Portadown (District Electoral Area)

Portadown is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland. The district elects six members to Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council and contains the wards of Ballybay, Corcrain, Killycomain, Loughgall, Mahon and The Birches. Portadown forms part of the Upper Bann constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, mainly replacing Craigavon Area B which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained seven wards (Annagh, Ballybay, Ballyoran, Brownstown, Corcrain, Tavanagh and The Birches). For the 2014 local elections it gained parts of the abolished Central DEA around Killycomain, and parts of The Orchard DEA around Loughgall.

Councillors

2023 election

2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

2019 election

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UKIP<br />

2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP<br />

2014-2019 change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and UKIP

2014 election

2011: 4 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

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

2011-2014 change: UUP and UKIP gain from DUP (two seats), Sinn Féin loss due to the reduction of one seat

2011 election

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent<br />

2011: 4 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP<br />

2005-2011 change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from SDLP and Independent

2005 election

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent<br />

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent<br />

2001–2005 change: DUP gain from UUP

2001 election

1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP<br />

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent<br />

1997-2001 change: DUP, Sinn Féin and Independent gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist (two seats)

1997 election

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance<br />

1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP<br />

1993-1997 change: Independent Nationalist (two seats) gain from DUP and Alliance

1993 election

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance<br />

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance<br />

1989-1993 change: DUP gain from UUP

1989 election

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin<br />

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance<br />

1985-1989 change: UUP and Alliance gain from DUP and Sinn Féin

1985 election

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

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