Castlereagh South is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 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., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 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 Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party)May 2025 Co-Option Jamie Harpur (Alliance) Bronagh Magee (Alliance) Martin McKeever (Alliance) John Gallen (SDLP) Daniel Bassett (Sinn Féin) Ryan Carlin (Sinn Féin) Brian Higginson (DUP)August 2024 Co-Option Nancy Eaton (Alliance)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 seats1993–2014 5 seats1993–2014 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
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
2019 Election
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
2014 Election
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
2011 Election
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
2005 Election
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
2001 Election
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
1997 Election
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
1993 Election
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
1989 Election
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
1985 Election
1985: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
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