2023 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election

18 May 2023

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 Ulster Unionist
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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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
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]

They will return 41 members to the council 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
  Ulster Unionist 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
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Cllrs
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 %
Cllrs
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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]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
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
Ulster Unionist 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]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Alliance Joy Ferguson 14.34% 1,961          
    Ulster Unionist 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  
    Ulster Unionist Ian Burns* 7.20% 984 1,029.64 1,143.06 1,262.96 1,344.76 1,433.76
    Ulster Unionist 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]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      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    
      Ulster Unionist 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]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234
        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
        Ulster Unionist 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  
        Ulster Unionist 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]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456
          DUP Mark Baxter* 22.61% 2,261          
          Alliance Jessica Johnston* 17.62% 1,762          
          Ulster Unionist 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
          Ulster Unionist 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]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234567
            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
            Ulster Unionist 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]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              123456789
              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      
              Ulster Unionist 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        
              Ulster Unionist 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
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