Lisburn City Council is a Local Council partly in County Antrim and partly in County Down in Northern Ireland. The council is the second largest in the Belfast Metropolitan Area. Council headquarters are in the city of Lisburn. It was conferred city status in May 2002 as a result of the Council's success in the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee competition. It is the second largest Council area in Northern Ireland with over 108,000 residents and an area of of southwest Antrim and northwest Down and stretches from Glenavy and Dundrod in the north to Dromara and Hillsborough in the south and from Drumbo in the east to Moira and Aghalee in the west.

The Lisburn City Council area consists of 5 electoral areas: Downshire, Dunmurry Cross, Killultagh, Lisburn Town North and Lisburn Town South. It has 30 councillors last elected in 2005 and serving a four year term. The members elected were from the following political parties: 13 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 7 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 4 Sinn Féin, 3 Alliance Party and 3 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). The current Mayor is Councillor James Tinsley (DUP), and the Deputy Mayor is Cllr Ronnie Crawford (UUP). The next election is due to take place in May 2009, but may be postponed due to an ongoing review of Local Government.

In elections for the Westminster Parliament it is currently split between the Lagan Valley constituency and the West Belfast constituency. In future Westminster elections, the Glenavy area will be placed in the South Antrim constituency. http://www.boundarycommission.org.uk/pubs/finalrecommendations.pdf