The Orchard (District Electoral Area)
{{Short description|District electoral areas in Armagh, Northern Ireland}}
File:Armagh 1993 The Orchard highlight.svg
The Orchard was one of the four district electoral areas in Armagh, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected five members to Armagh City and District Council, and formed part of the Newry and Armagh constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Armagh Area A which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Ballymartrim, Charlemont, Hockley, Loughgall and Rich Hill. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and largely moved into the Cusher DEA.
Councillors
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! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | Councillor ! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | Councillor ! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | Councillor ! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | Councillor ! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | Councillor |
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| 2011
! rowspan = "7" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | ! rowspan = "4" | John Campbell ! rowspan = "3" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | ! rowspan = "1" | Gerard White ! rowspan = "7" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | ! rowspan = "7" | Jim Speers ! rowspan = "7" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | ! rowspan = "1" | Joy Rollston ! rowspan = "7" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | ! rowspan = "2" | William Irwin |
| 2005
! rowspan = "2" | Paul Corrigan ! rowspan = "4" | Charles Rollston |
| 2001
! rowspan = "3" | Brian Hutchinson |
| 1997
! rowspan = "4" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | ! rowspan = "3" | Olive Whitten |
| 1993
! rowspan = "2" | John Kernan |
| 1989
! rowspan = "2" | Samuel Foster ! rowspan = "2" | Douglas Hutchinson |
| 1985
! rowspan = "1" | Christopher McAnallen ! rowspan = "1" | Ronald Allen |
2011 Election
2005: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2011: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: No change
{{STV Election box begin2|
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|numcounts= 5
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = William Irwin*
|count1 = 1,520
|percentage = 24.46%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Gerard White
|count1 = 1,215
|percentage = 19.55%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Jim Speers*
|count1 = 1,207
|percentage = 19.42%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = John Campbell*
|count1 = 939
|percentage = 15.11%
|count2 = 944.12
|count3 = 946.76
|count4 = 1,115.56
|count5 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Joy Rollston
|count1 = 724
|percentage = 11.65%
|count2 = 828.64
|count3 = 904.44
|count4 = 905.24
|count5 = 1,054.19
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Philip Weir
|count1 = 465
|percentage = 7.48%
|count2 = 814.12
|count3 = 863.32
|count4 = 864.72
|count5 = 886.47
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Traditional Unionist Voice
|candidate = Paul Coleman
|count1 = 144
|percentage = 2.32%
|count2 = 154.56
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 5
|electorate = 9,928
|valid = 6,214 (62.59%)
|spoilt = 79
|quota = 1,036
|turnout = 6,293 (63.39%)
}}
2005 Election
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: No change
{{STV Election box begin2|
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|numcounts= 5
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = William Irwin
|count1 = 1,809
|percentage = 28.02%
|count2 =
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Jim Speers*
|count1 = 1,219
|percentage = 18.88%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Paul Corrigan*
|count1 = 1,194
|percentage = 18.49%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = John Campbell*
|count1 = 1,136
|percentage = 17.59%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Charles Rollston*
|count1 = 718
|percentage = 11.12%
|count2 = 845.1
|count3 = 973.14
|count4 = 1,072.34
|count5 = 1,123
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Robert Steenson
|count1 = 381
|percentage = 5.90%
|count2 = 982.47
|count3 = 995.79
|count4 = 1,013.39
|count5 = 1,018.66
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 5
|electorate = 9,140
|valid = 6,457 (70.65%)
|spoilt = 95
|quota = 1,077
|turnout = 6,552 (71.68%)
}}
2001 Election
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=The Orchard - 5 seats{{cite web|title=Local Government Results 2001|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/46b84d90-302a-4615-8a4f-f16d5137e7fa/local_government_election_results_2001|website=EONI|access-date=24 July 2021}}
|numcounts= 5
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Brian Hutchinson*
|count1 = 1,363
|percentage = 18.99%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Jim Speers*
|count1 = 1,324
|percentage = 18.45%
|count2 =
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Paul Corrigan
|count1 = 1,221
|percentage = 17.01%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = John Campbell*
|count1 = 796
|percentage = 11.09%
|count2 = 796.48
|count3 = 797.48
|count4 = 798.08
|count5 = 1,407.08
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Charles Rollston*
|count1 = 645
|percentage = 8.99%
|count2 = 653.88
|count3 = 1,056.16
|count4 = 1,164.66
|count5 = 1,174.28
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = William Irwin
|count1 = 686
|percentage = 9.56%
|count2 = 831.92
|count3 = 898.12
|count4 = 914.42
|count5 = 919.52
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Eamon McNeill
|count1 = 651
|percentage = 9.07%
|count2 = 651.24
|count3 = 656.24
|count4 = 657.14
|count5 =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Olive Whitten*
|count1 = 492
|percentage = 6.85%
|count2 = 497.16
|count3 =
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}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 5
|electorate = 9,234
|valid = 7,178 (77.73%)
|spoilt = 117
|quota = 1,197
|turnout = 7,295 (79.00%)
}}
1997 Election
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=The Orchard - 5 seats{{cite web|title=Local Government Results 1997|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997|website=EONI|access-date=24 July 2021}}
|numcounts= 4
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Jim Speers*
|count1 = 1,630
|percentage = 26.38%
|count2 =
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|count4 =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Brian Hutchinson*
|count1 = 1,011
|percentage = 16.36%
|count2 = 1,119.78
|count3 =
|count4 =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Charles Rollston*
|count1 = 836
|percentage = 13.53%
|count2 = 1,061.33
|count3 =
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Olive Whitten*
|count1 = 613
|percentage = 9.92%
|count2 = 873.85
|count3 = 960.3
|count4 =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = John Campbell
|count1 = 882
|percentage = 14.27%
|count2 = 883.11
|count3 = 883.46
|count4 = 1,205.46
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Eamon McNeill
|count1 = 629
|percentage = 10.18%
|count2 = 631.22
|count3 = 632.62
|count4 = 717.62
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Elizabeth Gartland
|count1 = 578
|percentage = 9.35%
|count2 = 578
|count3 = 578
|count4 =
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 4
|electorate = 8,976
|valid = 6,179 (68.84%)
|spoilt = 80
|quota = 1,030
|turnout = 6,259 (69.73%)
}}
1993 Election
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: No change
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=The Orchard - 5 seats{{cite web|title=Local Government Results 1993|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/b0d9bd01-b804-48bd-8641-9d763ec66466/local_government_election_results_1993|website=EONI|access-date=24 July 2021}}
|numcounts= 3
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Jim Speers*
|count1 = 1,620
|percentage = 27.66%
|count2 =
|count3 =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = John Kernan*
|count1 = 1,410
|percentage = 24.08%
|count2 =
|count3 =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Brian Hutchinson
|count1 = 1,174
|percentage = 20.05%
|count2 =
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Charles Rollston
|count1 = 749
|percentage = 12.79%
|count2 = 991
|count3 =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Olive Whitten*
|count1 = 555
|percentage = 9.48%
|count2 = 940.2
|count3 = 985.95
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Brendan Casey
|count1 = 348
|percentage = 5.94%
|count2 = 348.8
|count3 = 733.55
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 3
|electorate = 8,581
|valid = 5,856 (68.24%)
|spoilt = 93
|quota = 977
|turnout = 5,949 (69.33%)
}}
1989 Election
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=The Orchard - 5 seats{{cite web|title=Local Government Results 1989|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c747b644-74fb-4401-a84f-1900f7818722/local_government_election_results_1989|website=EONI|access-date=24 July 2021}}
|numcounts= 4
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Jim Speers*
|count1 = 1,665
|percentage = 28.95%
|count2 =
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = John Kernan
|count1 = 1,203
|percentage = 20.92%
|count2 =
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Samuel Foster*
|count1 = 855
|percentage = 14.87%
|count2 = 1,179.24
|count3 =
|count4 =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Douglas Hutchinson*
|count1 = 950
|percentage = 16.52%
|count2 = 1,081.88
|count3 =
|count4 =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Olive Whitten
|count1 = 677
|percentage = 11.77%
|count2 = 910.52
|count3 = 928
|count4 = 1,147.9
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Brendan Casey
|count1 = 401
|percentage = 6.97%
|count2 = 401
|count3 = 625.02
|count4 = 625.02
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 4
|electorate = 8,056
|valid = 5,751 (71.39%)
|spoilt = 111
|quota = 959
|turnout = 5,862 (72.77%)
}}
1985 Election
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=The Orchard - 5 seats{{cite web|title=Local Government Results 1985|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/2d57a980-809e-4f90-b658-0175b954d3a2/local_government_election_results_1985|website=EONI|access-date=24 July 2021}}
|numcounts= 6
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Jim Speers*
|count1 = 1,189
|percentage = 21.13%
|count2 =
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Douglas Hutchinson*
|count1 = 1,150
|percentage = 20.44%
|count2 =
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Ronald Allen*
|count1 = 875
|percentage = 15.55%
|count2 = 972.23
|count3 =
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}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Samuel Foster*
|count1 = 676
|percentage = 12.02%
|count2 = 823.21
|count3 = 1,027.81
|count4 =
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|count6 =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Christopher McAnallen
|count1 = 612
|percentage = 10.88%
|count2 = 612.63
|count3 = 612.83
|count4 = 626.43
|count5 = 783.63
|count6 = 794.34
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Francis McIlvanna*
|count1 = 579
|percentage = 10.29%
|count2 = 579.84
|count3 = 580.04
|count4 = 584.64
|count5 = 771.04
|count6 = 773.14
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Brigid McCartan
|count1 = 545
|percentage = 9.69%
|count2 = 545
|count3 = 546.4
|count4 = 546.6
|count5 =
|count6 =
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 6
|electorate = 7,682
|valid = 5,626 (73.24%)
|spoilt = 92
|quota = 938
|turnout = 5,718 (74.43%)
}}