Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

Type
Type	District council of Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon
History
Founded	1 April 2015
Preceded by	Armagh City and District Council Banbridge District Council Craigavon Borough Council
Leadership
Lord Mayor	Garath Wilson, Democratic Unionist Party
Structure
Seats	41

Political groups	DUP (13) UUP (11) Sinn Féin (8) SDLP (6) UKIP (1) Independent Unionist (2)
Elections
Last election	22 May 2014
Meeting place
Civic and Conference Centre
Website
www.armaghbanbridgecraigavon.org

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council is a local authority that was established on 1 April 2015. It replaced Armagh City and District Council, Banbridge District Council and Craigavon Borough Council. The first elections to the authority were on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority, prior to the creation of the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon district on 1 April 2015.^[1]

Mayoralty

Lord Mayor

From	To	Name	Party
2015	2016	Darryn Causby	DUP
2016	2017	Garath Keating	Sinn Féin
2017	2018	Gareth Wilson	DUP

Deputy Lord Mayor

From	To	Name	Party
2015	2016	Catherine Seeley	Sinn Féin
2016	2017	Paul Greenfield	DUP
2017	2018	Sam Nicholson	UUP

Councillors

For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):^[2]

Area	Seats
Armagh	6
Banbridge	7
Craigavon	5
Cusher	5
Lagan River	5
Lurgan	7
Portadown	6

2014 seats summary

Party		Seats
	DUP	13
	UUP	12
	Sinn Féin	8
	SDLP	6
	UKIP	1
	Independents	1

Councillors by electoral area

Council members from 2014 election
District electoral area	Name	Party
Armagh	Garath Keating		Sinn Féin
	Thomas O'Hanlon		SDLP
	Darren McNally		Sinn Féin
	Sam Nicholson		UUP
	Freda Donnelly		DUP
	Mealla Campbell		SDLP
Banbridge	Glenn Barr		UUP
	Ian Burns		UUP
	Elizabeth Ingram		UUP
	Paul Greenfield		DUP
	Junior McCrum		DUP
	Brendan Curran		Sinn Féin
	Seamus Doyle		SDLP
Craigavon	Kenneth Twyble		UUP
	Robert Woolsey Smith		DUP
	Declan McAlinden		SDLP
	Fergal Lennon		Sinn Féin
	Margaret Tinsley		DUP
Cusher	Jim Speers		UUP
	Paul Berry		Independent
	Gordon Kennedy		UUP
	Sharon Haughey		SDLP
	Gareth Wilson		DUP
Lagan River	Mark Baxter		DUP
	Paul Rankin		DUP
	Marc Woods		UUP
	Carol Black		UUP
	Hazel Gamble		DUP
Lurgan	Carla Lockhart		DUP
	Joe Nelson		SDLP
	Colin McCusker		UUP
	Philip Moutray		DUP
	Máire Cairns		Sinn Féin
	Keith Haughian		Sinn Féin
	Catherine Seeley		Sinn Féin
Portadown	Jonathan Buckley		DUP
	Gemma McKenna		Sinn Féin
	Darryn Causby		DUP
	Doug Beattie		UUP
	Arnold Hatch		UUP
	David Jones		UKIP

Population

The area covered by new Council has a population of 199,693 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.^[3] This made it the second largest council, in terms of population, after Belfast City Council.

References

↑ "Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon: new council profile". Agendani.com. 2012-12-17. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
↑ "NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014" (PDF). NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

Local government in Northern Ireland
Councils	Antrim and Newtownabbey Ards and North Down Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Belfast Causeway Coast and Glens Derry and Strabane Fermanagh and Omagh Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid-Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down
Districts	Antrim and Newtownabbey Ards and North Down Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Belfast Causeway Coast and Glens Derry and Strabane Fermanagh and Omagh Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid-Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down

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