Lisburn City Council

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Lisburn City
Comhairle Cathrach Lios na gCearrbhach
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Geography
Area
- Total
- % Water		 Ranked 16th
447 km²
? %
Admin HQ Lisburn
ISO 3166-2 GB-LSB
ONS code 95S
Demographics
Population
- Total (2006)
- Density		 Ranked 2nd
112,900
253 / km²
Community Protestant: 62.8%
Catholic: 33.4%
Politics
Lisburn City Council
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http://www.lisburn.gov.uk
MPs Jeffrey Donaldson, Gerry Adams

Lisburn City Council is a Local Council covering an area partly in County Antrim and partly in County Down in Northern Ireland. The council is the second largest in the Belfast Metropolitan Area. Council headquarters are in the city of Lisburn. It was conferred city status in May 2002 as a result of the Council's success in the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee competition. It is the second largest Council area in Northern Ireland with over 108,000 residents and an area of 174 square miles (450 km²) of southwest Antrim and northwest Down and stretches from Glenavy and Dundrod in the north to Dromara and Hillsborough in the south and from Drumbo in the east to Moira and Aghalee in the west.

The Lisburn City Council area consists of 5 electoral areas: Downshire, Dunmurry Cross, Killultagh, Lisburn Town North and Lisburn Town South. It has 30 councillors last elected in 2005 and serving a four year term. The members elected were from the following political parties: 13 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 7 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 4 Sinn Féin, 3 Alliance Party and 3 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). The current Mayor is Councillor James Tinsley (DUP), and the Deputy Mayor is Cllr Ronnie Crawford (UUP). The next election is due to take place in May 2009, but may be postponed due to an ongoing review of Local Government.

In elections for the Westminster Parliament it is currently split between the Lagan Valley constituency and the West Belfast constituency. In future Westminster elections, the Glenavy area will be placed in the South Antrim constituency. [1]

Contents

[edit] Constituent towns and villages

  1. Aghalee
  2. Dunmurry
  3. Drumbo
  4. Dromara
  5. Glenavy
  6. Hillsborough
  7. Lisburn
  8. Moira

[edit] 2005 Election results

Party seats change +/-
• Democratic Unionist Party 13 +8
• Ulster Unionist Party 7 -6
• Sinn Féin 4 =
• Social Democratic and Labour Party 3 =
• Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 3 =
• Independent 0 -2

[edit] Mayors of Lisburn

[edit] Review of Public Administration

Under the Review of Public Administration (RPA) the Council is due to merge with Castlereagh Borough Council in 2011 to form a single council for the enlarged area totalling 540 Sq Km and a population of 175,182.[1] The next election was due to take place in May 2009, but on April 25, 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until the introduction of the eleven new councils in 2011.[2]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Minister Foster announces decisions on Local Government Reform. DoE. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
  2. ^ Northern Ireland elections are postponed, BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008

[edit] External links

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