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Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon 2023 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by the plurality of FPVs) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2023 election toArmagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside otherlocal elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks afterlocal elections in England.[1] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by two weeks to avoid overlapping with thecoronation of King Charles III.[2]
The 41 councillors were elected viasingle transferable vote.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | 15 | 5 | 0 | 36.59 | 30.47 | 26,355 | |||
| DUP | 13 | 2 | 0 | 31.70 | 28.52 | 24,672 | |||
| UUP | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14.63 | 14.89 | 12,883 | |||
| Alliance | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9.76 | 10.55 | 9,126 | |||
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2.44 | 8.09 | 6,996 | |||
| TUV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.44 | 4.68 | 4,052 | |||
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.44 | 2.38 | 2,059 | |||
| Aontú | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 357 | |||
| Total | 41 | 86,500 | |||||||
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| District Electoral Area (DEA) | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | DUP | UUP | Alliance | SDLP | TUV | Independents and others | |||||||||
| Armagh | 49.59 | 4 | 14.16 | 1 | 9.78 | 0 | 4.55 | 0 | 19.29 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 2.63 | 0 | 6 |
| Banbridge | 24.47 | 2 | 22.26 | 2 | 28.84 | 2 | 14.34 | 1 | 5.76 | 0 | 4.34 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 7 |
| Craigavon | 35.90 | 2 | 29.48 | 1 | 12.13 | 1 | 12.94 | 1 | 8.90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 |
| Cusher | 17.73 | 1 | 26.81 | 1 | 12.55 | 1 | 4.84 | 0 | 4.71 | 0 | 16.59 | 1 | 16.77 | 1 | 5 |
| Lagan River | 5.02 | 0 | 49.03 | 3 | 19.86 | 1 | 17.62 | 1 | 2.20 | 0 | 6.27 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 |
| Lurgan | 48.59 | 4 | 23.19 | 2 | 7.84 | 0 | 13.33 | 1 | 7.04 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 7 |
| Portadown | 23.71 | 2 | 41.58 | 3 | 13.74 | 1 | 7.55 | 0 | 6.90 | 0 | 6.52 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 30.47 | 15 | 28.52 | 13 | 14.89 | 6 | 10.55 | 4 | 8.09 | 1 | 4.68 | 1 | 5.10 | 1 | 41 |
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and DUP gain from SDLP and UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Fergal Donnelly* | 15.89% | 2,158 | ||||||
| DUP | Scott Armstrong | 14.16% | 1,924 | 1,943 | |||||
| SDLP | Thomas O'Hanlon* | 12.18% | 1,654 | 1,758 | 1,886 | 1,898.30 | 2,591.30 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Sarah Duffy | 10.37% | 1,409 | 1,442 | 1,498 | 1,663.90 | 1,864.70 | 2,091.70 | |
| Sinn Féin | Ashley Mallon | 12.23% | 1,661 | 1,694 | 1,716 | 1,729.60 | 1,782.20 | 1,848.20 | |
| Sinn Féin | John Óg O'Kane | 11.10% | 1,508 | 1,526 | 1,547 | 1,560.90 | 1,689.40 | 1,794.40 | |
| UUP | Sam Nicholson* | 9.78% | 1,328 | 1,329 | 1,442 | 1,442.20 | 1,504.20 | 1,572.20 | |
| SDLP | Gráinne O'Neill* | 7.11% | 966 | 1,006 | 1,263 | 1,271.80 | |||
| Alliance | Hanagh Winter | 4.55% | 619 | 638 | |||||
| Aontú | Daniel Connolly | 2.63% | 357 | ||||||
| Electorate: 22,800 Valid: 13,584 (59.58%) Spoilt: 205 Quota: 1,941 Turnout: 13,789 (60.48%) | |||||||||
2019: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
2023: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Alliance | Joy Ferguson | 14.34% | 1,961 | ||||||
| UUP | Glenn Barr* | 13.92% | 1,903 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Chris McCartan | 12.80% | 1,750 | ||||||
| DUP | Paul Greenfield* | 12.78% | 1,747 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Kevin Savage* | 11.67% | 1,595 | 1,627.34 | 1,629.48 | 1,629.98 | 2,147.98 | ||
| DUP | Ian Wilson* | 9.48% | 1,296 | 1,301.46 | 1,684.74 | 1,702.04 | 1,713.04 | ||
| UUP | Ian Burns* | 7.20% | 984 | 1,029.64 | 1,143.06 | 1,262.96 | 1,344.76 | 1,433.76 | |
| UUP | Jill Macauley* | 7.72% | 1,055 | 1,090.28 | 1,154.28 | 1,201.28 | 1,258.96 | 1,317.96 | |
| SDLP | Seamus Doyle | 5.76% | 787 | 902.78 | 909.62 | 912.62 | |||
| TUV | Brian Moorhead | 4.34% | 593 | 596.78 | |||||
| Electorate: 25,504 Valid: 13,671 (53.60%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 1,709 Turnout: 13,812 (54.16%) | |||||||||
2019: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and Alliance gain from SDLP (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Jude Mallon | 18.26% | 1,964 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Catherine Nelson* | 17.64% | 1,897 | |||||
| DUP | Margaret Tinsley* | 16.84% | 1,811 | |||||
| Alliance | Robbie Alexander | 12.94% | 1,392 | 1,439 | 1,935 | |||
| UUP | Kate Evans | 12.13% | 1,305 | 1,313 | 1,375 | 1,531.40 | 1,671.58 | |
| DUP | Ian Patterson | 12.64% | 1,360 | 1,361 | 1,379 | 1,393.28 | 1,395.00 | |
| SDLP | Declan McAlinden* | 7.08% | 762 | 889 | ||||
| SDLP | Jackie Coade | 1.82% | 196 | |||||
| Electorate: 20,449 Valid: 10,757 (52.60%) Spoilt: 172 Quota: 1,793 Turnout: 10,929 (53.45%) | ||||||||
2019: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent
2023: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2019–2023 Change: TUV gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Bróna Haughey* | 17.73% | 2,177 | ||||
| Independent | Paul Berry* | 16.77% | 2,059 | ||||
| TUV | Keith Ratcliffe | 16.59% | 2,037 | 2,037.28 | 2,072.28 | ||
| DUP | Gareth Wilson* | 15.57% | 1,912 | 1,912.07 | 1,941.07 | 1,963.49 | |
| UUP | Gordon Kennedy* | 8.95% | 1,099 | 1,099.84 | 1,432.91 | 1,832.93 | |
| DUP | Philip Weir | 11.24% | 1,380 | 1,380.14 | 1,402.14 | 1,432.61 | |
| SDLP | Emma Jayne McKernan | 4.71% | 578 | 685.03 | 688.03 | ||
| Alliance | Mark Skillen | 4.84% | 594 | 605.34 | 620.34 | ||
| UUP | Ewan McNeill | 3.60% | 442 | 442.07 | |||
| Electorate: 19,358 Valid: 12,278 (63.43%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 2,047 Turnout: 12,370 (63.90%) | |||||||
2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Mark Baxter* | 22.61% | 2,261 | ||||||
| Alliance | Jessica Johnston* | 17.62% | 1,762 | ||||||
| UUP | Kyle Savage* | 13.93% | 1,393 | 1,477.76 | 1,494.02 | 1,519.08 | 1,997.08 | ||
| DUP | Paul Rankin* | 15.05% | 1,505 | 1,594.44 | 1,597.70 | 1,602.18 | 1,677.18 | ||
| DUP | Tim McClelland* | 11.37% | 1,137 | 1,501.52 | 1,505.78 | 1,508.16 | 1,537.55 | 1,736.55 | |
| TUV | Samuel Morrison | 6.27% | 627 | 658.20 | 662.46 | 665.54 | 682.34 | 799.34 | |
| Sinn Féin | Vincent McAleenan | 5.02% | 502 | 502.26 | 647.78 | 677.39 | 685.38 | 694.38 | |
| UUP | Sammy Ogle | 5.93% | 593 | 603.66 | 624.66 | 653.85 | |||
| SDLP | Oisín Edwards | 2.20% | 220 | 222.34 | |||||
| Electorate: 18,389 Valid: 10,000 (54.38%) Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,667 Turnout: 10,069 (54.76%) | |||||||||
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
| 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: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Duffy* | 16.28% | 1,986 | |||||||||
| DUP | Lavelle McIlwrath* | 14.96% | 1,826 | |||||||||
| DUP | Kyle Moutray* | 14.88% | 1,816 | |||||||||
| DUP | Alan Mulholland | 11.74% | 1,432 | 1,454 | 1,454.48 | 1,516.72 | 1,564.39 | 2,126.39 | ||||
| UUP | Julie Flaherty* | 11.10% | 1,355 | 1,623 | 1,624.08 | 1,628.56 | 1,631.17 | 1,799.17 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Clare McConville-Walker | 7.43% | 907 | 907 | 1,107.28 | 1,107.32 | 1,107.35 | 1,108.47 | 1,109.47 | 1,492.06 | 1,493.06 | |
| Alliance | Emma Hutchinson | 7.55% | 921 | 931 | 942.76 | 943.00 | 943.30 | 958.01 | 1,021.01 | 1,437.03 | 1,470.03 | |
| SDLP | Eamon McNeill* | 6.90% | 842 | 844 | 861.88 | 862.44 | 862.59 | 867.99 | 903.99 | |||
| TUV | Robert Oliver | 6.52% | 795 | 806 | 806.36 | 811.24 | 814.63 | |||||
| UUP | Zöe McCullough | 2.64% | 322 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 22,318 Valid: 12,202 (54.67%) Spoilt: 214 Quota: 1,744 Turnout: 12,416 (55.63%) | ||||||||||||