[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.

[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 most recent district council elections took place in 2011.

[citation needed] 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.

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