Lisburn North (District Electoral Area)

Lisburn North is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects six members to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council and contains the wards of Derryaghy, Harmony Hill, Hilden, Lambeg, Magheralave and Wallace Park.^[2] Lisburn North forms part of the Lagan Valley constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Lisburn North
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1993
Seats	7 (1993-2014) 6 (2014-)
Councillors	Pat Catney (SDLP)   Jonathan Craig (DUP)   Gary Hynds (IND)   Declan Lynch (SF)   Nicola Parker (APNI)   Nicholas Trimble (UUP)

Lisburn North DEA within Lisburn and Castlereagh

Lisburn Town North DEA (1993-2014) within Lisburn

It was created for the 1993 local elections, largely replacing the old Lisburn Town DEA and gaining areas from Killultagh DEA, where it contained seven wards (Ballymacash, Ballymacoss, Harmony Hill, Lambeg, Lisnagarvey, Magheralave and Wallace Park), and was known as Lisburn Town North. For the 2014 local elections, it was decreased to six wards, losing Ballymacash, Ballymacoss and Lisnagarvey to Lisburn South DEA but gaining Hilden from Lisburn South DEA and Derryaghy from Dunmurry Cross DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
November 2024 Co-Option		Nicola Parker (Alliance)		Pat Catney (SDLP)		Declan Lynch (Sinn Féin)		Nicholas Trimble (UUP)		Jonathan Craig (DUP)		Gary Hynds (Independent)	7 seats 2014-present
2023						Paul Burke (Sinn Féin)
2019		Stephen Martin (Alliance)		Johnny McCarthy (SDLP)/ (Independent)/ (NI21)		Stuart Hughes (UUP)						Scott Carson (DUP)
June 2016 Co-Option						Brian Bloomfield (UUP)		Margaret Tolerton (DUP)
February 2016 Defection										Jenny Palmer (UUP)/ (DUP)
December 2015 Defection
September 2015 Defection
2014
2011		Brian Doran (Alliance)		John Drake (SDLP)				Paul Givan (DUP)		Jonathan Craig (DUP)		William Leathem (DUP)		Ronnie Crawford (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist)
2005		Trevor Lunn (Alliance)		David Archer (UUP)		William Gardiner-Watson (UUP)
2001								William Lewis (UUP)				Lorraine Martin (UUP)
1997		Frazer McCammond (Alliance)		David Adams (UDP)						William Beattie (DUP)/ (Protestant Unionist)
1993				Samuel Semple (UUP)

2023 Election

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

2023: 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and Independent gain from DUP and UUP

Lisburn North - 6 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Paul Burke †	14.67%	1,239
	DUP	Jonathan Craig*	14.45%	1,220
	Alliance	Nicola Parker	13.47%	1,137	1,147	1,900
	SDLP	Pat Catney	11.07%	935	941	1,002	1,360
	UUP	Nicholas Trimble*	7.43%	627	1,035	1,070	1,242
	Independent	Gary Hynds	10.54%	890	933	946	1,045	1,162
	DUP	Scott Carson*	12.02%	1,015	1,049	1,053	1,066	1,071
	Alliance	Stephen Martin*	10.14%	856	874
	UUP	Linsey Gibson	6.22%	525
Electorate: 16,680   Valid: 8,444 (50.62%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,207   Turnout: 8,553 (51.28%)

2019 Election

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NI21

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

2014-2019 Change: UUP gain from DUP, NI21 joins SDLP

Lisburn North - 6 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Alliance	Stephen Martin*	20.25%	1,483
	DUP	Jonathan Craig*	16.21%	1,187
	SDLP	Johnny McCarthy*	11.63%	852	1,100.62
	DUP	Scott Carson*	11.55%	846	856.56	883.2	951.51	951.81	1,060.81
	UUP	Nicholas Trimble*	9.82%	719	786.52	808.52	812.04	824.64	950.14	1,077.14
	UUP	Stuart Hughes	7.89%	578	619.92	659.56	665.72	673.32	789.61	1,058.61
	Sinn Féin	Joe Duffy	8.93%	654	680.24	685.88	686.43	710.13	716.13	717.13
	DUP	Lindsay Reynolds	5.80%	425	429.8	449.12	497.19	497.99	559.04
	NI Conservatives	Gary Hynds	5.78%	423	443.8	467.72	469.7	475.1
	UKIP	Alan Love	2.13%	156	162.08
Electorate: 15,356   Valid: 7,323 (47.69%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,047   Turnout: 7,412 (48.27%)

2014 Election

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

2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NI21

2011-2014 Change: UUP and SDLP loss to NI21 and due to the reduction of one seat

Lisburn North - 6 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	UUP	Brian Bloomfield*	15.51%	1,026
	Alliance	Stephen Martin*	10.75%	711	720	729.28	731.68	755	760.72	968.72
	DUP	Scott Carson*	10.34%	684	685	703.24	749.32	756.56	831.04	833.2	939.04	946.04
	DUP	Margaret Tolerton*	11.11%	735	735	743	779.16	785.24	823.2	828.2	886.6	889.68	889.97
	NI21	Johnny McCarthy ‡‡	4.97%	329	340	343.68	348.76	516.64	524.36	587.52	656.56	838.56	859.44
	DUP	Jenny Palmer* ‡†	8.07%	534	534	541.36	554.76	556.84	599.12	605.28	670.76	671.76	672.63
	DUP	Yvonne Craig*	7.95%	526	527	535.8	554.28	558.36	597.08	598.16	664.04	669.04	669.33
	Sinn Féin	Jacqui McGeough	7.45%	493	493	493	493	498	498	627	630.08
	UKIP	Alan Love	5.12%	339	341	345.72	378.12	380.36	500.04	511.12
	SDLP	Nicola Turtle	7.04%	466	469	470.2	470.28	483.28	484.36
	TUV	John McCall	4.53%	300	301	310.44	348.48	353.56
	NI21	Colin McCord	3.58%	237	241	243.16	243.16
	PUP	Matt Brennan	3.07%	203	203	208.44
	Independent	Jonny Orr	0.50%	33
Electorate: 14,284   Valid: 6,616 (46.32%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 946   Turnout: 6,725 (47.08%)

2011 Election

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

2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

2005-2011 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

Lisburn Town North - 7 seats^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Paul Givan*	16.68%	1,528
	DUP	Jonathan Craig*	16.17%	1,481
	Alliance	Brian Doran	14.03%	1,285
	DUP	William Leathem*	9.71%	889	1,164
	UUP	Ronnie Crawford*	10.52%	963	986.25	1,012.17	1,033.77	1,119.77	1,148.77
	UUP	Brian Bloomfield	6.79%	622	630.75	642.27	661.47	681.68	705.96	708.96	1,150.96
	SDLP	John Drake	5.78%	529	531	533.4	566.4	567.88	667.21	1,016.97	1,035.53
	DUP	Ben Mallon	5.25%	481	518.25	784.89	794.13	799.98	814.5	825.98	914.14
	UUP	David Archer*	5.91%	541	555.75	571.59	583.11	629.15	656.63	660.87
	Sinn Féin	Terry Quinn	4.50%	412	412.25	413.21	416.21	416.21	443.65
	Green (NI)	Connor Quinn	2.87%	263	265.25	267.41	302.69	306.93
	UUP	Neil McNickle	1.79%	164	169.5	172.38	177.54
Electorate: 17,438   Valid: 9,158 (52.52%)   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 1,145   Turnout: 9,285 (53.24%)

2005 Election

2001: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent

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

2001-2005 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and Independent

Lisburn Town North - 7 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Jonathan Craig*	18.33%	1,794
	DUP	Paul Givan	15.39%	1,506
	DUP	William Leathem	10.87%	1,064	1,556.8
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn*	11.04%	1,080	1,083.84	1,099.84	1,120.36	1,250.36
	UUP	Ronnie Crawford*	7.76%	759	777.88	817.24	869.89	875.24	877.24	908.28	1,035.81	1,039.41	1,097.37
	UUP	David Archer*	6.58%	644	660.64	796.32	864.63	867.22	867.22	894.13	983.37	986.49	1,068.57
	UUP	William Gardiner-Watson*	6.93%	678	687.6	720.88	757.06	762.7	762.7	782.47	922.54	930.94	1,006.73
	UUP	Kenneth Armstrong	6.61%	647	662.04	701.08	752.38	753.24	754.56	778.19	871.86	875.94	920.08
	SDLP	John Drake	5.80%	568	569.28	573.44	575.33	580.6	763.6	852.92	866.46	873.42
	UUP	Ellen Hillen	3.87%	379	385.08	415.48	448.42	452.69	452.69	502.98
	Green (NI)	Michael Rogan	2.90%	284	286.56	300.32	314.9	323.49	343.49
	Sinn Féin	Jacqui Currie	2.27%	222	222.32	222.96	222.96	222.96
	Alliance	Frazer McCammond	1.64%	160	160.64	162.24	165.48
Electorate: 16,325   Valid: 9,785 (59.94%)   Spoilt: 199   Quota: 1,224   Turnout: 9,984 (61.16%)

2001 Election

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Protestant Unionist

2001: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent

1997-2001 Change: UUP and DUP gain from UDP and Protestant Unionist, Independent Unionist becomes Independent

Lisburn Town North - 7 seats^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn	17.66%	1,903
	UUP	David Archer	15.03%	1,619
	UUP	William Gardiner-Watson*	11.05%	1,190	1,276.76	1,377.06
	UUP	William Lewis*	10.98%	1,183	1,276.6	1,328.11	1,353.11
	DUP	Jonathan Craig	9.62%	1,036	1,039.96	1,062.74	1,070.44	1,203.84	1,205.84	1,341.73
	UUP	Lorraine Martin*	6.95%	749	832.88	872.32	902	973.56	1,036.48	1,246.49
	Independent	Ronnie Crawford*	6.60%	711	761.4	769.39	820.72	906.58	954.3	1,125.05
	DUP	William Leathem	7.50%	808	817	843.35	847.52	923.39	926.75	991.34
	Independent	David Adams*	5.36%	577	624.16	631.47	647.52	700.83	790.03
	Sinn Féin	James Armstrong	4.19%	451	557.92	557.92	563.24	564.6
	Independent	William Beattie*	3.93%	423	443.16	455.74	470.79
	Independent	Adrian Creighton	2.90%	123	176.64	178.51
Electorate: 17,506   Valid: 10,773 (61.54%)   Spoilt: 167   Quota: 1,347   Turnout: 10,940 (62.49%)

1997 Election

1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Protestant Unionist

1993-1997 Change: UDP gain from UUP, Protestant Unionist leaves DUP

Lisburn Town North - 7 seats^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	UUP	William Lewis*	17.39%	1,237
	Alliance	Frazer McCammond*	13.37%	951
	Ind. Unionist	Ronnie Crawford*	11.39%	810	838	844.56	850.52	852.08	1,027.08
	UUP	William Gardiner-Watson*	9.17%	652	751.12	764.52	798.12	799.14	809.5	857.34	870.8	932.8
	Ulster Democratic	David Adams	10.52%	748	758.92	760.92	765.2	765.56	774.46	798.38	827.34	892.34
	Protestant Unionist	William Beattie*	9.43%	671	692.28	697.56	702.12	702.3	724.04	735.08	760.92	788.74
	UUP	Lorraine Martin*	5.74%	408	476.32	483.32	596.52	597	613.74	637.66	663.98	760.34
	DUP	Eleanor Calvert	5.64%	401	408.56	412.84	415.52	415.7	433.7	440.14	645.82	656.72
	Alliance	William Whitley	6.96%	495	503.4	531.68	535.52	587.06	602.46	622.79	627.66
	DUP	James Tinsley	4.13%	294	304.64	307.64	313.48	313.66	318.78	321.54
	Ind. Unionist	Anne Blake	3.63%	258	267.24	275.52	279.08	279.44
	UUP	Noel Malcolm	1.39%	99	172.36	181.2
	NI Conservatives	Leonard Jarvis	1.25%	89	92.92
Electorate: 17,508   Valid: 7,113 (40.63%)   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 890   Turnout: 7,224 (41.26%)

1993 Election

1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Lisburn Town North - 7 seats^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Ind. Unionist	Ronnie Crawford*	18.75%	1,394
	DUP	William Beattie*	17.03%	1,266
	UUP	William Gardiner-Watson*	8.16%	607	718.86	751.8	753.8	770.56	812.47	959.71
	UUP	Samuel Semple*	9.91%	737	791.4	822.99	823.26	867.9	903.06	951.22
	UUP	William Lewis*	9.71%	722	805.98	833.52	833.52	865	908.43	930.43
	Alliance	Frazer McCammond	9.68%	720	746.18	747.53	794.55	794.55	846.21	850.73	852.16	852.97	870.19
	UUP	Lorraine Martin	4.55%	338	383.9	397.13	398.47	439.07	458.01	511.12	535.56	553.11	793.83
	Alliance	William Whitley	8.22%	611	635.48	637.64	675.34	681.38	706.39	709.68	709.81	710.08	738.1
	Ulster Democratic	Raymond Smallwoods	5.84%	434	452.36	469.1	470.1	487.88	492.49	544.38	546.2	548.63
	DUP	Josephine Challis	1.88%	140	177.4	363.43	364.43	375.95	392.44
	NI Conservatives	Leonard Jarvis	2.95%	219	250.96	259.33	263.33	266.16
	UUP	Andrew Park	1.98%	147	168.08	178.61	179.61
	Workers' Party	J. J. Magee	1.34%	100	103.06	103.6
Electorate: 16,142   Valid: 7,435 (46.06%)   Spoilt: 142   Quota: 930   Turnout: 7,577 (46.94%)