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District electoral area in Northern Ireland

Downshire West
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats5 (2014-)
Councillors
  •   Allan Ewart (DUP)
  •   Owen Gawith (APNI)
  •   Alan Martin (UUP)
  •   Caleb McCready (DUP)
  •   Gretta Thompson (APNI)
Downshire West DEA within Lisburn and Castlereagh

Downshire West is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council and contains the wards of Blaris, Hillsborough, Lagan, Maze and Moira. Downshire West 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, as well as gaining Moira from Killultagh DEA and Blaris from Lisburn South DEA.

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party)
2023 Owen Gawith
(Alliance) 		Gretta Thompson
(Alliance) 		Alan Martin
(UUP) 		Caleb McCready
(DUP) 		Allan Ewart
(DUP)
2019 Jim Dillon
(UUP) 		John Palmer
(UUP)/
(DUP)
June 2016 Co-Option Nicholas Trimble
(UUP)
September 2015 Defection Alexander Redpath
(UUP)
2014

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

Downshire West - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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%)  

2019 Election

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2014-2019 Change: No change

Downshire West - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Alliance Owen Gawith* 25.92% 1,616            
DUP Caleb McCready 16.23% 1,012 1,029.76 1,060.76        
UUP John Palmer* 14.68% 915 988.26 1,038.95 1,039.74 1,081.74    
UUP Jim Dillon* 10.70% 667 722.87 767.97 771.92 842.03 871.03 1,071.06
DUP Allan Ewart* 10.75% 670 678.51 686.62 693.73 706.58 710.58 715.8
DUP Vince Curry 10.38% 647 652.92 657.66 663.98 669.09 670.09 682.53
SDLP Morgan Crone 4.94% 308 458.96 473.62 474.41 664.58 669.58  
Green (NI) Luke Robinson 3.69% 230 416.11 471.79 473.37      
NI Conservatives Neil Johnston 2.71% 169 234.86          
Electorate: 12,385   Valid: 6,234 (50.34%)   Spoilt: 67   Quota: 1,040   Turnout: 6,301 (50.88%)  

2014 Election

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

Downshire West - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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% 376 383 392 400 432 432.66 434.66 434.66 475.3 551.47
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%)  

References

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  2. , ARK, accessed 8 July 2023
  3. "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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