2014 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election

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.

2014 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election

22 May 2014
All 40 council seats 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Peter Robinson Mike Nesbitt David Ford Party DUP UUP Alliance Seats won 20 8 7 Seat change New council New council New council   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Alasdair McDonnell Basil McCrea Jim Allister Party SDLP NI21 TUV Seats won 3 1 1 Seat change New council New council New council

Results by party

Party		Seats	First Pref. votes	FPv%
	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

Castlereagh East - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 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

Castlereagh South - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 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

Downshire East - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 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

Downshire West - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 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

Killultagh - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 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

Lisburn North - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 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

Lisburn South - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 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
2 Jun 2016	Lisburn North		DUP	Jenny Palmer (UUP)	Jonathan Craig	Palmer (UUP, former DUP) was elected to the Assembly.[4][5]
17 Jun 2016	Downshire West		UUP	Alexander Redpath	Nicholas Trimble	Redpath filled the vacancy in Killultagh arising from Butler's election to the Assembly.[6]
17 Jun 2016	Killultagh		UUP	Robbie Butler	Alexander Redpath	Redpath filled the vacancy in Killultagh arising from Butler's election to the Assembly.[6]
29 Mar 2017	Killultagh		SDLP	Pat Catney	Conor Quinn	Catney was elected to the Assembly.[7]
16 Apr 2018	Killultagh		SDLP	Conor Quinn	Christine Robb[8]
9 Jul 2018	Killultagh		SDLP	Christine Robb	Máiría Cahill	Robb resigned.[9]

‡ Changes in affiliation

Date	Electoral Area	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
2 Sep 2015	Downshire West	John Palmer		DUP		UUP	Defected.[10]
2 Sep 2015	Lisburn North	Jenny Palmer		DUP		UUP	Defected.[10]
29 Dec 2015	Lisburn North	Johnny McCarthy		NI21		Independent	Resigned.[11]
23 Feb 2016	Lisburn North	Johnny McCarthy		Independent		SDLP	Affiliated.[12]
25 Jan 2017	Castlereagh South	Vasundhara Kamble		Alliance		Independent	Resigned.[13]
25 Jan 2017	Castlereagh South	Geraldine Rice		Alliance		Independent	Resigned.[13]
6 May 2016	Lisburn North	Vacancy		UUP		DUP	Palmer's vacated seat reverts to DUP.[5]
25 Nov 2017	Castlereagh South	Vasundhara Kamble		Independent		DUP	Affiliated.[14]

Last update 25 March 2019.

Current composition: see Lisburn and Castlereagh.

References

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2. "UTV local election results, Lisburn and Castlereagh". UTV. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
3. "Lisburn and Castlereagh". Lisburn City Council. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
4. "Jenny Palmer secures UUP seat in Lagan Valley at expense of DUP". The Irish News. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
5. "Craig 'delighted' to be returning to council". www.lisburntoday.co.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
6. "Next Generation of Trimble family joins political world". Lisburn Today. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
7. "Quinn takes over from Catney on SDLP council team". Lisburn Today. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
8. "The Casually Vacant Council Seats". Slugger O'Toole. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
9. McClafferty, Enda (9 July 2018). "Máiría Cahill joins the SDLP". Retrieved 25 March 2019.
10. "DUP whistleblower Jenny Palmer joins the UUP". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
11. "NI21 councillor Johnny McCarthy quits party". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
12. "Councillor Johnny McCarthy joins SDLP | 2016 | News". SDLP (in Irish). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
13. "Alliance Party rocked by racism and ageism bombshell allegations by councillors". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
14. "Former Alliance party councillor Vasundhara Kamble joins DUP". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 26 November 2017.