP | Yvonne Craig* | 7.95 | 526 | 527.00 | 535.80 | 554.28 | 558.36 | 597.08 | 598.16 | 664.04 | 669.04 | 669.33 | |
Sinn Féin | Jacqui McGeough | 7.45 | 493 | 493.00 | 493.00 | 493.00 | 498.00 | 498.00 | 627.00 | 630.08 | |||
UKIP | Alan Love | 5.12 | 339 | 341.00 | 345.72 | 378.12 | 380.36 | 500.04 | 511.12 | ||||
SDLP | Nicola Turtle | 7.04 | 466 | 469.00 | 470.20 | 470.28 | 483.28 | 484.36 | |||||
TUV | John McCall | 4.53 | 300 | 301.00 | 310.44 | 348.48 | 353.56 | ||||||
NI21 | Colin McCord | 3.58 | 237 | 241.00 | 243.16 | 243.16 | |||||||
PUP | Matt Brennan | 3.07 | 203 | 203.00 | 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
UUP | Tim Mitchell | 14.04 | 874 | 890.00 | |||||||
DUP | Alan Givan | 13.06 | 813 | 818.00 | 831.00 | 918.00 | |||||
DUP | Andrew Ewing* | 11.18 | 696 | 699.00 | 703.00 | 764.00 | 1,089.00 | ||||
DUP | Paul Porter* | 12.33 | 768 | 782.00 | 794.00 | 882.00 | 982.00 | ||||
DUP | Rhoda Walker | 9.07 | 565 | 570.00 | 578.00 | 661.00 | 737.00 | 924.96 | |||
Alliance | Amanda Grehan | 6.91 | 430 | 481.00 | 719.00 | 727.00 | 744.00 | 749.92 | 754.92 | 765.32 | |
NI21 | David Cairns | 7.10 | 442 | 553.00 | 642.00 | 680.00 | 695.00 | 697.96 | 710.96 | 735.40 | |
DUP | Alan Carlisle* | 7.93 | 494 | 497.00 | 504.00 | 561.00 | |||||
TUV | Andrew Moore | 7.53 | 469 | 475.00 | 480.00 | ||||||
SDLP | Conor Quinn | 6.79 | 423 | 438.00 | |||||||
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
† Co-options
Date co-opted | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
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2 Jun 2016 | Lisburn North
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DUP | Jenny Palmer (UUP) | Jonathan Craig | Palmer (UUP, former DUP) was elected to the Assembly.[4][5] | |
17 Jun 2016 | Downshire West
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UUP | Alexander Redpath | Nicholas Trimble | Redpath filled the vacancy in Killultagh arising from Butler's election to the Assembly.[6] | |
17 Jun 2016 | Killultagh
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UUP | Robbie Butler | Alexander Redpath | Redpath filled the vacancy in Killultagh arising from Butler's election to the Assembly.[6] | |
29 Mar 2017 | Killultagh
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SDLP | Pat Catney | Conor Quinn | Catney was elected to the Assembly.[7] | |
16 Apr 2018 | Killultagh
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | |
SDLP | Conor Quinn | Christine Robb[8] | ||
9 Jul 2018 | Killultagh
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SDLP | Christine Robb | Máiría Cahill | Robb resigned.[9] |
‡ Changes in affiliation
Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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2 Sep 2015 | Downshire West | John Palmer
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DUP
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Defected.[10] | ||
2 Sep 2015 | Lisburn North | Jenny Palmer
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Defected.[10] | ||
29 Dec 2015 | Lisburn North | Johnny McCarthy
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008080;" data-sort-value="NI21" | |
NI21
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | Resigned.[11] | ||
23 Feb 2016 | Lisburn North | Johnny McCarthy
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Independent
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SDLP | Affiliated.[12] | ||
25 Jan 2017 | Castlereagh South | Vasundhara Kamble
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | |
Alliance
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | Resigned.[13] | ||
25 Jan 2017 | Castlereagh South | Geraldine Rice
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | |
Alliance
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | Resigned.[13] | ||
6 May 2016 | Lisburn North | Vacancy
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UUP
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DUP | Palmer's vacated seat reverts to DUP.[5] | ||
25 Nov 2017 | Castlereagh South | Vasundhara Kamble
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | Affiliated.[14] |
Last update 25 March 2019.
Current composition: see Lisburn and Castlereagh.
References
- ^ "Northern Ireland council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "UTV local election results, Lisburn and Castlereagh". UTV. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "Lisburn and Castlereagh". Lisburn City Council. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "Jenny Palmer secures UUP seat in Lagan Valley at expense of DUP". The Irish News. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Craig 'delighted' to be returning to council". www.lisburntoday.co.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Next Generation of Trimble family joins political world". Lisburn Today. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Quinn takes over from Catney on SDLP council team". Lisburn Today. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The Casually Vacant Council Seats". Slugger O'Toole. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ McClafferty, Enda (9 July 2018). "Máiría Cahill joins the SDLP". Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ a b "DUP whistleblower Jenny Palmer joins the UUP". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "NI21 councillor Johnny McCarthy quits party". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Councillor Johnny McCarthy joins SDLP | 2016 | News". SDLP (in Irish). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Alliance Party rocked by racism and ageism bombshell allegations by councillors". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Former Alliance party councillor Vasundhara Kamble joins DUP". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 26 November 2017.