2023 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election
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![]() Lisburn and Castlereagh 2023 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 election to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England.[1] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.[2]
The election returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote. This consisted of 14 Democratic Unionist Party members (who topped the polls in three districts: Castlereagh East, Downshire East and Lisburn South), 13 Alliance Party members (who topped the polls in two districts: Castlereagh South and Downshire West), 6 Ulster Unionist Party members, 4 Sinn Féin members (who topped the polls in two districts: Killultagh and Lisburn North), 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party members and 1 Independent member.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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DUP | 14 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
35.00 | 34.02 | 19,187 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 13 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
32.50 | 28.48 | 16,064 | ![]() | |
UUP | 6 | 0 | 5 | ![]() |
15.00 | 13.97 | 7,877 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 4 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
10.00 | 10.98 | 6,193 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
5.00 | 6.69 | 3,774 | ![]() | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
2.50 | 1.80 | 1,017 | ![]() | |
TUV | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 2.33 | 1,317 | ![]() | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.00 | 1.73 | 975 | ![]() | |
Total | 40 | 56,404 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]District Electoral Area (DEA) | % |
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DUP | Alliance | UUP | Sinn Féin | SDLP | Independents and others | ||||||||
Castlereagh East | 50.92 | 3 ![]() |
30.78 | 2 ![]() |
9.03 | 1 ![]() |
0.00 | 0 ![]() |
0.00 | 0 ![]() |
9.28 | 0 ![]() |
6 |
Castlereagh South | 15.05 | 1 ![]() |
32.36 | 3 ![]() |
7.46 | 0 ![]() |
21.61 | 2 ![]() |
17.05 | 1 ![]() |
6.92 | 0 ![]() |
7 |
Downshire East | 41.34 | 2 ![]() |
30.06 | 2 ![]() |
17.47 | 1 ![]() |
0.00 | 0 ![]() |
4.51 | 0 ![]() |
5.73 | 0 ![]() |
5 |
Downshire West | 40.19 | 2 ![]() |
36.62 | 2 ![]() |
17.26 | 1 ![]() |
4.21 | 0 ![]() |
0.00 | 0 ![]() |
1.73 | 0 ![]() |
5 |
Killultagh | 33.49 | 2 ![]() |
22.22 | 1 ![]() |
15.66 | 1 ![]() |
23.36 | 1 ![]() |
4.34 | 0 ![]() |
0.93 | 0 ![]() |
5 |
Lisburn North | 26.47 | 1 ![]() |
23.61 | 1 ![]() |
13.65 | 1 ![]() |
14.67 | 1 ![]() |
11.07 | 1 ![]() |
10.54 | 1 ![]() |
6 |
Lisburn South | 38.20 | 3 ![]() |
23.81 | 2 ![]() |
19.95 | 1 ![]() |
6.58 | 0 ![]() |
6.30 | 0 ![]() |
5.16 | 0 ![]() |
6 |
Total | 34.02 | 14 ![]() |
28.48 | 13 ![]() |
13.97 | 6 ![]() |
10.98 | 4 ![]() |
6.69 | 2 ![]() |
5.87 | 1 ![]() |
40 |
District results
[edit]Castlereagh East
[edit]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 | ||||
DUP | Sharon Skillen* | 21.04% | 1,655 | |||||
Alliance | Martin Gregg* | 17.50% | 1,377 | |||||
DUP | Samantha Burns | 11.17% | 879 | 1,165.72 | ||||
Alliance | Sharon Lowry* | 13.28% | 1,045 | 1,057.16 | 1,192.16 | |||
DUP | John Laverty* | 11.31% | 890 | 960.72 | 966.68 | 980.62 | 1,130.62 | |
UUP | Hazel Legge* | 9.03% | 710 | 735.28 | 763.92 | 959.08 | 1,086.60 | |
DUP | 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%) |
Castlereagh South
[edit]2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green
2023: 3 x Alliance, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: Alliance and Sinn Féin gain from Green and UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Alliance | Michelle Guy* † | 14.26% | 1,452 | ||||||||
DUP | Brian Higginson | 9.88% | 1,006 | 1,009 | 1,009.60 | 1,507.72 | |||||
Alliance | Nancy Eaton | 10.96% | 1,116 | 1,121 | 1,183.16 | 1,186.16 | 1,188.76 | 1,416.76 | |||
SDLP | John Gallen* | 10.61% | 1,035 | 1,035 | 1,042.08 | 1,044.08 | 1,046.16 | 1,147.12 | 1,613.12 | ||
Sinn Féin | Ryan Carlin* | 11.82% | 1,204 | 1,207 | 1,213.24 | 1,214.24 | 1,214.76 | 1,260.76 | 1,314.76 | ||
Alliance | Martin McKeever | 7.14% | 727 | 734 | 793.88 | 795.88 | 803.12 | 926.04 | 1,048.76 | 1,269.89 | |
Sinn Féin | Daniel Bassett | 9.79% | 997 | 998 | 1,000.88 | 1,000.88 | 1,000.88 | 1,036.24 | 1,095.60 | 1,192.80 | |
UUP | Michael Henderson* | 7.46% | 760 | 764 | 768.92 | 786.92 | 1,001.68 | 1,039.08 | 1,059.60 | 1,077.42 | |
SDLP | Simon Lee* | 6.44% | 656 | 662 | 683.36 | 686.36 | 688.44 | 761.64 | |||
Green (NI) | Jacinta Hamley | 6.44% | 656 | 667 | 675.16 | 675.16 | 677.76 | ||||
DUP | William Traynor | 5.17% | 527 | 528 | 528.18 | ||||||
Independent | Andrew Miller | 0.48% | 49 | ||||||||
Electorate: 18,120 Valid: 10,185 (56.21%) Spoilt: 95 Quota: 1,274 Turnout: 10,280 (56.73%) |
Downshire East
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | Andrew Gowan* | 26.01% | 1,798 | ||||||
DUP | Uel Mackin* | 15.33% | 1,060 | 1,576.96 | |||||
Alliance | Aaron McIntyre* | 15.94% | 1,102 | 1,123.96 | 1,139.00 | 1,253.00 | |||
Alliance | Kurtis Dickson | 14.12% | 976 | 981.04 | 985.84 | 1,147.84 | |||
UUP | James Baird* | 10.50% | 726 | 768.48 | 938.40 | 945.76 | 959.76 | 1,154.76 | |
UUP | Alex Swan* | 6.97% | 482 | 498.92 | 600.36 | 605.36 | 626.36 | 749.36 | |
TUV | Stewart Ferris | 5.73% | 396 | 428.76 | 564.12 | 566.48 | 570.48 | ||
SDLP | John Drake | 4.51% | 312 | 314.52 | 317.08 | ||||
Electorate: 12,763 Valid: 6,914 (54.17%) Spoilt: 62 Quota: 1,143 Turnout: 6,976 (54.66%) |
Downshire West
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Alliance | Owen Gawith* | 23.58% | 1,693 | ||||||
Alliance | Gretta Thompson | 13.04% | 936 | 1,353.02 | |||||
UUP | Alan Martin | 8.69% | 624 | 641.98 | 693.33 | 776.91 | 1,315.91 | ||
DUP | Caleb McCready* | 13.87% | 996 | 1,014.56 | 1,020.85 | 1,032.40 | 1,059.86 | 1,093.46 | |
DUP | Allan Ewart* | 13.53% | 971 | 975.06 | 987.35 | 992.81 | 1,039.51 | 1,082.56 | |
DUP | William Leathem | 12.79% | 918 | 921.48 | 925.48 | 928.21 | 947.26 | 988.56 | |
UUP | Liz McCord | 8.57% | 615 | 621.38 | 691.12 | 739.42 | |||
Sinn Féin | Siobhán Murphy | 4.21% | 302 | 310.70 | |||||
Green (NI) | Luke Robinson | 1.73% | 124 | 135.02 | |||||
Electorate: 13,284 Valid: 7,179 (54.04%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,197 Turnout: 7,251 (54.58%) |
Killultagh
[edit]2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Gary McCleave* | 23.36% | 1,958 | ||||||
Alliance | Claire Kemp | 22.22% | 1,862 | ||||||
DUP | Thomas Beckett* | 18.01% | 1,509 | ||||||
DUP | James Tinsley* | 15.48% | 1,297 | 1,297.68 | 1,312.26 | 1,325.80 | 1,415.05 | ||
UUP | Ross McLernon* | 7.80% | 654 | 657.74 | 732.80 | 765.65 | 776.78 | 1,398.14 | |
SDLP | Jack Patton | 4.34% | 364 | 888.28 | 1,145.86 | 1,178.05 | 1,178.47 | 1,192.49 | |
UUP | Laura Turner | 7.86% | 659 | 664.10 | 728.63 | 748.84 | 752.69 | ||
Independent | Stuart Brown | 0.93% | 78 | 93.64 | 136.57 | ||||
Electorate: 15,956 Valid: 8,381 (52.53%) Spoilt: 68 Quota: 1,397 Turnout: 8,449 (52.95%) |
Lisburn North
[edit]2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2023: 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and Independent gain from DUP and UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Paul Burke | 14.67% | 1,239 | |||||
DUP | Jonathan Craig* | 14.45% | 1,220 | |||||
Alliance | Nicola Parker | 13.47% | 1,137 | 1,147 | 1,900 | |||
SDLP | Pat Catney | 11.07% | 935 | 941 | 1,002 | 1,360 | ||
UUP | Nicholas Trimble* | 7.43% | 627 | 1,035 | 1,070 | 1,242 | ||
Independent | Gary Hynds | 10.54% | 890 | 933 | 946 | 1,045 | 1,162 | |
DUP | Scott Carson* | 12.02% | 1,015 | 1,049 | 1,053 | 1,066 | 1,071 | |
Alliance | Stephen Martin* | 10.14% | 856 | 874 | ||||
UUP | Linsey Gibson | 6.22% | 525 | |||||
Electorate: 16,680 Valid: 8,444 (50.62%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,207 Turnout: 8,553 (51.28%) |
Lisburn South
[edit]2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
DUP | Andrew Ewing* | 15.19% | 1,139 | ||||||||
Alliance | Amanda Grehan* | 14.82% | 1,111 | ||||||||
DUP | Alan Givan* | 13.85% | 1,038 | 1,089.60 | |||||||
Alliance | Peter Kennedy | 8.99% | 674 | 674.24 | 677.30 | 707.33 | 707.55 | 949.27 | 1,324.27 | ||
UUP | Tim Mitchell* | 11.61% | 870 | 871.44 | 962.86 | 963.58 | 965.12 | 971.12 | 1,007.29 | 1,065.29 | |
DUP | Paul Porter* | 9.16% | 687 | 696 | 900.42 | 900.81 | 915.15 | 921.15 | 931.23 | 937.23 | |
UUP | Jenny Palmer* | 8.34% | 625 | 628.42 | 692.90 | 693.59 | 694.27 | 706.42 | 727.48 | 745.48 | |
Sinn Féin | Aisling Flynn | 6.58% | 493 | 493.42 | 494.42 | 494.90 | 494.94 | 671.09 | |||
SDLP | Dee French | 6.30% | 472 | 472.42 | 476.42 | 477.32 | 477.34 | ||||
TUV | Stewart McEvoy | 5.16% | 387 | 388.44 | |||||||
Electorate: 16,838 Valid: 7,496 (44.52%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 1,071 Turnout: 7,595 (45.11%) |
Changes during the term
[edit]† Co-options
[edit]Date co-opted | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
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5 August 2024 | Castlereagh South | Alliance | Michelle Guy | Jamie Harpur | Guy was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.[7] |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.
References
[edit]- ^ "Local government elections in Northern Ireland". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ^ "NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "Lisburn and Castlereagh result - Northern Ireland Council Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
- ^ "Killultagh Election Results 2023". Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "Lisburn North Election Results 2023". Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "New Councillor - Castlereagh South District Electoral Area".