2023 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election

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All 41 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Michelle O'Neill	Jeffrey Donaldson	Doug Beattie
Party	Sinn Féin	DUP	UUP
Last election	10	11	10
Seats won	15	13	6
Seat change	5	2	4
Popular vote	26,355	24,672	12,883
Percentage	30.47%	28.52%	14.89%
Swing	8.4%	0.7%	6.7%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Naomi Long	Colum Eastwood	Jim Allister
Party	Alliance	SDLP	TUV
Last election	3	6	0
Seats won	4	1	1
Seat change	1	5	1
Popular vote	9,126	6,996	4,052
Percentage	10.55%	8.09%	4.68%
Swing	2.7%	5.4%	2.7%

	Seventh party

Party	Independent
Last election	1
Seats won	1
Seat change	0
Popular vote	2,059
Percentage	2.38%
Swing	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. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by two weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.

The 41 councillors were elected 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	5	36.59	30.47	26,355	8.52
	DUP	13	2	0	2	31.70	28.52	24,672	0.57
	UUP	6	0	4	4	14.63	14.89	12,883	6.71
	Alliance	4	1	0	1	9.76	10.55	9,126	2.73
	SDLP	1	0	5	5	2.44	8.09	6,996	5.36
	TUV	1	1	0	1	2.44	4.68	4,052	2.69
	Independent	1	0	0	0	2.44	2.38	2,059	1.15
	Aontú	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.41	357	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	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total cllrs
District Electoral Area (DEA)	Sinn Féin		DUP		UUP		Alliance		SDLP		TUV		Independents and others		Total cllrs
Armagh	49.59	4 1	14.16	1 1	9.78	0 1	4.55	0	19.29	1 1	0.00	0	2.63	0	6
Banbridge	24.47	2 1	22.26	2	28.84	2 1	14.34	1	5.76	0	4.34	0	0.00	0	7
Craigavon	35.90	2 1	29.48	1	12.13	1	12.94	1 1	8.90	0 2	0.00	0	0.00	0	5
Cusher	17.73	1	26.81	1	12.55	1 1	4.84	0	4.71	0	16.59	1 1	16.77	1	5
Lagan River	5.02	0	49.03	3	19.86	1	17.62	1	2.20	0	6.27	0	0.00	0	5
Lurgan	48.59	4 1	23.19	2 1	7.84	0 1	13.33	1	7.04	0 1	0.00	0	0.00	0	7
Portadown	23.71	2 1	41.58	3	13.74	1	7.55	0	6.90	0 1	6.52	0	0.00	0	6
Total	30.47	15 5	28.52	13 2	14.89	6 4	10.55	4 1	8.09	1 5	4.68	1 1	5.10	1	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	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
	UUP	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Alliance	Joy Ferguson	14.34%	1,961
	UUP	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
	UUP	Ian Burns*	7.20%	984	1,029.64	1,143.06	1,262.96	1,344.76	1,433.76
	UUP	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	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
	UUP	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	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
	UUP	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
	UUP	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Mark Baxter*	22.61%	2,261
	Alliance	Jessica Johnston*	17.62%	1,762
	UUP	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
	UUP	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	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
	UUP	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	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
	UUP	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
	UUP	Zöe McCullough	2.64%	322
Electorate: 22,318 Valid: 12,202 (54.67%) Spoilt: 214 Quota: 1,744 Turnout: 12,416 (55.63%)

Notes

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

"Local government elections in Northern Ireland". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
"NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
^ "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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