Lagan River (District Electoral Area)

Lagan River
Lagan River
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	2014
Seats	5 (2014-)
Councillors	Mark Baxter (DUP); Jessica Johnston (APNI); Tim McClelland (DUP); Paul Rankin (DUP); Kyle Savage (UUP);

Created2014

Seats5 (2014-)

Councillors

Lagan River is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects five members to Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council and contains the wards of Donaghcloney, Dromore, Gransha, Quilly and Waringstown.^[2] Lagan River forms part of the Upper Bann constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the Lagan Valley constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Dromore DEA which had existed since 1985, and parts of the Lurgan DEA.

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Mark Baxter*	22.61%	2,261
	Alliance	Jessica Johnston*	17.62%	1,762
	UUP	Kyle Savage*	13.93%	1,393	1,477.76	1,494.02	1,519.08	1,997.08
	DUP	Paul Rankin*	15.05%	1,505	1,594.44	1,597.70	1,602.18	1,677.18
	DUP	Tim McClelland*	11.37%	1,137	1,501.52	1,505.78	1,508.16	1,537.55	1,736.55
	TUV	Samuel Morrison	6.27%	627	658.20	662.46	665.54	682.34	799.34
	Sinn Féin	Vincent McAleenan	5.02%	502	502.26	647.78	677.39	685.38	694.38
	UUP	Sammy Ogle	5.93%	593	603.66	624.66	653.85
	SDLP	Oisín Edwards	2.20%	220	222.34
Electorate: 18,389 Valid: 10,000 (54.38%) Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,667 Turnout: 10,069 (54.76%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Mark Baxter*	21.12%	1,876
	UUP	Kyle Savage	18.17%	1,614
	DUP	Paul Rankin* ††	16.25%	1,444	1,519.39
	Alliance	Eóin Tennyson †	10.81%	960	963.36	968	991.29	991.4	1,027.4	1,064.98	1,495.98
	DUP	Tim McClelland	7.63%	678	945.96	960.36	988.12	1,020.79	1,020.79	1,049.72	1,052.74	1,352.02
	UUP	Olive Mercer	9.80%	871	981.37	987.29	1,010.09	1,013.83	1,014.25	1,102.37	1,141.06	1,311.62
	TUV	Samuel Morrison	5.62%	499	511.39	517.55	542.58	543.13	543.13	581.51	588.51
	SDLP	John O'Hare	4.15%	369	369.42	370.3	372.38	372.38	548.38	559.46
	Independent	Sammy Ogle	2.44%	217	220.36	222.92	234	234.33	238.33
	Sinn Féin	Tony Gorrell	2.56%	227	227.84	227.84	228.84	228.84
	UKIP	Jordan Stewart	1.45%	129	133.2	134.88
Electorate: 17,249 Valid: 8,884 (51.50%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 1,481 Turnout: 8,959 (51.94%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Mark Baxter*	16.00%	1,341	1,352	1,353	1,369	1,373	1,484
	DUP	Paul Rankin*	15.13%	1,268	1,308	1,311	1,322	1,335	1,484
	UUP	Marc Woods	12.21%	1,023	1,032	1,032	1,054	1,059	1,229	1,235.72	1,249.8	1,483.8
	UUP	Carol Black* ‡	10.08%	845	867	871	904	919	1,023	1,035.6	1,049.68	1,450.68
	DUP	Hazel Gamble*	9.59%	804	819	820	832	836	915	980.52	1,031.72	1,226.04
	Alliance	Harry Hamilton	6.23%	522	546	570	715	1,034	1,053	1,053.84	1,053.84	1,080.84
	UUP	Olive Mercer*	9.12%	764	775	776	795	811	909	909.84	916.24
	TUV	Samuel Morrison	9.14%	766	777	778	789	792
	SDLP	Maureen Litter	3.77%	316	321	527	553
	NI21	Neville Hutchinson	3.42%	287	302	314
	Sinn Féin		3.25%	272	273
	Independent	Frazer McCammond	2.06%	173
Electorate: 16,260 Valid: 8,381 (51.54%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,397 Turnout: 8,473 (52.11%)

2023 Election