Killultagh 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 five members to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council and contains the wards of Ballinderry, Glenavy, Maghaberry, Stonyford and White Mountain., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Killultagh forms part of the Lagan Valley constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament, and part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Lisburn Area A and part of Lisburn Area C which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained seven wards (Ballymacash, Ballymacoss, Glenavy, Knockmore, Lisnagarvy, Magheragall and Moira). For the 1993 local elections it was reduced to five wards, losing Ballymacash, Ballymacoss and Lisnagavy to the new Lisburn North DEA, and gaining Ballinderry and Maghaberry. For the 2014 local elections, Moira moved to the new Downshire West DEA, and Knockmore moved to Lisburn South DEA, while Killultagh gained Stonyford and White Mountain.
Councillors Election Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party)2023 Gary McCleave (Sinn Féin) Claire Kemp (Alliance) Ross McLernon (UUP) Thomas Beckett (DUP) James Tinsley (DUP) 5 seats1993–present 5 seats1993–presentMay 2022 co-option Sian Mulholland (Alliance)2019 David Honeyford (Alliance)July 2018 co-option Máiría Cahill (SDLP) William Leathem (DUP) Alexander Redpath (UUP)April 2018 co-option Christine Robb (SDLP)May 2017 co-option Conor Quinn (SDLP)June 2016 co-option Pat Catney (SDLP)2014 Robbie Butler (UUP) 2011 John Palmer (DUP) Jim Dillon (UUP) 2005 Peter O'Hagan (SDLP) Cecil Calvert (DUP) 2001 Samuel Johnston (UUP) 1997 David Greene (UUP)/ (Ind. Conservative) Kenneth Watson (UUP) 1993 1989 William Lewis (UUP) Ronnie Crawford (UUP) David Campbell (UUP) 1985 Paddy Ritchie (SDLP) Robert McNeice (DUP) Henry McGiffin (UUP) Ronald Campbell (UUP)
2023 election
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 change: No change
2019 election
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin
2014-2019 change: Alliance and Sinn Féin gain from DUP and SDLP
2014 election
2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2011-2014 change: No change
2011 election
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 change: No change
2005 election
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 change: DUP gain from UUP
2001 election
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 change: DUP gain from UUP
1997 election
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 change: No change
1993 election
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Conservative
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 change: UUP loss (two seats) due to the reduction of two seats, Independent Conservative joins UUP
1989 election
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Conservative
1985-1989 change: Independent Conservative gain from DUP
1985 election
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
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