2023 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election

2023 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election
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All 40 council seats; 21 seats needed for a majority
	Lisburn and Castlereagh 2023 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; TBC;

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.

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Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	DUP	14	0	1	1	35.00	34.02	19,187	2.69
	Alliance	13	4	0	4	32.50	28.48	16,064	4.84
	UUP	6	0	5	5	15.00	13.97	7,877	3.61
	Sinn Féin	4	2	0	2	10.00	10.98	6,193	5.57
	SDLP	2	0	0	0	5.00	6.69	3,774	1.99
	Independent	1	1	0	1	2.50	1.80	1,017	0.05
	TUV	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.33	1,317	0.01
	Green (NI)	0	0	1	1	0.00	1.73	975	0.02
Total		40						56,404

District Electoral Area (DEA)	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total cllrs
District Electoral Area (DEA)	DUP		Alliance		UUP		Sinn Féin		SDLP		Independents and others		Total cllrs
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 1	7.46	0 1	21.61	2 1	17.05	1	6.92	0 1	7
Downshire East	41.34	2	30.06	2 1	17.47	1 1	0.00	0	4.51	0	5.73	0	5
Downshire West	40.19	2	36.62	2 1	17.26	1 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 1	23.61	1	13.65	1 1	14.67	1 1	11.07	1	10.54	1 1	6
Lisburn South	38.20	3	23.81	2 1	19.95	1 1	6.58	0	6.30	0	5.16	0	6
Total	34.02	14 1	28.48	13 4	13.97	6 5	10.98	4 2	6.69	2	5.87	1	40

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

2023 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election

Districts summary

District results

Castlereagh East

Castlereagh South

Downshire East

Downshire West

Killultagh

Lisburn North

Lisburn South

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Notes

References

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Date co-opted	Electoral Area		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
5 August 2024	Castlereagh South	Alliance	Michelle Guy	Jamie Harpur	Guy was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.^[7]
1 November 2024	Lisburn North	Sinn Féin	Paul Burke	Declan Lynch	Burke resigned.^[8]
21 March 2025	Lisburn South	Alliance	Peter Kennedy	Jessica Bamford	Kennedy resigned.^[9]
29 May 2025	Castlereagh South	Alliance	Nancy Eaton	Bronagh Magee	Eaton resigned.^[10]

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Downshire West - 5 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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 - 5 seats^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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 - 6 seats^[4]^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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 - 6 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)