Election Name: | 2014 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election |
Flag Image: | Flag placeholder.svg |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Next Election: | 2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Seats For Election: | All 40 council seats |
Majority Seats: | 21 |
Election Date: | 22 May 2014 |
Leader1: | Peter Robinson |
Party1: | Democratic Unionist Party |
Seats1: | 20 |
Seat Change1: | New council |
Leader2: | Mike Nesbitt |
Party2: | Ulster Unionist Party |
Seats2: | 8 |
Seat Change2: | New council |
Leader3: | David Ford |
Party3: | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
Seats3: | 7 |
Seat Change3: | New council |
Leader4: | Alasdair McDonnell |
Party4: | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
Seats4: | 3 |
Seat Change4: | New council |
Leader5: | Basil McCrea |
Party5: | NI21 |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | New council |
Leader6: | Jim Allister |
Party6: | Traditional Unionist Voice |
Seats6: | 1 |
Seat Change6: | New council |
Map Size: | 450 |
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.
Party | valign=top | Seats | valign=top | First Pref. votes | valign=top | FPv% |
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20 | 18,520 | 40.46 | ||||
8 | 7,311 | 15.97 | ||||
7 | 5,492 | 12.00 | ||||
3 | 3,658 | 7.99 | ||||
1 | 3,173 | 6.93 | ||||
1 | 2,720 | 5.94 | ||||
0 | 2,150 | 4.70 | ||||
0 | 824 | 1.80 | ||||
0 | 699 | 1.53 | ||||
0 | 695 | 1.52 | ||||
0 | 376 | 0.82 | ||||
0 | 169 | 0.37 | ||||
Totals | align=right | 40 | align=right | 45,777 | 100.00 |
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2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP
2014: 2 x Alliance, 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NI21
2014: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Date co-opted | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
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2 Jun 2016 | Lisburn North | Jenny Palmer (UUP) | Jonathan Craig | Palmer (UUP, former DUP) was elected to the assembly.[5] [6] | ||
17 Jun 2016 | Downshire West | Alexander Redpath | Nicholas Trimble | Redpath filled the vacancy in Killultagh arising from Butler's election to the assembly.[7] | ||
17 Jun 2016 | Killultagh | Robbie Butler | Alexander Redpath | Redpath filled the vacancy in Killultagh arising from Butler's election to the assembly. | ||
29 Mar 2017 | Killultagh | Pat Catney | Conor Quinn | Catney was elected to the assembly.[8] | ||
16 Apr 2018 | Killultagh | Conor Quinn | Christine Robb[9] | |||
9 Jul 2018 | Killultagh | Christine Robb | Máiría Cahill | Robb resigned.[10] |
Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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2 Sep 2015 | Downshire West | John Palmer | Defected.[11] | ||||
2 Sep 2015 | Lisburn North | Jenny Palmer | Defected. | ||||
29 Dec 2015 | Lisburn North | Johnny McCarthy | Resigned.[12] | ||||
23 Feb 2016 | Lisburn North | Johnny McCarthy | Affiliated.[13] | ||||
25 Jan 2017 | Castlereagh South | Vasundhara Kamble | Resigned.[14] | ||||
25 Jan 2017 | Castlereagh South | Geraldine Rice | Resigned. | ||||
6 May 2016 | Lisburn North | Vacancy | Palmer's vacated seat reverts to DUP. | ||||
25 Nov 2017 | Castlereagh South | Vasundhara Kamble | Affiliated.[15] |
Current composition: see Lisburn and Castlereagh.