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Lisburn and Castlereagh: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council: NI district (ni district), Northern Ireland. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code N09000007.

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The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

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Environment

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Education

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Lisburn and Castlereagh in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population
151,669 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age
41 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head
£24,515 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay
£679 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs
14.1% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count
2.0% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price
£240,737 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Female healthy life expectancy
65.8 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy
65.5 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions
7.8 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband
96.4% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers
66.6 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses
4,825 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

40 seats in 2026. Run by: NULL, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P. 14, Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 13, Ulster Unionist Party 6, Sinn Féin 4, SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party) 2, Independent / Other 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 40 councillors, by ward
  • Hazel Legge (Ulster Unionist Party) — Castlereagh East
  • John Laverty (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Castlereagh East
  • Martin Gregg (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Castlereagh East
  • Samantha Burns (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Castlereagh East
  • Sharon Lowry (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Castlereagh East
  • Sharon Skillen (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Castlereagh East
  • Brian Higginson (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Castlereagh South
  • Bronagh Magee (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Castlereagh South
  • Daniel Bassett (Sinn Féin) — Castlereagh South
  • Jamie Harpur (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Castlereagh South
  • John Gallen (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Castlereagh South
  • Martin McKeever (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Castlereagh South
  • Ryan Carlin (Sinn Féin) — Castlereagh South
  • Aaron McIntyre (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Downshire East
  • Andrew Gowan (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Downshire East
  • James Baird (Ulster Unionist Party) — Downshire East
  • Kurtis Dickson (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Downshire East
  • Uel Mackin (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Downshire East
  • Alan Martin (Ulster Unionist Party) — Downshire West
  • Allan Ewart (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Downshire West
  • Caleb McCready (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Downshire West
  • Gretta Thompson (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Downshire West
  • Owen Gawith (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Downshire West
  • Claire Kemp (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Killultagh
  • Gary McCleave (Sinn Féin) — Killultagh
  • James Tinsley (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Killultagh
  • Ross McLernon (Ulster Unionist Party) — Killultagh
  • Thomas Beckett (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Killultagh
  • Declan Lynch (Sinn Féin) — Lisburn North
  • Gary Hynds (Independent / Other) — Lisburn North
  • Jonathan Craig (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Lisburn North
  • Nicholas Trimble (Ulster Unionist Party) — Lisburn North
  • Nicola Parker (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Lisburn North
  • Pat Catney (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Lisburn North
  • Alan Givan (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Lisburn South
  • Amanda Grehan (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Lisburn South
  • Andrew Ewing (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Lisburn South
  • Jessica Bamford (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Lisburn South
  • Paul Porter (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Lisburn South
  • Tim Mitchell (Ulster Unionist Party) — Lisburn South

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

Write to your councillors → WriteToThem (mySociety) finds them from your postcode; nothing is sent through this site.

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Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Council list: mySociety, UK Local Authorities (CC BY 4.0) and WhatDoTheyKnow authorities (CC BY-SA 4.0); council websites, tiers and service links: GOV.UK (Open Government Licence); codes: ONS Code History Database (Open Government Licence). Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.