# Downshire West (District Electoral Area)

Downshire West 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 Blaris, Hillsborough, Lagan, Maze and Moira. Downshire West 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, as well as gaining Moira from Killultagh DEA and Blaris from Lisburn South DEA.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 2023 | Owen Gawith (Alliance) | Gretta Thompson (Alliance) | Alan Martin (UUP) | Caleb McCready (DUP) | Allan Ewart (DUP) |
| 2019 | Owen Gawith (Alliance) | Jim Dillon (UUP) | John Palmer (UUP)/ (DUP) | Caleb McCready (DUP) | Allan Ewart (DUP) |
| June 2016 Co-Option | Owen Gawith (Alliance) | Jim Dillon (UUP) | John Palmer (UUP)/ (DUP) | Nicholas Trimble (UUP) | Allan Ewart (DUP) |
| September 2015 Defection | Owen Gawith (Alliance) | Jim Dillon (UUP) | John Palmer (UUP)/ (DUP) | Alexander Redpath (UUP) | Allan Ewart (DUP) |
| 2014 | Owen Gawith (Alliance) | Jim Dillon (UUP) | John Palmer (UUP)/ (DUP) | Alexander Redpath (UUP) | Allan Ewart (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 West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | 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 Election

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: No change
Downshire West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Alliance | Owen Gawith* | 25.92% | 1,616 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Caleb McCready | 16.23% | 1,012 | 1,029.76 | 1,060.76 | | | | |
| | UUP | John Palmer* | 14.68% | 915 | 988.26 | 1,038.95 | 1,039.74 | 1,081.74 | | |
| | UUP | Jim Dillon* | 10.70% | 667 | 722.87 | 767.97 | 771.92 | 842.03 | 871.03 | 1,071.06 |
| | DUP | Allan Ewart* | 10.75% | 670 | 678.51 | 686.62 | 693.73 | 706.58 | 710.58 | 715.8 |
| | DUP | Vince Curry | 10.38% | 647 | 652.92 | 657.66 | 663.98 | 669.09 | 670.09 | 682.53 |
| | SDLP | Morgan Crone | 4.94% | 308 | 458.96 | 473.62 | 474.41 | 664.58 | 669.58 | |
| | Green (NI) | Luke Robinson | 3.69% | 230 | 416.11 | 471.79 | 473.37 | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Neil Johnston | 2.71% | 169 | 234.86 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,385 Valid: 6,234 (50.34%) Spoilt: 67 Quota: 1,040 Turnout: 6,301 (50.88%) |||||||||||

## 2014 Election

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Downshire West - 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 |
| | UUP | Jim Dillon* | 15.80% | 912 | 914 | 921 | 936 | 975 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Allan Ewart* | 15.25% | 880 | 883 | 883 | 886 | 914 | 915.32 | 1,049.32 | | | |
| | DUP | John Palmer* ‡ | 13.31% | 768 | 771 | 773 | 775 | 808 | 809.32 | 972.32 | | | |
| | UUP | Alexander Redpath*† | 11.63% | 671 | 678 | 687 | 687 | 706 | 711.28 | 738.61 | 805.25 | 859.58 | 1,079.58 |
| | Alliance | Owen Gawith | 8.54% | 493 | 535 | 554 | 701 | 717 | 717.33 | 721.33 | 722.31 | 904.64 | 918.64 |
| | NI Conservatives | Neil Johnston | 6.51% | 376 | 383 | 392 | 400 | 432 | 432.66 | 434.66 | 434.66 | 475.3 | 551.47 |
| | TUV | Jonny Miller | 5.80% | 335 | 338 | 339 | 340 | 418 | 419.32 | 432.32 | 448.98 | 461.98 | |
| | NI21 | Roger Duncan | 3.57% | 206 | 221 | 320 | 347 | 362 | 363.32 | 366.32 | 368.28 | | |
| | DUP | Colin Preen | 6.01% | 347 | 348 | 349 | 349 | 354 | 354.33 | | | | |
| | UKIP | Rebecca McBride | 4.95% | 286 | 290 | 291 | 297 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Dee French | 4.00% | 231 | 237 | 240 | | | | | | | |
| | NI21 | Neil McNickle | 2.56% | 148 | 158 | | | | | | | | |
| | Green (NI) | Luke Robinson | 2.06% | 119 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,673 Valid: 5,772 (49.45%) Spoilt: 60 Quota: 963 Turnout: 5,832 (49.96%) ||||||||||||||