Lurgan (District Electoral Area)

Lurgan
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created1985
Seats7 (1985-)
Councillors
  •   Peter Haire (DUP)
  •   Keith Haughian (SF)
  •   Peter Lavery (APNI)
  •   Liam Mackle (SF)
  •   Sorchá McGeown (SF)
  •   Stephen Moutray (DUP)
  •   Mary O'Dowd (SF)
Lurgan DEA within Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
Lurgan DEA (1993-2014) within Craigavon

Lurgan is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland.[1] 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.[2] 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.

  1. ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
  2. ^ [1], ARK, accessed 8 July 2023