Castlereagh South (District Electoral Area)

Electoral area in Northern Ireland

Castlereagh South

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created| 1985
Seats| 7 (1985-1993)
5 (1993-2014)
7 (2014-)
Councillors|

* Daniel Bassett (SF)
* Ryan Carlin (SF)
* Nancy Eaton (APNI)
* John Gallen (SDLP)
* Jamie Harpur (APNI)
* Brian Higginson (DUP)
* Martin McKeever (APNI)

Castlereagh South DEA within Lisburn and Castlereagh Castlereagh South DEA (1993-2014) within Castlereagh

Castlereagh South is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects five members to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council and contains the wards of Beechill, Cairnshill, Carryduff East, Carryduff West, Galwally, Knockbracken and Newtownbreda.[2] Castlereagh South forms part of the Belfast South constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Castlereagh Area A which had existed since 1973, and originally contained seven wards (Beechill, Carryduff, Four Winds, Knockbracken, Minnowburn, Moneyreagh and Newtownbreda). For the 1993 local elections, it was reduced to five wards, with Carryduff splitting into East and West and gaining Cairnshill but losing Beechill, Minnowburn and Newtownbreda to the new Castlereagh West DEA. For the 2014 local elections, it was increased to seven wards, regaining the areas which had previously gone to Castlereagh West.

## Councillors

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Election  | Councillor
(Party)  | Councillor
(Party)  | Councillor
(Party)  | Councillor
(Party)  | Councillor
(Party)  | Councillor
(Party)  | Councillor
(Party)

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August 2024 Co-Option |  | Jamie Harpur
(Alliance)  |  | Nancy Eaton
(Alliance)  |  | Martin McKeever
(Alliance)  |  | John Gallen
(SDLP)  |  | Daniel Bassett
(Sinn Féin)  |  | Ryan Carlin
(Sinn Féin)  |  | Brian Higginson
(DUP)
2023 | Michelle Guy
(Alliance)
August 2022 Defection | Fiona Cole
(Alliance)  |  | Simon Lee
(SDLP)/
(Green Party)  |  | Michael Henderson
(UUP)  |  | Nathan Anderson
(DUP)/
(Independent)
May 2022 Co-Option |
September 2021 Defection | Sorcha Eastwood
(Alliance)
2019 |
November 2017 Defection |  | Geraldine Rice
(Alliance)/
(Independent)  |  | Vasundhara Kamble
(Alliance)/
(Independent)/ (DUP)  |  | Brian Hanvey
(SDLP)  |  | Ben Mallon
(DUP)
February 2017 Defections |
2014 |  |
2011 |  | James Spratt
(DUP)  |  | John Beattie
(DUP)/
(UUP)  | 5 seats
1993–2014 | 5 seats
1993–2014
2005
2001 |  | Barbara McBurney
(UUP)
1997 |  | Myreve Chambers
(DUP)  | Arthur Hegney
(SDLP)  |
1993 |  | Margaret Marshall
(Alliance)  | Marie Luney
(UUP)
1989 | David Andrews
(Alliance)  | Frederick Kane
(UUP)  | Jean Clarke
(UUP)  |  | John Taylor
(UUP)  |  | Ernest Harper
(DUP)
1985 |  | William Clulow
(DUP)  | James Clarke
(UUP)  | John Glass
(UUP)

## 2023 Election

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2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green

2023: 3 x Alliance, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: Alliance and Sinn Féin gain from Green and UUP

Castlereagh South - 7 seats[3] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| Alliance | Michelle Guy* †  | 14.26%  | 1,452 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | Brian Higginson | 9.88%  | 1,006  | 1,009  | 1,009.60  | 1,507.72 |  |  |  |
| Alliance | Nancy Eaton | 10.96%  | 1,116  | 1,121  | 1,183.16  | 1,186.16  | 1,188.76  | 1,416.76 |  |
| SDLP | John Gallen* | 10.61%  | 1,035  | 1,035  | 1,042.08  | 1,044.08  | 1,046.16  | 1,147.12  | 1,613.12 |
| Sinn Féin | Ryan Carlin* | 11.82%  | 1,204  | 1,207  | 1,213.24  | 1,214.24  | 1,214.76  | 1,260.76  | 1,314.76 |
| Alliance | Martin McKeever | 7.14%  | 727  | 734  | 793.88  | 795.88  | 803.12  | 926.04  | 1,048.76  | 1,269.89
| Sinn Féin | Daniel Bassett | 9.79%  | 997  | 998  | 1,000.88  | 1,000.88  | 1,000.88  | 1,036.24  | 1,095.60  | 1,192.80
| UUP | Michael Henderson*  | 7.46%  | 760  | 764  | 768.92  | 786.92  | 1,001.68  | 1,039.08  | 1,059.60  | 1,077.42
| SDLP | Simon Lee*  | 6.44%  | 656  | 662  | 683.36  | 686.36  | 688.44  | 761.64  |  |
| Green (NI) | Jacinta Hamley  | 6.44%  | 656  | 667  | 675.16  | 675.16  | 677.76  |  |  |
| DUP | William Traynor  | 5.17%  | 527  | 528  | 528.18  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Andrew Miller  | 0.48%  | 49  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 18,120  Valid: 10,185 (56.21%)  Spoilt: 95  Quota: 1,274  Turnout: 10,280 (56.73%)

## 2019 Election

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

2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green

2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin and Green gain from DUP and SDLP

Castlereagh South - 7 seats[4] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
| Alliance | Sorcha Eastwood †  | 17.95%  | 1,629 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | Nathan Anderson* ‡  | 16.55%  | 1,503 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Alliance | Michelle Guy | 13.62%  | 1,236 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| SDLP | John Gallen*  | 10.74%  | 975  | 1,094.68  | 1,099.96  | 1,128.12  | 1,130.12  | 1,131.68  | 1,165.68 |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Ryan Carlin | 11.78%  | 1,069  | 1,107.4  | 1,109.32  | 1,115.48  | 1,115.48  | 1,117.8  | 1,129.92  | 1,263.92 |  |
| Green (NI) | Simon Lee ‡  | 7.14%  | 648  | 819.52  | 825.04  | 858.96  | 863.84  | 868.96  | 946.2  | 1,168.2 |  |
| UUP | Michael Henderson*  | 6.92%  | 628  | 657.76  | 683.44  | 690.88  | 759  | 789.12  | 869.52  | 920.92  | 940.92  | 971.6
| DUP | Jason Elliott  | 3.69%  | 335  | 338.84  | 585.56  | 586.28  | 634.32  | 856.92  | 873.2  | 886.16  | 890.16  | 892.52
| SDLP | Rachael McCarthy  | 5.10%  | 463  | 544.6  | 545.08  | 552.84  | 552.84  | 555.8  | 598.32  |  |  |
| Independent | Geraldine Rice*  | 2.61%  | 237  | 277.32  | 283.32  | 289.56  | 294.12  | 303.76  |  |  |  |
| DUP | Vasundhara Kamble*  | 2.29%  | 208  | 221.2  | 260.4  | 261.84  | 287.52  |  |  |  |  |
| TUV | Nicola Girvan  | 1.61%  | 146  | 148.88  | 161.6  | 161.92  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 17,351  Valid: 9,077 (52.31%)  Spoilt: 53  Quota: 1,135  Turnout: 9,130 (52.62%)

## 2014 Election

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This election was carried out under new ward boundaries, as a result of local government reform.

2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

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

2011-2014 Change: Alliance and SDLP gain due to the addition of two seats

Castlereagh South - 7 seats[5] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| Alliance | Geraldine Rice* ‡  | 15.06%  | 1,221 |  |  |  |  |  |
| SDLP | John Gallen | 11.89%  | 964  | 967  | 981.96  | 1,015.3 |  |  |
| DUP | Nathan Anderson | 11.62%  | 942  | 943  | 945.38  | 958.38  | 1,020.38 |  |
| UUP | Michael Henderson*  | 11.12%  | 902  | 904  | 912.84  | 968.52  | 995.37  | 1,277.37 |
| DUP | Ben Mallon | 6.15%  | 499  | 499  | 500.02  | 514.02  | 757.7  | 926.06  | 1,091.06
| Alliance | Vasundhara Kamble* ‡‡  | 8.25%  | 669  | 671  | 811.25  | 948.33  | 951.5  | 974.18  | 988.18
| SDLP | Brian Hanvey*  | 10.80%  | 876  | 876  | 893.34  | 914.85  | 915.85  | 924.36  | 932.36
| Sinn Féin | Nuala Toman  | 9.90%  | 803  | 803  | 809.8  | 822.97  | 823.97  | 823.97  | 823.97
| TUV | Wallace Douglas  | 6.41%  | 520  | 521  | 523.72  | 537.89  | 544.89  |  |
| DUP | Vikki Nelson*  | 4.43%  | 359  | 360  | 361.7  | 365.87  |  |  |
| NI21 | Elizabeth McCord  | 3.58%  | 290  | 346  | 353.31  |  |  |  |
| NI21 | Adam Murray  | 0.85%  | 69  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 16,309  Valid: 8,110 (49.73%)  Spoilt: 88  Quota: 1,015  Turnout: 8,198 (50.27%)

## 2011 Election

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2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2005-2011 Change: No change

Castlereagh South - 5 seats[6] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| DUP | James Spratt*  | 23.75%  | 1,535 |  |  |  |  |
| Alliance | Geraldine Rice*  | 19.64%  | 1,269 |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | John Beattie*  | 12.74%  | 823  | 1,229.8 |  |  |  |
| SDLP | Brian Hanvey*  | 14.67%  | 948  | 949.8  | 993.49  | 996.37  | 1,041.66  | 1,289.66
| UUP | Michael Henderson*  | 9.15%  | 591  | 610.8  | 648.54  | 748.22  | 1,022.29  | 1,024.92
| SDLP | Sean Mullan  | 7.89%  | 510  | 513  | 542.58  | 543.22  | 584.68  | 759.44
| Sinn Féin | James Irwin  | 7.10%  | 459  | 460.5  | 464.75  | 464.91  | 478.94  |
| UUP | Barbara McBurney  | 2.86%  | 185  | 201.5  | 229.89  | 268.93  |  |
| Green (NI) | Rebecca Volley  | 2.20%  | 142  | 143.8  | 190.04  | 195.8  |  |
Electorate: 12,061  Valid: 6,462 (53.58%)  Spoilt: 90  Quota: 1,078  Turnout: 6,552 (54.32%)

## 2005 Election

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2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Castlereagh South - 5 seats[7] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4
| DUP | James Spratt | 19.06%  | 1,317 |  |  |
| DUP | John Beattie*  | 17.64%  | 1,219 |  |  |
| Alliance | Geraldine Rice*  | 17.08%  | 1,180 |  |  |
| UUP | Michael Henderson*  | 14.14%  | 977  | 1,082.75  | 1,125.71  | 1,385.71
| SDLP | Brian Hanvey*  | 16.09%  | 1,112  | 1,114.85  | 1,116.65  | 1,138.43
| SDLP | Leo Van Es  | 6.09%  | 421  | 422.8  | 423.1  | 431.31
| Sinn Féin | Dermot Kennedy  | 5.72%  | 395  | 395.45  | 395.51  | 396.66
| UUP | Barbara McBurney*  | 4.17%  | 288  | 333.3  | 346.14  |
Electorate: 11,421  Valid: 6,909 (60.49%)  Spoilt: 99  Quota: 1,152  Turnout: 7,008 (61.36%)

## 2001 Election

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1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

1997-2001 Change: No change

Castlereagh South - 5 seats[8] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| UUP | Michael Henderson*  | 21.58%  | 1,725 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | John Beattie*  | 19.89%  | 1,590 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Alliance | Geraldine Rice*  | 12.75%  | 1,019  | 1,038.32  | 1,046.01  | 1,049.05  | 1,068.05  | 1,371.05 |  |  |
| UUP | Barbara McBurney | 5.39%  | 431  | 766.57  | 796.56  | 815.28  | 815.28  | 857.27  | 1,366 |  |
| SDLP | Brian Hanvey | 11.76%  | 940  | 942.3  | 942.3  | 942.78  | 1,145.01  | 1,156.47  | 1,160.11  | 1,171.51  | 1,178.17
| SDLP | Christine Copeland  | 11.87%  | 949  | 950.38  | 951.38  | 951.54  | 1,090.54  | 1,108.48  | 1,114.85  | 1,139.72  | 1,163.72
| DUP | Andrew Ramsey  | 6.37%  | 509  | 522.34  | 527.03  | 753.27  | 753.27  | 763.6  |  |  |
| Alliance | Margaret Marshall  | 4.77%  | 381  | 384.11  | 399.8  | 401.4  | 406.4  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Sean Hayes  | 4.95%  | 396  | 396.23  | 396.23  | 396.23  |  |  |  |  |
| NI Conservatives | Roger Lomas  | 0.65%  | 52  | 57.52  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 12,212  Valid: 7,992 (65.44%)  Spoilt: 159  Quota: 1,333  Turnout: 8,151 (66.75%)

## 1997 Election

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1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

Castlereagh South - 5 seats[9] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| UUP | John Beattie*  | 24.66%  | 1,219 |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | Myreve Chambers*  | 23.18%  | 1,146 |  |  |  |  |
| SDLP | Arthur Hegney | 17.48%  | 864 |  |  |  |  |
| UUP | Michael Henderson | 6.57%  | 325  | 681.4  | 705.2  | 862.2 |  |
| Alliance | Geraldine Rice*  | 12.70%  | 628  | 634.27  | 639.31  | 675.55  | 697.4  | 714.45
| Alliance | Margaret Marshall*  | 11.25%  | 556  | 564.91  | 569.67  | 647.48  | 664.53  | 685.43
| DUP | Andrew Ramsey  | 4.95%  | 205  | 224.8  | 505.36  |  |  |
Electorate: 11,873  Valid: 4,943 (41.63%)  Spoilt: 67  Quota: 824  Turnout: 5,010 (42.20%)

## 1993 Election

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1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance

1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1989-1993 Change: UUP and DUP loss due to the reduction of two seats

Castlereagh South - 5 seats[10] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| UUP | John Beattie | 22.75%  | 1,003 |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | Myreve Chambers*  | 22.14%  | 976 |  |  |  |  |
| Alliance | Geraldine Rice*  | 18.94%  | 835 |  |  |  |  |
| Alliance | Margaret Marshall | 12.18%  | 537  | 543.48  | 553.48  | 557.73  | 654.1  | 749.5
| UUP | Marie Luney | 8.23%  | 363  | 585.48  | 586.48  | 601.73  | 726.95  | 728.15
| DUP | Charlie Tosh  | 8.35%  | 368  | 379.88  | 380.88  | 592.88  | 625.54  | 626.62
| NI Conservatives | Michael Henderson  | 6.37%  | 281  | 299.09  | 329.36  | 335.61  |  |
| NI Conservatives | Joyce Young  | 1.04%  | 46  | 46.81  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 10,556  Valid: 4,409 (41.77%)  Spoilt: 118  Quota: 735  Turnout: 4,527 (42.89%)

## 1989 Election

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1985: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance

1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Castlereagh South - 7 seats[11] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| UUP | John Taylor | 26.15%  | 2,039 |  |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | Ernest Harper*  | 25.06%  | 1,954 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Alliance | David Andrews*  | 17.50%  | 1,364 |  |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | Myreve Chambers*  | 5.54%  | 432  | 484.47  | 1,258.97 |  |  |  |
| Alliance | Geraldine Rice | 7.76%  | 605  | 633.62  | 638.12  | 978.04 |  |  |
| UUP | Jean Clarke | 8.56%  | 667  | 928.82  | 954.82  | 972.18  | 976.14 |  |
| UUP | Frederick Kane*  | 5.16%  | 402  | 812.22  | 838.72  | 851.88  | 857.46  | 870.46  | 1,013.46
| DUP | Thomas Scott  | 1.37%  | 107  | 154.7  | 220.7  | 223.22  | 453.62  | 585.13  | 600.13
| UUP | Marie Luney  | 2.10%  | 164  | 396.67  | 408.17  | 410.69  | 412.31  | 422.23  |
| DUP | Gillian McCorkell  | 0.80%  | 62  | 83.2  | 141.2  | 142.6  | 178.6  |  |
Electorate: 17,232  Valid: 7,796 (45.24%)  Spoilt: 210  Quota: 975  Turnout: 8,006 (46.46%)

## 1985 Election

[edit]

1985: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

Castlereagh South - 7 seats[12] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| DUP | Ernest Harper*  | 16.35%  | 1,369 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | William Clulow*  | 14.96%  | 1,253 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| UUP | James Clarke | 13.85%  | 1,160 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| UUP | John Glass*  | 12.60%  | 1,055 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Alliance | David Andrews | 11.85%  | 992  | 996.6  | 1,000.12  | 1,001.83  | 1,009.24  | 1,076.24 |  |
| UUP | Frederick Kane*  | 9.05%  | 758  | 769.73  | 786.53  | 876.89  | 902.04  | 912.72  | 1,017.04  | 1,068.04
| DUP | Myreve Chambers | 4.97%  | 416  | 653.59  | 692.79  | 697.74  | 727.07  | 728.76  | 736.86  | 1,056.39
| SDLP | Peggy Hanna  | 5.45%  | 456  | 456  | 456.48  | 456.66  | 457.05  | 462.23  | 635.32  | 639.32
| DUP | Mark Robinson | 3.77%  | 316  | 371.2  | 491.2  | 494.53  | 535.63  | 537.95  | 545.27  |
| Alliance | Edward McMillan  | 3.56%  | 298  | 298.69  | 299.81  | 300.08  | 300.08  | 404.33  |  |
| Alliance | Ernest Crockett  | 2.25%  | 188  | 188.92  | 189.88  | 190.96  | 191.96  |  |  |
| Ind. Unionist | William Stevenson  | 1.35%  | 113  | 114.38  | 126.22  | 126.76  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 15,485  Valid: 8,374 (54.08%)  Spoilt: 161  Quota: 1,047  Turnout: 8,535 (55.12%)

## References

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1. ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
2. ^ [1], ARK, accessed 8 July 2023
3. ^ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
4. ^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
5. ^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 21 January 2022.
6. ^ "Castlereagh South Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
7. ^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
8. ^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
9. ^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
10. ^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
11. ^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
12. ^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

*[FPv%]: First preference votes percentage