Killultagh (District Electoral Area) Explained

Killultagh
Type:Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council DEA
Year:1985
Seats:7 (1985-1989)
5 (1993-)
Members Label:Councillors

Killultagh is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects five members to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council and contains the wards of Ballinderry, Glenavy, Maghaberry, Stonyford and White Mountain.[2] 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

ElectionCouncillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
2023Gary McCleave
(Sinn Féin)
Claire Kemp
(Alliance)
Ross McLernon
(UUP)
Thomas Beckett
(DUP)
James Tinsley
(DUP)
5 seats
1993–present
5 seats
1993–present
May 2022 Co-OptionSian Mulholland
(Alliance)
2019David Honeyford
(Alliance)
July 2018 Co-OptionMáiría Cahill
(SDLP)
William Leathem
(DUP)
Alexander Redpath
(UUP)
April 2018 Co-OptionChristine Robb
(SDLP)
May 2017 Co-OptionConor Quinn
(SDLP)
June 2016 Co-OptionPat Catney
(SDLP)
2014Robbie Butler
(UUP)
2011John Palmer
(DUP)
Jim Dillon
(UUP)
2005Peter O'Hagan
(SDLP)
Cecil Calvert
(DUP)
2001Samuel Johnston
(UUP)
1997David Greene
(UUP)/
(Ind. Conservative)
Kenneth Watson
(UUP)
1993
1989William Lewis
(UUP)
Ronnie Crawford
(UUP)
David Campbell
(UUP)
1985Paddy 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: 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

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-25357751 Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations
  2. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/nlglc.htm