Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council is a local authority that was established on 1 April 2015. It replaced

Armagh City and District Council Armagh City and District Council was a district council in County Armagh in Northern Ireland. It merged with Banbridge District Council and Craigavon Borough Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to beco ...

Banbridge District Council Banbridge District Council was the local authority of Banbridge (district), Banbridge in Northern Ireland. It was created in 1973 when the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 came into force. In May 2015, it merged with Arma ...

and

Craigavon Borough Council 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 Norther ...

. The first elections to the authority were on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority, before the

Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Ulster Scots: ''Airmagh, Bannbrig an Craigavon'' , settlement_type = District , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_type1 = Constituent country , subdivision_type2 = , subdivision_type3 = , ...

district was created on 1 April 2015.

Mayoralty

Lord Mayor

Deputy Lord Mayor

Councillors

For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):

Seat summary

Councillors by electoral area

†'' Co-opted to fill a vacancy since the election.''
‡'' Changed party affiliation since the election.
Last updated 8 November 2022.'' ''For further details see 2019 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election.''

Population

The area covered by the council has a population of 199,693 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census. This made it the second largest council, in terms of population, after

Belfast City Council Belfast City Council ( ga, Comhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste) is the local authority with responsibility for part of the city of Belfast, the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. The Council serves an estimated population of (), the l ...

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the

Freedom of the Borough The Freedom of the City (or Borough in some parts of the UK) is an honour bestowed by a municipality upon a valued member of the community, or upon a visiting celebrity or dignitary. Arising from the medieval practice of granting respected ...

of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough.

Individuals

Gloria Hunniford Mary Winifred Gloria Hunniford, OBE (born 10 April 1940) is a Northern Irish television and radio presenter, broadcaster and singer. She is known for presenting programmes on the BBC and ITV, such as '' Rip Off Britain'', and her regular appear ...

: 20 December 2021.

References

External links

* {{Northern Ireland districts District councils of Northern Ireland Politics of County Antrim Politics of County Armagh Politics of County Down