Craigavon Borough Council
{{Short description|Former local council in Northern Ireland}}
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Ranked 19th of 26
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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.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7367253.stm Northern Ireland elections are postponed, BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008] 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{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/10314865.stm |title=The executive fails to agree a deal on council reform |date=15 June 2010 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=8 July 2010}} 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
| class="wikitable"
! !! 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: [http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/]
Mayor of Craigavon
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Name !colspan=2|Political affiliation !Deputy !colspan=2|Deputy's affiliation |
| 1973–75
|Joseph A. Johnston | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |James McCammick | {{Party name with colour|Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party}} |
| 1975–76
|James McCammick | {{Party name with colour|Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party}} |Tom Creith | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 1976–77
|Tom Creith | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 1977–78
|Sydney Cairns | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |Brian T. English | {{Party name with colour|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}} |
| 1978–79
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| 1979–80
|Alan Locke | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} | {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}} |
| 1980–81
|Frank Dale | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |Sean Hagan | {{Party name with colour|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}} |
| 1981–82
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| 1982–83
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |James Gillespie | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 1983–84
|James Gillespie | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |Frederick Baird | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| 1984–85
|Arnold Hatch | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |Patrick J. Crilly | {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}} |
| 1985–87
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |James Gillespie | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 1987–88
|Sydney Cairns | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |Arnold Hatch | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 1988–89
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |James McCammick | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 1989–91
|James McCammick | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |Joy Savage, then | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 1991–92
|Joe Trueman | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |Fred Crowe | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 1992–93
|Fred Crowe | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |Sam Lutton | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 1993–94
|Joy Savage | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |Ruth Allen | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| 1994–95
|Brian Maguinness | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |Sean McKavanagh | {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}} |
| rowspan=2|1995–96
|rowspan=2|Meta Crozier |rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}| |rowspan=2|Ulster Unionist Party |rowspan=2|Hugh Casey | {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}} |
| {{Party name with colour|Independent Labour}} |
| 1996 – Dec 96
| {{Party name with colour|Independent Labour}} |Sam Lutton | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| Dec 1996 – 97
|Sam Lutton | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} | {{Party name with colour|Independent Labour}} |
| 1998–99
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} | {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}} |
| 1999–00
| {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}} |Fred Crowe | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 2000–01
|Fred Crowe | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |Mark Neale | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 2001–02
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| 2002–03
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| 2003–04
|Ignatius Fox | {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}} | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| 2004–05
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |Ignatius Fox | {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}} |
| 2005–06
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |Robert Smith | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| 2006–07
|Kenneth Twyble | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |Mary McAlinden | {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}} |
| 2007–08
|Robert Smith | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |Kenneth Twyble | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 2008–09
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |Arnold Hatch | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 2009–10
|Meta Crozier | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |Philip Weir | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| 2010–11
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |Kieran Corr | {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} |
| 2011–12
|Alan Carson | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 2012–13
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |Arnold Hatch | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 2013–14
|Mark Baxter | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |Colin McCusker | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 2014–15
|Colin McCusker | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} | {{Party name with colour|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.
| class="wikitable" |
| Name
!colspan=2|Party |
|---|
| Jonathan Buckley
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| Phil Moutray
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| Robert Smith
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| Mark Baxter
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| Margaret Tinsley
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| Alan Carson
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| Darryn Causby
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| Gladys McCullough
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| Carla Lockhart
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| Catherine Seeley
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |
| Mark O'Dowd
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |
| Liam Mackle
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |
| Mairead O'Dowd
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |
| Paul Duffy
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |
| Gemma McKenna
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |
| Thomas O'Connor
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |
| Noel McGeown
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |
| Kyle Savage
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| Arnold Hatch
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| Ronald Harkness
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| Colin McCusker
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| Meta Crozier
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| Kenneth Twyble
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| Declan McAlinden
| {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}} |
| Joseph Nelson
| {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}} |
| Conrad Dixon
| {{Party name with colour|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}} |
Council services
- Coney Island, Lough Neagh is owned by the National Trust and was managed on their behalf by Craigavon Borough Council.{{cite web|title=Coney Island |work=Culture Northern Ireland |url=http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=895 |access-date=6 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405141722/http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=895 |archive-date=5 April 2012 }}
Population
The area covered by Craigavon Borough Council had a population of 93,023 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.{{cite web|title=NI Census 2011 – Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014|url=http://www.nisra.gov.uk/archive/census/2011/results/key-statistics/summary-report.pdf|website=NI Statistics and Research Agency|access-date=28 September 2014}}
See also
References
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