Downshire East (District Electoral Area)
District electoral area in Northern Ireland
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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.
It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Downshire DEA which had existed since 1985.
Councillors
2023 Election
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 | |||
| 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%) | |||||||||
2019 Election
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 | |||
| UUP | James Baird* | 15.38% | 950 | 1,003.75 | 1,081.75 | |
| UUP | 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
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 | ||||||
| UUP | 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 | ||||
| UUP | 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%) | |||||||||||||