1985 Craigavon Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985.

Election Name:	1985 Craigavon Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1981 Craigavon Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1981
Next Election:	1989 Craigavon Borough Council election
Next Year:	1989
Seats For Election:	All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council
Majority Seats:	14
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	11
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	5
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	2
Party5:	Workers' Party (Ireland)
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	0
Party6:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	United Ulster Unionist Party
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Workers' Party!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Craigavon Central|bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.9|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|30.7|2|11.4|1|7.2|0|7.0|1|4.8|0|0.0|0|7|-|align="left"|Loughside|11.5|1|6.6|0|bgcolor="#99FF66"|40.3|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|23.2|1|18.4|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Lurgan|bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|30.6|2|9.6|1|6.8|0|0.0|0|5.0|0|0.0|0|7|-|align="left"|Portadown|bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.5|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|29.4|2|14.3|1|12.0|1|0.0|0|5.8|0|0.0|0|7|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| 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