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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.
| 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 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | 2.0 | 1,554 | 0.6 | |
| Aontú | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 1,052 | New | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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.
| 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 |
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
| 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 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | ||||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Glenn Barr* | 14.53% | 1,764 | ||||||||
| DUP | Paul Greenfield* | 12.88% | 1,563 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | |||||||||||
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
| 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 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | ||||||||||
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
| 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 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Jim Speers * | 14.25% | 1,633 | 1,697.05 | 1,827.3 | 1,931.3 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | ||||||||||
2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| DUP | Mark Baxter* | 21.12% | 1,876 | |||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | ||||||||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Keith Haughlan* | 16.39% | 1,974 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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: 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
| 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 | |||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | ||||||||||||
| 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. | |
| 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] | ||
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Last updated 7 November 2022.
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