# 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.

## Election results

Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 1985 :
| Party | 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 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 1985 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Workers' Party | Workers' Party | Alliance | Alliance | Others | 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 |

## District results
### Craigavon Central

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party
Craigavon Central - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | 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%) |||||||||

### Loughside

1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party, 1 x UUP
Loughside - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | 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%) |||||||||||

### Lurgan

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Lurgan - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | 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%) ||||||||||

### Portadown

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
Portadown - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | 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%) |||||||||||||