Cusher is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in

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

, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council 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, Banbridge District Council and Craigavon Borough Council. The first elections to the a ...

and contains the wards of Hamiltonsbawn, Markethill, Richhill, Seagahan and Tandragee.
ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Armagh forms part of the Newry and Armagh constituencies for the Newry and Armagh (Assembly constituency), Northern Ireland Assembly and

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. It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Armagh Area B which had existed since 1973, where it contained six wards (Hamiltonsbawn, Killeen, Laurelvale, Markethill, Poyntz Pass and Tandragee). For the 2014 local elections it was reduced by one ward but gained most of the abolished The Orchard DEA.

Councillors

2023 Election

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

2019 Election

2014: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2019: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

2014 Election

2011: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2014: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2011-2014 Change: DUP loss due to the reduction of one seat

2011 Election

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2011: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from DUP

2005 Election

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

2001 Election

1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP

1997 Election

1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change

1993 Election

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: No change

1989 Election

1985: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change

1985 Election

1985: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

References

{{reflist 1985 establishments in Northern Ireland