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2019 Lisburn And Castlereagh City Council Election
The 2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election was the second election to Lisburn and Castlereagh city Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, which returned 40 members to the Lisburn and Castlereagh city Council via Single Transferable Vote. Election results Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The overall turnout was 49.21% with a total of 50,268 valid votes cast. A total of 479 ballots were rejected. Districts summary , - class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left", Electoral Area ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2, TotalCllrs , - class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="", !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="white", , - , align="left", Castlereagh East , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 49.8 , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 3 , 10.4 , 1 , 30.8 , 2 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 9.1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisburn And Castlereagh
Lisburn and Castlereagh is a local government district in Northern Ireland. The district was created on 1 April 2015. It consists of the combined area of the City of Lisburn with the Borough of Castlereagh, but not including "the localities of Gilnahirk, Tullycarnet, Braniel, Castlereagh, Merok, Cregagh, Wynchurch, Glencregagh and Belvoir, Collin Glen, Poleglass, Lagmore, Twinbrook, Kilwee and Dunmurry" which transferred to Belfast. The local authority is Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council. Geography The district takes in many of the outer suburbs of Belfast and had an electorate of 83,369 prior to its formation. The name of the new district was recommended on 17 September 2008. The area covered by the new Council had an estimated population of residents in . Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council replaces Lisburn City Council and Castlereagh Borough Council. The first election for the new district council was originally due to take pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dáil Éireann
Dáil Éireann ( ; , ) is the lower house and principal chamber of the Oireachtas, which also includes the president of Ireland and a senate called Seanad Éireann.Article 15.1.2° of the Constitution of Ireland reads: "The Oireachtas shall consist of the President and two Houses, viz.: a House of Representatives to be called Dáil Éireann and a Senate to be called Seanad Éireann." It consists of 174 members, each known as a (plural , commonly abbreviated as TDs). TDs represent 43 Dáil constituencies, constituencies and are directly elected for terms not exceeding five years, on the system of proportional representation using the single transferable vote (PR-STV). Its powers are similar to those of lower houses under many other bicameralism, bicameral parliamentary systems and it is by far the dominant branch of the Oireachtas. Subject to the limits imposed by the Constitution of Ireland, it has the power to pass any law it wishes, and to nominate and remove the Taoiseach (h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downshire West (District Electoral Area)
Downshire West 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 Blaris, Hillsborough, Lagan, Maze and Moira. ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Downshire West forms part of the Lagan Valley constituencies for the Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency), Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament
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Downshire East (District Electoral Area)
Downshire 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 Ballymacbrennan, Dromara, Drumbo, Hillhall and Ravernet. ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Downshire East forms part of the Lagan Valley constituencies for the Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency), Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament
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Sorcha Eastwood
Sorcha-Lucy Eastwood is a Northern Irish politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lagan Valley since 2024. A member of the Alliance Party, she previously served as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley from 2022 until her election to the House of Commons in 2024. Early life and education Sorcha Eastwood was born in Lisburn and has lived there her whole life. She has characterised her family as "political but not party political" and "very community-minded". She has a mixed loyalist and republican background, and her family volunteered across both communities. Eastwood describes her father as "a very violent man"; her experiences with domestic violence growing up were one of the factors that inspired her to get involved in politics. Her mother was dyslexic and left school at 15. She also has relatives with other disabilities, which sparked a lifelong interest in disability rights. Eastwood herself suffers from endometriosis. Eastwoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castlereagh South (District Electoral Area)
Castlereagh South 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 Beechill, Cairnshill, Carryduff East, Carryduff West, Galwally, Knockbracken and Newtownbreda. ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Castlereagh South forms part of the Belfast South constituencies for the Belfast South (Assembly constituency), Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament
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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. ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Castlereagh East forms part of the Belfast East constituencies for the Belfast East (Assembly constituency), Northern Ireland Assembly and |
