Castlereagh Central (District Electoral Area)
{{Short description|District electoral areas in Ards, Northern Ireland}}
File:Castlereagh 1993 Castlereagh Central highlight.svg
Castlereagh Central was one of the district electoral areas in Castlereagh, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. It was one of three Castlereagh DEAs until 1993, and one of four until 2014. The district elected seven members to Castlereagh Borough Council from 1985 to 1993, and six members from 1993 to 2014. It formed part of the Strangford constituency until 1997, the Strangford and Belfast East constituencies from 1997 to 2010 and the Belfast East and Belfast South constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Castlereagh Area C which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Cregagh, Downshire, Hillfoot, Lisnasharragh, Lower Braniel, Upper Braniel and Wynchurch. For the 1993 local elections, it was reduced by one ward as Hillfoot was transferred to the new Castlereagh West District Electoral Area. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and most of the area was transferred to Belfast City Council for the 2014 Belfast City Council election to form part of the new Lisnasharragh DEA.
Councillors
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| 2011
! rowspan = "7" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | ! rowspan = "3" | Michael Long ! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | ! rowspan = "1" | Carole Howard ! rowspan = "5" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}"| ! rowspan = "3" | Michael Copeland ! rowspan = "7" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}"| ! rowspan = "1" | Denny Vitty ! rowspan = "7" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}"| ! rowspan = "1" | Tommy Sandford ! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}"| ! rowspan = "1" | Vivienne McCoy | colspan="2" rowspan="5" style="background-color:#FFFFFF" | 6 seats |
| 2005
! rowspan = "6" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}"| ! rowspan = "6" | Peter Robinson ! rowspan = "2" | Joanne Bunting ! rowspan = "4" | John Norris ! rowspan = "1" | Andrew Ramsey |
| 2001
! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Progressive Unionist Party}}"| ! rowspan = "1" | Tommy Sandford |
| 1997
! rowspan = "3" | Patrick Mitchell ! rowspan = "4" | Alan Carson ! rowspan = "1" | John Dunn ! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|UK Unionist Party}}"| ! rowspan = "3" | Grant Dillon |
| 1993
! rowspan = "1" | Cecil Moore ! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Unionist}}"| |
| 1989
! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}"| ! rowspan = "1" | Joyce Boyd ! rowspan = "1" | Paul McNaughten ! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}"| ! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}"| ! rowspan = "2" | Ellen Gray |
| 1985
! rowspan = "1" | Patricia Archer ! rowspan = "1" | Cedric Wilson ! rowspan = "1" | Ivan Castles ! rowspan = "1" | Herbert Johnstone |
2011 Election
2005: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Michael Long*
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|percentage = 18.14%
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|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Vivienne McCoy
|count1 = 720
|percentage = 14.21%
|count2 = 727.35
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Michael Copeland*
|count1 = 654
|percentage = 12.91%
|count2 = 667.65
|count3 = 763.65
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Carole Howard
|count1 = 539
|percentage = 10.64%
|count2 = 676.34
|count3 = 696.23
|count4 = 706.43
|count5 = 926.43
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Tommy Sandford
|count1 = 634
|percentage = 12.51%
|count2 = 639.46
|count3 = 675.88
|count4 = 688.12
|count5 = 692.75
|count6 = 700.75
|count7 = 943.75
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Denny Vitty
|count1 = 438
|percentage = 8.64%
|count2 = 439.47
|count3 = 453.47
|count4 = 457.55
|count5 = 457.55
|count6 = 457.55
|count7 = 508.37
|count8 = 723.97
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Progressive Unionist Party
|candidate = Jason Burke
|count1 = 323
|percentage = 6.37%
|count2 = 326.36
|count3 = 353.36
|count4 = 362.2
|count5 = 369.67
|count6 = 394.67
|count7 = 401.67
|count8 = 405.59
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Sharon Skillen
|count1 = 308
|percentage = 6.08%
|count2 = 310.31
|count3 = 324.31
|count4 = 328.39
|count5 = 329.81
|count6 = 329.81
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Rosaleen Hughes
|count1 = 287
|percentage = 5.66%
|count2 = 300.23
|count3 = 303.44
|count4 = 303.44
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Traditional Unionist Voice
|candidate = Alan Carson
|count1 = 245
|percentage = 4.84%
|count2 = 247.94
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 8
|electorate = 9,341
|valid = 5,067 (54.24%)
|spoilt = 104
|quota = 724
|turnout = 5,171 (55.36%)
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2005 Election
2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
2005: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from PUP
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|numcounts= 7
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Peter Robinson*
|count1 = 1,431
|percentage = 25.81%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Michael Long*
|count1 = 905
|percentage = 16.32%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Joanne Bunting*
|count1 = 895
|percentage = 16.14%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Michael Copeland*
|count1 = 541
|percentage = 9.76%
|count2 = 582.86
|count3 = 608.21
|count4 = 611.62
|count5 = 727.3
|count6 = 796.3
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = John Norris*
|count1 = 421
|percentage = 7.59%
|count2 = 663.42
|count3 = 669.27
|count4 = 699.08
|count5 = 710.82
|count6 = 790.83
|count7 = 800.83
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Andrew Ramsey
|count1 = 272
|percentage = 4.91%
|count2 = 523.16
|count3 = 527.97
|count4 = 583.85
|count5 = 588.42
|count6 = 614.39
|count7 = 621.65
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Progressive Unionist Party
|candidate = Tommy Sandford*
|count1 = 356
|percentage = 6.42%
|count2 = 391.88
|count3 = 399.03
|count4 = 401.34
|count5 = 403.99
|count6 = 436.39
|count7 = 491.01
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Sean Mullan
|count1 = 363
|percentage = 6.55%
|count2 = 363.92
|count3 = 397.72
|count4 = 397.94
|count5 = 407.8
|count6 = 429.9
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Alan Carson
|count1 = 209
|percentage = 3.77%
|count2 = 254.08
|count3 = 269.55
|count4 = 274.72
|count5 = 295.81
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Alan Martin
|count1 = 152
|percentage = 2.74%
|count2 = 165.8
|count3 = 181.01
|count4 = 181.89
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 7
|electorate = 9,735
|valid = 5,545 (56.96%)
|spoilt = 155
|quota = 793
|turnout = 5,700 (58.55%)
}}
2001 Election
1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKUP
2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
1997-2001 Change: PUP gain from UKUP
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|numcounts= 8
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Peter Robinson*
|count1 = 2,841
|percentage = 42.40%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Michael Copeland
|count1 = 1,032
|percentage = 15.40%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = John Norris*
|count1 = 161
|percentage = 2.40%
|count2 = 949.8
|count3 = 976.8
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Michael Long
|count1 = 769
|percentage = 11.48%
|count2 = 798.82
|count3 = 879.68
|count4 = 904.16
|count5 = 1,274.16
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Joanne Bunting
|count1 = 302
|percentage = 4.51%
|count2 = 737.2
|count3 = 772.52
|count4 = 778.36
|count5 = 779.8
|count6 = 780.8
|count7 = 1,151.16
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Progressive Unionist Party
|candidate = Tommy Sandford
|count1 = 505
|percentage = 7.54%
|count2 = 564.16
|count3 = 590.56
|count4 = 599.84
|count5 = 612.24
|count6 = 674.24
|count7 = 695.24
|count8 = 719.72
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = UK Unionist Party
|candidate = Grant Dillon*
|count1 = 289
|percentage = 4.31%
|count2 = 393.04
|count3 = 488.96
|count4 = 512.96
|count5 = 515.04
|count6 = 547.04
|count7 = 572.44
|count8 = 661.52
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = John Dunn*
|count1 = 74
|percentage = 1.10%
|count2 = 437.12
|count3 = 467.8
|count4 = 473.08
|count5 = 476.44
|count6 = 480.44
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Sean Mullan
|count1 = 427
|percentage = 6.37%
|count2 = 431.08
|count3 = 436.44
|count4 = 438.6
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Alan Carson*
|count1 = 219
|percentage = 3.27%
|count2 = 277.48
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Northern Ireland Conservatives
|candidate = Terence Dick
|count1 = 82
|percentage = 1.22%
|count2 = 95.8
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 8
|electorate = 10,528
|valid = 6,701 (63.65%)
|spoilt = 237
|quota = 958
|turnout = 6,938 (65.90%)
}}
1997 Election
1993: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKUP
1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UKUP
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|title=Castlereagh Central - 6 seats{{cite web|title=Local Government Results 1997|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997|website=EONI|access-date=8 July 2021}}
|numcounts= 6
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Peter Robinson*
|count1 = 2,783
|percentage = 55.30%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Alan Carson*
|count1 = 854
|percentage = 16.97%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = John Norris*
|count1 = 61
|percentage = 1.21%
|count2 = 950.2
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Patrick Mitchell*
|count1 = 600
|percentage = 11.92%
|count2 = 623.56
|count3 = 626.96
|count4 = 644.3
|count5 = 966.3
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = John Dunn
|count1 = 87
|percentage = 1.73%
|count2 = 593.92
|count3 = 662.12
|count4 = 684.05
|count5 = 689.12
|count6 = 698.12
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = UK Unionist Party
|candidate = Grant Dillon*
|count1 = 267
|percentage = 5.30%
|count2 = 516.28
|count3 = 528.28
|count4 = 591.69
|count5 = 609.59
|count6 = 684.59
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Alwyn McClernon
|count1 = 23
|percentage = 0.46%
|count2 = 372.6
|count3 = 512.4
|count4 = 527.53
|count5 = 541.35
|count6 = 548.35
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Dominic Marsella
|count1 = 224
|percentage = 4.45%
|count2 = 225.52
|count3 = 225.52
|count4 = 225.69
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Ann Smith
|count1 = 134
|percentage = 2.66%
|count2 = 161.36
|count3 = 162.76
|count4 = 171.94
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 6
|electorate = 11,033
|valid = 5,033 (45.62%)
|spoilt = 148
|quota = 720
|turnout = 5,181 (46.96%)
}}
1993 Election
1989: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989-1993 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP, DUP loss due to the reduction of one seat
{{STV Election box begin2|
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|numcounts= 9
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Peter Robinson*
|count1 = 2,775
|percentage = 53.27%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Patrick Mitchell*
|count1 = 782
|percentage = 15.01%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Alan Carson*
|count1 = 655
|percentage = 12.57%
|count2 = 802
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = John Norris
|count1 = 47
|percentage = 0.90%
|count2 = 770.75
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Cecil Moore
|count1 = 113
|percentage = 2.17%
|count2 = 689
|count3 = 695
|count4 = 707.8
|count5 = 708
|count6 = 723.74
|count7 = 737.31
|count8 = 746.31
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent Unionist
|candidate = Grant Dillon*
|count1 = 340
|percentage = 6.53%
|count2 = 450.25
|count3 = 452.75
|count4 = 471.31
|count5 = 471.83
|count6 = 472.63
|count7 = 505.81
|count8 = 570.92
|count9 = 645.92
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Mary Fairfield
|count1 = 55
|percentage = 1.06%
|count2 = 417.25
|count3 = 423
|count4 = 431.32
|count5 = 431.48
|count6 = 433.5
|count7 = 442.41
|count8 = 469
|count9 = 493
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Ann Smith
|count1 = 185
|percentage = 3.55%
|count2 = 209.75
|count3 = 214.5
|count4 = 216.1
|count5 = 245.22
|count6 = 245.34
|count7 = 292.08
|count8 = 320.1
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Ellen Gray*
|count1 = 103
|percentage = 1.98%
|count2 = 142
|count3 = 164
|count4 = 174.24
|count5 = 174.6
|count6 = 174.84
|count7 = 206.33
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Northern Ireland Conservatives
|candidate = Leeburn Stitt
|count1 = 126
|percentage = 2.42%
|count2 = 144.75
|count3 = 146.75
|count4 = 151.23
|count5 = 151.75
|count6 = 151.81
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = John Ferris
|count1 = 28
|percentage = 0.54%
|count2 = 46
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 9
|electorate = 11,260
|valid = 5,209 (46.26%)
|spoilt = 202
|quota = 745
|turnout = 5,411 (48.06%)
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1989 Election
1985: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: No change
{{STV Election box begin2|
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|numcounts= 8
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Peter Robinson*
|count1 = 3,461
|percentage = 50.75%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Grant Dillon*
|count1 = 914
|percentage = 13.40%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Patrick Mitchell
|count1 = 909
|percentage = 13.33%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Alan Carson*
|count1 = 277
|percentage = 4.06%
|count2 = 1,895.04
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Joyce Boyd
|count1 = 184
|percentage = 2.70%
|count2 = 497.88
|count3 = 1,371.06
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Ellen Gray*
|count1 = 453
|percentage = 6.64%
|count2 = 616.4
|count3 = 657.56
|count4 = 684.26
|count5 = 733.46
|count6 = 970.46
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Paul McNaughten
|count1 = 26
|percentage = 0.38%
|count2 = 124.8
|count3 = 192.42
|count4 = 646.32
|count5 = 647.16
|count6 = 666.92
|count7 = 729.71
|count8 = 759.29
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Cecil Moore
|count1 = 150
|percentage = 2.20%
|count2 = 510.24
|count3 = 553.85
|count4 = 583.55
|count5 = 584.81
|count6 = 621.55
|count7 = 675.24
|count8 = 699.55
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Ann Smith
|count1 = 446
|percentage = 6.54%
|count2 = 474.88
|count3 = 479.29
|count4 = 481.09
|count5 = 482.53
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 8
|electorate = 14,462
|valid = 6,820 (47.16%)
|spoilt = 188
|quota = 853
|turnout = 7,008 (48.46%)
}}
1985 Election
1985: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
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|numcounts= 7
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Peter Robinson*
|count1 = 4,118
|percentage = 52.69%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Cedric Wilson*
|count1 = 72
|percentage = 0.92%
|count2 = 2,292.72
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Herbert Johnstone*
|count1 = 930
|percentage = 11.90%
|count2 = 1,076.68
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Alan Carson*
|count1 = 301
|percentage = 3.85%
|count2 = 683.28
|count3 = 1,651.23
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Ivan Castles
|count1 = 54
|percentage = 0.69%
|count2 = 211.32
|count3 = 413.82
|count4 = 1,068.22
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Patricia Archer*
|count1 = 893
|percentage = 11.43%
|count2 = 921.88
|count3 = 958.78
|count4 = 962.62
|count5 = 968.56
|count6 = 983.56
|count7 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Ellen Gray*
|count1 = 604
|percentage = 7.73%
|count2 = 673.16
|count3 = 725.36
|count4 = 733.36
|count5 = 802
|count6 = 884.95
|count7 = 926.44
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Derek Middleton
|count1 = 422
|percentage = 5.40%
|count2 = 441
|count3 = 446.85
|count4 = 448.45
|count5 = 455.71
|count6 = 463.97
|count7 = 743.85
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = William Moreland
|count1 = 288
|percentage = 3.69%
|count2 = 313.84
|count3 = 323.74
|count4 = 325.02
|count5 = 334.26
|count6 = 352.44
|count7 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent Unionist
|candidate = Cecil Moore
|count1 = 133
|percentage = 1.70%
|count2 = 189.24
|count3 = 213.54
|count4 = 218.02
|count5 = 225.94
|count6 =
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 7
|electorate = 14,751
|valid = 7,815 (52.98%)
|spoilt = 220
|quota = 977
|turnout = 8,035 (54.47%)
}}