Lisburn and Castlereagh | |
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District | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | Northern Ireland |
Status | District |
Admin HQ | Lisburn |
Incorporated | 1 April 2015 |
Government | |
• Type | District council |
• Body | Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council |
Area | |
• Total | 194.4 sq mi (503.6 km2) |
Population (2021 Census) | |
• Total | 149,106 [2] |
Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
Ethnicity | 96.1% White [3] |
Website | www |
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. [4] The local authority is Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council.
The district takes in many of the outer suburbs of Belfast and had an electorate of 83,369 prior to its formation. [4] The name of the new district was recommended on 17 September 2008. The area covered by the new Council has an estimated population of 149,272 residents. [5]
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council | |
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Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Founded | 1 April 2015 |
Preceded by | Castlereagh Borough Council Lisburn City Council |
Leadership | |
Mayor | Cllr Andrew Gowan, Democratic Unionist Party |
Deputy Mayor | Cllr Gary McCleave, Sinn Féin |
Structure | |
Seats | 40 |
Political groups | DUP (14) Alliance (13) UUP (6) Sinn Féin (4) SDLP (2) Independent (1) |
Elections | |
Last election | 18 May 2023 |
Website | |
http://lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk/ |
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. [6] 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. [7]
From | To | Name | Party | |
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2015 | 2016 | Thomas Beckett | DUP | |
2016 | 2017 | Brian Bloomfield | Ulster Unionist | |
2017 | 2018 | Tim Morrow | Alliance | |
2018 | 2019 | Uel Mackin | DUP | |
2019 | 2020 | Alan Givan | DUP | |
2020 | 2021 | Nicholas Trimble | Ulster Unionist | |
2021 | 2022 | Stephen Martin | Alliance | |
2022 | 2023 | Scott Carson | DUP | |
2023 | Present | Andrew Gowan | DUP | |
From | To | Name | Party | |
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2015 | 2016 | Alexander Redpath | Ulster Unionist | |
2016 | 2017 | Stephen Martin | Alliance | |
2017 | 2018 | Hazel Legge | Ulster Unionist | |
2018 | 2019 | Amanda Grehan | Alliance | |
2019 | 2020 | Johnny McCarthy | SDLP | |
2020 | 2021 | Jenny Palmer | Ulster Unionist | |
2021 | 2022 | Tim Mitchell | Ulster Unionist | |
2022 | 2023 | Michelle Guy | Alliance | |
2023 | Present | Gary McCleave | Sinn Féin | |
For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA): [8]
Area | Seats |
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Castlereagh East | 6 |
Castlereagh South | 7 |
Downshire East | 5 |
Downshire West | 5 |
Killultagh | 5 |
Lisburn North | 6 |
Lisburn South | 6 |
Party | Elected 2014 | Elected 2019 | Elected 2023 | |
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DUP | 20 | 15 | 14 | |
UUP | 8 | 11 | 6 | |
Alliance | 7 | 9 | 13 | |
SDLP | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
Sinn Féin | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
TUV | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
NI21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Current council members | |||
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District electoral area | Name | Party | |
Castlereagh East | Sharon Skillen | DUP | |
Martin Gregg | Alliance | ||
Samantha Burns | DUP | ||
Sharon Lowry | Alliance | ||
John Laverty | DUP | ||
Hazel Legge | Ulster Unionist | ||
Castlereagh South | Michelle Guy | Alliance | |
Brian Higginson | DUP | ||
Nancy Eaton | Alliance | ||
John Gallen | SDLP | ||
Ryan Carlin | Sinn Féin | ||
Martin McKeever | Alliance | ||
Daniel Bassett | Sinn Féin | ||
Downshire East | Andrew Gowan | DUP | |
Uel Mackin | DUP | ||
Aaron McIntyre | Alliance | ||
Kurtis Dickson | Alliance | ||
James Baird | Ulster Unionist | ||
Downshire West | Owen Gawith | Alliance | |
Gretta Thompson | Alliance | ||
Alan Martin | Ulster Unionist | ||
Allan Ewart | DUP | ||
Caleb McCready | DUP | ||
Killultagh | Gary McCleave | Sinn Féin | |
Claire Kemp | Alliance | ||
Thomas Beckett | DUP | ||
James Tinsley | DUP | ||
Ross McLernon | Ulster Unionist | ||
Lisburn North | Paul Burke | Sinn Féin | |
Jonathan Craig | DUP | ||
Nicola Parker | Alliance | ||
Pat Catney | SDLP | ||
Nicholas Trimble | Ulster Unionist | ||
Gary Hynds | Independent | ||
Lisburn South | Andrew Ewing | DUP | |
Amanda Grehan | Alliance | ||
Alan Givan | DUP | ||
Peter Kennedy | Alliance | ||
Tim Mitchell | Ulster Unionist | ||
Paul Porter | DUP | ||
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