Craigavon Borough Council

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Craigavon Borough
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Area378 km2 (146 sq mi) 
Ranked 19th of 26
District HQ Craigavon
Country Northern Ireland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Website www.craigavon.gov.uk
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Craigavon Borough Council was a local council in counties Armagh, Down and Antrim, in Northern Ireland. It merged with Armagh City and District Council and Banbridge District Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council.

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The headquarters of the council were in Craigavon, on the shores of Lough Neagh, a new town built between Lurgan and Portadown. The council area included the large towns of Lurgan and Portadown, as well as smaller ones including Waringstown and Donaghcloney. The average council budget of £15.5 million provided a wide range of services to the 93,023 people living in the area.

The council area consisted of four electoral areas – Central, Loughside, Lurgan and Portadown – in which 26 councillors were elected every four years. The council held an annual meeting in June, at which a new Mayor and Deputy Mayor were elected. Parties elected in 2011, the last elections for the council, were Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) nine seats, Sinn Féin eight, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) six, Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) four, and Alliance Party of Northern Ireland one.

The last election was due to take place in May 2009, but on 25 April 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until the introduction of the eleven new councils in 2011. [1] The proposed reforms were abandoned in 2010, and the 2011 Northern Ireland local elections took place to fill the last body on the council before being dissolved [2] The proposed reform took effect on 1 April 2015.

Together with part of the district of Banbridge, it was part of the Upper Bann constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.

Summary of seats won 1973–2011

1973197719811985198919931997200120052011
Ulster Unionist (UUP)1110911121011866
Alliance (APNI)4312211
Vanguard (VUPP)4
Democratic Unionist (DUP)3476443699
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)2655667742
Independent Nationalist (IN)12
United Ulster Unionist (UUUP)11
Workers' Party (WP)12211
Sinn Féin (SF)2122468
Independent Unionist (IU)111

Note: The Workers' Party were known as The Republican Clubs in 1977 and Workers Party Republican Clubs in 1981.

Source:

Mayor of Craigavon

YearNamePolitical affiliationDeputyDeputy's affiliation
1973–75Joseph A. Johnston Ulster Unionist James McCammick Vanguard
1975–76James McCammick Vanguard Tom Creith Ulster Unionist
1976–77Tom Creith Ulster Unionist Herbert Whitten Ulster Unionist
1977–78Sydney Cairns Ulster Unionist Brian T. English Alliance
1978–79 Herbert Whitten Ulster Unionist David Calvert DUP
1979–80Alan Locke Ulster Unionist James McDonald SDLP
1980–81Frank Dale Ulster Unionist Sean Hagan Alliance
1981–82 Mary Simpson Ulster Unionist David Calvert DUP
1982–83 Sam Gardiner Ulster Unionist James Gillespie Ulster Unionist
1983–84James Gillespie Ulster Unionist Frederick Baird DUP
1984–85Arnold Hatch Ulster Unionist Patrick J. Crilly SDLP
1985–87 George Savage Ulster Unionist James Gillespie Ulster Unionist
1987–88Sydney Cairns Ulster Unionist Arnold Hatch Ulster Unionist
1988–89 Sam Gardiner Ulster Unionist James McCammick Ulster Unionist
1989–91James McCammick Ulster Unionist Joy Savage, then
Joe Trueman		 Ulster Unionist
1991–92Joe Trueman Ulster Unionist Fred Crowe Ulster Unionist
1992–93Fred Crowe Ulster Unionist Sam Lutton Ulster Unionist
1993–94Joy Savage Ulster Unionist Ruth Allen DUP
1994–95Brian Maguinness Ulster Unionist Sean McKavanagh SDLP
1995–96Meta Crozier Ulster Unionist Hugh Casey SDLP
Independent Labour
1996 – Dec 96 Hugh Casey Independent Labour Sam Lutton Ulster Unionist
Dec 1996 – 97Sam Lutton Ulster Unionist Hugh Casey Independent Labour
1998–99 Mervyn Carrick DUP Dolores Kelly SDLP
1999–00 Dolores Kelly SDLP Fred Crowe Ulster Unionist
2000–01Fred Crowe Ulster Unionist Mark Neale Ulster Unionist
2001–02 Sam Gardiner Ulster Unionist Jonathan Bell DUP
2002–03 Jonathan Bell DUP Sydney Anderson DUP
2003–04Ignatius Fox SDLP David Simpson DUP
2004–05 David Simpson DUP Ignatius Fox SDLP
2005–06 George Savage Ulster Unionist Robert Smith DUP
2006–07Kenneth Twyble Ulster Unionist Mary McAlinden SDLP
2007–08Robert Smith DUP Kenneth Twyble Ulster Unionist
2008–09 Sydney Anderson DUP Arnold Hatch Ulster Unionist
2009–10Meta Crozier Ulster Unionist Philip Weir DUP
2010–11 Stephen Moutray DUP Kieran Corr Independent
2011–12Alan Carson DUP George Savage Ulster Unionist
2012–13 Carla Lockhart DUP Arnold Hatch Ulster Unionist
2013–14Mark Baxter DUP Colin McCusker Ulster Unionist
2014–15Colin McCusker Ulster Unionist Catherine Seeley Sinn Féin

Source: Freedom of Information request to Craigavon Borough Council

Final council makeup

Below is a list of members who made up the final sitting of the council before it was dissolved.

NameParty
Jonathan Buckley DUP
Phil Moutray DUP
Robert Smith DUP
Mark Baxter DUP
Margaret Tinsley DUP
Alan Carson DUP
Darryn Causby DUP
Gladys McCullough DUP
Carla Lockhart DUP
Catherine Seeley Sinn Féin
Mark O'Dowd Sinn Féin
Liam Mackle Sinn Féin
Mairead O'Dowd Sinn Féin
Paul Duffy Sinn Féin
Gemma McKenna Sinn Féin
Thomas O'Connor Sinn Féin
Noel McGeown Sinn Féin
Kyle Savage Ulster Unionist
Arnold Hatch Ulster Unionist
Ronald Harkness Ulster Unionist
Colin McCusker Ulster Unionist
Meta Crozier Ulster Unionist
Kenneth Twyble Ulster Unionist
Declan McAlinden SDLP
Joseph Nelson SDLP
Conrad Dixon Alliance

Council services

Population

The area covered by Craigavon Borough Council had a population of 93,023 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census. [4]

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References

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