Craigavon (Borough)

Craigavon Borough Buirg Craigavon

geography
Traditional county	County Antrim , County Armagh, and County Down
surface	378 km²
Administrative headquarters	Craigavon
ISO 3166-2	GB-CGV
Demographics
population	94,597 (2012)
density	250 inhabitants / km²
Denominations	Protestants 42.1% Catholics 42.1%

Craigavon was one of the 26 Northern Irish Districts that existed from 1973 to 2015. The district, whose area was in the traditional counties of Antrim , Armagh and Down , was established in 1973 and had the status of a borough . The administrative seat was the city of Craigavon . Other significant places were Lurgan , Portadown , Waringstown and Donaghcloney . On April 1, 2015, it went up in the new District of Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon .

The district was on the south bank of Lough Neagh .

Craigavon Council

The election to the Craigavon Council on May 11, 2011 resulted in the following:

Political party		2011 result		Change from 2005
Political party		Seats	be right	Seats	be right
	Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	9	30.0%	0	−0.8%
	Sinn Féin	8th	27.8%	2	5.4%
	Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	6th	20.4%	0	−2.4%
	Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP)	2	12.1%	−2	−4.9%
	Alliance Party	1	3.4%	1	1.0%
	Traditional Unionist Voice	0	2.9%	0	2.9%
	Others	0	0.4%	1	0.4%