Lisburn and Castlereagh
Coordinates: 54°31′23″N 5°58′23″W / 54.523°N 5.973°W
| Lisburn and Castlereagh | |
|---|---|
| District | |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | Northern Ireland |
| Status | District |
| Incorporated | 1 April 2015 |
| Government | |
| • Type | District council |
| • Body | Lisburn and Castlereagh District Council |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
| Website | http://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.[1] The local authority is Lisburn and Castlereagh District Council.
Geography
The new district takes in many of the outer suburbs of Belfast and has an electorate of 83,369.[1] The name of the new district was recommended on 17 September 2008.
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 April 25, 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until 2011.[2] The first elections took place on 22 May 2014 and the council acted as a shadow authority until 1 April 2015.