Castlereagh South (District Electoral Area)

[1] 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.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Castlereagh Area A which had existed since 1973, and originally contained seven wards (Beechill, Carryduff, Four Winds, Knockbracken, Minnowburn, Moneyreagh and Newtownbreda).

For the 1993 local elections, it was reduced to five wards, with Carryduff splitting into East and West and gaining Cairnshill but losing Beechill, Minnowburn and Newtownbreda to the new Castlereagh West DEA.

For the 2014 local elections, it was increased to seven wards, regaining the areas which had previously gone to Castlereagh West.

2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green 2023: 3 x Alliance, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2019–2023 Change: Alliance and Sinn Féin gain from Green and UUP 2014: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green 2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin and Green gain from DUP and SDLP This election was carried out under new ward boundaries, as a result of local government reform.