the first time. There were no changes in the Killutagh or Lisburn Town South DEAs. The election saw the DUP return all their candidates with the exception of Ben Mallon, a local student standing in Lisburn North. Mayors of Lisburn 1964 – 70: James Howard (1st Mayor of the Borough of Lisburn) 1970 – 73: Hugh Gray Bass 1977 – 78?: Elsie Kelsey, Ulster Unionist Party 1978 – 79:george mc cartney. 1979 – 81: Alderman Dr Samuel Semple MBE, Ulster Unionist Party 1981 – 83: Billy Belshaw, Democratic Unionist Party 1983 – 85: Maureen McKinney, Ulster Unionist Party 1985 – 87: Walter Lilburn, Ulster Unionist Party 1987 – 88: 1988 – 89: Billy Bleakes, Ulster Unionist Party 1990 – 91: Willam McAllister, Ulster Unionist Party 1991 – 93: Ivan Davis, Ulster Unionist Party 1993 – 94: Seamus Close, Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1994 – 96: Harry Lewis Ulster Unionist Party 1996 – 98?: George Morrison, Ulster Unionist Party 1998 – 00: Peter O'Hagan, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2000 – 02: Jim Dillon, Ulster Unionist Party 2002 – 03: Betty Campbell, Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 2003 – 04: Billy Bell, Ulster Unionist Party 2004 – 05: Cecil Calvert, Democratic Unionist Party 2005 – 06: Jonathan Craig, Democratic Unionist Party 2006 – 07: Trevor Lunn, Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 2007 – 08: James Tinsley, Democratic Unionist Party 2008 – 09: Ronnie Crawford, Ulster Unionist Party 2009 – 10: Allan Ewart, Democratic Unionist Party 2010 – 11: Paul Porter, Democratic Unionist Party 2011 – 12: Brian Heading, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2012 – 13: William Leathem, Democratic Unionist Party 2013 – 14: Margaret Tolerton, Democratic Unionist Party 2014 – 15: Andrew Ewing, Democratic Unionist Party 2018 - 19: Uel Mackin, Democratic Unionist Party Review of Public Administration Under the Review of Public Administration (RPA) the council was due to merge with Castlereagh Borough Council in 2011 to form a single council for the enlarged area totalling 540 km2 and a population of 175,182. An election was due to take place in May 2009, but on 25 April 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until the introduction of the eleven new councils in 2011. The introduction of the new councils was subsequently postponed until 2015. Population The area covered by Lisburn City Council had