1985 Craigavon Borough Council election
# 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 | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ulster Unionist | 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

### Loughside

1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party, 1 x UUP

### Lurgan

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

### Portadown

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

