1985 Craigavon Borough Council election
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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[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ulster Unionist | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 42.3 | 36.1 | 11,084 | 5.3 | |
Democratic Unionist | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23.1 | 25.7 | 7,900 | 1.4 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 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[edit]
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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[edit]
Craigavon Central[edit]
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 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Mary Simpson* | 17.54% | 1,359 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | William Smith* | 14.84% | 1,150 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel McCammick | 13.06% | 1,012 | |||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Brid Rodgers* | 11.40% | 883 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Cyril McLoughlin* | 8.27% | 641 | 970.44 | ||||
Workers' Party | Tom French* | 6.97% | 540 | 541.16 | 542.44 | 658.37 | 931.37 | |
Democratic Unionist | Robert Dodds* | 8.91% | 690 | 706.24 | 791.52 | 810.96 | 813.96 | |
Democratic Unionist | 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[edit]
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 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Sean McCavanagh* | 17.01% | 990 | |||||||
Workers' Party | Padraig Breen* | 16.10% | 937 | 1,028 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Bell | 11.50% | 669 | 671 | 1,049 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran | 14.38% | 837 | 839 | 839 | 839 | 857.6 | 1,328.6 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Peter Bunting | 13.78% | 802 | 820 | 820 | 844 | 866.32 | 880.32 | 929.32 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 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 | |||
Democratic Unionist | 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[edit]
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Gardiner* | 20.04% | 1,690 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | Frederick Baird* | 15.68% | 1,322 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | George Savage* | 12.69% | 1,070 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Philip Black* | 10.50% | 885 | 1,189.51 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Sydney Cairns* | 4.80% | 405 | 621.45 | 656.45 | 766.85 | 1,019.52 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Hugh News* | 9.58% | 808 | 808.37 | 808.97 | 808.97 | 887.17 | 1,234.17 | |
Democratic Unionist | David Calvert* | 8.98% | 757 | 806.58 | 954.98 | 964.58 | 990.47 | 992.63 | |
Democratic Unionist | 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[edit]
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 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Gladys McCullough* | 16.87% | 1,470 | |||||||||
Ulster Unionist | James Gillespie* | 15.36% | 1,338 | |||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Arnold Hatch* | 13.06% | 1,138 | |||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Alan Locke* | 7.16% | 624 | 664.04 | 734.6 | 734.6 | 1,070.34 | 1,109.34 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Ignatius Fox | 9.02% | 786 | 786 | 786.18 | 810.18 | 810.18 | 810.18 | 1,167.18 | |||
Democratic Unionist | 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 | |
Democratic Unionist | Ronald Williamson | 3.75% | 327 | 493.66 | 501.22 | 501.22 | 519.66 | 521.18 | 522.36 | 522.65 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Mario McCooe | 5.30% | 462 | 462 | 462.18 | 487.18 | 488.18 | 488.18 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | 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[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Craigavon". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 19 July 2021.