Craigavon Borough Council
54°27′40″N 6°23′53″W / 54.461°N 6.398°W
Craigavon Borough
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| Area | 378 km2 (146 sq mi) Ranked 19th of 26 |
| District HQ | Craigavon |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Website | www |
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.
The headquarters of the council was 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
| 1973 | 1977 | 1981 | 1985 | 1989 | 1993 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulster Unionist (UUP) | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Alliance (APNI) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Vanguard (VUPP) | 4 | |||||||||
| Democratic Unionist (DUP) | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Independent Nationalist (IN) | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| United Ulster Unionist (UUUP) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Workers' Party (WP) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Sinn Féin (SF) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | |||
| Independent Unionist (IU) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Note: The Workers' Party were known as The Republican Clubs in 1977 and Workers Party Republican Clubs in 1981.
Source: [1]
Mayor of Craigavon
| Year | Name | Political affiliation | Deputy | Deputy's affiliation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973–75 | Joseph A. Johnston
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | James McCammick
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: darkorange;" data-sort-value="Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party" | |
Vanguard | ||
| 1975–76 | James McCammick
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: darkorange;" data-sort-value="Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party" | |
Vanguard | Tom Creith
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | ||
| 1976–77 | Tom Creith
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Herbert Whitten
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | ||
| 1977–78 | Sydney Cairns
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Brian T. English
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | |
Alliance | ||
| 1978–79 | Herbert Whitten
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | David Calvert
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | ||
| 1979–80 | Alan Locke
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | James McDonald
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | |
SDLP | ||
| 1980–81 | Frank Dale
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Sean Hagan
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | |
Alliance | ||
| 1981–82 | Mary Simpson
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | David Calvert
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | ||
| 1982–83 | Sam Gardiner
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | James Gillespie
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | ||
| 1983–84 | James Gillespie
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Frederick Baird
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | ||
| 1984–85 | Arnold Hatch
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Patrick J. Crilly
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | |
SDLP | ||
| 1985–87 | George Savage
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | James Gillespie
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | ||
| 1987–88 | Sydney Cairns
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Arnold Hatch
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | ||
| 1988–89 | Sam Gardiner
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | James McCammick
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | ||
| 1989–91 | James McCammick
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Joy Savage, then Joe Trueman style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | ||
| 1991–92 | Joe Trueman
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Fred Crowe
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | ||
| 1992–93 | Fred Crowe
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Sam Lutton
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | ||
| 1993–94 | Joy Savage
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Ruth Allen
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | ||
| 1994–95 | Brian Maguinness
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Sean McKavanagh
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | |
SDLP | ||
| 1995–96 | Meta Crozier | rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color| | [[Ulster Unionist Party|Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/shortname]] | Hugh Casey
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | |
SDLP | |
| Independent Labour | ||||||
| 1996 – Dec 96 | Hugh Casey
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFBBBB;" data-sort-value="Independent Labour" | |
Independent Labour | Sam Lutton
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | ||
| Dec 1996 – 97 | Sam Lutton
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Hugh Casey
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFBBBB;" data-sort-value="Independent Labour" | |
Independent Labour | ||
| 1998–99 | Mervyn Carrick
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | Dolores Kelly
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | |
SDLP | ||
| 1999–00 | Dolores Kelly
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | |
SDLP | Fred Crowe
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | ||
| 2000–01 | Fred Crowe
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Mark Neale
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | ||
| 2001–02 | Sam Gardiner
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Jonathan Bell
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | ||
| 2002–03 | Jonathan Bell
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | Sydney Anderson
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | ||
| 2003–04 | Ignatius Fox
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | |
SDLP | David Simpson
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | ||
| 2004–05 | David Simpson
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | Ignatius Fox
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | |
SDLP | ||
| 2005–06 | George Savage
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Robert Smith
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | ||
| 2006–07 | Kenneth Twyble
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Mary McAlinden
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | |
SDLP | ||
| 2007–08 | Robert Smith
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | Kenneth Twyble
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | ||
| 2008–09 | Sydney Anderson
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | Arnold Hatch
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | ||
| 2009–10 | Meta Crozier
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Philip Weir
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | ||
| 2010–11 | Stephen Moutray
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | Kieran Corr
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | ||
| 2011–12 | Alan Carson
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | George Savage
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | ||
| 2012–13 | Carla Lockhart
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | Arnold Hatch
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | ||
| 2013–14 | Mark Baxter
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | Colin McCusker
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | ||
| 2014–15 | Colin McCusker
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | Catherine Seeley
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | |
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.
| Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Buckley
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | |
| Phil Moutray
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | |
| Robert Smith
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | |
| Mark Baxter
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | |
| Margaret Tinsley
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | |
| Alan Carson
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | |
| Darryn Causby
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | |
| Gladys McCullough
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | |
| Carla Lockhart
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | |
| Catherine Seeley
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | |
Sinn Féin | |
| Mark O'Dowd
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | |
Sinn Féin | |
| Liam Mackle
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | |
Sinn Féin | |
| Mairead O'Dowd
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | |
Sinn Féin | |
| Paul Duffy
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | |
Sinn Féin | |
| Gemma McKenna
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | |
Sinn Féin | |
| Thomas O'Connor
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | |
Sinn Féin | |
| Noel McGeown
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | |
Sinn Féin | |
| Kyle Savage
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | |
| Arnold Hatch
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | |
| Ronald Harkness
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | |
| Colin McCusker
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | |
| Meta Crozier
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | |
| Kenneth Twyble
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | |
UUP | |
| Declan McAlinden
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | |
SDLP | |
| Joseph Nelson
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | |
SDLP | |
| Conrad Dixon
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | |
Alliance | |
Council services
- Coney Island, Lough Neagh is owned by the National Trust and was managed on their behalf by Craigavon Borough Council.[3]
Population
The area covered by Craigavon Borough Council had a population of 93,023 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Northern Ireland elections are postponed, BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008
- ^ "The executive fails to agree a deal on council reform". BBC News. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ "Coney Island". Culture Northern Ireland. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ "NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014" (PDF). NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
