2023 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election

Main article: 2023 Northern Ireland local elections
2023 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election
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All 41 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Michelle O'Neill[n 1] Jeffrey Donaldson Doug Beattie
Party Sinn Féin DUP UUP
Last election 10 11 10
Seats won 15 13 6
Seat change Increase 5 Increase 2 Decrease 4
Popular vote 26,355 24,672 12,883
Percentage 30.47% 28.52% 14.89%
Swing Increase 8.4% Increase 0.7% Decrease 6.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Colum Eastwood MLA.JPG
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Leader Naomi Long Colum Eastwood Jim Allister
Party Alliance SDLP TUV
Last election 3 6 0
Seats won 4 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 5 Increase 1
Popular vote 9,126 6,996 4,052
Percentage 10.55% 8.09% 4.68%
Swing Increase 2.7% Decrease 5.4% Increase 2.7%
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Last election 1
Seats won 1
Seat change Steady 0
Popular vote 2,059
Percentage 2.38%
Swing Decrease 1.2%
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon 2023 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by the plurality of FPVs)
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

TBC

The 2023 election to Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England.[1] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by two weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.[2]

The 41 councillors were elected via single transferable vote.

Election results

2023 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election result
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Sinn Féin 15 5 0 Increase 5 36.59 30.47 26,355 Increase 8.52
  DUP 13 2 0 Increase 2 31.70 28.52 24,672 Increase 0.57
  UUP 6 0 4 Decrease 4 14.63 14.89 12,883 Decrease 6.71
  Alliance 4 1 0 Increase 1 9.76 10.55 9,126 Increase 2.73
  SDLP 1 0 5 Decrease 5 2.44 8.09 6,996 Decrease 5.36
  TUV 1 1 0 Increase 1 2.44 4.68 4,052 Increase 2.69
  Independent 1 0 0 Steady 0 2.44 2.38 2,059 Decrease 1.15
  Aontú 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.00 0.41 357 Decrease 0.94
Total 41 86,500

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the 2023 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election
by district
District Electoral Area (DEA) %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
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Sinn Féin DUP UUP Alliance SDLP TUV Independents and others
Armagh 49.59 4 Increase 1 14.16 1 Increase 1 9.78 0 Decrease 1 4.55 0 Steady 19.29 1 Decrease 1 0.00 0 Steady 2.63 0 Steady 6
Banbridge 24.47 2 Increase 1 22.26 2 Steady 28.84 2 Decrease 1 14.34 1 Steady 5.76 0 Steady 4.34 0 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 7
Craigavon 35.90 2 Increase 1 29.48 1 Steady 12.13 1 Steady 12.94 1 Increase 1 8.90 0 Decrease 2 0.00 0 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 5
Cusher 17.73 1 Steady 26.81 1 Steady 12.55 1 Decrease 1 4.84 0 Steady 4.71 0 Steady 16.59 1 Increase 1 16.77 1 Steady 5
Lagan River 5.02 0 Steady 49.03 3 Steady 19.86 1 Steady 17.62 1 Steady 2.20 0 Steady 6.27 0 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 5
Lurgan 48.59 4 Increase 1 23.19 2 Increase 1 7.84 0 Decrease 1 13.33 1 Steady 7.04 0 Decrease 1 0.00 0 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 7
Portadown 23.71 2 Increase 1 41.58 3 Steady 13.74 1 Steady 7.55 0 Steady 6.90 0 Decrease 1 6.52 0 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 6
Total 30.47 15 Increase 5 28.52 13 Increase 2 14.89 6 Decrease 4 10.55 4 Increase 1 8.09 1 Decrease 5 4.68 1 Increase 1 5.10 1 Steady 41

District results

Armagh

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

Armagh - 6 seats[3]
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%)  

Banbridge

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

Banbridge - 7 seats[3]
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%)  

Craigavon

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)

Craigavon - 5 seats[3]
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%)  

Cusher

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

Cusher - 5 seats[3]
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%)  

Lagan River

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

Lagan River - 5 seats[3]
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%)  

Lurgan

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%)  

Portadown

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

Portadown - 6 seats[3]
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%)  

Notes

  1. ^ The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.

References

  1. ^ "Local government elections in Northern Ireland". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  2. ^ "NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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