Castlereagh East (District Electoral Area)

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)
Castlereagh East DEA within Lisburn and Castlereagh
Castlereagh East DEA (1993-2014) within Castlereagh

Castlereagh East 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 Ballyhanwood, Carrowreagh, Dundonald, Enler, Graham's Bridge and Moneyreagh.[2] Castlereagh East forms part of the Belfast East constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

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.

  1. ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
  2. ^ [1], ARK, accessed 8 July 2023