Castlereagh East | |
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Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council DEA constituency | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1985 |
Seats | 7 (1985-2014) 6 (2014-) |
Councillors |
Castlereagh East 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 Ballyhanwood, Carrowreagh, Dundonald, Enler, Graham's Bridge and Moneyreagh. [2] Castlereagh East forms part of the Belfast East constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Castlereagh Area B which had existed since 1973, where it contained seven wards (Ballyhanwood, Carrowreagh, Dundonald, Enler, Gilnahirk, Graham's Bridge and Tullycarnet). For the 2014 local elections, it was decreased to six wards. The Gilnahirk and Tullycarnet areas were transferred to Belfast City Council, while Moneyreagh was gained from Castlereagh South.
Election | Councillor (Party) |
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2023 | Sharon Lowry ( Alliance) |
Martin Gregg ( Alliance) |
Hazel Legge ( UUP) |
Sharon Skillen ( DUP) |
John Laverty ( DUP) |
Samantha Burns ( DUP) |
6 seats 2014–present | |||||||||
January 2020 Co-Option | David Drysdale ( DUP)/ ( UUP) | |||||||||||||||
2019 | Tim Morrow ( Alliance) |
Tommy Jeffers ( DUP) | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Andrew Girvin ( TUV) | |||||||||||||||
2011 |
Judith Cochrane ( Alliance) |
Martin Gregg ( Green Party) |
Gareth Robinson ( DUP) |
Jim White ( DUP) | ||||||||||||
2005 |
Iris Robinson ( DUP) |
Charlie Tosh ( DUP) |
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2001 | Peter Osborne ( Alliance) |
Kim Morton ( DUP) |
Claire Ennis ( DUP) |
Francis Gallagher ( Independent) | ||||||||||||
1997 | Tommy Jeffers ( DUP)/ ( UPUP) |
William Abraham ( UUP)/ ( Independent Unionist) |
Sarah Cummings ( UUP) |
Sandy Geddis ( DUP) | ||||||||||||
1993 | Matthew Anderson ( DUP) |
John Bell ( UUP) | ||||||||||||||
1989 | William Boyd ( Alliance) |
John Boyle ( DUP) | ||||||||||||||
1985 |
Denny Vitty ( DUP) |
Addie Morrow ( Alliance) |
William Ward ( UUP) |
Ronald Jackson ( UUP) |
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Sharon Skillen* | 21.04% | 1,655 | |||||
Alliance | Martin Gregg* | 17.50% | 1,377 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | Samantha Burns | 11.17% | 879 | 1,165.72 | ||||
Alliance | Sharon Lowry* | 13.28% | 1,045 | 1,057.16 | 1,192.16 | |||
Democratic Unionist | John Laverty* | 11.31% | 890 | 960.72 | 966.68 | 980.62 | 1,130.62 | |
Ulster Unionist | Hazel Legge* | 9.03% | 710 | 735.28 | 763.92 | 959.08 | 1,086.60 | |
Democratic Unionist | David Drysdale* | 7.40% | 582 | 678 | 682.96 | 703.70 | 931.76 | |
TUV | Andrew Girvin | 6.79% | 534 | 558.32 | 566.64 | 589.76 | ||
Green (NI) | Terry Winchcombe | 2.49% | 195 | 199.48 | ||||
Electorate: 16,289 Valid: 7,867 (48.30%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 1,124 Turnout: 7,957 (48.85%) |
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 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | Sharon Skillen* | 16.81% | 1,174 | |||||
Alliance | Tim Morrow* † | 13.41% | 936 | 1,128.78 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | David Drysdale* | 12.16% | 849 | 850.19 | 951.14 | 956.92 | 1,081.92 | |
Ulster Unionist | Hazel Legge* | 10.36% | 723 | 728.1 | 736.65 | 808.9 | 1,040.9 | |
Democratic Unionist | John Laverty | 11.64% | 813 | 814.19 | 847.04 | 851.8 | 976.8 | |
Democratic Unionist | 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%) |
This election was carried out under new ward boundaries, as a result of local government reform.
2011: 4 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP
2011-2014 Change: TUV and UUP gain from DUP, Alliance and Green and due to the loss of one seat
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Tommy Jeffers* | 13.37% | 881 | 886 | 897 | 903 | 978 | ||||
Alliance | Tim Morrow* | 7.91% | 521 | 537 | 566 | 836 | 852 | 1,065 | |||
Democratic Unionist | David Drysdale* | 12.49% | 823 | 834 | 849 | 858 | 923 | 961 | |||
TUV | Andrew Girvin | 10.37% | 683 | 702 | 711 | 716 | 853 | 897 | 908 | 1,159 | |
Democratic Unionist | Sharon Skillen* | 11.95% | 787 | 792 | 798 | 801 | 855 | 891 | 903 | 1,155 | |
Ulster Unionist | Hazel Legge | 8.81% | 580 | 608 | 634 | 645 | 733 | 837 | 880 | 1,131 | |
Democratic Unionist | 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%) |
2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2011: 4 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green
2005-2011 Change: Alliance and Green gain from DUP and UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Gareth Robinson* | 24.25% | 1,804 | |||||||
Alliance | Judith Cochrane* | 17.60% | 1,309 | |||||||
Democratic Unionist | Jim White* | 5.93% | 441 | 939.5 | ||||||
Alliance | Tim Morrow | 8.74% | 650 | 676 | 986.01 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | Tommy Jeffers* | 10.22% | 760 | 920.5 | 928.62 | 962.62 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | David Drysdale* | 8.72% | 649 | 720.5 | 730.07 | 780.02 | 786.18 | 796.18 | 900.04 | |
Green (NI) | Martin Gregg | 7.72% | 574 | 599 | 620.46 | 684.99 | 713.34 | 716.34 | 870.15 | |
Democratic Unionist | Aileen Graham | 6.86% | 510 | 572 | 575.48 | 588.27 | 591.14 | 598.14 | 687 | |
Ulster Unionist | Hazel Legge | 5.61% | 417 | 433 | 444.6 | 553 | 565.04 | 570.04 | ||
BNP | Ann Cooper | 2.76% | 205 | 216 | 219.19 | |||||
NI Conservatives | Terry Dick | 1.61% | 120 | 122.5 | 129.46 | |||||
Electorate: 14,291 Valid: 7,439 (52.05%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 930 Turnout: 7,557 (52.88%) |
2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Iris Robinson* | 27.08% | 2,090 | ||||||
Alliance | Judith Cochrane | 12.40% | 957 | 977.9 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | Gareth Robinson* | 10.08% | 778 | 1,251 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | Tommy Jeffers | 11.10% | 857 | 1,033 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | David Drysdale* | 8.01% | 618 | 648.25 | 657 | 844.05 | 847.41 | 951.17 | |
Democratic Unionist | Jim White* | 5.40% | 417 | 668.35 | 761.1 | 786 | 811.2 | 891.76 | |
Democratic Unionist | Charlie Tosh | 5.52% | 426 | 520.05 | 671.6 | 698.5 | 728.02 | 861.08 | |
Ulster Unionist | Mervyn Bailie | 7.51% | 580 | 597.05 | 602.3 | 719.85 | 722.49 | 805.28 | |
Independent | Francis Gallagher* | 7.14% | 551 | 579.05 | 590.6 | 665.65 | 670.69 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Hazel Legge | 3.41% | 263 | 287.2 | 294.2 | ||||
PUP | Colin Neill | 2.35% | 181 | 190.35 | 195.6 | ||||
Electorate: 13,902 Valid: 7,718 (55.52%) Spoilt: 179 Quota: 965 Turnout: 7,897 (56.80%) |
1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: Independent gain from Independent Unionist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Iris Robinson* | 44.69% | 4,093 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | David Drysdale | 20.52% | 1,879 | |||||||
Alliance | Peter Osborne* | 10.08% | 923 | 1,018.25 | 1,165.21 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | Jim White | 0.95% | 87 | 1,044.75 | 1,098.87 | 1,140.08 | 1,169.08 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Kim Morton* | 1.31% | 120 | 690.75 | 727.71 | 768.85 | 1,078.22 | 1,091.66 | 1,197.58 | |
Democratic Unionist | Claire Ennis | 2.23% | 204 | 751.5 | 803.42 | 847.76 | 1,035.54 | 1,043.22 | 1,113.07 | |
Independent | Francis Gallagher | 7.10% | 650 | 755 | 806.04 | 871.94 | 885.01 | 885.97 | 1,082.17 | |
Alliance | Gillian Graham | 4.37% | 400 | 439.75 | 626.75 | 695.33 | 711.28 | 712.24 | 840.05 | |
PUP | Richard Johnston | 5.09% | 466 | 538 | 626.88 | 669.32 | 690.22 | 691.18 | ||
Democratic Unionist | Sandy Geddis* | 1.00% | 92 | 569 | 601.12 | 632.7 | ||||
Independent | William Abraham* | 2.67% | 245 | 310.25 | 388.57 | |||||
Electorate: 15,245 Valid: 9,159 (60.08%) Spoilt: 249 Quota: 1,145 Turnout: 9,408 (61.71%) |
1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: UPUP joins DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Iris Robinson* | 46.08% | 2,787 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | Tommy Jeffers* | 2.84% | 172 | 799.52 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Sarah Cummings | 11.11% | 672 | 768.2 | |||||
Ind. Unionist | William Abraham* | 10.04% | 607 | 721.7 | 757.4 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Sandy Geddis* | 2.65% | 160 | 643.96 | 663.92 | 733.56 | 810.56 | ||
Alliance | Peter Osborne* | 11.19% | 677 | 709.56 | 721.3 | 728.48 | 757.18 | ||
Democratic Unionist | Kim Morton | 1.21% | 73 | 400.82 | 411.56 | 555.72 | 624.32 | 663.32 | |
Alliance | Michael Long | 7.71% | 466 | 486.72 | 504.2 | 505.68 | 539.12 | 545.12 | |
Ulster Democratic | Stephen McNally | 5.01% | 303 | 365.16 | 387.12 | 401.44 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Sarah Seddon | 0.26% | 16 | 246.14 | 248.88 | ||||
Independent | David Brown | 1.90% | 115 | 130.54 | |||||
Electorate: 15,542 Valid: 6,048 (38.91%) Spoilt: 130 Quota: 757 Turnout: 6,178 (39.75%) |
1989: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989-1993: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Iris Robinson* | 45.13% | 2,690 | ||||||||
Alliance | Peter Osborne | 15.27% | 910 | ||||||||
Democratic Unionist | Matthew Anderson* | 3.89% | 232 | 1,364.94 | |||||||
Democratic Unionist | Sandy Geddis | 1.44% | 86 | 298.38 | 831.58 | ||||||
UPUP | Tommy Jeffers* | 9.34% | 557 | 676.88 | 688.88 | 732.66 | 736.36 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | John Bell* | 8.00% | 477 | 531.02 | 539.02 | 563.44 | 607.76 | 608.36 | 632.44 | 723.44 | |
Ind. Unionist | William Abraham* | 7.03% | 419 | 493.74 | 502.14 | 523.48 | 532.1 | 532.88 | 547.56 | 624.02 | |
NI Conservatives | David Munster | 3.88% | 231 | 262.08 | 264.48 | 294.18 | 295.18 | 295.48 | 496.52 | 520.6 | |
Democratic Unionist | Will Kelly | 1.54% | 92 | 362.1 | 395.3 | 399.48 | 409.52 | 484.1 | 491.2 | ||
NI Conservatives | Barbara Finney | 3.52% | 210 | 231.46 | 235.06 | 266.3 | 267.52 | 267.88 | |||
Ulster Unionist | John Boyle* | 0.95% | 57 | 76.98 | 81.38 | 89.74 | |||||
Electorate: 15,253 Valid: 5,961 (39.08%) Spoilt: 125 Quota: 746 Turnout: 6,086 (39.90%) |
1985: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: UPUP and Independent Unionist gain from UUP (two seats)
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Iris Robinson | 21.05% | 1,168 | |||||||||
Democratic Unionist | Matthew Anderson* | 16.91% | 938 | |||||||||
Ind. Unionist | William Abraham* | 13.63% | 756 | |||||||||
Alliance | William Boyd | 13.50% | 749 | |||||||||
Ulster Unionist | John Bell | 9.03% | 501 | 522.32 | 535.58 | 538.1 | 563.86 | 626.15 | 643.75 | 868.75 | ||
UPUP | Tommy Jeffers | 9.17% | 509 | 530.73 | 537.23 | 539.64 | 552.04 | 643.35 | 663.7 | 695.7 | ||
Democratic Unionist | John Boyle* | 3.53% | 196 | 344.42 | 527.46 | 532.76 | 539.24 | 548.66 | 550.86 | 592.4 | 650.4 | |
Democratic Unionist | Mark Robinson | 2.20% | 122 | 371.28 | 402.22 | 407.04 | 410.88 | 421.71 | 424.24 | 457.28 | 492.28 | |
Ulster Unionist | Alexander Murray | 5.62% | 312 | 332.91 | 335.77 | 347.03 | 353.27 | 384.43 | 393.12 | |||
Alliance | Muriel Wilkes | 4.63% | 257 | 263.56 | 265.64 | 272.64 | 274.4 | |||||
Ind. Unionist | Michael Brooks | 0.72% | 40 | 41.23 | 43.83 | |||||||
Electorate: 14,754 Valid: 5,548 (37.60%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 694 Turnout: 5,703 (38.65%) |
1985: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Denny Vitty* | 34.06% | 2,317 | |||||||||
Ulster Unionist | William Ward* | 16.96% | 1,154 | |||||||||
Democratic Unionist | John Boyle* | 2.20% | 150 | 1,105.71 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | William Abraham | 10.95% | 745 | 778.39 | 875.11 | |||||||
Democratic Unionist | Matthew Anderson* | 7.19% | 489 | 652.8 | 674.64 | 894.96 | ||||||
Alliance | Addie Morrow* | 10.27% | 699 | 710.97 | 728.65 | 729.45 | 729.6 | 730.14 | 761.03 | 862.03 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Ronald Jackson | 3.97% | 270 | 297.09 | 421.89 | 424.45 | 425.35 | 444.13 | 454.95 | 517.48 | 702.48 | |
Democratic Unionist | Albert Johnston | 2.70% | 184 | 414.58 | 432.52 | 448.68 | 487.23 | 488.37 | 501.11 | 574.3 | 606.3 | |
Alliance | Melissa Jeffers | 5.09% | 346 | 351.67 | 352.97 | 353.29 | 353.35 | 353.47 | 382.73 | 474.38 | ||
Alliance | Ian Kirkpatrick | 2.84% | 193 | 203.08 | 209.32 | 209.32 | 209.35 | 209.47 | 220.47 | |||
Ind. Unionist | Michael Brooks | 1.87% | 127 | 140.86 | 146.84 | 147.64 | 148.03 | 148.69 | 154.95 | |||
NI Labour | James Bate | 0.85% | 58 | 59.26 | 59.52 | 60 | 60.03 | 60.15 | ||||
NI Labour | William Gunning | 0.65% | 44 | 45.89 | 47.97 | 47.97 | 47.97 | 47.97 | ||||
NI Labour | William Copley | 0.40% | 27 | 27 | 27.78 | 27.78 | 27.84 | 27.9 | ||||
Electorate: 14,584 Valid: 6,803 (46.65%) Spoilt: 183 Quota: 851 Turnout: 6,986 (47.90%) |