Castlereagh East (District Electoral Area)

Castlereagh East is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council and contains the wards of Ballyhanwood, Carrowreagh, Dundonald, Enler, Graham's Bridge and Moneyreagh. Castlereagh East forms part of the Belfast East constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Castlereagh East
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created1985
Seats7 (1985-2014)
6 (2014-)
Councillors
  •   Samantha Burns (DUP)
  •   Martin Gregg (APNI)
  •   John Laverty (DUP)
  •   Hazel Legge (UUP)
  •   Sharon Lowry (APNI)
  •   Sharon Skillen (DUP)

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Castlereagh Area B which had existed since 1973, where it contained seven wards (Ballyhanwood, Carrowreagh, Dundonald, Enler, Gilnahirk, Graham's Bridge and Tullycarnet). For the 2014 local elections, it was decreased to six wards. The Gilnahirk and Tullycarnet areas were transferred to Belfast City Council, while Moneyreagh was gained from Castlereagh South.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.