Armagh City and District Council

Coordinates: 54°20′53″N 6°39′22″W / 54.348°N 6.656°W / 54.348; -6.656
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Armagh City and District
  • Ceantar Ard Mhacha
MLAs
Newry & Armagh
Sinn Féin: 3
DUP: 1
SDLP: 1
  • MPs
    Conor Murphy (Sinn Féin)
    • Websitewww.armagh.gov.uk
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    Northern Ireland

    Armagh City and District Council was a district council in

    Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council
    .

    The Council area included the city of

    Roman Catholic Church in Ireland and the Church of Ireland reside in the city.[citation needed
    ]

    The district consisted of four electoral areas: Armagh City, Cusher, Crossmore and The Orchard, from which 22 councillors were elected for a period of four years by proportional representation. At the last election in 2011 members were elected from the following political parties: 6 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 6 Sinn Féin, 5 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 4 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), and independent Councillor Paul Berry, a former DUP councillor. The last mayor of Armagh was Councillor Freda Donnelly (DUP).[citation needed] The last election was due to take place in May 2009, but, on 25 April 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until the introduction of the eleven new councils in 2011.[1]

    The proposed reforms were postponed in 2010, and the

    Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.[citation needed
    ]

    Lord Mayor

    A Lord Mayoralty was granted by Letters Patent to Armagh City and District on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2012. Since then the position has been that of Lord Mayor of Armagh City and District Council. Between 1995 and 2012 the position was Mayor of Armagh City and District Council.

    Mayors of Armagh

    1995 – 96: Jim Nicholson, Ulster Unionist Party
    1996 – 97: Jim Speers, Ulster Unionist Party
    1997 – 98: Pat Brannigan, Social Democratic and Labour Party
    1998 – 99: Robert Turner, Ulster Unionist Party
    1999 – 00: Tom Canavan, Social Democratic and Labour Party
    2000 – 01: Jimmy Clayton, Ulster Unionist Party
    2001 – 02: Sylvia McRoberts, Ulster Unionist Party
    2002 – 03: Anna Brolly, Social Democratic and Labour Party
    2003 – 04: Pat O'Rawe, Sinn Féin
    2004 – 05: Eric Speers, Ulster Unionist Party
    2005 – 06: John Campbell, Social Democratic and Labour Party
    2006 – 07:
    William Irwin, Democratic Unionist Party
    2007 – 08: Charles Rollston, Ulster Unionist Party
    2008 – 09: Noel Sheridan, Sinn Féin
    2009 – 10: Thomas O'Hanlon, Social Democratic and Labour Party
    2010 – 11: Jim Speers, Ulster Unionist Party
    2011 – 12: Freda Donnelly, Democratic Unionist Party

    Lord Mayors of Armagh

    2012 – 13: Sharon Haughey, Social Democratic and Labour Party
    2013 – 14: Robert Turner, Ulster Unionist Party
    2014 – 15: Cathy Rafferty, Sinn Féin

    Lord Mayors of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough

    • See
      Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council

    Population

    The area covered by Armagh City and District Council had a population of 59,340 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.[3]

    See also

    • Local Councils in Northern Ireland

    References

    1. ^ "Northern Ireland elections are postponed" BBC News, 25 April 2008; accessed 27 April 2008.
    2. ^ "The executive fails to agree a deal on council reform". BBC News. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
    3. ^ "NI Census 2011 – Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014" (PDF). NI Statistics and Research Agency. p. 9. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

    External links

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