Lisburn and Castlereagh
District,city andborough
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Latin:Ex Igne Resurgam,lit. 'I will arise out of fire'
Lisburn and Castlereagh shown withinNorthern Ireland
Coordinates:54°31′23″N5°58′23″W / 54.523°N 5.973°W /54.523; -5.973
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Northern Ireland
Incorporated	1 April 2015
Named after	City of Lisburn andBorough of Castlereagh
Administrative HQ	Lagan Valley Island
Government [1]
• Type	District council
• Body	Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
• Executive	Committee system
• Control	No overall control
Area [2]
• Total	195 sq mi (504 km2)
• Rank	9th
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	151,669
• Rank	7th
• Density	780/sq mi (301/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	BT
Dialling codes	028
ISO 3166 code	GB-LBC
GSS code	N09000007
Website	lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk

Lisburn and Castlereagh is alocal government district inNorthern Ireland. The district was created on 1 April 2015. It consists of the combined area of theCity of Lisburn with theBorough 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.

The district takes in many of the outer suburbs ofBelfast 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 151,669 residents in 2024.^[4]

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Type
Type	City council ofLisburn and Castlereagh
History
Founded	1 April 2015
Preceded by	Castlereagh Borough Council Lisburn City Council
Leadership
Mayor	Amanda Grehan, Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Deputy Mayor	Hazel Legge, Ulster Unionist Party
Structure
Seats	40
Political groups	DUP (14)  Alliance (13)  UUP (6)  Sinn Féin (4)  SDLP (2)  Independent (1)
Elections
Last election	18 May 2023
Meeting place
Civic Headquarters, Lagan Valley Island,Lisburn, BT27 4RL
Website
http://lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk/

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council replacesLisburn City Council andCastlereagh 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]

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

The council is based at the Civic Headquarters at Lagan Valley Island inLisburn.^[9] The building was formerly the headquarters of Lisburn City Council and was completed in 2001.^[10]

• Local government in Northern Ireland
• 2014 Northern Ireland local elections
• Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom

• Lisburn and Castlereagh
• Districts of Northern Ireland, 2015-present
• Lisburn
• Dundonald, County Down

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