The 2023 election to Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by two weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.
The 41 councillors were elected via single transferable vote.
Election results
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:center;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em" | Total | style="text-align:right;" | 41
| style="text-align:right;" | 86,500 |<noinclude>
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|District Electoral Area (DEA) ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|Totalcllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | TUV !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Independents and others |- |align="left"|Armagh |bgcolor="#008800"|49.59 |bgcolor="#008800"|4 1 |14.16 |1 1 |9.78 |0 1 |4.55 |0 |19.29 |1 1 |0.00 |0 |2.63 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Banbridge |24.47 |2 1 |22.26 |2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|28.84 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 1 |14.34 |1 |5.76 |0 |4.34 |0 |0.00 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Craigavon |bgcolor="#008800"|35.90 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 1 |29.48 |1 |12.13 |1 |12.94 |1 1 |8.90 |0 2 |0.00 |0 |0.00 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Cusher |17.73 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|26.81 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1 |12.55 |1 1 |4.84 |0 |4.71 |0 |16.59 |1 1 |16.77 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Lagan River |5.02 |0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|49.03 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |19.86 |1 |17.62 |1 |2.20 |0 |6.27 |0 |0.00 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Lurgan |bgcolor="#008800"|48.59 |bgcolor="#008800"|4 1 |23.19 |2 1 |7.84 |0 1 |13.33 |1 |7.04 |0 1 |0.00 |0 |0.00 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Portadown |23.71 |2 1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|41.58 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |13.74 |1 |7.55 |0 |6.90 |0 1 |6.52 |0 |0.00 |0 |6 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |30.47 |15 5 |28.52 |13 2 |14.89 |6 4 |10.55 |4 1 |8.09 |1 5 |4.68 |1 1 |5.10 |1 |41
District results
Armagh
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and DUP gain from SDLP and UUP
Banbridge
2019: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
2023: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Craigavon
2019: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and Alliance gain from SDLP (two seats)
Cusher
2019: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent
2023: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2019–2023 Change: TUV gain from UUP
Lagan River
2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: No change
Lurgan
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
Portadown
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
Changes during the term † Co-options Date co-optedElectoral AreaPartyOutgoingCo-opteeReason23 January 2026Cusher Gareth WilsonAdam CopelandWilson was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.1 June 2026Lurgan Sorchá McGeownChloe DevineMcGeown resigned.
‡ Changes in affiliation DateElectoral AreaNamePrevious affiliationNew affiliationCircumstance25 May 2026CraigavonKate Evans Left the UUP.
Notes
References