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 b ...

Banbridge District Council Banbridge District Council was the local authority of 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 Armagh City and District ...

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 North ...

. 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 Elections to Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 41 members to the council using Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party were the largest p ...

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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.

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough 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 appea ...

: 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