Lurgan (District Electoral Area)

Lurgan is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects seven members to Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council and contains the wards of Aghagallon, Knocknashane, Lough Road, Magheralin, Mourneview, Parklake and Shankill.^[2] Lurgan forms part of the Upper Bann constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Lurgan
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	7 (1985-)
Councillors	Peter Haire (DUP)   Keith Haughian (SF)   Peter Lavery (APNI)   Liam Mackle (SF)   Sorchá McGeown (SF)   Stephen Moutray (DUP)   Mary O'Dowd (SF)

Lurgan DEA within Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon

Lurgan DEA (1993-2014) within Craigavon

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Craigavon Area D which had existed since 1973, where it contained seven wards (Church, Knocknashane, Magheralin, Mourneview, Parklake, Taghnevan and Waringstown). For the 2014 local elections it gained much of the abolished Loughside DEA around Aghagallon, while losing areas to the new Lagan River DEA around Waringstown.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)
2023		Keith Haughian (Sinn Féin)		Liam Mackle (Sinn Féin)		Sorchá McGeown (Sinn Féin)		Mary O'Dowd (Sinn Féin)		Peter Lavery (Alliance)		Peter Haire (DUP)		Stephen Moutray (DUP)
January 2021 Co-Option								Ciarán Toman (SDLP)				Louise McKinstry (UUP)
2019								Joe Nelson (SDLP)
December 2018 Co-Option						Catherine Nelson (Sinn Féin)				Terry McWilliams (DUP)		Colin McCusker (UUP)
June 2018 Co-Option						Máire Cairns (Sinn Féin)								Philip Moutray (DUP)
June 2016 Co-Options				Catherine Seeley (Sinn Féin)
2014										Carla Lockhart (DUP)
2011		Liam Mackle (Sinn Féin)		George Savage (UUP)		Jo-Anne Dobson (UUP)		Meta Crozier (UUP)				Mark Baxter (DUP)		Stephen Moutray (DUP)
2005		Maurice Magill (Sinn Féin)				Samuel Gardiner (UUP)				Fergie Dawson (DUP)		Mark Russell (DUP)
2001		Mary McNally (SDLP)								Sydney Cairns (UUP)		Jonathan Bell (DUP)/ (UUP)
1997														Ruth Allen (DUP)
1993				Samuel Lutton (UUP)		Audrey Savage (UUP)						Donald MacKay (UUP)
1989		Brid Rodgers (SDLP)										Yvonne Calvert (DUP)
1985		Hugh News (SDLP)		George Savage (UUP)		Samuel Gardiner (UUP)		Philip Black (UUP)				Frederick Baird (DUP)		David Calvert (DUP)

2023 election

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

2019–2023 change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP, DUP gain from UUP

Lurgan - 7 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Keith Haughian*	15.29%	2,153
	Alliance	Peter Lavery*	13.33%	1,877
	DUP	Peter Haire	13.13%	1,849
	Sinn Féin	Liam Mackle*	13.03%	1,835
	Sinn Féin	Sorchá McGeown*	9.23%	1,299	1,615.44	1,632.90	1,633.26	1,666.34	2,048.34
	Sinn Féin	Mary O'Dowd	11.04%	1,554	1,586.04	1,591.92	1,591.92	1,625.20	1,926.20
	DUP	Stephen Moutray*	10.06%	1,416	1,416.36	1,419.30	1,479.26	1,479.38	1,492.08	1,497.08
	UUP	Louise McKinstry*	7.84%	1,104	1,104.72	1,125.36	1,137.52	1,137.64	1,229.68	1,312.68
	SDLP	Ciarán Toman*	7.04%	991	1,024.66	1,079.80	1,080.32	1,086.48
Electorate: 26,807   Valid: 14,078 (52.52%)   Spoilt: 221   Quota: 1,760   Turnout: 14,299 (53.34%)

2019 election

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2014-2019 change: Alliance gain from DUP

Lurgan - 7 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Keith Haughlan*	16.39%	1,974
	UUP	Louise McKinstry	12.65%	1,524
	Sinn Féin	Liam Mackle	9.88%	1,190	1,362.32	1,595.32
	SDLP	Joe Nelson* †	8.68%	1,046	1,060.64	1,104.52	1,860.52
	Alliance	Peter Lavery	10.97%	1,321	1,347.16	1,371.12	1,462.28	1,701.05
	DUP	Stephen Moutray*	12.48%	1,504	1,504.24	1,504.24	1,504.24	1,504.87	1,505.5
	Sinn Féin	Sorcha McGeown	6.83%	823	1,010.44	1,195.4	1,255.84	1,388.61	1,457.44
	DUP	Terry McWilliams*	10.64%	1,282	1,282.64	1,283.64	1,284.64	1,285.5	1,286.13
	SDLP	Ciarán Toman	7.71%	928	948.08	957.72
	Sinn Féin	Noel McGeown	3.77%	454	496.88
Electorate: 25,336   Valid: 12,044 (47.54%)   Spoilt: 251   Quota: 1,506   Turnout: 12,295 (48.53%)

2014 election

2011: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2011-2014 change: Sinn Féin (two seats) and SDLP gain from UUP (two seats) and DUP

Lurgan - 7 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	DUP	Carla Lockhart* †	17.50%	2,013
	SDLP	Joe Nelson*	7.29%	839	839.28	842.28	932.28	937.28	937.28	937.28	979.28	1,125.84	1,632.84
	UUP	Colin McCusker*	7.85%	903	997.64	1,011.92	1,011.92	1,052.32	1,133.4	1,306.68	1,307.96	1,353.8	1,357.8	1,364.68	1,802.68
	DUP	Philip Moutray* †	5.07%	583	920.68	931.24	931.24	973.88	1,054.84	1,169.36	1,169.92	1,199.6	1,210.16	1,211.02	1,520.02
	Sinn Féin	Máire Cairns †	8.71%	1,002	1,002.28	1,004.28	1,010.28	1,013.28	1,015.28	1,017.56	1,103.56	1,137.56	1,173.56	1,211.4	1,218.24	1,232.24	1,240.24
	Sinn Féin	Keith Haughian	8.09%	930	930	931	936	939	939	940	1,043	1,085	1,133	1,184.6	1,185.44	1,189.44	1,193.44
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Seeley* †	7.34%	844	844	844	851	854	854	856	945	971.28	1.009.28	1,076.36	1,080.92	1,089.92	1,102.92
	Sinn Féin	Noel McGeown*	6.57%	756	757.12	758.12	761.12	764.12	764.12	765.12	975.12	1,004.12	1,059.12	1,085.78	1,086.78	1,091.78	1,093.78
	UUP	Aaron Carson	4.67%	539	586.88	598.16	598.16	641.16	747.8	935.76	936.76	972.88	980.16	982.74
	SDLP	Pat McDade	5.63%	648	649.96	661.96	687.96	694.96	694.96	698.24	733.24	884.52
	Alliance	Peter Lavery	5.12%	589	592.36	654.76	660.76	677.04	679.32	684.6	700.6
	Sinn Féin	Liam Mackle*	5.10%	587	587.84	590.84	596.84	598.84	598.84	598.84
	TUV	Roy Ferguson	3.22%	370	390.72	392.72	393.72	443.68	537
	PUP	Lexi Davidson	2.79%	321	352.64	355.64	356.64	388.6
	UKIP	Jonny Johns	2.30%	264	276.88	280.16	281.44
	SDLP	Anna Ochal-Molenda	1.50%	173	173.28	175.28
	NI21	Stuart McClelland	1.23%	141	144.08
Electorate: 23,950   Valid: 11,502 (48.03%)   Spoilt: 233   Quota: 1,438   Turnout: 11,735 (49.00%)

2011 election

2005: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2011: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2005-2011 change: No change

Lurgan - 7 seats^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Stephen Moutray*	19.95%	1,952
	UUP	Jo-Anne Dobson	13.40%	1,311
	UUP	Meta Crozier*	12.66%	1,239
	DUP	Carla Lockhart	9.73%	952	1,237
	Sinn Féin	Liam Mackle	9.81%	960	961.14	962.14	962.21	962.22	1,224.3
	UUP	George Savage*	9.25%	905	1,002.28	1,027.66	1,088.56	1,098.14	1,102.43	1,353.43
	DUP	Mark Baxter	7.74%	757	1,047.7	1,066.6	1,078.5	1,079.37	1,089.89	1,204.89
	Alliance	John Cleland	5.63%	551	557.08	583.46	588.85	589.29	727.86	747.86
	TUV	David Calvert	5.19%	508	533.46	559.98	563.62	564.11	564.11
	SDLP	Pat McDade	5.41%	529	532.42	534.8	536.13	536.18
	UUP	Barbara Trotter	1.25%	122	128.46
Electorate: 17,168   Valid: 9,786 (57.00%)   Spoilt: 185   Quota: 1,224   Turnout: 9,971 (58.08%)

2005 election

2001: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2005: 3 x UUP, 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2001–2005 change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and SDLP

Lurgan - 7 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Samuel Gardiner*	21.59%	2,109
	DUP	Stephen Moutray*	21.08%	2,059
	DUP	Fergie Dawson	11.27%	1,101	1,149.72	1,359.32
	DUP	Mark Russell	3.21%	314	354.74	707.54	764.22	1,245.46
	UUP	George Savage*	8.22%	803	1,005.86	1,041.46	1,047.18	1,075.52	1,112.1	1,257.1
	Sinn Féin	Maurice Magill	7.51%	734	734	734.4	734.4	734.8	1,105.22	1,111.22
	UUP	Meta Crozier*	4.44%	434	752.36	783.96	786.82	812.88	851.82	1,065.5
	UUP	Sydney Cairns*	5.96%	582	755.88	769.48	770.52	788.94	825.2	953
	Independent	David Calvert	6.41%	626	682.28	713.48	719.98	742.84	761.08
	SDLP	Francis McAlinden	6.48%	633	643.5	645.1	645.1	645.52
	DUP	Anne Harrison	3.82%	373	395.68	536.48	598.36
Electorate: 15,320   Valid: 9,768 (63.76%)   Spoilt: 171   Quota: 1,222   Turnout: 9,939 (64.88%)

2001 election

1997: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2001: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 change: DUP gain from UUP

Lurgan - 7 seats^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Jonathan Bell*	18.48%	1,942
	UUP	Samuel Gardiner*	16.44%	1,728
	DUP	Stephen Moutray	14.80%	1,555
	UUP	George Savage*	11.77%	1,237	1,315.07
	UUP	Meta Crozier*	9.18%	965	1,089.32	1,332.44
	UUP	Sydney Cairns*	7.13%	749	854.08	952.24	1,032.04	1,332.64
	SDLP	Mary McNally*	7.62%	801	806.92	813.64	816.11	842.63	1,342.63
	UK Unionist	David Vance	3.88%	408	683.65	697.81	811.05	886.49	887.86
	Sinn Féin	Matthew Rooney	6.84%	719	719.37	719.61	719.8	719.8
	UUP	William Tate	2.63%	276	290.8	325.6	356
	Independent	William Grafton	1.24%	130	147.76	150.4	160.66
Electorate: 14,911   Valid: 10,510 (70.48%)   Spoilt: 236   Quota: 1,314   Turnout: 10,746 (72.07%)

1997 election

1993: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1997: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1993-1997 change: No change

Lurgan - 7 seats^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	UUP	Samuel Gardiner	22.45%	1,802
	UUP	George Savage	17.08%	1,371
	UUP	Meta Crozier*	8.61%	691	1,034.2
	UUP	Jonathan Bell	8.16%	655	778.64	873.68	877.56	878.56	887.62	980.98	1,069.98
	UUP	Sydney Cairns*	5.41%	434	526.84	619.72	623.97	623.97	630.51	742.26	961.02
	SDLP	Mary McNally*	7.65%	614	615.76	616.3	634.3	877.3	877.33	953.87	959.29
	DUP	Ruth Allen*	10.00%	803	840.4	866.59	868.86	868.86	870.09	889.36	922.32
	DUP	Frederick Baird	7.76%	623	689.88	719.85	721.56	721.56	722.91	740.31	775.19
	UUP	William McCullough	2.86%	230	335.6	438.74	442.55	444.99	449.46	485.06
	Alliance	Wilson Freeburn	4.86%	390	399.68	405.62	435.04	442.04	442.13
	Sinn Féin	Bernadette O'Hagan	4.35%	349	349.44	349.44	350.44
	Labour Coalition	Gillian Kirk	0.61%	49	51.2	53.9
	Labour Coalition	James Devlin	0.21%	17	18.32	18.59
Electorate: 14,526   Valid: 8,028 (55.27%)   Spoilt: 136   Quota: 1,004   Turnout: 8,164 (56.20%)

1993 election

1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1993: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1989-1993 change: UUP gain from DUP

Lurgan - 7 seats^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	UUP	Audrey Savage*	18.77%	1,472
	DUP	Ruth Allen*	15.03%	1,179
	UUP	Sydney Cairns*	12.31%	965	1,048.16
	UUP	Samuel Lutton*	11.44%	897	1,007.22
	UUP	Meta Crozier*	10.86%	852	959.91	987.28
	UUP	Donald MacKay	3.67%	288	318.03	324.15	385.81	417.31	428.59	431.03	687.6	927.54
	SDLP	Mary McNally*	9.17%	719	720.65	720.99	724.99	724.99	725.07	725.07	726.07	858.48
	DUP	David Martin	5.59%	438	463.08	616.59	640.61	645.41	648.05	649.77	713.26	760.02
	Alliance	Wilson Freeburn	7.47%	586	591.61	593.31	638.97	643.77	644.25	644.57	671.49
	UUP	William McCullough	3.03%	238	343.93	349.54	395.17	420.37	429.41	430.41
	NI Conservatives	Colette Jones	2.65%	208	217.9	220.45
Electorate: 14,012   Valid: 7,842 (55.97%)   Spoilt: 173   Quota: 981   Turnout: 8,015 (57.20%)

1989 election

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1985-1989 change: No change

Lurgan - 7 seats^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Sydney Cairns*	23.04%	1,942
	UUP	Audrey Savage	18.56%	1,565
	UUP	Samuel Lutton	9.15%	771	1,127.5
	UUP	Meta Crozier	5.84%	492	886.22	1,236.68
	DUP	Ruth Allen	10.57%	891	924.12	979.56	1,077.31
	SDLP	Brid Rodgers*	12.34%	1,040	1,040	1,040.33	1,041.02	1,249.02
	DUP	Yvonne Calvert	9.54%	804	884.5	864.69	1,029.32	1,033.21
	Alliance	Gordon Burrell	6.61%	557	572.64	586.17	604.34	623.67
	Sinn Féin	Patricia McKee	3.32%	280	280	280.66	280.89
	Workers' Party	Maureen McKeever	1.04%	88	88	88.99	89.45
Electorate: 13,861   Valid: 8,430 (60.82%)   Spoilt: 194   Quota: 1,054   Turnout: 8,624 (62.22%)

1985 election

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

Lurgan - 7 seats^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Samuel Gardiner*	20.04%	1,690
	DUP	Frederick Baird*	15.68%	1,322
	UUP	George Savage*	12.69%	1,070
	UUP	Philip Black*	10.50%	885	1,189.51
	UUP	Sydney Cairns*	4.80%	405	621.45	656.45	766.85	1,019.52
	SDLP	Hugh News*	9.58%	808	808.37	808.97	808.97	887.17	1,234.17
	DUP	David Calvert*	8.98%	757	806.58	954.98	964.58	990.47	992.63
	DUP	Ian Williams*	5.93%	500	528.86	596.26	601.06	641.34	641.34
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Little	6.80%	573	573	573	573.16	575.16
	Alliance	Gordon Burrell	5.00%	422	443.83	452.03	454.43
Electorate: 13,157   Valid: 8,432 (64.09%)   Spoilt: 147   Quota: 1,055   Turnout: 8,579 (65.20%)