1985 Craigavon Borough Council election

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.

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
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

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		DUP		SDLP		Sinn Féin		Workers' Party		Alliance		Others		Total Cllrs
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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

Districts summary

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Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)