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Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough 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	Sarah Duffy, Sinn Féin
Deputy Lord Mayor	Kyle Savage, Ulster Unionist Party
Structure
Seats	41
Political groups	; Sinn Féin (15); DUP (13); UUP (6); Alliance (4); SDLP (1); TUV (1); Independent (1)
Elections
Last election	18 May 2023
Next election	2027
Meeting place
	Civic and Conference Centre
Website
	www.armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk

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, before the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon district was created 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
2018	2019	Julie Flaherty	UUP
2019	2020	Mealla Campbell	SDLP
2020	2021	Kevin Savage	Sinn Féin
2021	2022	Glenn Barr	UUP
2022	2023	Paul Greenfield	DUP
2023	2024	Margaret Tinsley	DUP
2024	Present	Sarah Duffy	Sinn Féin

Deputy Lord Mayor

From	To	Name	Party
2015	2016	Catherine Seeley	Sinn Féin
2016	2017	Paul Greenfield	DUP
2017	2018	Sam Nicholson	UUP
2018	2019	Paul Duffy	Sinn Féin
2019	2020	Margaret Tinsley	DUP
2020	2021	Kyle Savage	UUP
2021	2022	Jackie Donnelly	Sinn Féin
2022	2023	Tim McClelland	DUP
2023	2024	Sorchá McGeown	Sinn Féin
2024	Present	Kyle Savage	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

Seat summary

	Elected 2019	Elected 2023	Current
Sinn Féin	10	15	15
DUP	11	13	13
UUP	10	6	6
Alliance	3	4	4
SDLP	6	1	1
TUV	0	1	1
Independents	1	1	1

Councillors by electoral area

For further details see 2023 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election.

Current council members
District electoral area	Name	Party
Armagh	Fergal Donnelly		Sinn Féin
	Scott Armstrong		DUP
	Thomas O'Hanlon		SDLP
	Sarah Duffy		Sinn Féin
	Ashley Mallon		Sinn Féin
	John Óg O'Kane		Sinn Féin
Banbridge	Joy Ferguson		Alliance
	Glenn Barr		UUP
	Chris McCartan		Sinn Féin
	Paul Greenfield		DUP
	Ian Wilson		DUP
	Kevin Savage		Sinn Féin
	Ian Burns		UUP
Craigavon	Jude Mallon		Sinn Féin
	Catherine Nelson		Sinn Féin
	Margaret Tinsley		DUP
	Robbie Alexander		Alliance
	Kate Evans		UUP
Cusher	Bróna Haughey		Sinn Féin
	Paul Berry		Independent
	Keith Ratcliffe		TUV
	Gareth Wilson		DUP
	Gordon Kennedy		UUP
Lagan River	Mark Baxter		DUP
	Jessica Johnston		Alliance
	Kyle Savage		UUP
	Paul Rankin		DUP
	Tim McClelland		DUP
Lurgan	Keith Haughian		Sinn Féin
	Peter Lavery		Alliance
	Peter Haire		DUP
	Liam Mackle		Sinn Féin
	Sorchá McGeown		Sinn Féin
	Mary O'Dowd		Sinn Féin
	Stephen Moutray		DUP
Portadown	Paul Duffy		Sinn Féin
	Lavelle McIlwrath		DUP
	Kyle Moutray		DUP
	Julie Flaherty		UUP
	Alan Mulholland		DUP
	Clare McConville-Walker		Sinn Féin

Population

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

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough.

Individuals

Gloria Hunniford: 20 December 2021.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon: new council profile". Agendani.com. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "NI Census 2011 – Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014" (PDF). NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
^ McKenna, Micheal (20 December 2021). "'Bubbly Portadown-born Gloria Hunniford' will be awarded Freedom of Borough". Armagh I. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
^ Holland, Mairead (21 December 2021). "Gloria 'thrilled and surprised' at council honour, saying she always thinks of borough as 'home'". Armagh I. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

External links

Official website

[1] "Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon: new council profile". Agendani.com. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "NI Census 2011 – Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014" (PDF). NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

[4] McKenna, Micheal (20 December 2021). "'Bubbly Portadown-born Gloria Hunniford' will be awarded Freedom of Borough". Armagh I. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

[5] Holland, Mairead (21 December 2021). "Gloria 'thrilled and surprised' at council honour, saying she always thinks of borough as 'home'". Armagh I. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

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