Craigavon (District Electoral Area)

Craigavon
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	2014
Seats	5 (2014-)
Councillors	Robbie Alexander (APNI)   Kate Evans (UUP)   Jude Mallon (SF)   Catherine Nelson (SF)   Margaret Tinsley (DUP)

Craigavon DEA within Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon

Craigavon is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council and contains the wards of Bleary, Brownlow, Craigavon Centre, Derrytrasna and Kernan. Craigavon forms part of the Upper Bann constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Craigavon Central DEA and parts of the Loughside DEA which had existed since 1985.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2023		Catherine Nelson (Sinn Féin)		Jude Mallon (Sinn Féin)		Robbie Alexander (Alliance)		Margaret Tinsley (DUP)		Kate Evans (UUP)
2019				Declan McAlinden (SDLP)		Thomas Larkham (SDLP)				Kenneth Twyble (UUP)
February 2019 Defection		Fergal Lennon (Aontú)/ (Sinn Féin)				Robert Smith (DUP)
2014

2023 Election

2019: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and Alliance gain from SDLP (two seats)

Craigavon - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Jude Mallon	18.26%	1,964
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Nelson*	17.64%	1,897
	DUP	Margaret Tinsley*	16.84%	1,811
	Alliance	Robbie Alexander	12.94%	1,392	1,439	1,935
	UUP	Kate Evans	12.13%	1,305	1,313	1,375	1,531.40	1,671.58
	DUP	Ian Patterson	12.64%	1,360	1,361	1,379	1,393.28	1,395.00
	SDLP	Declan McAlinden*	7.08%	762	889
	SDLP	Jackie Coade	1.82%	196
Electorate: 20,449   Valid: 10,757 (52.60%)   Spoilt: 172   Quota: 1,793   Turnout: 10,929 (53.45%)

2019 Election

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2019: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2014-2019 Change: SDLP gain from DUP

Craigavon - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Nelson	13.77%	1,332	1,388	1,430	2,072
	SDLP	Thomas Larkham	12.86%	1,244	1,272	1,524	1,591	1,817
	UUP	Kenneth Twyble*	10.72%	1,037	1,037	1,135	1,136	1,139	1,141	1,803
	SDLP	Declan McAlinden*	10.48%	1,014	1,083	1,191	1,218	1,324	1,470	1,544
	DUP	Margaret Tinsley*	14.64%	1,416	1,416	1,427	1,427	1,428	1,428	1,506
	DUP	Robert Smith*	11.42%	1,105	1,108	1,118	1,119	1,121	1,121	1,235
	UUP	Kate Evans	9.00%	871	873	995	996	998	1,002
	Sinn Féin	Michael Tallon	7.51%	727	749	761
	Alliance	Sean Hagan	7.22%	699	725
	Aontú	Fergal Lennon*	2.38%	230
Electorate: 18,798   Valid: 9,675 (51.47%)   Spoilt: 176   Quota: 1,613   Turnout: 9,851 (52.40%)

2014 Election

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

Craigavon - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)