Castlereagh West (District Electoral Area)

Castlereagh West was one of the four district electoral areas in Castlereagh, Northern Ireland which existed from 1993 to 2014. The district elected five members to Castlereagh Borough Council, and formed part of Belfast South constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1993 local elections, and contained the wards of Beechill, Galwally, Hillfoot, Minnowburn and Newtownbreda. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and mostly transferred to the Castlereagh South DEA with Hillfoot moved to form part of the new Lisnasharragh DEA for the 2014 Belfast City Council election.

2011 Election
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

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

2005-2011 Change: No change

2005 Election
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: No change

2001 Election
1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

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

1997-2001 Change: No change

1997 Election
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

1993 Election
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance