Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

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]

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	Stephen Moutray, Democratic Unionist Party
Deputy Lord Mayor	Jessica Johnston, Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
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
Craigavon Civic and Conference Centre, Lakeview Road, Craigavon
Website
www.armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk

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	2025	Sarah Duffy		Sinn Féin
2025	Present	Stephen Moutray		DUP

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	2025	Kyle Savage		UUP
2025	Present	Jessica Johnston		Alliance

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

Party		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

Borders of the DEAs within Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon

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 218,656 residents according to the 2021 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]