# Downshire East (District Electoral Area)

Downshire East is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council and contains the wards of Ballymacbrennan, Dromara, Drumbo, Hillhall and Ravernet. Downshire East forms part of the Lagan Valley constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Downshire DEA which had existed since 1985.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 2023 | Aaron McIntyre (Alliance) | Kurtis Dickson (Alliance) | James Baird (UUP) | Andrew Gowan (DUP) | Uel Mackin (DUP) |
| 2019 | Aaron McIntyre (Alliance) | Alex Swan (UUP) | James Baird (UUP) | Andrew Gowan (DUP) | Uel Mackin (DUP) |
| 2014 | Aaron McIntyre (Alliance) | Luke Poots (DUP) | James Baird (UUP) | Janet Gray (DUP) | Uel Mackin (DUP) |

## 2023 Election

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
Downshire East - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | 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 Election

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 East - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Alliance | Aaron McIntyre* | 21.34% | 1,318 | | |
| | DUP | Andrew Gowan | 18.35% | 1,133 | | |
| | UUP | James Baird* | 15.38% | 950 | 1,003.75 | 1,081.75 |
| | UUP | Alex Swan | 11.76% | 726 | 787.5 | 930.5 |
| | DUP | Uel Mackin* | 14.66% | 905 | 911.25 | 920.75 |
| | DUP | Janet Gray* | 11.68% | 721 | 731.5 | 741.5 |
| | SDLP | Owen Beckett | 6.83% | 422 | 574.5 | |
| Electorate: 12,214 Valid: 6,175 (50.56%) Spoilt: 47 Quota: 1,030 Turnout: 6,222 (50.94%) |||||||

## 2014 Election

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Downshire East - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | DUP | Luke Poots* | 20.78% | 1,245 | | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Uel Mackin* | 12.25% | 734 | 778.4 | 798.2 | 806.8 | 1,058.8 | | | | | |
| | UUP | James Baird* | 12.25% | 734 | 748.6 | 787.8 | 799 | 825.4 | 829 | 1,156 | | | |
| | DUP | Janet Gray | 8.01% | 480 | 594 | 611.4 | 617 | 709.2 | 757.92 | 824.84 | 1,074.84 | | |
| | Alliance | Aaron McIntyre | 11.54% | 691 | 693.8 | 711.8 | 747.2 | 753.4 | 753.88 | 779.28 | 804.88 | 866.88 | 880.88 |
| | NI21 | Christina Dobson | 7.11% | 426 | 430.8 | 450 | 646.2 | 654.4 | 654.88 | 673.92 | 722.48 | 810.48 | 860.48 |
| | TUV | Tom Mateer | 6.89% | 413 | 418.8 | 467.2 | 470.4 | 484 | 485.92 | 517.24 | | | |
| | UUP | Alex Swan | 7.21% | 432 | 442.8 | 451.2 | 462.4 | 483.2 | 485.36 | | | | |
| | DUP | Roy Young* | 6.19% | 371 | 412.6 | 427.2 | 427.8 | | | | | | |
| | NI21 | Glenn Wilson | 4.52% | 271 | 274.2 | 279.2 | | | | | | | |
| | UKIP | Peter Lindsay | 3.32% | 199 | 202 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,563 Valid: 5,990 (51.80%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,000 Turnout: 6,062 (52.43%) ||||||||||||||