Lurgan 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 seven members to Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council and contains the wards of Aghagallon, Knocknashane, Lough Road, Magheralin, Mourneview, Parklake and Shankill., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Lurgan forms part of the Upper Bann constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Craigavon Area D which had existed since 1973, where it contained seven wards (Church, Knocknashane, Magheralin, Mourneview, Parklake, Taghnevan and Waringstown). For the 2014 local elections it gained much of the abolished Loughside DEA around Aghagallon, while losing areas to the new Lagan River DEA around Waringstown.
Councillors Election Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) June 2026 Co-Option Keith Haughian (Sinn Féin) Liam Mackle (Sinn Féin) Chloe Devine (Sinn Féin) Mary O'Dowd (Sinn Féin) Peter Lavery (Alliance) Peter Haire (DUP) Stephen Moutray (DUP)2023 Sorchá McGeown (Sinn Féin)January 2021 Co-Option Ciarán Toman (SDLP) Louise McKinstry (UUP)2019 Joe Nelson (SDLP)December 2018 Co-Option Catherine Nelson (Sinn Féin) Terry McWilliams (DUP) Colin McCusker (UUP)June 2018 Co-Option Máire Cairns (Sinn Féin) Philip Moutray (DUP)June 2016 Co-Options Catherine Seeley (Sinn Féin)2014 Carla Lockhart (DUP) 2011 Liam Mackle (Sinn Féin) George Savage (UUP) Jo-Anne Dobson (UUP) Meta Crozier (UUP) Mark Baxter (DUP) Stephen Moutray (DUP) 2005 Maurice Magill (Sinn Féin) Samuel Gardiner (UUP) Fergie Dawson (DUP) Mark Russell (DUP) 2001 Mary McNally (SDLP) Sydney Cairns (UUP) Jonathan Bell (DUP)/ (UUP) 1997 Ruth Allen (DUP) 1993 Samuel Lutton (UUP) Audrey Savage (UUP) Donald MacKay (UUP) 1989 Brid Rodgers (SDLP) Yvonne Calvert (DUP) 1985 Hugh News (SDLP) George Savage (UUP) Samuel Gardiner (UUP) Philip Black (UUP) Frederick Baird (DUP) David Calvert (DUP)
2023 election
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP, DUP gain from UUP
2019 election
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 change: Alliance gain from DUP
2014 election
2011: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2011-2014 change: Sinn Féin (two seats) and SDLP gain from UUP (two seats) and DUP
2011 election
2005: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2011: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2005-2011 change: No change
2005 election
2001: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x UUP, 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001–2005 change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and SDLP
2001 election
1997: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 change: DUP gain from UUP
1997 election
1993: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 change: No change
1993 election
1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 change: UUP gain from DUP
1989 election
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 change: No change
1985 election
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
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