| Castlereagh East | |
| Type: | Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council DEA |
| Year: | 1985 |
| Seats: | 7 (1985-2014) 6 (2014-) |
| Members Label: | Councillors |
Castlereagh 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 Ballyhanwood, Carrowreagh, Dundonald, Enler, Graham's Bridge and Moneyreagh.[2] Castlereagh East forms part of the Belfast East constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Castlereagh Area B which had existed since 1973, where it contained seven wards (Ballyhanwood, Carrowreagh, Dundonald, Enler, Gilnahirk, Graham's Bridge and Tullycarnet). For the 2014 local elections, it was decreased to six wards. The Gilnahirk and Tullycarnet areas were transferred to Belfast City Council, while Moneyreagh was gained from Castlereagh South.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Sharon Lowry (Alliance) | Martin Gregg (Alliance) | Hazel Legge (UUP) | Sharon Skillen (DUP) | John Laverty (DUP) | Samantha Burns (DUP) | 6 seats 2014–present | |||||||||
| January 2020 Co-Option | David Drysdale (DUP)/ (UUP) | |||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Tim Morrow (Alliance) | Tommy Jeffers (DUP) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Andrew Girvin (TUV) | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Judith Cochrane (Alliance) | Martin Gregg (Green Party) | Gareth Robinson (DUP) | Jim White (DUP) | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | Iris Robinson (DUP) | Charlie Tosh (DUP) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Peter Osborne (Alliance) | Kim Morton (DUP) | Claire Ennis (DUP) | Francis Gallagher (Independent) | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | Tommy Jeffers (DUP)/ (UPUP) | William Abraham (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist) | Sarah Cummings (UUP) | Sandy Geddis (DUP) | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | Matthew Anderson (DUP) | John Bell (UUP) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989 | William Boyd (Alliance) | John Boyle (DUP) | ||||||||||||||
| 1985 | Denny Vitty (DUP) | Addie Morrow (Alliance) | William Ward (UUP) | Ronald Jackson (UUP) | ||||||||||||
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: No change
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from TUV
This election was carried out under new ward boundaries, as a result of local government reform.
2011: 4 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP
2011-2014 Change: TUV and UUP gain from DUP, Alliance and Green and due to the loss of one seat
2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2011: 4 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green
2005-2011 Change: Alliance and Green gain from DUP and UUP
2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent
1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: Independent gain from Independent Unionist
1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: UPUP joins DUP
1989: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989-1993: No change
1985: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: UPUP and Independent Unionist gain from UUP (two seats)
1985: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance