LISBURN CITY COUNCIL

'Lisburn City Council' is a Local Council 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 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 split between the Lagan Valley constituency and the West Belfast constituency.

Contents

Constituent towns and villages

2005 Election results

See also

External link

Constituent towns and villages

#Aghalee
#Dunmurry
#Drumbo
#Dromara
#Glenavy
#Hillsborough
#Lisburn
#Moira

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

See also

★ Local Councils in Northern Ireland

External link

★ Lisburn.com