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Elections to Craigavon Borough Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 25 councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulster Unionist | 9 | 0 | 1 |  1 | 36.0 | 30.8 | 10,045 | 0.6 | |
| DUP | 7 | 3 | 0 |  3 | 28.0 | 27.1 | 8,836 | 9.8 | |
| SDLP | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 20.8 | 6,801 | 2.6 | |
| Republican Clubs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 9.4 | 3,059 | 3.8 | |
| Alliance | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 1,354 | 7.2 | |
| UUUP | 1 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 1,276 | 1.9 | |
| Independent Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 898 | 2.7 | |
| Independent Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 250 | 0.8 | |
| Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 141 | 0.4 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | DUP | SDLP | RC | Alliance | UUUP | Others | |||||||||
| Area A | 14.8 | 1 | 12.4 | 0 | 49.9 | 3 | 19.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 5 |
| Area B | 36.5 | 3 | 30.7 | 2 | 16.5 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 | 9.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Area C | 26.5 | 2 | 22.0 | 2 | 19.0 | 1 | 14.2 | 1 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Area D | 40.6 | 3 | 38.6 | 3 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 30.8 | 9 | 27.1 | 7 | 20.8 | 5 | 9.4 | 2 | 4.1 | 1 | 3.9 | 1 | 3.9 | 0 | 25 |
1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x UUP
1981: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x UUP
1977-1981 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Republican Clubs | Padraig Breen | 19.44% | 1,200 | |||||
| SDLP | James McDonald * | 16.18% | 999 | 1,032.2 | ||||
| SDLP | Patrick Crilly* | 10.56% | 652 | 715.4 | 762.4 | 1,166.4 | ||
| SDLP | Sean McCavanagh* | 14.04% | 867 | 915 | 973.8 | 1,117.8 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | James Gillespie* | 11.86% | 732 | 734.4 | 894.2 | 897.2 | 925.2 | |
| DUP | Victor Pickering | 12.41% | 766 | 766.4 | 786.4 | 786.6 | 795.6 | |
| SDLP | Ignatius Fox | 9.12% | 563 | 580 | 603.8 | |||
| Independent Socialist | Joseph Cunningham | 3.11% | 192 | 214.4 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Lyness | 2.96% | 183 | 184.2 | ||||
| Electorate: 8,797 Valid: 6,174 (70.18%) Spoilt: 245 Quota: 1,030 Turnout: 6,419 (72.97%) | ||||||||
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1981: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Herbert Whitten * | 21.99% | 1,785 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Daniel Murphy* | 16.54% | 1,343 | ||||||||
| DUP | Gladys McCullough* | 13.88% | 1,127 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Alan Locke* | 8.18% | 664 | 1,138.72 | |||||||
| DUP | James Forsythe | 9.88% | 802 | 829.95 | 830.21 | 834.83 | 957.03 | 1,019.93 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Arnold Hatch | 6.38% | 518 | 695.59 | 695.59 | 800.31 | 821.13 | 830.73 | 996.41 | 1,009.67 | |
| Alliance | William Ramsay* | 5.11% | 415 | 448.11 | 479.05 | 483.56 | 492.39 | 495.19 | 521.11 | 876.6 | |
| Republican Clubs | Dermot Hamill | 6.66% | 541 | 541 | 701.68 | 702.01 | 703.27 | 703.27 | 705.8 | 798.17 | |
| Alliance | Sean Hagan* | 4.43% | 360 | 365.16 | 493.6 | 494.48 | 496.74 | 497.14 | 504.63 | ||
| DUP | Frederick Richardson | 4.14% | 336 | 360.51 | 360.51 | 361.83 | 437.81 | 471.11 | |||
| DUP | John Oliver | 2.80% | 227 | 244.2 | 244.72 | 246.59 | |||||
| Electorate: 12,023 Valid: 8,118 (67.52%) Spoilt: 326 Quota: 1,015 Turnout: 8,444 (70.23%) | |||||||||||
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1981: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs
1977-1981 Change: DUP and Republican Clubs gain from SDLP and Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| Republican Clubs | Tom French | 14.19% | 1,298 | 1,301 | 1,363 | |||||||||||
| SDLP | Hugh News * | 11.77% | 1,077 | 1,077 | 1,133 | 1,153.93 | 1,169.84 | 1,285.39 | 1,384.39 | |||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Mary Simpson * | 10.79% | 987 | 1,015 | 1,015 | 1,015 | 1,015 | 1,015 | 1,132 | 1,134 | 1,194 | 1,200 | 1,552 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Cyril McLoughlin | 8.47% | 775 | 793 | 796 | 796 | 797 | 799 | 886 | 888 | 922 | 929 | 1,294 | 1,509.67 | ||
| DUP | William Smith | 7.10% | 650 | 662 | 662 | 662.91 | 663.91 | 663.91 | 671.91 | 672.91 | 1,053.91 | 1,054.91 | 1,074.91 | 1,089.92 | 1,150.75 | |
| DUP | Robert Dodds | 8.20% | 750 | 777 | 777 | 777.91 | 777.91 | 777.91 | 782.91 | 783.91 | 925.91 | 926.91 | 942.91 | 953.97 | 993.47 | |
| SDLP | Catherine McCann | 4.27% | 391 | 391 | 435 | 448.65 | 468.56 | 636.29 | 708.2 | 763.2 | 763.2 | 973.75 | 973.75 | 975.33 | 977.7 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Jack Mathers | 7.20% | 659 | 670 | 670 | 670 | 670 | 670 | 759 | 760 | 774 | 782 | ||||
| Independent Socialist | Alan Evans | 4.35% | 398 | 402 | 415 | 417.73 | 668.46 | 684.46 | 751.46 | 757.46 | 757.46 | |||||
| DUP | Ronald Williamson* | 6.74% | 617 | 631 | 631 | 631 | 631 | 631 | 638 | 638 | ||||||
| Alliance | Brian Gee | 6.33% | 579 | 596 | 609 | 611.73 | 616.73 | 628.73 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Terence McGinnity | 2.95% | 270 | 270 | 313 | 321.19 | 327.19 | |||||||||
| Independent Socialist | George Forker | 3.37% | 308 | 309 | 313 | 317.55 | ||||||||||
| Independent Nationalist | Robert McEvoy* | 2.73% | 250 | 252 | ||||||||||||
| Ind. Unionist | Frederick Crowe | 1.54% | 141 | |||||||||||||
| Electorate: 14,371 Valid: 9,150 (63.67%) Spoilt: 318 Quota: 1,308 Turnout: 9,468 (65.88%) | ||||||||||||||||
1977: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUUP
1981: 3 x UUP, 3 x DUP, 1 x UUUP
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Frederick Baird* | 17.03% | 1,570 | ||||||
| DUP | David Calvert * | 12.14% | 1,119 | 1,284.36 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Sydney Cairns* | 12.49% | 1,151 | 1,179.08 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Gardiner | 12.27% | 1,131 | 1,142.96 | 1,146.16 | 1,397.16 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | George Savage | 11.15% | 1,028 | 1,032.68 | 1,034.48 | 1,153.48 | |||
| DUP | Ian Williams | 9.46% | 872 | 997.06 | 1,104.86 | 1,123.96 | 1,156.96 | ||
| UUUP | Philip Black* | 8.57% | 790 | 842.26 | 850.26 | 877.22 | 983.22 | 1,439.22 | |
| SDLP | Gary Kennedy | 6.93% | 639 | 639.26 | 639.26 | 639.26 | 640.26 | 648.26 | |
| UUUP | Thomas Megarrell | 5.27% | 486 | 497.96 | 500.36 | 519.74 | 546.74 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Lutton | 4.69% | 432 | 436.94 | 438.94 | ||||
| Electorate: 13,017 Valid: 9,218 (70.82%) Spoilt: 237 Quota: 1,153 Turnout: 9,455 (72.64%) | |||||||||
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Craigavon Area C was one of the four district electoral areas in Craigavon, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected six members to Craigavon Borough Council, and formed part of the Armagh constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
