Downshire East (District Electoral Area)
Downshire East | |
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Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council DEA constituency | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2014 |
Seats | 5 (2014-) |
Councillors |
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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
[edit]Election | Councillor (Party) |
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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 | ||||||
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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
[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 | |||
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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
[edit]2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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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%) |
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.