Craigavon Borough Council

Craigavon Borough
Buirg Craigavon
Craigavon Borough Buirg Craigavon;
Area	378 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.

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

	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		Deputy
1973–75	Joseph A. Johnston	UUP	James McCammick	Vanguard
1975–76	James McCammick	Vanguard	Tom Creith	UUP
1976–77	Tom Creith	UUP	Herbert Whitten	UUP
1977–78	Sydney Cairns	UUP	Brian T. English	Alliance
1978–79	Herbert Whitten	UUP	David Calvert	DUP
1979–80	Alan Locke	UUP	James McDonald	SDLP
1980–81	Frank Dale	UUP	Sean Hagan	Alliance
1981–82	Mary Simpson	UUP	David Calvert	DUP
1982–83	Sam Gardiner	UUP	James Gillespie	UUP
1983–84	James Gillespie	UUP	Frederick Baird	DUP
1984–85	Arnold Hatch	UUP	Patrick J. Crilly	SDLP
1985–87	George Savage	UUP	James Gillespie	UUP
1987–88	Sydney Cairns	UUP	Arnold Hatch	UUP
1988–89	Sam Gardiner	UUP	James McCammick	UUP
1989–91	James McCammick	UUP	Joy Savage, then Joe Trueman	UUP
1991–92	Joe Trueman	UUP	Fred Crowe	UUP
1992–93	Fred Crowe	UUP	Sam Lutton	UUP
1993–94	Joy Savage	UUP	Ruth Allen	DUP
1994–95	Brian Maguinness	UUP	Sean McKavanagh	SDLP
1995–96	Meta Crozier	UUP	Hugh Casey	SDLP
1995–96	Meta Crozier	UUP	Hugh Casey	Independent Labour
1996 – Dec 96	Hugh Casey	Independent Labour	Sam Lutton	UUP
Dec 1996 – 97	Sam Lutton	UUP	Hugh Casey	Independent Labour
1998–99	Mervyn Carrick	DUP	Dolores Kelly	SDLP
1999–00	Dolores Kelly	SDLP	Fred Crowe	UUP
2000–01	Fred Crowe	UUP	Mark Neale	UUP
2001–02	Sam Gardiner	UUP	Jonathan Bell	DUP
2002–03	Jonathan Bell	DUP	Sydney Anderson	DUP
2003–04	Ignatius Fox	SDLP	David Simpson	DUP
2004–05	David Simpson	DUP	Ignatius Fox	SDLP
2005–06	George Savage	UUP	Robert Smith	DUP
2006–07	Kenneth Twyble	UUP	Mary McAlinden	SDLP
2007–08	Robert Smith	DUP	Kenneth Twyble	UUP
2008–09	Sydney Anderson	DUP	Arnold Hatch	UUP
2009–10	Meta Crozier	UUP	Philip Weir	DUP
2010–11	Stephen Moutray	DUP	Kieran Corr	Independent
2011–12	Alan Carson	DUP	George Savage	UUP
2012–13	Carla Lockhart	DUP	Arnold Hatch	UUP
2013–14	Mark Baxter	DUP	Colin McCusker	UUP
2014–15	Colin McCusker	UUP	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.

Name	Party
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		UUP
Arnold Hatch		UUP
Ronald Harkness		UUP
Colin McCusker		UUP
Meta Crozier		UUP
Kenneth Twyble		UUP
Declan McAlinden		SDLP
Joseph Nelson		SDLP
Conrad Dixon		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]

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.

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[1] Northern Ireland elections are postponed, BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008

[2] "The executive fails to agree a deal on council reform". BBC News. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

[3] "Coney Island". Culture Northern Ireland. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2010.

[4] "NI Census 2011 – Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014" (PDF). NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

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Craigavon Borough Buirg Craigavon


Area	378 km² (146 sq mi) Ranked 19th of 26
District HQ	Craigavon
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Website	www.craigavon.gov.uk
List of places UK Northern Ireland