2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election
The 2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election was the second election to Lisburn and Castlereagh city Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the Lisburn and Castlereagh city Council via Single Transferable Vote.
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Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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DUP | 15 | ![]() |
18,455 | 36.37 | ![]() | |
UUP | 11 | ![]() |
8,837 | 17.41 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 9 | ![]() |
11,883 | 23.42 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 2 | ![]() |
4,364 | 8.60 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 2 | ![]() |
2,717 | 5.35 | ![]() | |
Green (NI) | 1 | ![]() |
878 | 1.73 | ![]() | |
TUV | 0 | ![]() |
1,167 | 2.30 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
878 | 1.73 | ![]() | |
NI Conservatives | 0 | ![]() |
592 | 1.17 | ![]() | |
UKIP | 0 | ![]() |
255 | 0.50 | ![]() | |
Democrats and Veterans | 0 | ![]() |
242 | 0.48 | N/A | |
NI21 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | N/A | |
Totals | 40 | 50,747 | — |
Council composition
Following the previous election in 2014, the composition of the council was:
20 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
DUP | UUP | Alliance | SDLP | TUV | NI21 |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
DUP | UUP | Alliance | SDLP | SF | GPNI |
Results by electoral area
Summary
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DUP | UUP | Alliance | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Others | ||||||||
Castlereagh East | 49.8 | 3 | 10.4 | 1 | 30.8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 6 |
Castlereagh South | 22.5 | 1 | 6.9 | 1 | 31.6 | 2 | 15.8 | 1 | 11.8 | 1 | 11.3 | 1 | 7 |
Downshire East | 44.7 | 2 | 27.1 | 2 | 21.3 | 1 | 6.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Downshire West | 37.4 | 2 | 25.4 | 2 | 25.9 | 1 | 4.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 5 |
Killultagh | 38.0 | 2 | 17.8 | 1 | 20.3 | 1 | 9.2 | 0 | 13.2 | 1 | 1.4 | 0 | 5 |
Lisburn North | 33.6 | 2 | 17.7 | 2 | 20.3 | 1 | 11.6 | 1 | 8.9 | 0 | 7.9 | 0 | 6 |
Lisburn South | 36.4 | 3 | 22.9 | 2 | 13.3 | 1 | 9.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 18.1 | 0 | 6 |
Total | 36.7 | 15 | 17.6 | 11 | 23.6 | 9 | 8.7 | 2 | 5.4 | 2 | 7.9 | 1 | 40 |
Castlereagh East
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 one seat from TUV
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Alliance | Martin Gregg | 17.36 | 1,212 | |||||
DUP | Sharon Skillen* | 16.81 | 1,174 | |||||
Alliance | Tim Morrow* † | 13.41 | 936 | 1,128.78 | ||||
DUP | David Drysdale* | 12.16 | 849 | 850.19 | 951.14 | 956.92 | 1,081.92 | |
UUP | Hazel Legge* | 10.36 | 723 | 728.1 | 736.65 | 808.9 | 1,040.9 | |
DUP | John Laverty | 11.64 | 813 | 814.19 | 847.04 | 851.8 | 976.8 | |
DUP | 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 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 998 Turnout: 7,047 (47.10%) |
Castlereagh South
2014: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green
2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin and Green gain one seat each from DUP and SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Alliance | Sorcha Eastwood | 17.95 | 1,629 | ||||||||||
DUP | Nathan Anderson* | 16.55 | 1,503 | ||||||||||
Alliance | Michelle Guy | 13.62 | 1,236 | ||||||||||
SDLP | John Gallen* | 10.74 | 975 | 1,094.68 | 1,099.96 | 1,128.12 | 1,130.12 | 1,131.68 | 1,165.68 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Ryan Carlin | 11.78 | 1,069 | 1,107.4 | 1,109.32 | 1,115.48 | 1,115.48 | 1,117.8 | 1,129.92 | 1,263.92 | |||
Green (NI) | Simon Lee | 7.14 | 648 | 819.52 | 825.04 | 858.96 | 863.84 | 868.96 | 946.2 | 1,168.2 | |||
UUP | Michael Henderson* | 6.92 | 628 | 657.76 | 683.44 | 690.88 | 759 | 789.12 | 869.52 | 920.92 | 940.92 | 971.6 | |
DUP | Jason Elliott | 3.69 | 335 | 338.84 | 585.56 | 586.28 | 634.32 | 856.92 | 873.2 | 886.16 | 890.16 | 892.52 | |
SDLP | Rachael McCarthy | 5.10 | 463 | 544.6 | 545.08 | 552.84 | 552.84 | 555.8 | 598.32 | ||||
Independent | Geraldine Rice* | 2.61 | 237 | 277.32 | 283.32 | 289.56 | 294.12 | 303.76 | |||||
DUP | Vasundhara Kamble* | 2.29 | 208 | 221.2 | 260.4 | 261.84 | 287.52 | ||||||
TUV | Nicola Girvan | 1.61 | 146 | 148.88 | 161.6 | 161.92 | |||||||
Electorate: 17,351 Valid: 9,077 Spoilt: 53 Quota: 1,135 Turnout: 9,130 (52.62%) |
Downshire East
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: UUP gain one seat from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Alliance | Aaron McIntyre* | 21.34 | 1,318 | ||||
DUP | Andrew Gowan | 18.35 | 1,133 | ||||
UUP | James Baird* | 15.38 | 950 | 1,003.75 | 1,081.75 | ||
UUP | Alex Swan | 11.76 | 726 | 787.5 | 930.5 | 930.5 | |
DUP | Uel Mackin* | 14.66 | 905 | 911.25 | 920.75 | 920.75 | |
DUP | Janet Gray* | 11.68 | 721 | 731.5 | 741.5 | ||
SDLP | Owen Beckett | 6.83 | 422 | 574.5 | |||
Electorate: 12,214 Valid: 6,175 Spoilt: 47 Quota: 1,030 Turnout: 6,222 (50.94%) |
Downshire West
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Alliance | Owen Gawith* | 25.92 | 1,616 | |||||||
DUP | Caleb McCready | 16.23 | 1,012 | 1,029.76 | 1,060.76 | |||||
UUP | John Palmer* | 14.68 | 915 | 988.26 | 1,038.95 | 1,039.74 | 1,081.74 | |||
UUP | Jim Dillon* | 10.70 | 667 | 722.87 | 767.97 | 771.92 | 842.03 | 871.03 | 1,071.06 | |
DUP | Allan Ewart* | 10.75 | 670 | 678.51 | 686.62 | 693.73 | 706.58 | 710.58 | 715.8 | |
DUP | Vince Curry | 10.38 | 647 | 652.92 | 657.66 | 663.98 | 669.09 | 670.09 | 682.53 | |
SDLP | Morgan Crone | 4.94 | 308 | 458.96 | 473.62 | 474.41 | 664.58 | 669.58 | ||
Green (NI) | Luke Robinson | 3.69 | 230 | 416.11 | 471.79 | 473.37 | ||||
NI Conservatives | Neil Johnston | 2.71 | 169 | 234.86 | ||||||
Electorate: 12,385 Valid: 6,234 Spoilt: 67 Quota: 1,040 Turnout: 6,301 (50.88%) |
Killultagh
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin
2014-2019 Change: Alliance and Sinn Féin gain one seat each from DUP and SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Alliance | David Honeyford | 20.30 | 1,524 | |||||||
UUP | Ross McLernon | 9.40 | 707 | 729 | 775.8 | 1,313.8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Gary McCleave | 13.22 | 994 | 996 | 1,022.8 | 1,024.8 | 1,025.22 | 1,438.22 | ||
DUP | Thomas Beckett* | 14.18 | 1,006 | 1,018 | 1,024.6 | 1,047.4 | 1,058.88 | 1,091.66 | 1,115.66 | |
DUP | James Tinsley* | 13.03 | 979 | 988 | 993.8 | 1,032.8 | 1,057.3 | 1,079.28 | 1,102.28 | |
DUP | William Leathem* | 10.87 | 871 | 885 | 891.2 | 909.4 | 923.4 | 925.16 | 944.16 | |
SDLP | Ally Haydock | 9.25 | 695 | 717 | 863.3 | 884.6 | 891.46 | |||
UUP | Alexander Redpath* | 8.41 | 632 | 639 | 667.2 | |||||
Independent | Stuart Brown | 1.42 | 107 | |||||||
Electorate: 14,361 Valid: 7,515 Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,253 Turnout: 7,591 (52.86%) |
Lisburn North
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NI21
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2014-2019 Change: UUP and SDLP gain one seat each from DUP and NI21
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Alliance | Stephen Martin* | 20.25 | 1,483 | |||||||
DUP | Jonathan Craig* | 16.21 | 1,187 | |||||||
SDLP | Johnny McCarthy* | 11.63 | 852 | 1,100.62 | ||||||
DUP | Scott Carson* | 11.55 | 846 | 856.56 | 883.2 | 951.51 | 951.81 | 1,060.81 | ||
UUP | Nicholas Trimble* | 9.82 | 719 | 786.52 | 808.52 | 812.04 | 824.64 | 950.14 | 1,077.14 | |
UUP | Stuart Hughes | 7.89 | 578 | 619.92 | 659.56 | 665.72 | 673.32 | 789.61 | 1,058.61 | |
Sinn Féin | Joe Duffy | 8.93 | 654 | 680.24 | 685.88 | 686.43 | 710.13 | 716.13 | 717.13 | |
DUP | Lindsay Reynolds | 5.80 | 425 | 429.8 | 449.12 | 497.19 | 497.99 | 559.04 | ||
NI Conservatives | Gary Hynds | 5.78 | 423 | 443.8 | 467.72 | 469.7 | 475.1 | |||
UKIP | Alan Love | 2.13 | 156 | 162.08 | ||||||
Electorate: 15,356 Valid: 7,323 Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,047 Turnout: 7,412 (48.27%) |
Lisburn South
2014: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: UUP gain one seat each from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
UUP | Jenny Palmer | 12.60 | 877 | 924 | 942 | 1,022 | |||
DUP | Andrew Ewing* | 10.60 | 738 | 758 | 895 | 997 | |||
Alliance | Amanda Grehan* | 13.34 | 929 | 947 | 949 | 965 | 1,176 | ||
UUP | Tim Mitchell* | 10.27 | 715 | 742 | 758 | 859 | 969 | 1,010 | |
DUP | Paul Porter* | 10.14 | 706 | 748 | 857 | 906 | 942 | 944 | |
DUP | Alan Givan* | 10.56 | 735 | 758 | 825 | 890 | 934 | 940 | |
SDLP | Brendan Corr | 9.32 | 649 | 654 | 655 | 661 | 738 | 822 | |
Independent | Jonny Orr | 7.67 | 534 | 578 | 589 | 615 | |||
TUV | Alison Chittick | 5.52 | 384 | 466 | 477 | ||||
DUP | Rhoda Walker* | 5.08 | 354 | 376 | |||||
Democrats and Veterans | Ricky Taylor | 3.48 | 242 | ||||||
UKIP | Helen Love | 1.42 | 99 | ||||||
Electorate: 15,521 Valid: 6,962 Spoilt: 82 Quota: 995 Turnout: 7,044 (45.38%) |
Changes during the term
† Co-options
Date co-opted | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
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31 January 2020 | Castlereagh East | Alliance | Tim Morrow | Sharon Lowry | Morrow resigned. |
‡ Changes in affiliation
None
Notes
- 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.