Lisburn City Council - Definition and Overview

Lisburn city
Geography
Area: - Total - % Water	Ranked 16th 447 km² ? %
Admin HQ:	Lisburn
ISO 3166-2:	GB-LSB
ONS code:	95S
Demographics
Population: - Total (April 29, 2001) - Density	Ranked 2nd 108,694 243 / km²
Community:	Protestant: 62.8% Catholic: 33.4%
Politics
Lisburn Borough Council http://www.lisburn.gov.uk
MPs:	Jeffrey Donaldson Gerry Adams

Lisburn City Council is a Local Council partly in County Antrim and partly in County Down in Northern Ireland. 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 2001 and serving a four year term. The members elected were from the following political parties: 12 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 7 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 4 Sinn Fein, 3 Alliance Party, 3 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and 1 Independent. The current Mayor is Councillor Cecil Calvert (DUP) and the Deputy Mayor is Councillor Bill Gardiner-Watson (UUP).

The next election is due to take place in May 2005.

In elections for the Westminster Parliament it is split between the Lagan Valley constituency and the West Belfast constituency.

See Also: Local Councils in Northern Ireland

External Links

• Lisburn.com (http://www.lisburn.com/)