Lisburn (District)

Lisburn District Ceantar Lios na gCearrbhach
geography
Traditional county	County Antrim County Down
surface	447 km²
Administrative headquarters	Lisburn
ISO 3166-2	GB-LSB
Demographics
population	121,687 (2012)
density	272 inhabitants / km²
Denominations	Protestants: 47.9% Catholics: 32.8%

Lisburn ( Irish Lios na gCearrbhach ) was one of the 26 Northern Irish districts that existed from 1973 to 2015. The district, whose area was in the traditional counties of Antrim and Down , was established in 1973. Significant places in the district were the city of Lisburn , which was also the administrative seat, as well as Aghalee , Dunmurry , Drumbo , Dromara , Glenavy , Hillsborough , Maghaberry and Moira . On April 1, 2015 it went up in the new District Lisburn and Castlereagh , with Dunmurry Village, Colin Glen, Kilwee, Lagmore, Twinbrook, Poleglass and Edenderry being added to the District Belfast .

Since the city of Lisburn has the status of a city , the administrative authority of the entire district was called Lisburn City Council .

Lisburn City Council

The election for Lisburn City Council on May 11, 2011 resulted in the following:

Political party		2011 result		Change from 2005
		Seats	be right	Seats	be right
	Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	14th	41.0%	1	0.7%
	Sinn Féin	5	20.3%	1	2.8%
	Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	5	16.6%	−2	−5.9%
	Alliance Party	3	10.4%	0	1.2%
	Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP)	3	8.8%	0	−0.3%
	Green party	0	0.9%	0	0.2%
	Traditional Unionist Voice	0	0.7%	0	0.7%
	Others	0	0.6%	0	−0.2%

See also

• Administrative division of Northern Ireland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Northern Ireland Population Estimates 2012 (XLS file)
2. ↑ Northern Ireland Census 2011: Religion (administrative geographies)
3. ↑ lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk , accessed October 6, 2015
4. ^ Election result on BBC News (accessed July 26, 2011)

Coordinates: 54 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  N , 6 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  W.