Lagan Valley is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
Lisburn City Council was the local authority for an area partly in County Antrim and partly in County Down in Northern Ireland. As of May 2015 it was merged with Castlereagh Borough Council as part of the reform of local government in Northern Ireland to become Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council.
The 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election was held on Wednesday,7 March 2007. It was the third election to take place since the devolved assembly was established in 1998. The election saw endorsement of the St Andrews Agreement and the two largest parties,the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin,along with the Alliance Party,increase their support,with falls in support for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).
The Northern Ireland Conservatives is a section of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party that operates in Northern Ireland. The Conservatives are the only major British party to field candidates within Northern Ireland and typically contests only a fraction of seats in elections. The party won 0.03% of the vote in the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election and 0.1% of the vote in the 2024 United Kingdom General election in Northern Ireland.
Ivan Davis was a Northern Irish unionist politician. Davis was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley from 1998 to 2003.
Cecil Calvert was a Northern Irish unionist politician,who was a long-serving councillor on Lisburn City Council.
The 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election took place on Thursday,5 May,following the dissolution of the Northern Ireland Assembly at midnight on 24 March 2011. It was the fourth election to take place since the devolved assembly was established in 1998.
The first election to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council,part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014,returned 40 members to the newly formed council via Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party won half of the seats.
Jennifer 'Jenny' Palmer is an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who served as a Lisburn and Castlereagh Councillor for the Lisburn South DEA from 2019 to 2023.
Robbie Butler is a Northern Irish unionist politician,serving as Deputy Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) since May 2021,and a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley since 2016.
Jonathan Buckley is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Upper Bann since 2017. He currently serves as the DUP's Spokesman for Economy,Business,and Energy and Trade Union Engagement.
Pat Catney is an Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician and former publican,serving as a Lisburn and Castlereagh City Councillor for the Lisburn North DEA since 2023. Catney previously served as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley from 2017 to 2022.
Local elections were held in Northern Ireland on Thursday 2 May 2019. The last elections were held in 2014. 819 candidates contested 462 seats across Northern Ireland's 11 local government districts. 1,305,384 people aged 18 and over were eligible to vote,and 52.7% of the electorate turned out.
The 2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election was the second election to Lisburn and Castlereagh city Council,part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019,which returned 40 members to the Lisburn and Castlereagh city Council via Single Transferable Vote.
Sorcha-Lucy Eastwood is a Northern Irish politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lagan Valley since 2024. A member of the Alliance Party,she previously served as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley from 2022 until her election to the House of Commons in 2024.
Patricia O'Lynn is a Northern Irish academic,educator,and politician who was an Alliance Party Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from 2022 to 2023. She was elected as an MLA in the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election for North Antrim.
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.
Lisburn North is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Lisburn and Castlereagh,Northern Ireland. The district elects six members to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council and contains the wards of Derryaghy,Harmony Hill,Hilden,Lambeg,Magheralave and Wallace Park. Lisburn North forms part of the Lagan Valley constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Downshire West is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Lisburn and Castlereagh,Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council and contains the wards of Blaris,Hillsborough,Lagan,Maze and Moira. Downshire West forms part of the Lagan Valley constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Michelle Guy is an Alliance Party politician who has been a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley since July 2024,as well as a member of the Alliance Party Executive,currently serving as Chair.
