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Lisburn and Castlereagh
Local government district in Northern Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[3] The local authority is Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council.
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Geography
The district takes in many of the outer suburbs of Belfast and had an electorate of 83,369 prior to its formation.[3] 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.[4]
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
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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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]
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Councillors
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For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):[8]
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Councillors by electoral area
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