# Portadown (District Electoral Area)

Portadown is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland. The district elects six members to Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council and contains the wards of Ballybay, Corcrain, Killycomain, Loughgall, Mahon and The Birches. Portadown forms part of the Upper Bann constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, mainly replacing Craigavon Area B which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained seven wards (Annagh, Ballybay, Ballyoran, Brownstown, Corcrain, Tavanagh and The Birches). For the 2014 local elections it gained parts of the abolished Central DEA around Killycomain, and parts of The Orchard DEA around Loughgall.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 2023 | Paul Duffy (Sinn Féin) | Clare McConville-Walker (Sinn Féin) | Julie Flaherty (UUP) | Lavelle McIlwrath (DUP) | Kyle Moutray (DUP) | Alan Mulholland (DUP) | 6 seats 2014–present | 6 seats 2014–present |
| November 2022 Co-Option | Paul Duffy (Sinn Féin) | Eamonn McNeill (SDLP) | Julie Flaherty (UUP) | Lavelle McIlwrath (DUP) | Kyle Moutray (DUP) | Sydney Anderson (DUP) | 6 seats 2014–present | 6 seats 2014–present |
| November 2021 Defection | Paul Duffy (Sinn Féin) | Eamonn McNeill (SDLP) | Julie Flaherty (UUP) | Lavelle McIlwrath (DUP) | Darryn Causby (DUP)/ (Independent) | Sydney Anderson (DUP) | 6 seats 2014–present | 6 seats 2014–present |
| June 2021 Defection | Paul Duffy (Sinn Féin) | Eamonn McNeill (SDLP) | Julie Flaherty (UUP) | Lavelle McIlwrath (DUP) | Darryn Causby (DUP)/ (Independent) | Sydney Anderson (DUP) | 6 seats 2014–present | 6 seats 2014–present |
| 2019 | Paul Duffy (Sinn Féin) | Eamonn McNeill (SDLP) | Julie Flaherty (UUP) | Lavelle McIlwrath (DUP) | Darryn Causby (DUP)/ (Independent) | Sydney Anderson (DUP) | 6 seats 2014–present | 6 seats 2014–present |
| May 2018 Defection | Paul Duffy (Sinn Féin) | David Jones (UKIP)/ (Independent) | Julie Flaherty (UUP) | Arnold Hatch (UUP) | Darryn Causby (DUP)/ (Independent) | Louise Templeton (DUP) | 6 seats 2014–present | 6 seats 2014–present |
| April 2017 Co-Option | Paul Duffy (Sinn Féin) | David Jones (UKIP)/ (Independent) | Julie Flaherty (UUP) | Arnold Hatch (UUP) | Darryn Causby (DUP)/ (Independent) | Louise Templeton (DUP) | 6 seats 2014–present | 6 seats 2014–present |
| February 2017 Co-Option | Paul Duffy (Sinn Féin) | David Jones (UKIP)/ (Independent) | Julie Flaherty (UUP) | Arnold Hatch (UUP) | Darryn Causby (DUP)/ (Independent) | Jonathan Buckley (DUP) | 6 seats 2014–present | 6 seats 2014–present |
| May 2016 Co-Option | Gemma McKenna (Sinn Féin) | David Jones (UKIP)/ (Independent) | Julie Flaherty (UUP) | Arnold Hatch (UUP) | Darryn Causby (DUP)/ (Independent) | Jonathan Buckley (DUP) | 6 seats 2014–present | 6 seats 2014–present |
| 2014 | Gemma McKenna (Sinn Féin) | David Jones (UKIP)/ (Independent) | Doug Beattie (UUP) | Arnold Hatch (UUP) | Darryn Causby (DUP)/ (Independent) | Jonathan Buckley (DUP) | 6 seats 2014–present | 6 seats 2014–present |
| 2011 | Gemma McKenna (Sinn Féin) | Paul Duffy (Sinn Féin) | Gladys McCullough (DUP) | Arnold Hatch (UUP) | Darryn Causby (DUP)/ (Independent) | Alan Carson (DUP) | | Sydney Anderson (DUP)/ (UUP) |
| 2005 | Brian McKeown (Sinn Féin) | Ignatius Fox (SDLP) | David Simpson (DUP) | Arnold Hatch (UUP) | David Jones (Independent) | Alan Carson (DUP) | | Sydney Anderson (DUP)/ (UUP) |
| 2001 | Brian McKeown (Sinn Féin) | Ignatius Fox (SDLP) | David Simpson (DUP) | Arnold Hatch (UUP) | David Jones (Independent) | Alan Carson (DUP) | | Sydney Anderson (DUP)/ (UUP) |
| 1997 | Breandán Mac Cionnaith (Independent Nationalist) | Ignatius Fox (SDLP) | James Gillespie (UUP) | Joseph Trueman (UUP) | Mark Neale (UUP) | Joe Duffy (Independent Nationalist) | | Mervyn Carrick (DUP) |
| 1993 | William Ramsay (Alliance) | Ignatius Fox (SDLP) | James Gillespie (UUP) | Joseph Trueman (UUP) | Brian Maguinness (UUP) | John Tate (DUP) | | Mervyn Carrick (DUP) |
| 1989 | William Ramsay (Alliance) | Ignatius Fox (SDLP) | James Gillespie (UUP) | Joseph Trueman (UUP) | Brian Maguinness (UUP) | Anna Moore (UUP) | | Michael Briggs (DUP) |
| 1985 | Brian McCann (Sinn Féin) | Ignatius Fox (SDLP) | James Gillespie (UUP) | Arnold Hatch (UUP) | Alan Locke (UUP) | Gladys McCullough (DUP) | | Michael Briggs (DUP) |

## 2023 Election

2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Portadown - 6 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 |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Duffy* | 16.28% | 1,986 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Lavelle McIlwrath* | 14.96% | 1,826 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Kyle Moutray* | 14.88% | 1,816 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Julie Flaherty* | 11.10% | 1,355 | 1,623 | 1,624.08 | 1,628.56 | 1,631.17 | 1,799.17 | | | |
| | DUP | Alan Mulholland | 11.74% | 1,432 | 1,454 | 1,454.48 | 1,516.72 | 1,564.39 | 2,126.39 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Clare McConville-Walker | 7.43% | 907 | 907 | 1,107.28 | 1,107.32 | 1,107.35 | 1,108.47 | 1,109.47 | 1,492.06 | 1,493.06 |
| | Alliance | Emma Hutchinson | 7.55% | 921 | 931 | 942.76 | 943.00 | 943.30 | 958.01 | 1,021.01 | 1,437.03 | 1,470.03 |
| | SDLP | Eamon McNeill* | 6.90% | 842 | 844 | 861.88 | 862.44 | 862.59 | 867.99 | 903.99 | | |
| | TUV | Robert Oliver | 6.52% | 795 | 806 | 806.36 | 811.24 | 814.63 | | | | |
| | UUP | Zöe McCullough | 2.64% | 322 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 22,318 Valid: 12,202 (54.67%) Spoilt: 214 Quota: 1,744 Turnout: 12,416 (55.63%) |||||||||||||

## 2019 Election

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UKIP
2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2014-2019 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and UKIP
Portadown - 6 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 | Darryn Causby* ‡‡† | 18.51% | 2,077 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Sydney Anderson | 15.11% | 1,696 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Duffy* | 14.92% | 1,675 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Julie Flaherty* | 13.47% | 1,512 | 1,591.2 | 1,607.2 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Lavelle McIlwrath | 7.72% | 866 | 1,157.72 | 1,210.62 | 1,238.87 | 1,238.99 | 1,330.67 | 1,331.67 | 1,343.91 | 1,618.91 |
| | SDLP | Eamonn McNeill | 8.62% | 967 | 967.44 | 967.79 | 967.84 | 976.36 | 983.36 | 1,250.25 | 1,583.4 | 1,590.4 |
| | UUP | Arnold Hatch* | 4.51% | 506 | 518.1 | 522.9 | 544.93 | 545.21 | 633.08 | 636.32 | 758.94 | 976.94 |
| | TUV | Darrin Foster | 4.87% | 547 | 575.38 | 580.73 | 615.96 | 616.24 | 697.6 | 698.64 | 713.25 | |
| | Alliance | Emma Hutchinson | 5.08% | 570 | 573.3 | 573.85 | 580.9 | 582.58 | 596.02 | 630.71 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Callum O'Dufaigh | 3.49% | 392 | 392.44 | 392.54 | 392.54 | 446.02 | 448.06 | | | |
| | Independent | David Jones* | 2.37% | 266 | 289.98 | 291.53 | 340.39 | 340.43 | | | | |
| | UKIP | David Jameson | 1.33% | 149 | 163.08 | 164.88 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 21,698 Valid: 11,223 (51.72%) Spoilt: 224 Quota: 1,604 Turnout: 11,447 (52.76%) |||||||||||||

## 2014 Election

2011: 4 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UKIP
2011-2014 Change: UUP and UKIP gain from DUP (two seats), Sinn Féin loss due to the reduction of one seat
Portadown - 6 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 | Jonathan Buckley* † | 14.19% | 1,738 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Gemma McKenna* † | 10.30% | 929 | 939 | 939 | 939.13 | 941.13 | 1,592.13 | | | |
| | DUP | Darryn Causby* | 11.21% | 954 | 968 | 1,115.29 | 1,266.33 | 1,442.84 | 1,443.84 | 2,035.84 | | |
| | UUP | Doug Beattie † | 13.57% | 1,089 | 1,127 | 1,150.53 | 1,224.92 | 1,399.7 | 1,399.7 | 1,504.75 | 1,738.75 | |
| | UUP | Arnold Hatch* | 12.21% | 955 | 994 | 1,003.23 | 1,041.62 | 1,121.66 | 1,123.66 | 1,203.29 | 1,368.29 | 1,546.29 |
| | UKIP | David Jones ‡ | 7.73% | 818 | 841 | 847.11 | 978.37 | 1,246.67 | 1,256.8 | 1,323.01 | 1,361.01 | 1,387.01 |
| | SDLP | Eamon McNeill* | 9.53% | 917 | 1,002 | 1,002.39 | 1,004.39 | 1,005.39 | 1,138.39 | 1,145.39 | 1,149.39 | 1,149.39 |
| | DUP | Terry McWilliams* | 7.56% | 753 | 763 | 786.66 | 823.18 | 902.35 | 906.48 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Duffy* | 8.76% | 827 | 838 | 838.52 | 838.52 | 841.52 | | | | |
| | TUV | Paul Coleman | 6.67% | 716 | 720 | 728.19 | 818.71 | | | | | |
| | PUP | John Stevenson | 5.05% | 542 | 550 | 553.38 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Pete Giffen | 1.98% | 213 | | | | | | | | |
| | NI21 | Kyle Thomas | 0.79% | 85 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,556 Valid: 10,536 (51.26%) Spoilt: 196 Quota: 1,506 Turnout: 10,732 (52.21%) |||||||||||||

## 2011 Election

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2011: 4 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from SDLP and Independent
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 | Sydney Anderson* | 28.59% | 2,029 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Alan Carson* | 4.90% | 348 | 1,056.4 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Arnold Hatch* | 12.44% | 883 | 966.44 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Gladys McCullough | 9.37% | 665 | 872.76 | 915.14 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Duffy | 11.39% | 808 | 809.12 | 809.38 | 809.38 | 816.38 | 817.38 | 858.38 | 858.47 | 859.47 |
| | Sinn Féin | Gemma McKenna | 11.18% | 793 | 793.56 | 793.56 | 793.56 | 801.56 | 802.12 | 823.12 | 823.12 | 823.12 |
| | DUP | Darren Causby | 3.34% | 237 | 299.72 | 412.17 | 426.73 | 428.73 | 512.64 | 514.77 | 534.21 | 806.9 |
| | SDLP | John McGoldrick | 5.13% | 364 | 366.24 | 366.37 | 366.37 | 402.93 | 405.62 | 554.31 | 554.4 | 571.4 |
| | UUP | Robert Oliver | 4.65% | 330 | 351.84 | 356.39 | 400.63 | 407.19 | 493.87 | 497 | 501.86 | |
| | SDLP | Mary McAlinden* | 3.64% | 258 | 259.12 | 259.38 | 259.38 | 342.07 | 345.63 | | | |
| | TUV | Karen Boal | 3.06% | 217 | 246.68 | 248.37 | 252.85 | 252.85 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Daniel Gouveia | 2.31% | 164 | 166.24 | 166.37 | 166.93 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,650 Valid: 7,096 (51.99%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 888 Turnout: 7,270 (53.26%) |||||||||||||

## 2005 Election

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2001–2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Portadown - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| | DUP | David Simpson* | 29.55% | 2,325 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Sydney Anderson* | 10.28% | 809 | 1,346.66 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Alan Carson* | 2.68% | 211 | 730.1 | 1,052.63 | | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Ignatius Fox* | 8.94% | 703 | 705.9 | 706.29 | 708.29 | 708.39 | 711.39 | 782.39 | 1,004.39 | | | | |
| | UUP | Arnold Hatch* | 9.36% | 736 | 778.34 | 782.24 | 798.4 | 811.1 | 862.8 | 888.12 | 891.7 | 1,062.7 | | | |
| | Independent | David Jones* | 5.33% | 419 | 543.7 | 554.23 | 576.55 | 604.55 | 614.55 | 626.81 | 628.81 | 700.52 | 735.94 | 737.94 | 995.94 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McKeown* | 9.93% | 781 | 781.58 | 781.58 | 782.58 | 782.58 | 782.58 | 791.58 | 839.58 | 842.58 | 842.58 | 846.58 | 850.58 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ciaran Tennyson | 6.55% | 515 | 515 | 515 | 517 | 517 | 517 | 522 | 590 | 590 | 590.77 | 594.77 | 595.77 |
| | Independent | Mervyn Carrick | 3.94% | 310 | 358.72 | 375.88 | 427.11 | 444.51 | 458.52 | 472.68 | 474.68 | 549.95 | 591.53 | 593.53 | |
| | UUP | Mark Neale | 2.71% | 213 | 237.94 | 239.89 | 245.89 | 249.79 | 380.83 | 404.58 | 410.58 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Elaine Sterritt | 4.25% | 334 | 334.58 | 334.58 | 335.58 | 335.58 | 336.58 | 375.58 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Sean Hagan | 2.75% | 216 | 221.22 | 222.39 | 223.39 | 223.69 | 225.27 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | David Thompson | 2.43% | 191 | 207.24 | 209.19 | 215.19 | 219.89 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Jim Dickson | 1.32% | 104 | 112.12 | 113.29 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,128 Valid: 7,867 (59.93%) Spoilt: 181 Quota: 984 Turnout: 8,048 (61.30%) ||||||||||||||||

## 2001 Election

1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: DUP, Sinn Féin and Independent gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist (two seats)
Portadown - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | DUP | David Simpson | 24.37% | 2,352 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McKeown* | 13.97% | 1,348 | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Ignatius Fox* | 12.78% | 1,233 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Arnold Hatch | 9.04% | 872 | 900.42 | 900.42 | 943.38 | 1,033.85 | 1,049.14 | 1,049.71 | 1,353.71 |
| | UUP | Sydney Anderson | 9.15% | 883 | 954.54 | 954.64 | 984.72 | 1,041.13 | 1,066.71 | 1,067.52 | 1,326.52 |
| | Independent | David Jones | 10.06% | 971 | 1,112.12 | 1,112.12 | 1,130.59 | 1,145.57 | 1,182.5 | 1,182.92 | 1,211.92 |
| | DUP | Alan Carson | 2.21% | 213 | 638.32 | 638.52 | 639.01 | 647.93 | 1,032.01 | 1,032.1 | 1,095.09 |
| | Sinn Féin | Noel Mercer | 6.26% | 604 | 604 | 732.9 | 759.3 | 760.3 | 760.79 | 783.98 | 789.04 |
| | UUP | Mark Neale* | 4.79% | 462 | 486.5 | 486.6 | 520.6 | 758.46 | 782.22 | 783.03 | |
| | DUP | John Tate | 0.69% | 67 | 478.6 | 478.6 | 484.07 | 498.97 | | | |
| | UUP | David Thompson | 3.94% | 380 | 403.52 | 403.62 | 440.62 | | | | |
| | Alliance | William Ramsay | 2.75% | 266 | 272.86 | 274.56 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,514 Valid: 9,651 (71.41%) Spoilt: 243 Quota: 1,207 Turnout: 9,894 (73.21%) ||||||||||||

## 1997 Election

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: Independent Nationalist (two seats) gain from DUP and Alliance
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 | Mervyn Carrick* | 21.22% | 1,713 | | | | | | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Breandán Mac Cionnaith | 18.49% | 1,493 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | James Gillespie* | 14.90% | 1,203 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Joseph Trueman* | 11.38% | 919 | 994.85 | 994.85 | 996.26 | 1,053.54 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Ignatius Fox* | 11.02% | 890 | 891.64 | 928.76 | 934.17 | 934.65 | 1,025.65 | | | |
| | UUP | Mark Neale | 6.38% | 515 | 636.77 | 636.77 | 637.18 | 747.58 | 830.97 | 845.61 | 849.32 | 1,049.84 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Joe Duffy | 5.10% | 412 | 413.23 | 840.43 | 840.43 | 840.43 | 861.27 | 861.27 | 870.28 | 870.28 |
| | UUP | David Thompson | 5.00% | 404 | 447.46 | 447.46 | 448.46 | 465.42 | 566.36 | 591.68 | 593.8 | 820.12 |
| | DUP | John Tate* | 1.64% | 132 | 564.96 | 564.96 | 566.37 | 570.05 | 584.42 | 586.22 | 586.75 | |
| | Alliance | William Ramsay* | 4.62% | 373 | 382.43 | 387.87 | 395.19 | 397.11 | | | | |
| | Labour Coalition | Carol Lindsay | 0.24% | 19 | 20.64 | 20.96 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,916 Valid: 8,073 (58.01%) Spoilt: 169 Quota: 1,010 Turnout: 8,242 (59.23%) |||||||||||||

## 1993 Election

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Portadown - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Mervyn Carrick | 18.96% | 1,419 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Ignatius Fox* | 18.39% | 1,377 | | | | | |
| | UUP | James Gillespie* | 17.98% | 1,346 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Joseph Trueman* | 13.40% | 1,003 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Brian Maguinness* | 7.20% | 539 | 611.08 | 613.42 | 924.97 | 1,229.97 | |
| | Alliance | William Ramsay* | 8.01% | 600 | 612.92 | 919.07 | 928.06 | 963.06 | |
| | DUP | John Tate | 3.82% | 286 | 636.54 | 636.93 | 650.88 | 749.74 | 921.24 |
| | Sinn Féin | John Dunbar | 6.99% | 523 | 523.34 | 647.36 | 647.98 | 650.33 | 650.33 |
| | UUP | Anna Moore* | 5.25% | 393 | 427 | 427.39 | 498.07 | | |
| Electorate: 13,876 Valid: 7,486 (53.95%) Spoilt: 171 Quota: 936 Turnout: 7,657 (55.18%) ||||||||||

## 1989 Election

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from DUP and 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 |
| | UUP | James Gillespie* | 19.53% | 1,583 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Michael Briggs* | 13.43% | 1,089 | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Ignatius Fox* | 13.21% | 1,071 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Joseph Trueman | 10.94% | 887 | 1,055.12 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Brian Maguinness | 9.00% | 730 | 1,021.96 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Anna Moore | 5.54% | 449 | 510.56 | 517.28 | 519.35 | 519.41 | 662.9 | 663.26 | 697.37 | 1,066.37 |
| | Alliance | William Ramsay | 7.15% | 580 | 586.84 | 588.31 | 615.31 | 640.45 | 647.71 | 769.43 | 770.78 | 832.59 |
| | Sinn Féin | John Dignam | 6.45% | 523 | 523.36 | 523.57 | 551.57 | 563.45 | 563.58 | 706.7 | 706.79 | 706.86 |
| | Protestant Unionist | Andrew Watson | 6.30% | 511 | 520.36 | 526.03 | 528.03 | 528.03 | 638.82 | 640.89 | 643.41 | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Mario McCooe | 4.45% | 361 | 361.36 | 361.43 | 393.43 | 410.77 | 410.77 | | | |
| | DUP | Phyllis Lutton | 2.58% | 209 | 238.16 | 297.38 | 298.38 | 298.44 | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Kathy Fox | 1.41% | 114 | 114.36 | 114.43 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,753 Valid: 8,107 (58.95%) Spoilt: 220 Quota: 1,014 Turnout: 8,327 (60.55%) |||||||||||||

## 1985 Election

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%) |||||||||||||