Craigavon Area A was one of the four district electoral areas in Craigavon, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Craigavon Borough Council, and formed part of the Armagh constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Aghagallon, Belle Vue, Kinnegoe, The Birches and Woodville. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Loughside DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | James Gillespie (UUP) | Sean McCavanagh (SDLP) | Patrick Crilly (SDLP) | James McDonald (SDLP)/ (Independent Nationalist) | Padraig Breen (Republican Clubs) | |||||
| 1977 | Malachy McGurran (Republican Clubs) | |||||||||
| 1973 | W. N. Rodgers (UUP) | Frederick Baird (DUP) | Donnell Deeny (Alliance) | |||||||
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%) | ||||||||
1973: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP and Republican Clubs gain from Alliance and DUP, Independent Nationalist joins SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SDLP | James McDonald * | 18.68% | 1,013 | ||||||
| SDLP | Sean McCavanagh | 16.56% | 898 | 964.4 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | Malachy McGurran | 16.00% | 868 | 875.5 | 877.5 | 882.72 | 1,072.72 | ||
| SDLP | Patrick Crilly* | 10.71% | 581 | 595.6 | 596.7 | 646.83 | 916.83 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | James Gillespie | 8.19% | 444 | 444.5 | 723.6 | 723.6 | 751.69 | 767.69 | |
| DUP | Frederick Baird* | 12.83% | 696 | 696.2 | 737.6 | 737.6 | 740.97 | 742.97 | |
| Alliance | Donnell Deeny* | 10.75% | 583 | 591.3 | 601.4 | 605.27 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Eric McKeown | 6.29% | 341 | 341.8 | |||||
| Electorate: 8,541 Valid: 5,424 (63.51%) Spoilt: 321 Quota: 905 Turnout: 5,745 (67.26%) | |||||||||
1973: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| SDLP | Patrick Crilly | 8.91% | 521 | 535 | 569 | 569 | 594 | 1,023 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | W. N. Rodgers | 11.63% | 680 | 680 | 680 | 760 | 760 | 760 | 1,304 | ||||
| DUP | Frederick Baird | 7.05% | 412 | 412 | 412 | 710 | 710 | 710 | 767 | 1,058.2 | |||
| Alliance | Donnell Deeny | 9.99% | 584 | 603 | 808 | 808 | 832 | 890 | 904 | 929.9 | 967.7 | 975.89 | |
| Independent Nationalist | James McDonald | 14.04% | 821 | 844 | 861 | 861 | 888 | 913 | 915 | 923.4 | 936 | 969.28 | |
| Republican Clubs | T. Fleville | 7.13% | 417 | 478 | 495 | 495 | 864 | 891 | 891 | 891 | 891 | 897.24 | |
| Ulster Unionist | W. Monroe | 10.53% | 616 | 616 | 616 | 622 | 622 | 622 | |||||
| SDLP | T. Mackle | 8.84% | 517 | 528 | 537 | 537 | 548 | ||||||
| Republican Clubs | J. Mulholland | 6.60% | 386 | 452 | 464 | 464 | |||||||
| DUP | William Stothers | 6.74% | 394 | 394 | 394 | ||||||||
| Alliance | B. Casey | 4.74% | 277 | 297 | |||||||||
| Independent Republican | K. Toman | 3.81% | 223 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 9,065 Valid: 5,848 (64.51%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 975 Turnout: 6,003 (66.22%) | |||||||||||||
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