Lisnasharragh (District Electoral Area)

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Lisnasharragh
Belfast City Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats6 (2014–)
Councillors
  •   Séamas De Faoite (SDLP)
  •   Davy Douglas (DUP)
  •   Bradley Ferguson (DUP)
  •   Eric Hanvey (APNI)
  •   Michael Long (APNI)
  •   Brian Smyth (Green Party)

Lisnasharragh is one of the ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Cregagh; Hillfoot; Merok; Orangefield; Ravenhill and Rosetta.[2] Lisnasharragh forms part of the Belfast South and Belfast East constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 2014 local elections. The Rosetta ward had previously been part of the Laganbank DEA, Orangefield and Ravenhill had been part of the Pottinger DEA, while the remaining wards had been part of the abolished Castlereagh Central DEA from Castlereagh Borough Council.

Councillors[edit]

Election Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party)
2023 Séamas De Faoite
(SDLP) 		Michael Long
(Alliance) 		Eric Hanvey
(Alliance) 		Brian Smyth
(Green Party) 		Davy Douglas
(DUP) 		Bradley Ferguson
(DUP)
June 2022 Co-Option Sammy Douglas
(DUP) 		Tommy Sandford
(DUP)
2019 David Brooks
(DUP)
June 2017 Defection Kate Mullan
(SDLP)/
(Independent) 		Carole Howard
(Alliance) 		Chris McGimpsey
(UUP) 		Aileen Graham
(DUP)
2014

2023 Results[edit]

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

2023: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green

2019–2023 Change: No Change

Lisnasharragh - 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Davy Douglas 17.39% 2,083          
DUP Bradley Ferguson 8.85% 1,060 1,391.84 1,649.26 1,992.26    
Alliance Michael Long* 12.00% 1,437 1,439.21 1,462.21 1,602.57 1,638.57 1,971.57
Alliance Eric Hanvey* 9.00% 1,078 1,078.68 1,099.02 1,160.36 1,205.36 1,747.36
SDLP Séamas de Faoite* 13.19% 1,580 1,580.17 1,598.34 1,629.51 1,635.51 1,669.51
Green (NI) Brian Smyth* 9.66% 1,157 1,158.19 1,273.53 1,422.91 1,491.91 1,588.76
Sinn Féin Stevie Jenkins 10.28% 1,231 1,231.17 1,250.17 1,250.17 1,250.17 1,258.17
Alliance Anna McErlean 8.03% 961 961.85 965.85 1,037.87 1,054.87  
Ulster Unionist Bill Manwaring 6.85% 820 828.67 921.71      
TUV Stephen Ferguson 3.07% 368 375.14        
People Before Profit Nick Cropper 1.67% 200 200.34        
Electorate: 21,488   Valid: 11,975 (55.73%)   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 1,711   Turnout: 12,091 (56.27%)  

2019 Results[edit]

2014: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

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

2014-2019 Change: Green gain from UUP

Lisnasharragh - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Alliance Michael Long* 15.86% 1,755                  
Alliance Eric Hanvey 12.91% 1,429 1,556.98 1,582.98              
Green (NI) Brian Smyth 11.14% 1,233 1,243.35 1,291.98 1,304.98 1,423.25 1,484.24 1,501.42 1,521.51 1,679.51  
DUP David Brooks † 13.37% 1,479 1,479.72 1,481.72 1,503.81 1,507.81 1,510.9 1,563.9 1,577.9 1,578.9 1,774.9
DUP Tommy Sandford* 8.59% 951 951.9 954.9 985.9 989.9 991.9 1,104.99 1,118.99 1,123.99 1,588.99
SDLP Séamas De Faoite 8.93% 988 993.76 1,005.12 1,005.12 1,017.21 1,098.02 1,100.11 1,100.29 1,521.27 1,523.45
Ulster Unionist Chris McGimpsey* 4.59% 508 509.98 510.07 528.25 539.25 545.34 591.34 1,017.33 1,018.42 1,089.69
DUP Aileen Graham* 5.96% 660 660.63 663.63 684.63 687.72 694.72 753.81 772.99 775.17  
Sinn Féin Stevie Jenkins 5.59% 619 621.52 625.52 626.52 636.52 647.7 647.79 647.79    
Ulster Unionist Ben Manton 3.75% 415 416.44 419.44 434.44 440.44 451.44 520.44      
PUP Gwen Ferguson 3.28% 363 363.63 364.72 387.72 393.72 395.72        
Independent Kate Mullan* 1.84% 204 206.16 207.25 209.34 219.43          
Labour Alternative Amy Ferguson 1.45% 160 160.27 191.54 195.54            
UKIP Catherine McComb 1.52% 169 169.45 169.45              
People Before Profit Ivanka Antova 1.20% 133 134.71                
Electorate: 20,783   Valid: 11,066 (53.25%)   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 1,581   Turnout: 11,182 (53.80%)  

2014 results[edit]

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

Lisnasharragh - 6 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Alliance Michael Long* 16.44% 1,726                
DUP Aileen Graham 14.73% 1,546                
Ulster Unionist Chris McGimpsey* 12.98% 1,362 1,370.19 1,384.2 1,432.1 1,462.4 1,464.37 1,764.37    
Alliance Carole Howard* 8.19% 860 1,016.52 1,032.7 1,157.2 1,412.4 1,413.24 1,427.5 1,547.5  
SDLP Kate Mullan* ‡ 8.36% 878 899.58 901.71 931.88 1,019.8 1,019.89 1,029.89 1,500.89  
DUP Tommy Sandford* 9.34% 980 983.12 994.12 1,013.3 1,024.3 1,041.8 1,226.43 1,230.69 1,354.69
DUP Colin Hussey 8.73% 916 918.34 927.47 944.6 960.6 985.59 1,071.68 1,071.68 1,152.68
Sinn Féin Dermot Kennedy 6.07% 637 642.59 642.59 649.85 693.11 693.11 697.14    
PUP Helen Smyth 6.00% 630 631.04 641.04 660.17 684.3 684.72      
Green (NI) Connal Hughes 4.62% 485 497.35 503.48 590.17          
NI21 Leah McDonnell 3.00% 315 323.45 414.71            
NI21 Pete Wray 1.54% 162 163.82              
Electorate: 20,089   Valid: 10,497 (52.25%)   Spoilt: 159   Quota: 1,500   Turnout: 10,656 (53.04%)  

References[edit]

  1. ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
  2. ^ Belfast City Council Elections, 2014, ARK, accessed 24 May 2014
  3. ^ "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". 22 May 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2022.


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