# Castlereagh West (District Electoral Area)

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

| 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 | Sara Duncan (Alliance) | Rosaleen Hughes (SDLP) | Cecil Hall (UUP) | Ann-Marie Beattie (DUP) | Myreve Chambers (DUP) |
| 2001 | Sara Duncan (Alliance) | Rosaleen Hughes (SDLP) | Cecil Hall (UUP) | Mark Robinson (DUP) | Vivienne Stevenson (DUP) |
| 1997 | Sara Duncan (Alliance) | Rosaleen Hughes (SDLP) | Cecil Hall (UUP) | Mark Robinson (DUP) | William Clulow (DUP) |
| 1993 | David Andrews (Alliance) | John Taylor (UUP) | William Stevenson (UUP) | Ernest Harper (DUP) | William Clulow (DUP) |

## 2011 Election

2005: 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
Castlereagh West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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

2001: 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
Castlereagh West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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

1997: 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
Castlereagh West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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

1993: 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
Castlereagh West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Castlereagh West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) ||||||||||