Craigavon Borough Council

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Craigavon Borough
Comhairle Baile Craigavon
Image:NorthernIrelandCraigavon.png
Geography
Area
- Total
- % Water
Ranked 19th
378 km²
? %
Admin HQ Craigavon
ISO 3166-2 GB-CGV
ONS code 95N
Demographics
Population
- Total (2006)
- Density
Ranked 5th
86,800
229 / km²
Community Protestant: 52.9%
Catholic: 44.7%
Politics
Craigavon Borough Council
http://www.craigavon.gov.uk
MPs David Simpson

Craigavon Borough Council is a local council in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The headquarters of the council is in Craigavon, on the shores of Lough Neagh, a new town built between Lurgan and Portadown. The council area includes the large towns of Lurgan and Portadown, as well as smaller ones including Waringstown and Donaghcloney. The council budget of £15.5 million provides a wide range of services to over 84,000 people living in the area.

The council area consists of four electoral areas - Central, Loughside, Lurgan and Portadown - in which 26 councillors are elected every four years. The council holds an annual meeting in June, at which a new Mayor and Deputy Mayor are elected. Parties elected in 2005 were Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) nine seats, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) six, Sinn Féin six, Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) four, and Independent one. The current Mayor is DUP Councilor Robert Smyth, and his Deputy is Ken Twyble of the UUP.

Together with part of the district of Banbridge, it forms the Upper Bann constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.

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[edit] Summary of seats won 1973-2005

1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 11 10 9 11 12 10 11 8 6
Alliance (APNI) 4 3 1 2 2 1
Vanguard (VUPP) 4
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 3 4 7 6 4 4 3 6 9
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) 2 6 5 5 6 6 7 7 4
Independent Nationalist (IN) 1 2
United Ulster Unionist Party (UUUP) 1 1
Workers Party (WP) 1 2 2 1 1
Sinn Féin (SF) 2 1 2 2 4 6
Independent Unionist (IU) 1 1 1

Note: The Workers Party were known as The Republican Clubs in 1977 and Workers Party Republican Clubs in 1981.

Source: [1]

[edit] Mayor of Craigavon

Year Name Political affiliation Deputy Deputy's affiliation
1973 - 75 J. A. Johnston Ulster Unionist James McCammick Vanguard Progressive Unionist
1975 - 76 James McCammick Vanguard Progressive Unionist T. Creith Ulster Unionist
1976 - 77 T. Creith Ulster Unionist Herbert Whitten Ulster Unionist
1977 - 78 Sydney Cairns Ulster Unionist B. T. English Alliance
1978 - 79 Herbert Whitten Ulster Unionist David Calvert DUP
1979 - 80 A. Locke Ulster Unionist J. McDonald Social Democratic and Labour
1980 - 81 F. Dale Ulster Unionist P. J. Hagan Alliance
1981 - 82 M. Simpson Ulster Unionist David Calvert DUP
1982 - 83 Sam Gardiner Ulster Unionist James Gillespie Ulster Unionist
1983 - 84 James Gillespie Ulster Unionist Frederick Baird DUP
1984 - 85 Arnold Hatch Ulster Unionist P. J. Crilly Social Democratic and Labour
1985 - 87 George Savage Ulster Unionist James Gillespie Ulster Unionist
1987 - 88 Sydney Cairns Ulster Unionist Arnold Hatch Ulster Unionist
1988 - 89 Sam Gardiner Ulster Unionist James McCammick Ulster Unionist
1989 - 91 James McCammick Ulster Unionist Joy Savage, then
Joe Trueman
Ulster Unionist
1991 - 92 Joe Trueman Ulster Unionist Fred Crowe Ulster Unionist
1992 - 93 Fred Crowe Ulster Unionist Sam Lutton Ulster Unionist
1993 - 94 Audrey Savage Ulster Unionist Ruth Allen DUP
1994 - 95 Brian Maguinness Ulster Unionist Sean McKavanagh Social Democratic and Labour
1995 - 96 Meta Crozier Ulster Unionist Hugh Casey Social Democratic and Labour
Independent Labour
1996 - Dec 96 Hugh Casey Independent Labour Sam Lutton Ulster Unionist
Dec 1996 - 97 Sam Lutton Ulster Unionist Hugh Casey Independent Labour
1998 - 99 Mervyn Carrick DUP Dolores Kelly Social Democratic and Labour
1999 - 00 Dolores Kelly Social Democratic and Labour Fred Crowe Ulster Unionist
2000 - 01 Fred Crowe Ulster Unionist Mark Neale Ulster Unionist
2001 - 02 Sam Gardiner Ulster Unionist Jonathan Bell DUP
2002 - 03 Jonathan Bell DUP Sydney Anderson Ulster Unionist
Independent
DUP
2003 - 04 Ignatius Fox Social Democratic and Labour David Simpson DUP
2004 - 05 David Simpson DUP Ignatius Fox Social Democratic and Labour
2005 - 06 George Savage Ulster Unionist Robert Smith DUP
2006 - 07 Kenneth Twyble Ulster Unionist Mary McAlinden Social Democratic and Labour
2007 - 08 Robert Smith DUP Kenneth Twyble Ulster Unionist

Source: Freedom of Information request to Craigavon Borough Council

[edit] Review of Public Administration

Under the Review of Public Administration (RPA) the Council is due to merge with Banbridge District Council and Armagh City and District Council in 2011 to form a single council for the enlarged area totalling 1502 Sq Km and a population of 176,326.[1] The next election was due to take place in May 2009, but on April 25, 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.[2]


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