Armagh is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 The district elects six members to Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council and contains the wards of Blackwatertown, Cathedral, Demesne, Keady, Navan and The Mall., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Armagh forms part of the Newry and Armagh constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, where it was called Armagh City until 2014. It replaced Armagh Area D which had existed since 1973, and originally contained five wards (Abbey Park, Callan Bridge, Demesne, Downs, Observatory and The Mall). For the 2014 local elections it gained most of the abolished Crossmore DEA.
Councillors Election Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) 2023 Fergal Donnelly (Sinn Féin) Sarah Duffy (Sinn Féin) Ashley Mallon (Sinn Féin) John Óg O'Kane (Sinn Féin) Thomas O'Hanlon (SDLP) Scott Armstrong (DUP)February 2022 co-option Darren McNally (Sinn Féin) Jackie Donnelly (Sinn Féin) Grainne O'Neill (SDLP) Sam Nicholson (UUP)January 2021 co-option Garath Keating (Sinn Féin)2019 Mealla Campbell (SDLP)2014 Freda Donnelly (DUP) 2011 Cathy Rafferty (Sinn Féin) Noel Sheridan (Sinn Féin) Roy McCartney (Sinn Féin) Sylvia McRoberts (UUP) 2005 Pat Brannigan (SDLP) 2001 Patrick McMagee (Sinn Féin) Anna Brolly (SDLP) 1997 Noel Sheridan (Sinn Féin) Seán McGirr (Sinn Féin) Gordon Frazer (UUP) 1993 John Agnew (SDLP) 1989 Seamus Hart (Sinn Féin) George Macartney (UUP) John Doogan (UUP) 1985 Thomas Carroll (Sinn Féin) Geoffrey Knipe (DUP)
2023 election
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2019–2023 change: Sinn Féin and DUP gain from SDLP and UUP
2019 election
2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2014-2019 change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
2014 election
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2011-2014 change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
2011 election
2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2005-2011 change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
2005 election
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 change: No change
2001 election
1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP
2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1997-2001 change: DUP gain from UUP
1997 election
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
1993 election
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989-1993 change: No change
1989 election
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 change: SDLP gain from DUP
1985 election
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
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