Downshire 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 Ballymacbrennan, Dromara, Drumbo, Hillhall and Ravernet.[2] Downshire East forms part of the Lagan Valley constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
| Downshire East | |
|---|---|
| Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council DEA constituency | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2014 |
| Seats | 5 (2014-) |
| Councillors | |
It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Downshire DEA which had existed since 1985.
Councillors edit
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Aaron McIntyre (Alliance) |
Kurtis Dickson (Alliance) |
James Baird (UUP) |
Andrew Gowan (DUP) |
Uel Mackin (DUP) | |||||
| 2019 | Alex Swan (UUP) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Luke Poots (DUP) |
Janet Gray (DUP) | ||||||||
2023 Election 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | James Baird* | 10.50% | 726 | 768.48 | 938.40 | 945.76 | 959.76 | 1,154.76 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | |||||||||
2019 Election edit
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 from DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Alliance | Aaron McIntyre* | 21.34% | 1,318 | |||
| DUP | Andrew Gowan | 18.35% | 1,133 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | James Baird* | 15.38% | 950 | 1,003.75 | 1,081.75 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Alex Swan | 11.76% | 726 | 787.5 | 930.5 | |
| DUP | Uel Mackin* | 14.66% | 905 | 911.25 | 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 (50.56%) Spoilt: 47 Quota: 1,030 Turnout: 6,222 (50.94%) | ||||||
2014 Election edit
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| DUP | Luke Poots* | 20.78% | 1,245 | ||||||||||
| DUP | Uel Mackin* | 12.25% | 734 | 778.4 | 798.2 | 806.8 | 1,058.8 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | James Baird* | 12.25% | 734 | 748.6 | 787.8 | 799 | 825.4 | 829 | 1,156 | ||||
| DUP | Janet Gray | 8.01% | 480 | 594 | 611.4 | 617 | 709.2 | 757.92 | 824.84 | 1,074.84 | |||
| Alliance | Aaron McIntyre | 11.54% | 691 | 693.8 | 711.8 | 747.2 | 753.4 | 753.88 | 779.28 | 804.88 | 866.88 | 880.88 | |
| NI21 | Christina Dobson | 7.11% | 426 | 430.8 | 450 | 646.2 | 654.4 | 654.88 | 673.92 | 722.48 | 810.48 | 860.48 | |
| TUV | Tom Mateer | 6.89% | 413 | 418.8 | 467.2 | 470.4 | 484 | 485.92 | 517.24 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Alex Swan | 7.21% | 432 | 442.8 | 451.2 | 462.4 | 483.2 | 485.36 | |||||
| DUP | Roy Young* | 6.19% | 371 | 412.6 | 427.2 | 427.8 | |||||||
| NI21 | Glenn Wilson | 4.52% | 271 | 274.2 | 279.2 | ||||||||
| UKIP | Peter Lindsay | 3.32% | 199 | 202 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 11,563 Valid: 5,990 (51.80%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,000 Turnout: 6,062 (52.43%) | |||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
- ^ [1], ARK, accessed 8 July 2023
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 21 January 2022.