2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election

The 2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election was the second election to Lisburn and Castlereagh city Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, which returned 40 members to the Lisburn and Castlereagh city Council via Single Transferable Vote.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

The overall turnout was 49.21% with a total of 50,268 valid votes cast. A total of 479 ballots were rejected.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Electoral Area ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Castlereagh East |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|49.8 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |10.4 |1 |30.8 |2 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |9.1 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Castlereagh South |22.5 |1 |6.9 |1 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|31.6 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2 |15.8 |1 |11.8 |1 |11.3 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|Downshire East |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.7 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |27.1 |2 |21.3 |1 |6.8 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Downshire West |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.4 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |25.4 |2 |25.9 |1 |4.9 |0 |0.0 |0 |6.4 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Killultagh |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|38.0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |17.8 |1 |20.3 |1 |9.2 |0 |13.2 |1 |1.4 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Lisburn North |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.6 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |17.7 |2 |20.3 |1 |11.6 |1 |8.9 |0 |7.9 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Lisburn South |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.4 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |22.9 |2 |13.3 |1 |9.3 |0 |0.0 |0 |18.1 |0 |6 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |36.7 |15 |17.6 |11 |23.6 |9 |8.7 |2 |5.4 |2 |7.9 |1 |40

District results

Castlereagh East

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

Castlereagh South

2014: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green 2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin and Green gain from DUP and SDLP

Downshire East

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

Downshire West

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

Killultagh

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin 2014-2019 Change: Alliance and Sinn Féin gain from DUP and SDLP

Lisburn North

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NI21 2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP 2014-2019 Change: UUP gain from DUP, NI21 joins SDLP

Lisburn South

2014: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2014-2019 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Changes during the term † Co-options Date co-optedElectoral AreaPartyOutgoingCo-opteeReason31 January 2020Castlereagh East Tim MorrowSharon LowryMorrow resigned.26 May 2022Castlereagh South Sorcha EastwoodFiona ColeEastwood was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. 26 May 2022Killultagh David HoneyfordSian MulhollandHoneyford was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.4 April 2023Killultagh Sian MulhollandVacantMulholland co-opted into Assembly to replace Patricia O'Lynn - not replaced before May 2023 council election.

‡ Changes in affiliation DateElectoral AreaNamePrevious affiliationNew affiliationCircumstance28 September 2021Castlereagh SouthNathan Anderson Left the DUP believing it did not take a firm enough position against abortion. 4 August 2022Castlereagh SouthSimon Lee Left the Green Party and joined the SDLP.

– Suspensions None

Last update 5 August 2022.

Current composition: see Lisburn and Castlereagh.

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