Killultagh (District Electoral Area)

Killultagh 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 Ballinderry, Glenavy, Maghaberry, Stonyford and White Mountain.^[2] Killultagh forms part of the Lagan Valley constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament, and part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Killultagh
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	7 (1985-1989) 5 (1993-)
Councillors	Thomas Beckett (DUP)   Claire Kemp (APNI)   Gary McCleave (SF)   Ross McLernon (UUP)   James Tinsley (DUP)

Killultagh DEA within Lisburn and Castlereagh

Killultagh DEA (1993-2014) within Lisburn

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Lisburn Area A and part of Lisburn Area C which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained seven wards (Ballymacash, Ballymacoss, Glenavy, Knockmore, Lisnagarvy, Magheragall and Moira). For the 1993 local elections it was reduced to five wards, losing Ballymacash, Ballymacoss and Lisnagavy to the new Lisburn North DEA, and gaining Ballinderry and Maghaberry. For the 2014 local elections, Moira moved to the new Downshire West DEA, and Knockmore moved to Lisburn South DEA, while Killultagh gained Stonyford and White Mountain.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)
2023		Gary McCleave (Sinn Féin)		Claire Kemp (Alliance)		Ross McLernon (UUP)		Thomas Beckett (DUP)		James Tinsley (DUP)	5 seats 1993–present		5 seats 1993–present
May 2022 co-option				Sian Mulholland (Alliance)
2019				David Honeyford (Alliance)
July 2018 co-option		Máiría Cahill (SDLP)		William Leathem (DUP)		Alexander Redpath (UUP)
April 2018 co-option		Christine Robb (SDLP)
May 2017 co-option		Conor Quinn (SDLP)
June 2016 co-option		Pat Catney (SDLP)
2014						Robbie Butler (UUP)
2011				John Palmer (DUP)		Jim Dillon (UUP)
2005		Peter O'Hagan (SDLP)		Cecil Calvert (DUP)
2001								Samuel Johnston (UUP)
1997								David Greene (UUP)/ (Ind. Conservative)		Kenneth Watson (UUP)
1993
1989										William Lewis (UUP)		Ronnie Crawford (UUP)		David Campbell (UUP)
1985		Paddy Ritchie (SDLP)						Robert McNeice (DUP)				Henry McGiffin (UUP)		Ronald Campbell (UUP)

2023 election

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

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 change: No change

Killultagh - 5 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Gary McCleave*	23.36%	1,958
	Alliance	Claire Kemp	22.22%	1,862
	DUP	Thomas Beckett*	18.01%	1,509
	DUP	James Tinsley*	15.48%	1,297	1,297.68	1,312.26	1,325.80	1,415.05
	UUP	Ross McLernon*	7.80%	654	657.74	732.80	765.65	776.78	1,398.14
	SDLP	Jack Patton	4.34%	364	888.28	1,145.86	1,178.05	1,178.47	1,192.49
	UUP	Laura Turner	7.86%	659	664.10	728.63	748.84	752.69
	Independent	Stuart Brown	0.93%	78	93.64	136.57
Electorate: 15,956   Valid: 8,381 (52.53%)   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 1,397   Turnout: 8,449 (52.95%)

2019 election

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

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

2014-2019 change: Alliance and Sinn Féin gain from DUP and SDLP

Killultagh - 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Alliance	David Honeyford †	20.30%	1,524
	UUP	Ross McLernon	9.40%	707	729	775.8	1,313.8
	Sinn Féin	Gary McCleave	13.22%	994	996	1,022.8	1,024.8	1,025.22	1,438.22
	DUP	Thomas Beckett*	14.18%	1,006	1,018	1,024.6	1,047.4	1,058.88	1,091.66	1,115.66
	DUP	James Tinsley*	13.03%	979	988	993.8	1,032.8	1,057.3	1,079.28	1,102.28
	DUP	William Leathem*	10.87%	871	885	891.2	909.4	923.4	925.16	944.16
	SDLP	Ally Haydock	9.25%	695	717	863.3	884.6	891.46
	UUP	Alexander Redpath*	8.41%	632	639	667.2
	Independent	Stuart Brown	1.42%	107
Electorate: 14,361   Valid: 7,515 (52.33%)   Spoilt: 76   Quota: 1,253   Turnout: 7,591 (52.86%)

2014 election

2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2011-2014 change: No change

Killultagh - 5 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Thomas Beckett*	18.78%	1,216
	UUP	Robbie Butler †	18.22%	1,180
	SDLP	Pat Catney* †††	10.78%	698	700.42	703.12	774.97	1,072.61
	DUP	William Leathem	12.49%	809	897.44	936.86	980.51	1,040.93
	DUP	James Tinsley*	13.34%	864	896.67	929.7	965.66	1,018.47
	Sinn Féin	Mary Quinn	13.19%	854	854.33	854.42	870.51	900.62
	Alliance	Jonnie McCrea	7.03%	455	458.96	466.7	654.73
	NI21	David Honeyford	6.16%	399	402.19	414.7
Electorate: 12,863   Valid: 6,475 (50.34%)   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 1,080   Turnout: 6,534 (50.80%)

2011 election

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2005-2011 change: No change

Killultagh - 5 seats^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Thomas Beckett*	20.54%	1,756
	DUP	James Tinsley*	18.24%	1,559
	SDLP	Pat Catney	10.50%	898	902.37	902.93	923.23	1,526.23
	UUP	Jim Dillon*	8.91%	762	788.03	794.91	917.97	919.97	1,425.97
	DUP	John Palmer	8.94%	764	1,007.01	1,108.05	1,211.76	1,216.49	1,342.28
	Alliance	Owen Gawith	10.42%	891	897.46	899.86	978.92	1,036.27	1,102.27
	UUP	Roy Hanna	7.91%	676	693.1	698.3	790.95	795.22
	Sinn Féin	Mary-Kate Quinn	9.03%	772	773.14	773.7	778.08
	Independent	Cecil Calvert*	2.68%	229	249.33	253.17
	NI Conservatives	Steve McIlwrath	2.83%	242	250.17	251.53
Electorate: 16,299   Valid: 8,549 (52.45%)   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 1,425   Turnout: 8,689 (53.31%)

2005 election

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

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 change: DUP gain from UUP

Killultagh - 5 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Thomas Beckett	20.77%	1,751
	SDLP	Peter O'Hagan*	11.59%	977	978.33	986.33	1,003.33	1,531.33
	UUP	Jim Dillon*	12.41%	1,046	1,054.17	1,164.17	1,243.55	1,246.74	1,252.34	1,560.34
	DUP	Cecil Calvert*	12.44%	1,049	1,304.74	1,322.69	1,373.26	1,379.26	1,379.61	1,436.61
	DUP	James Tinsley*	15.17%	1,279	1,333.15	1,343.72	1,367.1	1,367.1	1,370.25	1,471.25
	Alliance	Owen Gawith	6.86%	578	579.52	600.71	678.71	714.71	824.96	928.96
	UUP	Samuel Johnston*	5.46%	460	463.8	584.56	654.56	656.56	661.11
	Sinn Féin	Chris Donnelly	7.73%	652	652.38	652.38	653.38
	NI Conservatives	Neil Johnston	3.95%	333	334.71	348.71
	UUP	David Greene	3.63%	306	308.85
Electorate: 14,029   Valid: 8,431 (60.10%)   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 1,406   Turnout: 8,553 (60.97%)

2001 election

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

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

1997-2001 change: DUP gain from UUP

Killultagh - 5 seats^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	UUP	Jim Dillon*	21.71%	1,923
	SDLP	Peter O'Hagan*	14.88%	1,318	1,323.06	1,333.52	1,351.52	1,751.32
	DUP	Cecil Calvert*	15.60%	1,382	1,414.43	1,417.43	1,471.12	1,473.12	1,475.12	1,516.12
	DUP	James Tinsley	14.26%	1,263	1,277.03	1,278.03	1,352.72	1,353.72	1,354.72	1,389.41	1,415.41	1,445.87
	UUP	Samuel Johnston*	6.06%	537	782.87	785.1	827.02	827.25	828.25	978.76	986.76	1,210.82
	UUP	Kenneth Watson*	7.43%	658	749.77	753.23	811.38	811.84	818.84	905.49	906.49	1,053.48
	Alliance	Alison Gawith	4.96%	439	449.12	552.58	576.81	584.81	777.81	889.81	890.91
	NI Conservatives	Neil Johnston	4.73%	419	442.46	446.69	472.69	472.69	483.69
	Sinn Féin	Ita Gray	5.16%	457	457.69	458.69	462.69
	Independent	Gordon Ross	3.75%	332	335.91	336.91
	Alliance	Owen Gawith	1.48%	131	133.3
Electorate: 14,118   Valid: 8,859 (62.75%)   Spoilt: 160   Quota: 1,477   Turnout: 9,019 (63.88%)

1997 election

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1993-1997 change: No change

Killultagh - 5 seats^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	UUP	Jim Dillon*	26.23%	1,432
	SDLP	Peter O'Hagan*	17.05%	931
	DUP	Cecil Calvert*	16.56%	904	949.72
	UUP	David Greene*	10.09%	551	919.64
	UUP	Kenneth Watson*	10.82%	591	668.4	686.12	973.12
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn	8.96%	489	496.92	605.64	621.64
	DUP	James Tinsley	7.55%	412	422.44	426.44
	NI Women's Coalition	Sybil Moses	2.75%	150	151.44
Electorate: 12,966   Valid: 5,460 (42.11%)   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 911   Turnout: 5,544 (42.76%)

1993 election

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Conservative

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1989-1993 change: UUP loss (two seats) due to the reduction of two seats, Independent Conservative joins UUP

Killultagh - 5 seats^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	UUP	Jim Dillon*	27.83%	1,550
	DUP	Cecil Calvert*	17.33%	965
	SDLP	Peter O'Hagan*	15.98%	890	890.8	890.89	1,064.89
	UUP	David Greene*	7.61%	424	827.6	834.86	977.86
	UUP	Kenneth Watson	12.91%	719	863	867.44	966.44
	DUP	William Stevenson	8.98%	500	538	553.54	581.02
	Alliance	Eileen Drayne	9.36%	521	543.8	544.73
Electorate: 11,781   Valid: 5,569 (47.27%)   Spoilt: 115   Quota: 929   Turnout: 5,684 (48.25%)

1989 election

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Conservative

1985-1989 change: Independent Conservative gain from DUP

Killultagh - 7 seats^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	David Campbell	21.39%	2,072
	UUP	Ronnie Crawford	9.46%	917	1,371.69
	UUP	Jim Dillon*	12.50%	1,211	1,352.86
	DUP	Cecil Calvert*	12.41%	1,202	1,294.66
	UUP	William Lewis*	9.56%	926	1,021.12	1,141.92	1,250.6
	SDLP	Peter O'Hagan	10.92%	1,058	1,059.64	1,059.8	1,059.8	1,083.8	1,086.96	1,091.28
	Ind. Conservative	David Greene	7.76%	752	765.53	775.13	783.49	788.9	827.19	1,024.49
	Alliance	Eileen Drayne	7.64%	740	752.71	758.63	761.71	794.12	813.92	845.02
	DUP	William Stevenson	5.20%	504	524.91	533.87	545.75	548.91	653.91
	Ulster Democratic	Richard Haggan	2.43%	235	241.97	253.81	261.29	264.29
	Workers' Party	Anne-Marie Lowry	0.74%	72	72.82	73.62	73.62
Electorate: 18,323   Valid: 9,689 (52.88%)   Spoilt: 141   Quota: 1,212   Turnout: 9,830 (53.65%)

1985 election

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

Killultagh - 7 seats^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Ronald Campbell*	26.22%	2,386
	DUP	Cecil Calvert	14.63%	1,331
	UUP	William Lewis	12.78%	1,163
	UUP	Jim Dillon*	10.96%	997	1,968.49
	UUP	Henry McGiffin	3.30%	300	447.34	1,124.84
	DUP	Robert McNeice*	6.13%	558	613.12	685.12	808.87	1,338.87
	SDLP	Paddy Ritchie	11.76%	1,070	1,073.71	1,074.71	1,074.71	1,079.29
	Alliance	Eileen Drayne	7.74%	704	731.03	765.03	768.78	805.72
	DUP	Henry Stevenson	6.49%	591	625.45	664.95	707.1
Electorate: 15,793   Valid: 9,100 (57.62%)   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 1,138   Turnout: 9,233 (58.46%)