2019 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election

Elections to Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 41 members to the council using Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party were the largest party in both first-preference votes and seats.

2019 Armagh, 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   Leader Arlene Foster Robin Swann Michelle O'Neill Party DUP UUP Sinn Féin Seats won 11 10 10 Seat change 2 2 2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Colum Eastwood Naomi Long Party SDLP Alliance Independent Seats won 6 3 1 Seat change 0 3 0   Seventh party   Leader Gerard Batten Party UKIP Seats won 0 Seat change 1
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon 2019 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by the plurality of FPVs)

Election results

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 2019^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	DUP	11	0	3	3	26.8	27.9	21,840	3.3
	Sinn Féin	10	2	0	2	24.4	22.0	17,154	1.0
	UUP	10	0	1	1	24.4	21.6	16,881	4.5
	SDLP	6	2	2	0	14.6	13.5	10,513	0.5
	Alliance	3	3	0	3	7.3	7.8	6,111	4.4
	Independent	1	0	0	0	2.4	3.5	2,761	0.1
	TUV	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.0	1,554	0.6
	Aontú	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.3	1,052	New
	UKIP	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.4	278	1.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

The overall turnout was 52.81% with a total of 78,144 valid votes cast. A total of 1,165 ballots were rejected.

Districts summary

Results of the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election, 2019
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	DUP		Sinn Féin		UUP		SDLP		Alliance		Others
Armagh	12.9	0	40.3	3	13.3	1	21.5	2	5.3	0	6.7	0	6
Banbridge	23.0	2	14.1	1	36.1	3	10.8	0	11.7	1	4.2	0	7
Craigavon	26.1	1	21.3	1	19.7	1	23.3	2	7.2	0	2.4	0	5
Cusher	30.2	1	13.3	1	25.0	2	7.9	0	4.0	0	19.6	1	5
Lagan River	45.0	3	2.6	0	28.0	1	4.2	0	10.8	1	9.5	0	5
Lurgan	23.1	1	36.9	3	12.7	1	16.4	1	11.0	1	0.0	0	7
Portadown	41.3	3	18.4	1	18.0	1	8.6	1	5.1	0	8.6	0	6
Total	27.9	11	22.0	10	21.6	10	13.5	6	7.8	3	7.2	1	41

District results

Armagh

2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP

Armagh - 6 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Garath Keating* †	16.01%	2,037
	Sinn Féin	Jackie Donnelly	13.18%	1,677	1,680	1,761.3	1,818.1
	SDLP	Mealla Campbell* †	9.79%	1,246	1,250	1,267.8	1,550.6	1,819.6
	SDLP	Thomas O'Hanlon*	11.72%	1,491	1,493	1,502.2	1,615.6	1,811.5
	UUP	Sam Nicholson*	13.34%	1,697	1,699	1,699	1,764	1,775
	Sinn Féin	Darren McNally*	11.11%	1,413	1,415	1,493.8	1,522.3	1,680.3
	DUP	Freda Donnelly*	12.87%	1,638	1,638	1,638.3	1,649.3	1,670.6
	Aontú	Martin Kelly	6.46%	822	830	840.1	903.5
	Alliance	Jackie Coade	5.30%	674	677	681.9
	Independent	Pol Oh-Again	0.22%	28
Electorate: 21,982   Valid: 12,723 (57.88%)   Spoilt: 191   Quota: 1,818   Turnout: 12,914 (58.75%)

Banbridge

2014: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2019: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from SDLP

Banbridge - 7 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	UUP	Glenn Barr*	14.53%	1,764
	DUP	Paul Greenfield*	12.88%	1,563
	UUP	Ian Burns*	10.45%	1,273	1,421.68	1,554.68
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Savage*	8.55%	1,038	1,038.14	1,040.14	1,533.14
	UUP	Jill Macauley	11.12%	1,350	1,418.88	1,504.28	1,506.28	1,509.24	1,533.11
	DUP	Junior McCrum* †	10.15%	1,232	1,250.06	1,478.32	1,481.32	1,508.4	1,519.56
	Alliance	Brian Pope	11.74%	1,425	1,429.34	1,442.62	1,476.76	1,476.94	1,477.25	1,480.04	1,485.93
	SDLP	Seamus Doyle*	10.78%	1,309	1,310.96	1,317.96	1,454.76	1,455.16	1,455.78	1,465.95	1,468.43
	Sinn Féin	Vincent McAleenan	5.57%	676	676.28	676.42
	TUV	William Martin	4.19%	508	511.12
Electorate: 24,418   Valid: 12,138 (49.71%)   Spoilt: 136   Quota: 1,518   Turnout: 12,274 (50.27%)

Craigavon

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2014-2019 Change: SDLP gain from DUP

Craigavon - 5 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Nelson	13.77%	1,332	1,388	1,430	2,072
	SDLP	Thomas Larkham	12.86%	1,244	1,272	1,524	1,591	1,817
	UUP	Kenneth Twyble*	10.72%	1,037	1,037	1,135	1,136	1,139	1,141	1,803
	SDLP	Declan McAlinden*	10.48%	1,014	1,083	1,191	1,218	1,324	1,470	1,544
	DUP	Margaret Tinsley*	14.64%	1,416	1,416	1,427	1,427	1,428	1,428	1,506
	DUP	Robert Smith*	11.42%	1,105	1,108	1,118	1,119	1,121	1,121	1,235
	UUP	Kate Evans	9.00%	871	873	995	996	998	1,002
	Sinn Féin	Michael Tallon	7.51%	727	749	761
	Alliance	Sean Hagan	7.22%	699	725
	Aontú	Fergal Lennon*	2.38%	230
Electorate: 18,798   Valid: 9,675 (51.47%)   Spoilt: 176   Quota: 1,613   Turnout: 9,851 (52.40%)

Cusher

2014: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2019: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Cusher - 5 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Gareth Wilson*	19.62%	2,248
	Independent	Paul Berry*	17.54%	2,009
	Sinn Féin	Bróna Haughey	13.26%	1,519	1,519.15	1,552.3	2,094.3
	UUP	Jim Speers*	14.25%	1,633	1,697.05	1,827.3	1,931.3
	UUP	Gordon Kennedy*	10.73%	1,229	1,254.95	1,393.5	1,465.5	1,520.5	1,567.6	1,585.96
	DUP	Quincey Dougan	10.60%	1,215	1,445.1	1,514.95	1,527.4	1,538.4	1,581.4	1,584.12
	SDLP	Seamus Livingstone	7.86%	901	902.45	1,106.05
	Alliance	Gareth Hay	4.03%	462	463.05
	Independent	Paul Bowbanks	2.10%	241	253.15
Electorate: 18,496   Valid: 11,457 (61.94%)   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 1,910   Turnout: 11,569 (62.55%)

Lagan River

2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Lagan River - 5 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Mark Baxter*	21.12%	1,876
	UUP	Kyle Savage	18.17%	1,614
	DUP	Paul Rankin* ††	16.25%	1,444	1,519.39
	Alliance	Eóin Tennyson †	10.81%	960	963.36	968	991.29	991.4	1,027.4	1,064.98	1,495.98
	DUP	Tim McClelland	7.63%	678	945.96	960.36	988.12	1,020.79	1,020.79	1,049.72	1,052.74	1,352.02
	UUP	Olive Mercer	9.80%	871	981.37	987.29	1,010.09	1,013.83	1,014.25	1,102.37	1,141.06	1,311.62
	TUV	Samuel Morrison	5.62%	499	511.39	517.55	542.58	543.13	543.13	581.51	588.51
	SDLP	John O'Hare	4.15%	369	369.42	370.3	372.38	372.38	548.38	559.46
	Independent	Sammy Ogle	2.44%	217	220.36	222.92	234	234.33	238.33
	Sinn Féin	Tony Gorrell	2.56%	227	227.84	227.84	228.84	228.84
	UKIP	Jordan Stewart	1.45%	129	133.2	134.88
Electorate: 17,249   Valid: 8,884 (51.50%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 1,481   Turnout: 8,959 (51.94%)

Lurgan

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^[1]

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%)

Portadown

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UKIP
2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2014-2019 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and UKIP

Portadown - 6 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Darryn Causby* ‡‡†	18.51%	2,077
	DUP	Sydney Anderson	15.11%	1,696
	Sinn Féin	Paul Duffy*	14.92%	1,675
	UUP	Julie Flaherty*	13.47%	1,512	1,591.2	1,607.2
	DUP	Lavelle McIlwrath	7.72%	866	1,157.72	1,210.62	1,238.87	1,238.99	1,330.67	1,331.67	1,343.91	1,618.91
	SDLP	Eamonn McNeill	8.62%	967	967.44	967.79	967.84	976.36	983.36	1,250.25	1,583.4	1,590.4
	UUP	Arnold Hatch*	4.51%	506	518.1	522.9	544.93	545.21	633.08	636.32	758.94	976.94
	TUV	Darrin Foster	4.87%	547	575.38	580.73	615.96	616.24	697.6	698.64	713.25
	Alliance	Emma Hutchinson	5.08%	570	573.3	573.85	580.9	582.58	596.02	630.71
	Sinn Féin	Callum O'Dufaigh	3.49%	392	392.44	392.54	392.54	446.02	448.06
	Independent	David Jones*	2.37%	266	289.98	291.53	340.39	340.43
	UKIP	David Jameson	1.33%	149	163.08	164.88
Electorate: 21,698   Valid: 11,223 (51.72%)   Spoilt: 224   Quota: 1,604   Turnout: 11,447 (52.76%)

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Date co-opted	Electoral Area	Party		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
1 January 2021	Armagh		SDLP	Mealla Campbell	Grainne O'Neill	Campbell resigned.
1 January 2021	Lurgan		SDLP	Joe Nelson	Ciaran Toman	Nelson resigned.
20 August 2021	Banbridge		DUP	Junior McCrum	Ian Wilson	McCrum died.
21 February 2022	Lagan River		DUP	Paul Rankin	Keith Parke	Rankin was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
23 February 2022	Armagh		Sinn Féin	Garath Keating	Fergal Donnelly	Keating resigned.
26 May 2022	Lagan River		Alliance	Eóin Tennyson	Jessica Johnston	Tennyson was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
31 May 2022	Lagan River		DUP	Keith Parke	Paul Rankin	Rankin returned to council having briefly been co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly before the Assembly election.
7 November 2022	Portadown		DUP	Darryn Causby	Kyle Moutray	Causby resigned.

‡ Changes in affiliation

Date	Electoral Area	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
18 June 2021	Portadown	Darryn Causby		DUP		Independent	Resigned from the DUP over disagreements with the new party leadership.[2]
23 November 2021	Portadown	Darryn Causby		Independent		DUP	Rejoined the DUP after resolving disagreements with the new party leadership.[3]

– Suspensions

None

Last updated 7 November 2022.

Current composition: see Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

References

1. "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
2. Leebody, Christopher (18 June 2021). "Portadown DUP councillor quits following Poots resignation, says party is 'disintegrating' and 'irreparably damaged'". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
3. Leebody, Christopher (23 November 2021). "Portadown councillor Darryn Causby who quit DUP in summer rejoins party". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2021.