Lisnasharragh (District Electoral Area)

Lisnasharragh
Belfast City Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats6 (2014–)
Councillors
  •   Séamas De Faoite (SDLP)
  •   Davy Douglas (DUP)
  •   Bradley Ferguson (DUP)
  •   Eric Hanvey (APNI)
  •   Michael Long (APNI)
  •   Brian Smyth (GPNI)

Lisnasharragh is one of the ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Cregagh; Hillfoot; Merok; Orangefield; Ravenhill and Rosetta.[2] Lisnasharragh forms part of the Belfast South and Belfast East constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 2014 local elections. The Rosetta ward had previously been part of the Laganbank DEA, Orangefield and Ravenhill had been part of the Pottinger DEA, while the remaining wards had been part of the abolished Castlereagh Central DEA from Castlereagh Borough Council.

  1. ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
  2. ^ Belfast City Council Elections, 2014, ARK, accessed 24 May 2014