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 officially known as the Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council, or abbreviated to LCCC.
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 residents in .
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.Northern Ireland elections are postponed, BBC News, 25 April 2008, accessed 27 April 2008 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. In 2025, Lisburn and Castlereigh had their first female mayor appointed with the Alliance Party's Amanda Grehan appointed and the Ulster Unionist Party's Hazel Legge becoming deputy mayor, resulting in the district's first all female mayoral team.
Mayor
FromTo NameParty20152016Thomas Beckett 20162017Brian Bloomfield 20172018Tim Morrow 20182019Uel Mackin 20192020Alan Givan 20202021Nicholas Trimble 20212022Stephen Martin 20222023Scott Carson 20232024Andrew Gowan 20242025Kurtis Dickson 20252026Amanda Grehan 20262027Brian Higginson
Deputy Mayor
FromTo NameParty20152016Alexander Redpath 20162017Stephen Martin 20172018Hazel Legge 20182019Amanda Grehan 20192020Johnny McCarthy 20202021Jenny Palmer 20212022Tim Mitchell 20222023Michelle Guy 20232024Gary McCleave 20242025Ryan Carlin 20252026Hazel Legge 20262027Aaron McIntyre
Councillors For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):
AreaSeatsCastlereagh East6Castlereagh South7Downshire East5Downshire West5Killultagh5Lisburn North6Lisburn South6
Seat summary PartyElected2014Elected2019Elected2023DUP201514UUP8116Alliance7913SDLP322Sinn Féin024Green (NI)010TUV100NI21100Independent001
Councillors by electoral area
Premises The council is based at the Civic Headquarters at Lagan Valley Island in Lisburn. The building was formerly the headquarters of Lisburn City Council and was completed in 2001.
See also Local government in Northern Ireland 2014 Northern Ireland local elections Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom
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