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2023 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election

The 2023 election to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.

The 2023 election to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.

The election returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote. This consisted of 14 Democratic Unionist Party members (who topped the polls in three districts: Castlereagh East, Downshire East and Lisburn South), 13 Alliance Party members (who topped the polls in two districts: Castlereagh South and Downshire West), 6 Ulster Unionist Party members, 4 Sinn Féin members (who topped the polls in two districts: Killultagh and Lisburn North), 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party members and 1 Independent member.

Party	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	14	0	1	1	35.00	34.02	19,187	2.69
	13	4	0	4	32.50	28.48	16,064	4.84
	6	0	5	5	15.00	13.97	7,877	3.61
	4	2	0	2	10.00	10.98	6,193	5.57
	2	0	0	0	5.00	6.69	3,774	1.99
	1	1	0	1	2.50	1.80	1,017	0.05
	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.33	1,317	0.01
	0	0	1	1	0.00	1.73	975	0.02
Total	40						56,404

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

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

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	DUP	Sharon Skillen*	21.04%	1,655
	Alliance	Martin Gregg*	17.50%	1,377
	DUP	Samantha Burns	11.17%	879	1,165.72
	Alliance	Sharon Lowry*	13.28%	1,045	1,057.16	1,192.16
	DUP	John Laverty*	11.31%	890	960.72	966.68	980.62	1,130.62
	UUP	Hazel Legge*	9.03%	710	735.28	763.92	959.08	1,086.60
	DUP	David Drysdale*	7.40%	582	678	682.96	703.70	931.76
	TUV	Andrew Girvin	6.79%	534	558.32	566.64	589.76
	Green (NI)	Terry Winchcombe	2.49%	195	199.48
Electorate: 16,289 Valid: 7,867 (48.30%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 1,124 Turnout: 7,957 (48.85%)

2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green

2023: 3 x Alliance, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: Alliance and Sinn Féin gain from Green and UUP

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
	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: 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
	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: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: No change

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	Sinn Féin	Gary McCleave*	23.36%	1,958
	Alliance	Claire Kemp	22.22%	1,862
	DUP	Thomas Beckett*	18.01%	1,509
	DUP	James Tinsley*	15.48%	1,297	1,297.68	1,312.26	1,325.80	1,415.05
	UUP	Ross McLernon*	7.80%	654	657.74	732.80	765.65	776.78	1,398.14
	SDLP	Jack Patton	4.34%	364	888.28	1,145.86	1,178.05	1,178.47	1,192.49
	UUP	Laura Turner	7.86%	659	664.10	728.63	748.84	752.69
	Independent	Stuart Brown	0.93%	78	93.64	136.57
Electorate: 15,956 Valid: 8,381 (52.53%) Spoilt: 68 Quota: 1,397 Turnout: 8,449 (52.95%)

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

2023: 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and Independent gain from DUP and UUP

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	Sinn Féin	Paul Burke †	14.67%	1,239
	DUP	Jonathan Craig*	14.45%	1,220
	Alliance	Nicola Parker	13.47%	1,137	1,147	1,900
	SDLP	Pat Catney	11.07%	935	941	1,002	1,360
	UUP	Nicholas Trimble*	7.43%	627	1,035	1,070	1,242
	Independent	Gary Hynds	10.54%	890	933	946	1,045	1,162
	DUP	Scott Carson*	12.02%	1,015	1,049	1,053	1,066	1,071
	Alliance	Stephen Martin*	10.14%	856	874
	UUP	Linsey Gibson	6.22%	525
Electorate: 16,680 Valid: 8,444 (50.62%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,207 Turnout: 8,553 (51.28%)

2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Date co-opted	Electoral Area	Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
5 August 2024	Castlereagh South	Alliance	Michelle Guy	Jamie Harpur	Guy was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
1 November 2024	Lisburn North	Sinn Féin	Paul Burke	Declan Lynch	Burke resigned.
21 March 2025	Lisburn South	Alliance	Peter Kennedy	Jessica Bamford	Kennedy resigned.
29 May 2025	Castlereagh South	Alliance	Nancy Eaton	Bronagh Magee	Eaton resigned.

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