1981 Craigavon Borough Council election

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.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | RC !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Area A |14.8 |1 |12.4 |0 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|49.9 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |19.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |3.1 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Area B |bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.5 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |30.7 |2 |16.5 |1 |6.7 |0 |9.5 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Area C |bgcolor="40BFF5"|26.5 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |22.0 |2 |19.0 |1 |14.2 |1 |6.3 |0 |0.0 |0 |12.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Area D |bgcolor="40BFF5"|40.6 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |38.6 |3 |6.9 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |13.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |7 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |30.8 |9 |27.1 |7 |20.8 |5 |9.4 |2 |4.1 |1 |3.9 |1 |3.9 |0 |25

Districts results

Area A

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

Area B

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

Area C

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

Area D

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

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