Central was one of the four district electoral areas in Craigavon, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected seven members to Craigavon Borough Council, and formed 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 C which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Bleary, Drumgask, Drumgor, Edenderry, Kernan, Killycomain and Tullygally. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and replaced with the Craigavon DEA with areas also moving into the Portadown DEA.
Demography On Census Day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Craigavon District Electoral Area was 25,287 accounting for 1.40% of the NI total. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright. 96.92% were from the white (including Irish Traveller) ethnic group; 49.12% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic Christian church and 44.12% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' churches; and 46.47% indicated that they had a British national identity, 25.04% had an Irish national identity and 29.72% had a Northern Irish national identity. Respondents could indicate more than one national identity
On Census Day 27 March 2011, in Craigavon District Electoral Area, considering the population aged 3 years old and over:
10.17% had some knowledge of Irish; 4.83% had some knowledge of Ulster-Scots; and 6.95% did not have English as their first language.
Through the late 1970s and early 1980s, Craigavon hosted many families of Refugees of the Vietnam War.
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) 2011 Mark O'Dowd (Sinn Féin) Tommy O'Connor (Sinn Féin) Michael Dixon (Alliance) Kenneth Twyble (UUP) Ronald Harkness (UUP) Robert Smith (DUP) William Smith (DUP) 2005 John O'Dowd (Sinn Féin) Kieran Corr (SDLP) Philip Weir (DUP) 2001 Francis Murray (Sinn Féin) Patricia Mallon (SDLP) Frederick Crowe (UUP) 1997 Sean Hagan (Alliance) Samuel McCammick (UUP) William Allen (DUP) 1993 Brendan Curran (Sinn Féin) 1989 Elizabeth McClurg (UUP) James Daly (SDLP) Pauline Lindsay (UUP) David Calvin (DUP) 1985 William Smith (DUP) Tom French (Workers' Party) Brid Rodgers (SDLP) Cyril McLoughlin (UUP) Mary Simpson (UUP) Robert Dodds (DUP)
2011 Election
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin and Alliance gain from SDLP and DUP
2005 Election
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2001–2005 Change: DUP gain from SDLP
2001 Election
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance
1997 Election
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: No change
1993 Election
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
1989 Election
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party
1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from DUP and Workers' Party
1985 Election
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party
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