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1985 Craigavon Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
1985 Craigavon Borough Council election parliamentary no 1981 Craigavon Borough Council election 1981 1985 05 15 y 1989 Craigavon Borough Council election 1989 All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council 14 Ulster Unionist Party 11 2 Democratic Unionist Party 6 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 5 0 Sinn Féin 2 2 Workers' Party (Ireland) 2 0 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 0 1 United Ulster Unionist Party 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Craigavon Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 26 councillors.
Election results
Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 1985https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgcraigavon.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Craigavon www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
11
2
0
2
42.3
36.1
11,084
5.3
Democratic Unionist Party
6
0
1
1
23.1
25.7
7,900
1.4
Social Democratic and Labour Party
5
0
0
0
19.2
17.2
5,286
3.6
Sinn Féin
2
2
0
2
7.7
11.5
3,522
New
Workers' Party (Ireland)
2
0
0
0
7.7
5.2
1,608
4.2
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
2
2
0.0
4.3
1,311
0.2
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 1985by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Workers' Party (Ireland)" | Workers' Party
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Craigavon Central
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.9
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|30.7
|2
|11.4
|1
|7.2
|0
|7.0
|1
|4.8
|0
|0.0
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Loughside
|11.5
|1
|6.6
|0
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|40.3
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|23.2
|1
|18.4
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Lurgan
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.0
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|30.6
|2
|9.6
|1
|6.8
|0
|0.0
|0
|5.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Portadown
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.5
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|29.4
|2
|14.3
|1
|12.0
|1
|0.0
|0
|5.8
|0
|0.0
|0
|7
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|36.1
|11
|25.7
|6
|17.2
|5
|11.5
|2
|5.2
|2
|4.3
|0
|0.0
|0
|26
|-
|}
District results
Craigavon Central
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party
Craigavon Central - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 1985 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/2d57a980-809e-4f90-b658-0175b954d3a2/local_government_election_results_1985 EONI 19 July 2021
5
Ulster Unionist Party
Mary Simpson*
1,359
17.54%
Democratic Unionist Party
William Smith*
1,150
14.84%
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel McCammick
1,012
13.06%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Brid Rodgers*
883
11.40%
Ulster Unionist Party
Cyril McLoughlin*
641
8.27%
970.44
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Tom French*
540
6.97%
541.16
542.44
658.37
931.37
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Dodds*
690
8.91%
706.24
791.52
810.96
813.96
Democratic Unionist Party
Meredith Patterson
536
6.92%
563.55
645.63
693.14
694.14
Sinn Féin
Sheena Campbell
554
7.15%
554
554
556
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Sean Hagan
298
3.85%
308.15
310.55
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James Woods
85
1.10%
88.48
89.6
5
13,002
7,748 (59.59%)
151
969
7,899 (60.75%)
Loughside
1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party, 1 x UUP
Loughside - 5 seats
7
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Sean McCavanagh*
990
17.01%
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Padraig Breen*
937
16.10%
1,028
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Bell
669
11.50%
671
1,049
Sinn Féin
Brendan Curran
837
14.38%
839
839
839
857.6
1,328.6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter Bunting
802
13.78%
820
820
844
866.32
880.32
929.32
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Crilly*
555
9.54%
565
565
576
589.02
600.88
655.88
Sinn Féin
Michael McKee
516
8.87%
520
521
521
524.72
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Russell
382
6.56%
382
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Karen McStravick
131
2.25%
7
9,941
5,819 (58.54%)
227
970
6,046 (60.82%)
Lurgan
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Lurgan - 7 seats
6
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Gardiner*
1,690
20.04%
Democratic Unionist Party
Frederick Baird*
1,322
15.68%
Ulster Unionist Party
George Savage*
1,070
12.69%
Ulster Unionist Party
Philip Black*
885
10.50%
1,189.51
Ulster Unionist Party
Sydney Cairns*
405
4.80%
621.45
656.45
766.85
1,019.52
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Hugh News*
808
9.58%
808.37
808.97
808.97
887.17
1,234.17
Democratic Unionist Party
David Calvert*
757
8.98%
806.58
954.98
964.58
990.47
992.63
Democratic Unionist Party
Ian Williams*
500
5.93%
528.86
596.26
601.06
641.34
641.34
Sinn Féin
Patrick Little
573
6.80%
573
573
573.16
575.16
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Gordon Burrell
422
5.00%
443.83
452.03
454.43
6
13,157
8,432 (64.09%)
147
1,055
8,579 (65.20%)
Portadown
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
Portadown - 7 seats
9
Democratic Unionist Party
Gladys McCullough*
1,470
16.87%
Ulster Unionist Party
James Gillespie*
1,338
15.36%
Ulster Unionist Party
Arnold Hatch*
1,138
13.06%
Ulster Unionist Party
Alan Locke*
624
7.16%
664.04
734.6
734.6
1,070.34
1,109.34
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Ignatius Fox
786
9.02%
786
786.18
810.18
810.18
810.18
1,167.18
Democratic Unionist Party
Michael Briggs
766
8.79%
898.34
908.24
908.24
943.76
946.24
946.24
946.24
1,225.24
Sinn Féin
Brian McCann
716
8.22%
716
716.18
981.18
981.18
981.22
1,044.22
1,076.12
1,076.12
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Ramsay*
506
5.81%
520.3
525.52
527.52
547.44
549.24
588.24
632.32
689.42
Democratic Unionist Party
Ronald Williamson
327
3.75%
493.66
501.22
501.22
519.66
521.18
522.36
522.65
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mario McCooe
462
5.30%
462
462.18
487.18
488.18
488.18
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Hughes
253
2.90%
277.7
420.98
420.98
Sinn Féin
Sean Dunbar
326
3.74%
326
326
9
13,741
8,712 (63.40%)
191
1,090
8,903 (64.79%)
References
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