Lisburn North is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 The district elects six members to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council and contains the wards of Derryaghy, Harmony Hill, Hilden, Lambeg, Magheralave and Wallace Park., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Lisburn North forms parts of the Lagan Valley and Belfast West constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1993 local elections, largely replacing the old Lisburn Town DEA and gaining areas from Killultagh DEA, where it contained seven wards (Ballymacash, Ballymacoss, Harmony Hill, Lambeg, Lisnagarvey, Magheralave and Wallace Park), and was known as Lisburn Town North. For the 2014 local elections, it was decreased to six wards, losing Ballymacash, Ballymacoss and Lisnagarvey to Lisburn South DEA but gaining Hilden from Lisburn South DEA and Derryaghy from Dunmurry Cross DEA.
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party)November 2024 Co-Option Nicola Parker (Alliance) Pat Catney (SDLP) Declan Lynch (Sinn Féin) Nicholas Trimble (UUP) Jonathan Craig (DUP) Gary Hynds (Independent) 7 seats2014-present2023 Paul Burke (Sinn Féin) 2019 Stephen Martin (Alliance) Johnny McCarthy (SDLP)/ (Independent)/ (NI21) Stuart Hughes (UUP) Scott Carson (DUP) June 2016 Co-Option Brian Bloomfield (UUP) Margaret Tolerton (DUP) February 2016 Defection Jenny Palmer (UUP)/ (DUP) December 2015 Defection September 2015 Defection 2014 2011 Brian Doran (Alliance) John Drake (SDLP) Paul Givan (DUP) Jonathan Craig (DUP) William Leathem (DUP) Ronnie Crawford (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist) 2005 Trevor Lunn (Alliance) David Archer (UUP) William Gardiner-Watson (UUP) 2001 William Lewis (UUP) Lorraine Martin (UUP) 1997 Frazer McCammond (Alliance) David Adams (UDP) William Beattie (DUP)/ (Protestant Unionist) 1993 Samuel Semple (UUP)
2023 Election
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2023: 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and Independent gain from DUP and UUP
2019 Election
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NI21
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2014-2019 Change: UUP gain from DUP, NI21 joins SDLP
2014 Election
This election was carried out under new ward boundaries, as a result of local government reform.
2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NI21
2011-2014 Change: UUP and SDLP loss to NI21 and due to the reduction of one seat
2011 Election
2005: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
2005 Election
2001: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and Independent
2001 Election
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Protestant Unionist
2001: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: UUP and DUP gain from UDP and Protestant Unionist, Independent Unionist becomes Independent
1997 Election
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Protestant Unionist
1993-1997 Change: UDP gain from UUP, Protestant Unionist leaves DUP
1993 Election
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
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