Lisburn and Castlereagh


Lisburn and Castlereagh is a local government district in Northern Ireland. The district was created on 1 April 2015. It consists of the combined area of the City of Lisburn with the Borough of Castlereagh, but not including "the localities of Gilnahirk, Tullycarnet, Braniel, Castlereagh, Merok, Cregagh, Wynchurch, Glencregagh and Belvoir, Collin Glen, Poleglass, Lagmore, Twinbrook, Kilwee and Dunmurry" which transferred to Belfast. The local authority is Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council.

Geography

The district takes in many of the outer suburbs of Belfast and had an electorate of 83,369 prior to its formation. The name of the new district was recommended on 17 September 2008. The area covered by the new Council has an estimated population of residents.

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council replaces Lisburn City Council and Castlereagh Borough Council. The first election for the new district council was originally due to take place in May 2009, but on 25 April 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until 2011. The first elections took place on 22 May 2014 and the council acted as a shadow authority until 1 April 2015, at which date the council proper was created.

Mayor

FromToNameParty
20152016Thomas Beckett
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20162017Brian Bloomfield
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20172018Tim Morrow
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20182019Uel Mackin
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20192020Alan Givan
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2020 Nicholas Trimble
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Deputy Mayor

FromToNameParty
20152016Alexander Redpath
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20162017Stephen Martin
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20172018Hazel Legge
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20182019Amanda Grehan
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20192020Johnny McCarthy
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2020 Jenny Palmer
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Councillors

For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas :
AreaSeats
Castlereagh East6
Castlereagh South7
Downshire East5
Downshire West5
Killultagh5
Lisburn North6
Lisburn South6

Seat summary

Councillors by electoral area

† Co-opted to fill a vacancy since the election.
‡ New party affiliation since the election.
Last update 28 March 2020.
For further details see 2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election.