Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
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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
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 42.3 | 36.1 | 11,084 | 5.3 | |
DUP | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23.1 | 25.7 | 7,900 | 1.4 | |
SDLP | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 5.2 | 1,608 | 4.2 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 1,311 | 0.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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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 |
District results
Craigavon Central
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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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
- ^ "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Craigavon". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 19 July 2021.