2023 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election

2023 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election

18 May 2023

All 40 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jeffrey Donaldson Naomi Long Doug Beattie
Party DUP Alliance UUP
Last election 15 9 11
Seats won 14 13 6
Seat change 1 4 5
Popular vote 19,187 16,064 7,877
Percentage 34.0% 28.5% 14.0%
Swing 2.7% 4.9% 3.6%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Michelle O'Neill Colum Eastwood
Party Sinn Féin SDLP Independent
Last election 2 2 0
Seats won 4 2 1
Seat change 2 0 1
Popular vote 6,193 3,774 1,017
Percentage 11.0% 6.7% 1.8%
Swing 5.6% 2.0% 0.1%

Lisburn and Castlereagh 2023 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

TBC

The 2023 election to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.

The election returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote. This consisted of 14 Democratic Unionist Party members (who topped the polls in three districts: Castlereagh East, Downshire East and Lisburn South), 13 Alliance Party members (who topped the polls in two districts: Castlereagh South and Downshire West), 6 Ulster Unionist Party members, 4 Sinn Féin members (who topped the polls in two districts: Killultagh and Lisburn North), 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party members and 1 Independent member.