1985 Craigavon Borough Council election

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1985 Craigavon Borough Council election
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All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council
14 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP DUP SDLP
Seats won 11 6 5
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 1 Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Workers' Party Alliance
Seats won 2 2 0
Seat change Increase 2 Steady Decrease 1
  Seventh party
 
Party UUUP
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

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 1985[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 11 2 0 Increase2 42.3 36.1 11,084 Increase5.3
  DUP 6 0 1 Decrease1 23.1 25.7 7,900 Decrease1.4
  SDLP 5 0 0 Steady 19.2 17.2 5,286 Decrease3.6
  Sinn Féin 2 2 0 New 7.7 11.5 3,522 New
  Workers' Party 2 0 0 Steady 7.7 5.2 1,608 Decrease4.2
  Alliance 0 0 2 Decrease2 0.0 4.3 1,311 Increase0.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary[]

Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 1985
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP DUP SDLP Sinn Féin Workers' Party Alliance Others
Craigavon Central 38.9 3 30.7 2 11.4 1 7.2 0 7.0 1 4.8 0 0.0 0 7
Loughside 11.5 1 6.6 0 40.3 2 23.2 1 18.4 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Lurgan 48.0 4 30.6 2 9.6 1 6.8 0 0.0 0 5.0 0 0.0 0 7
Portadown 38.5 3 29.4 2 14.3 1 12.0 1 0.0 0 5.8 0 0.0 0 7
Total 36.1 11 25.7 6 17.2 5 11.5 2 5.2 2 4.3 0 0.0 0 26

Districts results[]

Craigavon Central[]

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party

Craigavon Central - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
UUP Mary Simpson* 17.54% 1,359        
DUP William Smith* 14.84% 1,150        
UUP Samuel McCammick 13.06% 1,012        
SDLP Brid Rodgers* 11.40% 883        
UUP Cyril McLoughlin* 8.27% 641 970.44      
Workers' Party Tom French* 6.97% 540 541.16 542.44 658.37 931.37
DUP Robert Dodds* 8.91% 690 706.24 791.52 810.96 813.96
DUP Meredith Patterson 6.92% 536 563.55 645.63 693.14 694.14
Sinn Féin Sheena Campbell 7.15% 554 554 554 556  
Alliance Sean Hagan 3.85% 298 308.15 310.55    
Alliance James Woods 1.10% 85 88.48 89.6    
Electorate: 13,002   Valid: 7,748 (59.59%)   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 969   Turnout: 7,899 (60.75%)

Loughside[]

1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party, 1 x UUP

Loughside - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SDLP Sean McCavanagh* 17.01% 990            
Workers' Party Padraig Breen* 16.10% 937 1,028          
UUP Thomas Bell 11.50% 669 671 1,049        
Sinn Féin Brendan Curran 14.38% 837 839 839 839 857.6 1,328.6  
SDLP Peter Bunting 13.78% 802 820 820 844 866.32 880.32 929.32
SDLP Patrick Crilly* 9.54% 555 565 565 576 589.02 600.88 655.88
Sinn Féin Michael McKee 8.87% 516 520 521 521 524.72    
DUP Robert Russell 6.56% 382 382          
Workers' Party Karen McStravick 2.25% 131            
Electorate: 9,941   Valid: 5,819 (58.54%)   Spoilt: 227   Quota: 970   Turnout: 6,046 (60.82%)

Lurgan[]

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

Lurgan - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
UUP Samuel Gardiner* 20.04% 1,690          
DUP Frederick Baird* 15.68% 1,322          
UUP George Savage* 12.69% 1,070          
UUP Philip Black* 10.50% 885 1,189.51        
UUP Sydney Cairns* 4.80% 405 621.45 656.45 766.85 1,019.52  
SDLP Hugh News* 9.58% 808 808.37 808.97 808.97 887.17 1,234.17
DUP David Calvert* 8.98% 757 806.58 954.98 964.58 990.47 992.63
DUP Ian Williams* 5.93% 500 528.86 596.26 601.06 641.34 641.34
Sinn Féin Patrick Little 6.80% 573 573 573 573.16 575.16  
Alliance Gordon Burrell 5.00% 422 443.83 452.03 454.43    
Electorate: 13,157   Valid: 8,432 (64.09%)   Spoilt: 147   Quota: 1,055   Turnout: 8,579 (65.20%)

Portadown[]

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

Portadown - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DUP Gladys McCullough* 16.87% 1,470                
UUP James Gillespie* 15.36% 1,338                
UUP Arnold Hatch* 13.06% 1,138                
UUP Alan Locke* 7.16% 624 664.04 734.6 734.6 1,070.34 1,109.34      
SDLP Ignatius Fox 9.02% 786 786 786.18 810.18 810.18 810.18 1,167.18    
DUP Michael Briggs 8.79% 766 898.34 908.24 908.24 943.76 946.24 946.24 946.24 1,225.24
Sinn Féin Brian McCann 8.22% 716 716 716.18 981.18 981.18 981.22 1,044.22 1,076.12 1,076.12
Alliance William Ramsay* 5.81% 506 520.3 525.52 527.52 547.44 549.24 588.24 632.32 689.42
DUP Ronald Williamson 3.75% 327 493.66 501.22 501.22 519.66 521.18 522.36 522.65  
SDLP Mario McCooe 5.30% 462 462 462.18 487.18 488.18 488.18      
UUP Robert Hughes 2.90% 253 277.7 420.98 420.98          
Sinn Féin Sean Dunbar 3.74% 326 326 326            
Electorate: 13,741   Valid: 8,712 (63.40%)   Spoilt: 191   Quota: 1,090   Turnout: 8,903 (64.79%)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Craigavon". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
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