# 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 had an estimated population of 149,915 residents in 2022.

## 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

| From | To | Name | Party |
| 2015 | 2016 | Thomas Beckett | DUP |
| 2016 | 2017 | Brian Bloomfield | UUP |
| 2017 | 2018 | Tim Morrow | Alliance |
| 2018 | 2019 | Uel Mackin | DUP |
| 2019 | 2020 | Alan Givan | DUP |
| 2020 | 2021 | Nicholas Trimble | UUP |
| 2021 | 2022 | Stephen Martin | Alliance |
| 2022 | 2023 | Scott Carson | DUP |
| 2023 | 2024 | Andrew Gowan | DUP |
| 2024 | Present | Kurtis Dickson | Alliance |

### Deputy Mayor

| From | To | Name | Party |
| 2015 | 2016 | Alexander Redpath | UUP |
| 2016 | 2017 | Stephen Martin | Alliance |
| 2017 | 2018 | Hazel Legge | UUP |
| 2018 | 2019 | Amanda Grehan | Alliance |
| 2019 | 2020 | Johnny McCarthy | SDLP |
| 2020 | 2021 | Jenny Palmer | UUP |
| 2021 | 2022 | Tim Mitchell | UUP |
| 2022 | 2023 | Michelle Guy | Alliance |
| 2023 | 2024 | Gary McCleave | Sinn Féin |
| 2024 | Present | Ryan Carlin | Sinn Féin |

## Councillors

For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):
| Area | Seats |
| Castlereagh East | 6 |
| Castlereagh South | 7 |
| Downshire East | 5 |
| Downshire West | 5 |
| Killultagh | 5 |
| Lisburn North | 6 |
| Lisburn South | 6 |

### Seat summary

| Party | Elected 2014 | Elected 2019 | Elected 2023 |
| 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 |

### Councillors by electoral area

Current council members :
| District electoral area | Name | Party |
| Castlereagh East | Sharon Skillen | DUP |
| Castlereagh East | Martin Gregg | Alliance |
| Castlereagh East | Samantha Burns | DUP |
| Castlereagh East | Sharon Lowry | Alliance |
| Castlereagh East | John Laverty | DUP |
| Castlereagh East | Hazel Legge | UUP |
| Castlereagh South | Jamie Harpur † | Alliance |
| Castlereagh South | Brian Higginson | DUP |
| Castlereagh South | Nancy Eaton | Alliance |
| Castlereagh South | John Gallen | SDLP |
| Castlereagh South | Ryan Carlin | Sinn Féin |
| Castlereagh South | Martin McKeever | Alliance |
| Castlereagh South | Daniel Bassett | Sinn Féin |
| Downshire East | Andrew Gowan | DUP |
| Downshire East | Uel Mackin | DUP |
| Downshire East | Aaron McIntyre | Alliance |
| Downshire East | Kurtis Dickson | Alliance |
| Downshire East | James Baird | UUP |
| Downshire West | Owen Gawith | Alliance |
| Downshire West | Gretta Thompson | Alliance |
| Downshire West | Alan Martin | UUP |
| Downshire West | Allan Ewart | DUP |
| Downshire West | Caleb McCready | DUP |
| Killultagh | Gary McCleave | Sinn Féin |
| Killultagh | Claire Kemp | Alliance |
| Killultagh | Thomas Beckett | DUP |
| Killultagh | James Tinsley | DUP |
| Killultagh | Ross McLernon | UUP |
| Lisburn North | Declan Lynch † | Sinn Féin |
| Lisburn North | Jonathan Craig | DUP |
| Lisburn North | Nicola Parker | Alliance |
| Lisburn North | Pat Catney | SDLP |
| Lisburn North | Nicholas Trimble | UUP |
| Lisburn North | Gary Hynds | Independent |
| Lisburn South | Andrew Ewing | DUP |
| Lisburn South | Amanda Grehan | Alliance |
| Lisburn South | Alan Givan | DUP |
| Lisburn South | Peter Kennedy | Alliance |
| Lisburn South | Tim Mitchell | UUP |
| Lisburn South | Paul Porter | DUP |