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{{short description| Local government district in Northern Ireland}}
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|native_name= {{lang-ga|Lios na gCearrbhach agus an Caisleán Riabhach}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://consultations.nidirect.gov.uk/dfc/consultation-on-lgbc-revised-recommendations/supporting_documents/LGBC%20%20Molta%20Leasaithe%20Athbhreithni%2020212022.pdf |title=LGBC Moltaí Leasaithe Athbhreithniú 2021-2022 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=18 January 2022 |website= |publisher=Local Government Boundaries Commissioner for Northern Ireland |access-date= 25 April 2022 |quote=}}</ref>
|native_name= {{lang-ga|Lios na gCearrbhach agus an Caisleán Riabhach}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://consultations.nidirect.gov.uk/dfc/consultation-on-lgbc-revised-recommendations/supporting_documents/LGBC%20%20Molta%20Leasaithe%20Athbhreithni%2020212022.pdf |title=LGBC Moltaí Leasaithe Athbhreithniú 2021-2022 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=18 January 2022 |website= |publisher=Local Government Boundaries Commissioner for Northern Ireland |access-date= 25 April 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523232815/https://consultations.nidirect.gov.uk/dfc/consultation-on-lgbc-revised-recommendations/supporting_documents/LGBC%20%20Molta%20Leasaithe%20Athbhreithni%2020212022.pdf|archive-date=23 May 2022 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| settlement_type = District
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| population_total = 149,106 <ref>{{cite web | url=https://explore.nisra.gov.uk/area-explorer-2021/N09000007/ | title=Lisburn and Castlereagh Census Data }}</ref>
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| preceded_by = [[Castlereagh Borough Council]]<br />[[Lisburn City Council]]
| preceded_by = [[Castlereagh Borough Council]]<br />[[Lisburn City Council]]
| leader1_type = Mayor
| leader1_type = Mayor
| leader1 = Cllr Scott Carson
| leader1 = Cllr Kurtis Dickson
| party1 = [[Democratic Unionist Party]]
| party1 = [[Alliance Party of Northern Ireland]]
| leader2_type = Deputy Mayor
| leader2_type = Deputy Mayor
| leader2 = Cllr Michelle Guy
| leader2 = Cllr Ryan Carlin
| party2 = [[Alliance Party of Northern Ireland]]
| party2 = [[Sinn Féin]]
| election1 =
| election1 =
| members = 40
| members = 40
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| structure1 = LisburnAndCastlereagh2023.svg
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| political_groups1 = {{Color box|{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]] (15)<br/>{{Color box|{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Ulster Unionist Party|UUP]] (11)<br/>{{Color box|{{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}|border=darkgray}} [[Alliance Party of Northern Ireland|Alliance]] (9)<br/>{{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Social Democratic and Labour Party|SDLP]] (2)<br/>{{Color box|{{party color|Sinn Féin}}|border=darkgray}} [[Sinn Féin]] (2)<br/>{{Color box|{{party color|Green Party in Northern Ireland}}|border=darkgray}} [[Green Party in Northern Ireland|Green (NI)]] (1)
| political_groups1 = {{Color box|{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]] (14)<br/>{{Color box|{{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}|border=darkgray}} [[Alliance Party of Northern Ireland|Alliance]] (13)<br/>{{Color box|{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Ulster Unionist Party|UUP]] (6)<br/>{{Color box|{{party color|Sinn Féin}}|border=darkgray}} [[Sinn Féin]] (4)<br/>{{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Social Democratic and Labour Party|SDLP]] (2)<br/>{{Color box|{{party color|Independent politician}}|border=darkgray}} [[Independent politician|Independent]] (1)
| last_election1 = [[2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election|2 May 2019]]
| last_election1 = [[2023 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election|18 May 2023]]
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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.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7367253.stm ''Northern Ireland elections are postponed'', BBC News, 25 April 2008, accessed 27 April 2008]</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk/council-announces-new-name-and-website/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-01-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103134656/http://lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk/council-announces-new-name-and-website/ |archive-date= 3 January 2015 }}</ref>
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.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7367253.stm ''Northern Ireland elections are postponed'', BBC News, 25 April 2008, accessed 27 April 2008]</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk/council-announces-new-name-and-website/ |title=Council Announces New Name and Website &#124; Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council |access-date=2015-01-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103134656/http://lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk/council-announces-new-name-and-website/ |archive-date= 3 January 2015 }}</ref>


===Mayor===
===Mayor===
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|2022
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|&nbsp;
|Scott Carson
|Scott Carson
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}
|-
|2023
|2024
|Andrew Gowan
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}
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|2024
|Present
|Kurtis Dickson
| {{Party name with colour|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}
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|2022
|2022
|2023
|&nbsp;
|Michelle Guy
|Michelle Guy
| {{Party name with colour|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}
| {{Party name with colour|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}
|-
|2023
|2024
|Gary McCleave
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
|-
|2024
|Present
|Ryan Carlin
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
|-
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!Elected<br />2014
!Elected<br />2019
!Elected<br />2019
!Elected<br />2023
!Current
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===Councillors by electoral area===
===Councillors by electoral area===
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{{further|2023 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election}}
[[File:Lisburn and Castlereagh blank.svg|thumb|Borders of the DEAs within Lisburn and Castlereagh]]
{{Multi seat members begin
{{Multi seat members begin
|constituency = District electoral area
|constituency = District electoral area
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{{Multi seat constituency
{{Multi seat constituency
|name = Castlereagh East
|name = [[Castlereagh East (District Electoral Area)|Castlereagh East]]
|seats = 6
|seats = 6
|member1 = Martin Gregg
|member1 = {{sortname|Sharon|Skillen|nolink=1}}
|party1 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|party1 = Democratic Unionist Party
|member2 = Sharon Skillen
|member2 = {{sortname|Martin|Gregg|nolink=1}}
|party2 = Democratic Unionist Party
|party2 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|member3 = Sharon Lowry †
|member3 = {{sortname|Samantha|Burns|nolink=1}}
|party3 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|party3 = Democratic Unionist Party
|member4 = David Drysdale
|member4 = {{sortname|Sharon|Lowry|nolink=1}}
|party4 = Democratic Unionist Party
|party4 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|member5 = Hazel Legge
|member5 = {{sortname|John|Laverty|nolink=1}}
|party5 = Ulster Unionist Party
|party5 = Democratic Unionist Party
|member6 = John Laverty
|member6 = {{sortname|Hazel|Legge|nolink=1}}
|party6 = Democratic Unionist Party
|party6 = Ulster Unionist Party
}}
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
{{Multi seat constituency
|name = Castlereagh South
|name = [[Castlereagh South (District Electoral Area)|Castlereagh South]]
|seats = 7
|seats = 7
|member1 = Fiona Cole †
|member1 = {{sortname|Michelle|Guy|nolink=1}}
|party1 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|party1 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|member2 = Nathan Anderson ‡
|member2 = {{sortname|Brian|Higginson|nolink=1}}
|party2 = Independent (politician)
|party2 = Democratic Unionist Party
|member3 = Michelle Guy
|member3 = {{sortname|Nancy|Eaton|nolink=1}}
|party3 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|party3 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|member4 = John Gallen
|member4 = {{sortname|John|Gallen|nolink=1}}
|party4 = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|party4 = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|member5 = Ryan Carlin
|member5 = {{sortname|Ryan|Carlin|nolink=1}}
|party5 = Sinn Féin
|party5 = Sinn Féin
|member6 = Simon Lee ‡
|member6 = {{sortname|Martin|McKeever|nolink=1}}
|party6 = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|party6 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|member7 = Michael Henderson
|member7 = {{sortname|Daniel|Bassett|nolink=1}}
|party7 = Ulster Unionist Party
|party7 = Sinn Féin
}}
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
{{Multi seat constituency
|name = Downshire East
|name = [[Downshire East (District Electoral Area)|Downshire East]]
|seats = 5
|seats = 5
|member1 = Aaron McIntyre
|member1 = {{sortname|Andrew|Gowan|nolink=1}}
|party1 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|party1 = Democratic Unionist Party
|member2 = Andrew Gowan
|member2 = {{sortname|Uel|Mackin|nolink=1}}
|party2 = Democratic Unionist Party
|party2 = Democratic Unionist Party
|member3 = James Baird
|member3 = {{sortname|Aaron|McIntyre|nolink=1}}
|party3 = Ulster Unionist Party
|party3 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|member4 = Alex Swan
|member4 = {{sortname|Kurtis|Dickson|nolink=1}}
|party4 = Ulster Unionist Party
|party4 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|member5 = Uel Mackin
|member5 = {{sortname|James|Baird|nolink=1}}
|party5 = Democratic Unionist Party
|party5 = Ulster Unionist Party
}}
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
{{Multi seat constituency
|name = Downshire West
|name = [[Downshire West (District Electoral Area)|Downshire West]]
|seats = 5
|seats = 5
|member1 = Owen Gawith
|member1 = {{sortname|Owen|Gawith|nolink=1}}
|party1 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|party1 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|member2 = Caleb McCready
|member2 = {{sortname|Gretta|Thompson|nolink=1}}
|party2 = Democratic Unionist Party
|party2 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|member3 = John Palmer
|member3 = {{sortname|Alan|Martin|nolink=1}}
|party3 = Ulster Unionist Party
|party3 = Ulster Unionist Party
|member4 = Jim Dillon
|member4 = {{sortname|Allan|Ewart|nolink=1}}
|party4 = Ulster Unionist Party
|party4 = Democratic Unionist Party
|member5 = Allan Ewart
|member5 = {{sortname|Caleb|McCready|nolink=1}}
|party5 = Democratic Unionist Party
|party5 = Democratic Unionist Party
}}
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
{{Multi seat constituency
|name = Killultagh
|name = [[Killultagh (District Electoral Area)|Killultagh]]
|seats = 5
|seats = 5
|member1 = Sian Mulholland †
|member1 = {{sortname|Gary|McCleave|nolink=1}}
|party1 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|party1 = Sinn Féin
|member2 = Ross McLernon
|member2 = {{sortname|Claire|Kemp|nolink=1}}
|party2 = Ulster Unionist Party
|party2 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|member3 = Gary McCleave
|member3 = {{sortname|Thomas|Beckett|nolink=1}}
|party3 = Sinn Féin
|party3 = Democratic Unionist Party
|member4 = Thomas Beckett
|member4 = {{sortname|James|Tinsley|nolink=1}}
|party4 = Democratic Unionist Party
|party4 = Democratic Unionist Party
|member5 = James Tinsley
|member5 = {{sortname|Ross|McLernon|nolink=1}}
|party5 = Democratic Unionist Party
|party5 = Ulster Unionist Party
}}
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
{{Multi seat constituency
|name = Lisburn North
|name = [[Lisburn North (District Electoral Area)|Lisburn North]]
|seats = 6
|seats = 6
|member1 = Stephen Martin
|member1 = {{sortname|Paul|Burke|nolink=1}}
|party1 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|party1 = Sinn Féin
|member2 = [[Jonathan Craig]]
|member2 = {{sortname|Jonathan|Craig}}
|party2 = Democratic Unionist Party
|party2 = Democratic Unionist Party
|member3 = Johnny McCarthy
|member3 = {{sortname|Nicola|Parker|nolink=1}}
|party3 = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|party3 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|member4 = Scott Carson
|member4 = {{sortname|Pat|Catney|nolink=1}}
|party4 = Democratic Unionist Party
|party4 = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|member5 = Nicholas Trimble
|member5 = {{sortname|Nicholas|Trimble|nolink=1}}
|party5 = Ulster Unionist Party
|party5 = Ulster Unionist Party
|member6 = Stuart Hughes
|member6 = {{sortname|Gary|Hynds|nolink=1}}
|party6 = Ulster Unionist Party
|party6 = Independent politician
}}
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
{{Multi seat constituency
|name = Lisburn South
|name = [[Lisburn South (District Electoral Area)|Lisburn South]]
|seats = 6
|seats = 6
|member1 = Jenny Palmer
|member1 = {{sortname|Andrew|Ewing|nolink=1}}
|party1 = Ulster Unionist Party
|party1 = Democratic Unionist Party
|member2 = Andrew Ewing
|member2 = {{sortname|Amanda|Grehan|nolink=1}}
|party2 = Democratic Unionist Party
|party2 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|member3 = Amanda Grehan
|member3 = {{sortname|Alan|Givan|nolink=1}}
|party3 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|party3 = Democratic Unionist Party
|member4 = Tim Mitchell
|member4 = {{sortname|Peter|Kennedy|nolink=1}}
|party4 = Ulster Unionist Party
|party4 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|member5 = Paul Porter
|member5 = {{sortname|Tim|Mitchell|nolink=1}}
|party5 = Democratic Unionist Party
|party5 = Ulster Unionist Party
|member6 = Alan Givan
|member6 = {{sortname|Paul|Porter|nolink=1}}
|party6 = Democratic Unionist Party
|party6 = Democratic Unionist Party
}}
}}
{{end}}
{{end}}

<small>†'' Co-opted to fill a vacancy since the election.''<br/>‡'' New party affiliation since the election.<br/>Last update 5 August 2022.''</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://opencouncildata.co.uk/nicouncils.php|title=Open Council Data UK - Northern Ireland councils|website=opencouncildata.co.uk|access-date=2017-11-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk/council/elected-members|title=Elected Members of Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council - Lisburn Castlereagh|website=www.lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk|access-date=2017-11-26}}</ref>

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''For further details see [[2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election]].''


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
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[[Category:Districts of Northern Ireland, 2015-present]]
[[Category:Districts of Northern Ireland, 2015-present]]

Latest revision as of 09:12, 18 June 2024

Lisburn and Castlereagh
Irish: Lios na gCearrbhach agus an Caisleán Riabhach[1]
District
Coat of arms of Lisburn and Castlereagh
Coat of arms
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryNorthern Ireland
StatusDistrict
Admin HQLisburn
Incorporated1 April 2015
Government
 • TypeDistrict council
 • BodyLisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Area
 • Total195 sq mi (504 km2)
Population
 (2021 Census)
 • Total149,106 [2]
Time zoneUTC0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (BST)
Ethnicity96.1% White[3]
Websitewww.lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk

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.[4] The local authority is Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council.

Geography[edit]

The district takes in many of the outer suburbs of Belfast and had an electorate of 83,369 prior to its formation.[4] The name of the new district was recommended on 17 September 2008. The area covered by the new Council has an estimated population of 149,915 residents.[5]

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council[edit]

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 2015
Preceded byCastlereagh Borough Council
Lisburn City Council
Leadership
Mayor
Deputy Mayor
Cllr Ryan Carlin, Sinn Féin
Structure
Seats40
Political groups
  DUP (14)
  Alliance (13)
  UUP (6)
  Sinn Féin (4)
  SDLP (2)
  Independent (1)
Elections
Last election
18 May 2023
Website
http://lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk/

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.[6] 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.[7]

Mayor[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):[8]

Area Seats
Castlereagh East 6
Castlereagh South 7
Downshire East 5
Downshire West 5
Killultagh 5
Lisburn North 6
Lisburn South 6

Seat summary[edit]

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[edit]

Further information: 2023 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election
Borders of the DEAs within Lisburn and Castlereagh
Current council members
District electoral area Name Party
Castlereagh East Sharon Skillen DUP
Martin Gregg Alliance
Samantha Burns DUP
Sharon Lowry Alliance
John Laverty DUP
Hazel Legge UUP
Castlereagh South Michelle Guy Alliance
Brian Higginson DUP
Nancy Eaton Alliance
John Gallen SDLP
Ryan Carlin Sinn Féin
Martin McKeever Alliance
Daniel Bassett Sinn Féin
Downshire East Andrew Gowan DUP
Uel Mackin DUP
Aaron McIntyre Alliance
Kurtis Dickson Alliance
James Baird UUP
Downshire West Owen Gawith Alliance
Gretta Thompson Alliance
Alan Martin UUP
Allan Ewart DUP
Caleb McCready DUP
Killultagh Gary McCleave Sinn Féin
Claire Kemp Alliance
Thomas Beckett DUP
James Tinsley DUP
Ross McLernon UUP
Lisburn North Paul Burke Sinn Féin
Jonathan Craig DUP
Nicola Parker Alliance
Pat Catney SDLP
Nicholas Trimble UUP
Gary Hynds Independent
Lisburn South Andrew Ewing DUP
Amanda Grehan Alliance
Alan Givan DUP
Peter Kennedy Alliance
Tim Mitchell UUP
Paul Porter DUP

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "LGBC Moltaí Leasaithe Athbhreithniú 2021-2022" (PDF). Local Government Boundaries Commissioner for Northern Ireland. 18 January 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Lisburn and Castlereagh Census Data".
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