2014_Armagh,_Banbridge_and_Craigavon_District_Council_election

2014 Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Council election
All 41 council seats; 21 seats needed for a majority
	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon 2014 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)

2014 Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council election

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The first election to Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council,^[1] part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014,^[2]^[3] returned 41 members to the newly-formed council via Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party won a plurality of seats, although the Ulster Unionist Party attracted the most first-preference votes.

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District results

Lurgan

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Lurgan - 7 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	DUP	Carla Lockhart* †	17.50%	2,013
	SDLP	Joe Nelson*	7.29%	839	839.28	842.28	932.28	937.28	937.28	937.28	979.28	1,125.84	1,632.84
	UUP	Colin McCusker*	7.85%	903	997.64	1,011.92	1,011.92	1,052.32	1,133.4	1,306.68	1,307.96	1,353.8	1,357.8	1,364.68	1,802.68
	DUP	Philip Moutray* †	5.07%	583	920.68	931.24	931.24	973.88	1,054.84	1,169.36	1,169.92	1,199.6	1,210.16	1,211.02	1,520.02
	Sinn Féin	Máire Cairns †	8.71%	1,002	1,002.28	1,004.28	1,010.28	1,013.28	1,015.28	1,017.56	1,103.56	1,137.56	1,173.56	1,211.4	1,218.24	1,232.24	1,240.24
	Sinn Féin	Keith Haughian	8.09%	930	930	931	936	939	939	940	1,043	1,085	1,133	1,184.6	1,185.44	1,189.44	1,193.44
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Seeley* †	7.34%	844	844	844	851	854	854	856	945	971.28	1.009.28	1,076.36	1,080.92	1,089.92	1,102.92
	Sinn Féin	Noel McGeown*	6.57%	756	757.12	758.12	761.12	764.12	764.12	765.12	975.12	1,004.12	1,059.12	1,085.78	1,086.78	1,091.78	1,093.78
	UUP	Aaron Carson	4.67%	539	586.88	598.16	598.16	641.16	747.8	935.76	936.76	972.88	980.16	982.74
	SDLP	Pat McDade	5.63%	648	649.96	661.96	687.96	694.96	694.96	698.24	733.24	884.52
	Alliance	Peter Lavery	5.12%	589	592.36	654.76	660.76	677.04	679.32	684.6	700.6
	Sinn Féin	Liam Mackle*	5.10%	587	587.84	590.84	596.84	598.84	598.84	598.84
	TUV	Roy Ferguson	3.22%	370	390.72	392.72	393.72	443.68	537
	PUP	Lexi Davidson	2.79%	321	352.64	355.64	356.64	388.6
	UKIP	Jonny Johns	2.30%	264	276.88	280.16	281.44
	SDLP	Anna Ochal-Molenda	1.50%	173	173.28	175.28
	NI21	Stuart McClelland	1.23%	141	144.08
Electorate: 23,950 Valid: 11,502 (48.03%) Spoilt: 233 Quota: 1,438 Turnout: 11,735 (49.00%)

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Party		Seats	First Pref. votes	FPv%
	DUP	13	17,734	24.56
	UUP	12	18,882	26.14
	Sinn Féin	8	15,160	20.99
	SDLP	6	10,083	13.96
	Ind. Unionist	1	2,590	3.59
	UKIP	1	1,322	1.83
	Alliance	0	2,440	3.38
	TUV	0	1,852	2.56
	PUP	0	1,274	1.76
	NI21	0	884	1.22
Totals		41	72,221	100.00

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	DUP		UUP		Sinn Féin		SDLP		UKIP		Alliance		Others		Total Cllrs
Armagh	9.6	1	19.3	1	41.0	2	26.8	2	2.1	0	1.2	0	0.0	0	6
Banbridge	23.8	2	41.0	3	12.3	0	14.5	1	0.0	0	5.1	0	3.3	0	7
Craigavon	25.4	2	21.7	1	22.5	1	15.1	1	0.0	0	4.7	0	10.6	0	5
Cusher	22.0	1	38.4	2	9.7	0	11.4	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	18.5	1	5
Lagan River	40.7	3	31.4	2	3.2	0	3.8	0	0.0	0	6.2	0	14.7	0	5
Lurgan	22.6	2	12.5	1	35.8	3	14.4	1	0.0	0	5.1	0	9.6	0	7
Portadown	32.7	2	19.4	2	16.7	1	8.7	0	7.8	1	2.0	0	12.7	0	5
Total	24.6	13	26.1	12	21.0	8	14.0	6	1.8	1	3.4	0	9.1	1	41

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Garath Keating*	20.13%	2,298
	SDLP	Thomas O'Hanlon*	14.94%	1,705
	Sinn Féin	Darren McNally*	12.23%	1,396	1,681.07
	UUP	Sam Nicholson	11.64%	1,329	1,329.58	1,389.87	2,010.87
	DUP	Freda Donnelly*	9.59%	1,095	1,096.16	1,172.16	1,435.16	1,790.51
	SDLP	Mealla Campbell*	11.83%	1,350	1,403.36	1,496.52	1,515.81	1,537.89	1,690.77
	Sinn Féin	Gerard White*	8.60%	982	1,287.08	1,297.66	1,300.66	1,301.35	1,307.23
	UUP	Joy Rollston*	7.69%	878	878.29	951.29
	UKIP	Adam Watt	2.10%	240	241.74
	Alliance	Mohammad Zahid	1.23%	140	144.35
Electorate: 21,049 Valid: 11,413 (54.22%) Spoilt: 221 Quota: 1,631 Turnout: 11,634 (55.26%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Glenn Barr*	17.49%	1,999
	UUP	Ian Burns*	12.01%	1,373	1,724.12
	UUP	Elizabeth Ingram*	11.53%	1,318	1,431.68
	DUP	Paul Greenfield	8.45%	966	986.44	1,090.04	1,114.12	1,114.12	1,137.24	1,554.24
	DUP	Junior McCrum*	9.01%	1,030	1,059.68	1,157.68	1,180.92	1,180.92	1,217.32	1,492.32
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Curran* †	7.54%	862	862.56	862.56	866.56	1,291.56	1,333.56	1,334.56
	SDLP	Seamus Doyle*	8.53%	975	976.96	982.84	1,023.96	1,079.96	1,259.88	1,275.68
	SDLP	Marie Hamilton*	5.95%	680	682.8	685.04	720.6	771.6	1,003.56	1,028.36
	DUP	Ian Wilson	6.38%	730	755.48	814.56	843.08	843.08	868.04
	Alliance	Sheila McQuaid*	5.07%	579	582.92	592.72	740.52	753.52
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Savage	4.79%	547	547	547	555
	NI21	Emma Hutchinson	3.25%	371	374.92	389.48
Electorate: 23,380 Valid: 11,430 (48.89%) Spoilt: 162 Quota: 1,429 Turnout: 11,592 (49.58%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	UUP	Kenneth Twyble*	16.41%	1,389	1,389	1,451
	DUP	Robert Smith*	14.76%	1,250	1,250	1,265	1,430
	SDLP	Declan McAlinden*	9.93%	841	858	893	896	896.88	896.88	1,247.52	1,416.52
	Sinn Féin	Fergal Lennon ‡	10.75%	910	1,023	1,044	1,049	1,049.88	1,049.88	1,111.88	1,236.88
	DUP	Margaret Tinsley*	10.62%	899	899	912	964	967.52	981.6	983.6	999.71	1,303.71
	Sinn Féin	Tommy O'Connor*	9.24%	782	837	844	844	844	844	881	991	995
	UUP	Julie Flaherty	5.26%	445	445	476	633	659.4	661.71	667.47	694.58
	Independent	Kieran Corr	5.79%	490	494	542	545	546.76	546.98	596.98
	SDLP	Thomas Larkham	5.19%	439	451	537	539	544.28	544.28
	PUP	Brian Cummings	4.85%	411	411	424
	Alliance	John Cleland	4.69%	397	401
	Sinn Féin	Vincent McAleenan	2.52%	213
Electorate: 17,589 Valid: 8,466 (48.13%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 1,412 Turnout: 8,640 (49.12%)

2014_Armagh,_Banbridge_and_Craigavon_District_Council_election

2014 Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council election

Election results

Districts summary

District results

Armagh

Banbridge

Craigavon

Cusher

Lagan River

Lurgan

Portadown

Changes during the term

† Co-options

‡ Changes of affiliation

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Co-option date	Electoral Area		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
12 August 2016	Banbridge	Sinn Féin	Brendan Curran	Kevin Savage	Curran resigned his seat for health reasons.^[5]
2 February 2017	Portadown	Sinn Féin	Gemma McKenna	Paul Duffy	McKenna resigned her seat for personal reasons.^[6]
26 May 2016	Portadown	UUP	Doug Beattie	Julie Flaherty	Beattie was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.^[7]
8 June 2016	Lurgan	DUP	Carla Lockhart	Terry McWilliams	Lockhart was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.^[8]
8 June 2016	Lurgan	Sinn Féin	Catherine Seeley	Liam Mackle	Seeley was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.^[9]
4 Apr 2017	Portadown	DUP	Jonathan Buckley	Louise Templeton	Buckley was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.^[10]^[11]
18 June 2018	Lurgan	Sinn Féin	Máire Cairns	Catherine Nelson (Catherine Seeley)	Cairns resigned.^[12]
17 December 2018	Lurgan	DUP	Philip Moutray	Stephen Moutray	Moutray resigned.

Date	Electoral Area	Name
6 Nov 2015	Lagan River	Carol Black^[13]	UUP	Independent
11 May 2018	Portadown	David Jones ^[14]	UKIP	Independent
26 Feb 2018	Craigavon	Fergal Lennon^[15]	Sinn Féin	Aontú

Cusher - 5 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	UUP	Jim Speers*	21.17%	2,221
	Independent	Paul Berry*	18.36%	1,927
	UUP	Gordon Kennedy*	17.27%	1,812
	SDLP	Sharon Haughey*	11.44%	1,200	1,229.52	1,235.52	1,949.52
	DUP	Gareth Wilson*	12.25%	1,285	1,547.8	1,631.6	1,632.6
	DUP	Tim McClelland	9.77%	1,025	1,195.88	1,273.18	1,281.18
	Sinn Féin	Mary Doyle*	9.75%	1,023	1,023.48	1,024.48
Electorate: 17,523 Valid: 10,493 (59.88%) Spoilt: 122 Quota: 1,749 Turnout: 10,615 (60.58%)

Lagan River - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Mark Baxter*	16.00%	1,341	1,352	1,353	1,369	1,373	1,484
	DUP	Paul Rankin*	15.13%	1,268	1,308	1,311	1,322	1,335	1,484
	UUP	Marc Woods	12.21%	1,023	1,032	1,032	1,054	1,059	1,229	1,235.72	1,249.8	1,483.8
	UUP	Carol Black* ‡	10.08%	845	867	871	904	919	1,023	1,035.6	1,049.68	1,450.68
	DUP	Hazel Gamble*	9.59%	804	819	820	832	836	915	980.52	1,031.72	1,226.04
	Alliance	Harry Hamilton	6.23%	522	546	570	715	1,034	1,053	1,053.84	1,053.84	1,080.84
	UUP	Olive Mercer*	9.12%	764	775	776	795	811	909	909.84	916.24
	TUV	Samuel Morrison	9.14%	766	777	778	789	792
	SDLP	Maureen Litter	3.77%	316	321	527	553
	NI21	Neville Hutchinson	3.42%	287	302	314
	Sinn Féin	Keara Downey	3.25%	272	273
	Independent	Frazer McCammond	2.06%	173
Electorate: 16,260 Valid: 8,381 (51.54%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,397 Turnout: 8,473 (52.11%)

Portadown - 6 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Jonathan Buckley* †	14.19%	1,738
	Sinn Féin	Gemma McKenna* †	10.30%	929	939	939	939.13	941.13	1,592.13
	DUP	Darryn Causby*	11.21%	954	968	1,115.29	1,266.33	1,442.84	1,443.84	2,035.84
	UUP	Doug Beattie †	13.57%	1,089	1,127	1,150.53	1,224.92	1,399.7	1,399.7	1,504.75	1,738.75
	UUP	Arnold Hatch*	12.21%	955	994	1,003.23	1,041.62	1,121.66	1,123.66	1,203.29	1,368.29	1,546.29
	UKIP	David Jones ‡	7.73%	818	841	847.11	978.37	1,246.67	1,256.8	1,323.01	1,361.01	1,387.01
	SDLP	Eamon McNeill*	9.53%	917	1,002	1,002.39	1,004.39	1,005.39	1,138.39	1,145.39	1,149.39	1,149.39
	DUP	Terry McWilliams*	7.56%	753	763	786.66	823.18	902.35	906.48
	Sinn Féin	Paul Duffy*	8.76%	827	838	838.52	838.52	841.52
	TUV	Paul Coleman	6.67%	716	720	728.19	818.71
	PUP	John Stevenson	5.05%	542	550	553.38
	Alliance	Pete Giffen	1.98%	213
	NI21	Kyle Thomas	0.79%	85
Electorate: 20,556 Valid: 10,536 (51.26%) Spoilt: 196 Quota: 1,506 Turnout: 10,732 (52.21%)