Castlereagh West was one of the four district electoral areas in Castlereagh, Northern Ireland which existed from 1993 to 2014. The district elected five members to Castlereagh Borough Council, and formed part of Belfast South constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1993 local elections, and contained the wards of Beechill, Galwally, Hillfoot, Minnowburn and Newtownbreda. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and mostly transferred to the Castlereagh South DEA with Hillfoot moved to form part of the new Lisnasharragh DEA for the 2014 Belfast City Council election.
Councillors
edit| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Sara Duncan (Alliance) |
Peter O'Reilly (SDLP) |
Cecil Hall (UUP) |
Ann-Marie Beattie (DUP) |
Myreve Chambers (DUP) | |||||
| 2005 | Rosaleen Hughes (SDLP) | |||||||||
| 2001 | Mark Robinson (DUP) |
Vivienne Stevenson (DUP) | ||||||||
| 1997 | William Clulow (DUP) | |||||||||
| 1993 | David Andrews (Alliance) |
John Taylor (UUP) |
William Stevenson (UUP) |
Ernest Harper (DUP) | ||||||
2011 Election
edit2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Alliance | Sara Duncan* | 26.97% | 1,456 | |||||
| DUP | Ann-Marie Beattie* | 21.08% | 1,138 | |||||
| SDLP | Peter O'Reilly | 17.34% | 936 | |||||
| DUP | Myreve Chambers* | 11.67% | 630 | 726 | 948.6 | |||
| UUP | Cecil Hall* | 11.13% | 601 | 768.5 | 777.11 | 811.61 | 850.67 | |
| UUP | Bill White | 4.98% | 269 | 370.5 | 374.07 | 397.78 | 405.22 | |
| Sinn Féin | Laura Keenan | 5.11% | 276 | 340 | 340.21 | 386.71 | 387.13 | |
| People Before Profit | Gordon Hewitt | 1.72% | 93 | 215 | 215.21 | |||
| Electorate: 10,045 Valid: 5,399 (53.75%) Spoilt: 100 Quota: 900 Turnout: 5,499 (54.74%) | ||||||||
2005 Election
edit2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Ann-Marie Beattie | 24.00% | 1,417 | ||||||
| Alliance | Sara Duncan* | 19.93% | 1,177 | ||||||
| DUP | Myreve Chambers | 10.09% | 596 | 991.1 | |||||
| UUP | Cecil Hall* | 14.14% | 835 | 847.6 | 917.3 | 1,039.3 | |||
| SDLP | Rosaleen Hughes* | 13.45% | 794 | 794.6 | 850.53 | 862.85 | 862.85 | 1,285.85 | |
| UUP | Bill White | 6.42% | 379 | 384.1 | 410.28 | 467.14 | 519.08 | 525.08 | |
| SDLP | Gary Vaugh | 7.47% | 441 | 441 | 458 | 467.19 | 468.78 | ||
| Independent | Cyril Kernaghan | 4.50% | 266 | 271.4 | 284.66 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,805 Valid: 5,905 (60.22%) Spoilt: 145 Quota: 985 Turnout: 6,050 (61.70%) | |||||||||
2001 Election
edit1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1997-2001 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Mark Robinson | 27.20% | 1,858 | ||||||
| UUP | Cecil Hall* | 25.30% | 1,728 | ||||||
| SDLP | Rosaleen Hughes* | 17.51% | 1,196 | ||||||
| Alliance | Sara Duncan* | 16.54% | 1,130 | 1,141.31 | |||||
| DUP | Vivienne Stevenson | 0.89% | 61 | 603.88 | 840.76 | 841.6 | 1,075.37 | 1,276.18 | |
| NI Women's Coalition | Eileen Cairnduff | 4.48% | 306 | 311.85 | 463.47 | 570.89 | 577.96 | 672.08 | |
| PUP | Frederick Ferguson | 4.41% | 301 | 324.01 | 452.53 | 459.53 | 469 | ||
| DUP | Charles Tosh | 1.35% | 92 | 223.82 | 280.52 | 280.94 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Sean Montgomery | 2.31% | 158 | 158 | 162.62 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,958 Valid: 6,830 (62.33%) Spoilt: 164 Quota: 1,139 Turnout: 6,994 (63.83%) | |||||||||
1997 Election
edit1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| DUP | William Clulow* | 19.80% | 952 | |||||||||
| Alliance | Sara Duncan | 14.49% | 697 | 700.45 | 816.45 | |||||||
| DUP | Mark Robinson | 12.62% | 607 | 698.5 | 701.5 | 815.5 | ||||||
| UUP | Cecil Hall | 15.47% | 744 | 759.15 | 763.3 | 777.85 | 781.3 | 788.5 | 1,024.5 | |||
| SDLP | Rosaleen Hughes* | 12.87% | 619 | 619.3 | 625.3 | 626.45 | 631.85 | 631.85 | 631.85 | 637.85 | 659.6 | |
| PUP | Samuel Johnston | 7.63% | 367 | 371.8 | 373.8 | 378.15 | 380.4 | 382 | 404.9 | 448.9 | 651.25 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Ernest Harper* | 5.55% | 267 | 279.6 | 281.75 | 289.15 | 291.55 | 294.15 | 313.5 | 418.5 | ||
| UUP | Marie Luney | 5.70% | 274 | 276.25 | 277.25 | 284.3 | 285.2 | 287.2 | ||||
| DUP | Thomas Scott | 2.95% | 142 | 153.4 | 153.4 | |||||||
| Alliance | Malcolm Gilmore | 2.91% | 140 | 140.3 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 11,140 Valid: 4,809 (43.17%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 802 Turnout: 4,896 (43.95%) | ||||||||||||
1993 Election
edit1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| UUP | John Taylor* | 34.16% | 1,549 | ||||||
| DUP | Ernest Harper* | 21.81% | 989 | ||||||
| Alliance | David Andrews | 20.40% | 925 | ||||||
| UUP | William Stevenson | 3.75% | 170 | 781 | |||||
| DUP | William Clulow | 8.05% | 365 | 434.16 | 493.68 | 496.2 | 518.84 | 796.44 | |
| Alliance | Sara Duncan | 5.25% | 238 | 264 | 266.4 | 420.66 | 531.52 | 546.64 | |
| DUP | William Smyth | 2.95% | 89 | 139.96 | 309.16 | 310.42 | 349.78 | ||
| NI Conservatives | Andrew Fee | 4.63% | 210 | 232.36 | 232.84 | 237.34 | |||
| Electorate: 10,557 Valid: 4,535 (42.96%) Spoilt: 120 Quota: 756 Turnout: 4,655 (44.09%) | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Castlereagh West Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.