title: 2014 Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council election
text: # 2014 Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council election
  
  The first election to Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014, 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.
  
  ## Election results
  
  | Party | Party | Seats | First Pref. votes | FPv% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | DUP | 13 | 17,734 | 24.56% |
  | | Ulster Unionist | 12 | 18,882 | 26.14% |
  | | Sinn Féin | 8 | 15,160 | 20.99% |
  | | SDLP | 6 | 10,083 | 13.96% |
  | | Independent | 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 | Totals | 41 | 72,221 | 100% |
  
  ## Districts summary
  
  Results of the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council election, 2014 by district :
  
  | Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | UKIP | UKIP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | 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 |
  
  ## District results
  
  ### Armagh
  
  2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
  
  ### Banbridge
  
  2014: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
  
  ### Portadown
  
  * Incumbent
  
  ## Changes during the term
  
  ### † Co-options
  
  | Co-option date | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 12 August 2016 | Banbridge | Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran | Kevin Savage | Curran resigned his seat for health reasons. |
  | 2 February 2017 | Portadown | Sinn Féin | Gemma McKenna | Paul Duffy | McKenna resigned her seat for personal reasons. |
  | 26 May 2016 | Portadown | Ulster Unionist | Doug Beattie | Julie Flaherty | Beattie was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
  | 8 June 2016 | Lurgan | DUP | Carla Lockhart | Terry McWilliams | Lockhart was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
  | 8 June 2016 | Lurgan | Sinn Féin | Catherine Seeley | Liam Mackle | Seeley was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
  | 4 Apr 2017 | Portadown | DUP | Jonathan Buckley | Louise Templeton | Buckley was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
  | 18 June 2018 | Lurgan | Sinn Féin | Máire Cairns | Catherine Nelson (Catherine Seeley) | Cairns resigned. |
  | 17 December 2018 | Lurgan | DUP | Philip Moutray | Stephen Moutray | Moutray resigned. |
  
  ### ‡ Changes of affiliation
  
  | Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 Nov 2015 | Lagan River | Carol Black | Ulster Unionist | Independent |
  | 11 May 2018 | Portadown | David Jones | UKIP | Independent |
  | 26 Feb 2018 | Craigavon | Fergal Lennon | Sinn Féin | Aontú |
  
  Current composition: see Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council.
  
  