Dunmurry Cross (District Electoral Area)

Dunmurry Cross DEA (1993-2014) within Lisburn

Dunmurry Cross was one of the district electoral areas in Lisburn, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. It was one of four Lisburn DEAs until 1993, and one of five until 2014. The district elected seven members to Lisburn City Council and formed part of Belfast West constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the Lagan Valley constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections. It contained the whole of Lisburn Area E which had existed since 1973 and the addition of the Lambeg area from Lisburn Area D. It contained the wards of Collin Glen, Derryaghy, Dunmurry, Kilwee, Lambeg, Seymour Hill and Twinbrook. For the 1993 local elections, Lambeg moved to the new Lisburn North DEA, while a new Poleglass ward was created within the DEA. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections with Derryaghy also moving to Lisburn North DEA and the rest of the area was transferred to the new Collin DEA for the 2014 Belfast City Council election.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2011		David Bell (Sinn Féin)		Arder Carson (Sinn Féin)		Stephen Magennis (Sinn Féin)		Angela Nelson (Sinn Féin)		Charlene O'Hara (Sinn Féin)		Brian Heading (SDLP)		Margaret Tolerton (DUP)
2005		Paul Butler (Sinn Féin)		Michael Ferguson (Sinn Féin)		Veronica Willis (Sinn Féin)				Patricia Lewsley (SDLP)				Stephen Moore (DUP)
2001								Sue Ramsey (Sinn Féin)				William McDonnell (SDLP)		Billy Bell (UUP)
1997						Ita Gray (Sinn Féin)				Hugh Lewsley (Independent Nationalist)/ (SDLP)
1993		Patrick Rice (Sinn Féin)				Anne Marie Armstrong (Sinn Féin)		William McAllister (UUP)
1989						William Beattie (DUP)
1985				Damien Gibney (Sinn Féin)						Donald Cheyne (Alliance)				Richard Scott (UUP)

2011 Election

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

2011: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Dunmurry Cross - 7 seats[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	David Bell	17.19%	1,796
	Sinn Féin	Charlene O'Hara	13.07%	1,365
	Sinn Féin	Arder Carson	12.81%	1,338
	Sinn Féin	Stephen Magennis	11.02%	1,151	1,553.57
	Sinn Féin	Angela Nelson*	11.58%	1,210	1,249.96	1,479.24
	DUP	Margaret Tolerton	10.84%	1,132	1,132.81	1,133.45	1,134.41	1,357.41
	SDLP	Brian Heading*	9.77%	1,020	1,041.6	1,043.68	1,052.32	1,059.32	1,079.9	1,272.03
	SDLP	Matthew McDermott	6.02%	629	637.64	639.08	646.44	653.71	684.79	843.54
	Alliance	Aaron McIntyre	4.38%	458	459.89	460.53	462.45	533.61	539.91
	UUP	Mark Hill	3.31%	346	346.81	346.81	346.97
Electorate: 19,745   Valid: 10,445 (52.90%)   Spoilt: 251   Quota: 1,306   Turnout: 10,696 (54.17%)

2005 Election

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Dunmurry Cross - 7 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Paul Butler*	17.12%	1,823
	Sinn Féin	Michael Ferguson*	13.75%	1,464
	DUP	Stephen Moore	13.08%	1,393
	SDLP	Patricia Lewsley*	12.86%	1,369
	SDLP	Brian Heading	7.83%	834	898.12	909.82	1,268.31	1,326.81
	Sinn Féin	Angela Nelson	9.48%	1,010	1,196.2	1,220.86	1,229.22	1,229.97
	Sinn Féin	Veronica Willis*	8.83%	940	1,142.72	1,222.01	1,222.01	1,222.01
	Sinn Féin	Máireád Uí Adhmaill	10.56%	1,125	1,157.48	1,167.11	1,168.11	1,168.11
	UUP	Kenneth Bishop	6.49%	691	693.52	694.33
Electorate: 17,676   Valid: 10,649 (60.25%)   Spoilt: 309   Quota: 1,332   Turnout: 10,958 (61.99%)

2001 Election

1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Independent

Dunmurry Cross - 7 seats[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Paul Butler*	17.78%	2,061
	SDLP	Patricia Lewsley	17.50%	2,029
	UUP	Billy Bell*	13.37%	1,550
	Sinn Féin	Michael Ferguson*	13.36%	1,549
	Sinn Féin	Sue Ramsey*	10.52%	1,219	1,306.6	1,321.6	1,333.3	1,333.58	1,599.38
	Sinn Féin	Veronica Willis*	8.57%	993	1,007.1	1,012.5	1,017.1	1,017.17	1,470.27
	SDLP	William McDonnell*	5.52%	640	682.9	1,191.4	1,334.4	1,346.02	1,459.12
	DUP	Stephen Moore	7.85%	910	910.6	912.4	930.7	1,008.61	1,008.61
	Sinn Féin	Paul Flynn	3.64%	422	866.6	885.8	896.6	897.02
	Independent	Malachy McAnespie	1.88%	218	225.5	254.3
Electorate: 18,673   Valid: 11,591 (62.07%)   Spoilt: 440   Quota: 1,449   Turnout: 12,031 (64.43%)

1997 Election

1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP

1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP

Dunmurry Cross - 7 seats[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Sinn Féin	Michael Ferguson*	15.45%	1,365
	Sinn Féin	Paul Butler	14.26%	1,260
	Sinn Féin	Sue Ramsey	11.60%	1,025	1,061.86	1,146.94
	UUP	Billy Bell*	10.90%	963	963.57	963.69	966.89	1,095.69	1,173.69
	SDLP	William McDonnell*	10.50%	928	933.89	937.73	1,006.16	1,006.16	1,064.35	1,066.35	1,071.35	1,480.35
	Sinn Féin	Ita Gray	8.79%	777	982.01	1,038.41	1,044.41	1,045.6	1,045.91	1,046.91	1,046.91	1,060.39	1,098.39	1,139.73
	Ind. Nationalist	Hugh Lewsley*	5.68%	502	504.85	507.01	542.01	543.01	600.01	607.01	610.01	690.94	959.94	960.24	966.3
	UUP	Frederick Parkinson	5.36%	474	474	474	475	523	545	888	945	948	949	949	949.12
	SDLP	Mary Rodgers	5.67%	501	502.52	504.08	517.46	517.46	541.46	542.46	542.46
	UUP	Andrew Park	3.73%	330	330	330.12	330.12	381.12	406.12
	Alliance	Owen Gawith	3.21%	284	284.76	284.88	298.88	301
	DUP	Yvonne Craig	2.67%	236	236.19	236.31	236.31
	Workers' Party	Frances McCarthy	1.88%	192	192.76	193
Electorate: 18,255   Valid: 8,837 (48.41%)   Spoilt: 194   Quota: 1,105   Turnout: 9,031 (49.47%)

1993 Election

1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP

1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP

Dunmurry Cross - 7 seats[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Rice*	16.83%	1,417
	UUP	William McAllister*	15.02%	1,265
	SDLP	Hugh Lewsley*	12.78%	1,076
	Sinn Féin	Michael Ferguson*	11.16%	940	1,215.34
	UUP	Billy Bell*	7.43%	626	626	797.36	797.51	812.7	812.76	818.76	1,244.76
	Sinn Féin	Anne Marie Armstrong	9.28%	781	841.58	841.58	994.13	1,011.65	1,012.37	1,041.14	1,041.31
	SDLP	William McDonnell*	8.25%	695	707.22	707.56	710.11	816.04	833.72	1,035.6	1,037.6
	Alliance	Elizabeth Campbell	5.07%	427	428.04	432.97	433.12	504.8	505.72	592.1	611.39
	DUP	Jonathan Craig	5.50%	463	463	492.24	492.24	497.75	497.77	502.11
	Workers' Party	Anne-Marie Lowry	5.33%	449	453.16	453.84	454.29	491.63	492.83
	Independent	Peter McAnespie	3.34%	281	283.34	286.23	286.98
Electorate: 16,184   Valid: 8,420 (52.03%)   Spoilt: 307   Quota: 1,053   Turnout: 8,727 (53.92%)

1989 Election

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

Dunmurry Cross - 7 seats[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Rice*	16.69%	1,498
	UUP	William McAllister*	12.91%	1,159
	UUP	Billy Bell	10.66%	957	1,145
	Sinn Féin	Michael Ferguson	11.98%	1,075	1,075	1,421.06
	DUP	William Beattie*	10.74%	964	1,005	1,005	1,007.28	1,123.28
	SDLP	William McDonnell*	9.12%	819	819	835.12	1,000.04	1,086.84
	SDLP	Hugh Lewsley	9.00%	808	808	813.2	882.36	1,068.66
	Workers' Party	John Lowry	8.48%	761	764	768.16	808.44	972.7
	Alliance	Patrick Bell	7.62%	684	698	698.52	719.8
	UUP	Richard Scott*	2.81%	252
Electorate: 16,626   Valid: 8,977 (53.99%)   Spoilt: 337   Quota: 1,123   Turnout: 9,314 (56.02%)

1985 Election

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

Dunmurry Cross - 7 seats[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	William McAllister*	22.98%	1,886
	DUP	William Beattie*	16.49%	1,353
	SDLP	William McDonnell*	13.32%	1,093
	Sinn Féin	Damien Gibney	12.78%	1,049
	UUP	Richard Scott	3.64%	299	904.82	962.66	1,033.66
	Alliance	Donald Cheyne	7.77%	638	657.32	664.76	672.8	704.54	1,002.26
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Rice	10.04%	824	825.84	826.08	827.08	835.96	908.5
	UUP	Norman Tulip	4.22%	346	514.82	536.18	791.06	791.12	802.8
	Workers' Party	John Lowry	7.12%	584	590.44	591.64	594.36	611.76
	DUP	Ronald Kelly	1.64%	135	188.82	420.42
Electorate: 14,907   Valid: 8,207 (55.05%)   Spoilt: 216   Quota: 1,026   Turnout: 8,423 (56.50%)

References

1. "Dunmurry Cross Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
2. "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
3. "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
5. "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
6. "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
7. "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.