Craigavon Area B was one of the four district electoral areas in Craigavon, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected seven 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 Annagh, Breagh, Brownstown, Edgarstown, Hartfield, Tavanagh and Woodside. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and mainly replaced by the Portadown DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Herbert Whitten (UUP) | Alan Locke (UUP) | Arnold Hatch (UUP) | Gladys McCullough (DUP) | James Forsythe (DUP) | William Ramsey (Alliance) | Daniel Murphy (SDLP) | |||||||
| 1977 | John Wright (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist) | Sean Hagan (Alliance) | ||||||||||||
| 1973 | Samuel McCammick (Vanguard) | C. Atkinson (Vanguard) | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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%) | |||||||||||
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x Vanguard, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from Vanguard (two seats), Independent Unionist joins UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Herbert Whitten * | 25.60% | 1,863 | ||||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Wright* | 6.28% | 457 | 919.57 | |||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Alan Locke* | 6.32% | 460 | 779.66 | 808.21 | 812.76 | 834.33 | 931.33 | |||||||
| DUP | Gladys McCullough | 7.50% | 546 | 562.83 | 565.83 | 593.34 | 682.91 | 712.03 | 910.03 | ||||||
| SDLP | Daniel Murphy | 11.05% | 804 | 804 | 804 | 804 | 804 | 804 | 804 | 1,203 | |||||
| Alliance | Sean Hagan* | 11.31% | 823 | 827.08 | 834.08 | 835.08 | 841.08 | 850.08 | 854.08 | 900.08 | 1,130.63 | ||||
| Alliance | William Ramsay* | 6.64% | 483 | 511.56 | 511.56 | 516.56 | 525.56 | 559.17 | 570.25 | 577.25 | 637.28 | 788.66 | 797.66 | 800.42 | |
| DUP | James Forsythe | 6.84% | 498 | 508.71 | 510.22 | 519.73 | 561.81 | 605.95 | 782.21 | 783.21 | 784.08 | 784.08 | 795.96 | 798.19 | |
| SDLP | Mary Mackle | 6.28% | 457 | 457 | 457 | 458 | 458 | 458 | 459 | ||||||
| DUP | William Stothers | 4.75% | 346 | 364.36 | 364.36 | 376.87 | 400.91 | 424.48 | |||||||
| Vanguard | Samuel McCammick* | 2.90% | 211 | 245.68 | 274.7 | 279.21 | 292.74 | ||||||||
| UUUP | John Lyttle | 1.98% | 144 | 159.3 | 163.81 | 231.34 | |||||||||
| UUUP | James McBratney | 1.80% | 131 | 137.12 | 139.12 | ||||||||||
| Vanguard | William Lappin | 0.74% | 54 | 58.59 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 12,358 Valid: 7,277 (58.88%) Spoilt: 390 Quota: 910 Turnout: 7,667 (62.04%) | |||||||||||||||
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x Vanguard, 1 x Independent Unionist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Herbert Whitten | 25.44% | 2,273 | ||||||||||||
| Alliance | Sean Hagan | 16.32% | 1,458 | ||||||||||||
| Vanguard | Samuel McCammick | 7.65% | 683 | 710.03 | 710.26 | 711.77 | 742.3 | 804.87 | 808.38 | 808.61 | 823.12 | 1,197.12 | |||
| Vanguard | C. Atkinson | 10.14% | 906 | 936.6 | 936.83 | 937.83 | 954.85 | 988.89 | 990.12 | 991.12 | 1,008.32 | 1,170.22 | |||
| Alliance | William Ramsay | 4.32% | 386 | 416.09 | 535.23 | 541.38 | 542.4 | 550.44 | 735.99 | 883.13 | 1,114.79 | 1,124.79 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Alan Locke | 6.32% | 565 | 972.49 | 972.49 | 973.49 | 979.02 | 994.1 | 1,001.58 | 1,001.58 | 1,071.92 | 1,110.53 | 1,116.53 | 1,120.6 | |
| Ind. Unionist | John Wright | 6.96% | 621 | 720.45 | 723.44 | 723.67 | 730.2 | 762.26 | 767.61 | 793.6 | 850.99 | 916.54 | 971.54 | 1,012.61 | |
| Ulster Unionist | J. Toal | 3.77% | 337 | 826.6 | 826.6 | 826.6 | 831.15 | 843.17 | 845.17 | 845.17 | 891.29 | 923.37 | 937.37 | 944.77 | |
| DUP | James Forsythe | 6.06% | 541 | 551.71 | 551.71 | 553.28 | 650.75 | 688.26 | 688.26 | 688.26 | 698.77 | ||||
| NI Labour | T. Newell | 3.45% | 308 | 335.03 | 355.73 | 393.62 | 397.62 | 401.64 | 427.33 | 488.61 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | M. Smith | 4.04% | 361 | 361 | 404.47 | 405.39 | 405.39 | 405.39 | 415.06 | ||||||
| Alliance | O. Henry | 1.05% | 94 | 96.55 | 231.56 | 243.55 | 245.55 | 245.55 | |||||||
| Vanguard | J. Robinson | 2.00% | 179 | 195.83 | 195.83 | 195.83 | 205.34 | ||||||||
| DUP | A. Gracey | 1.86% | 166 | 177.73 | 177.73 | 178.73 | |||||||||
| NI Labour | J. Clarke | 0.62% | 55 | 56.53 | 63.43 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 12,948 Valid: 8,933 (68.99%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,117 Turnout: 9,056 (69.94%) | |||||||||||||||
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