Craigavon Area D
Craigavon Area D 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 Bleary, Church, Knocknashane, Magheralin, Mourneview, Parklake and Waringstown. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Lurgan DEA.
Councillors
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
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| 1981 | Sydney Cairns (UUP) |
Samuel Gardiner (UUP) |
George Savage (UUP) |
Ian Williams (DUP) |
Frederick Baird (DUP) |
David Calvert (DUP) |
Philip Black (UUUP)/ (Vanguard) | |||||||
| 1977 | James Baird (UUP) |
Thomas Creith (UUP) |
Eric Crozier (UUP) |
Thomas Willey (DUP) | ||||||||||
| 1973 | Thomas Megarrell (UUP) |
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1981 Election
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%) | |||||||||
1977 Election
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard
1977: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: Vanguard joins UUUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| DUP | David Calvert* | 13.63% | 1,081 | |||||||
| UUUP | Philip Black* | 10.68% | 847 | 969 | 1,011 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | James Baird* | 11.54% | 915 | 928 | 933 | 937 | 1,016 | |||
| DUP | Thomas Willey* | 8.55% | 678 | 703 | 922 | 989.76 | 994.76 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Sydney Cairns* | 10.55% | 837 | 849 | 874 | 880.64 | 927.64 | 1,197.64 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Eric Crozier | 8.94% | 709 | 715 | 720 | 723.12 | 791.28 | 917.6 | 998.94 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Thomas Creith* | 8.62% | 684 | 687 | 689 | 690.76 | 765.76 | 876 | 997.52 | |
| SDLP | Brid Rodgers
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8.88% | 704 | 704 | 704 | 704.08 | 802.16 | 808.16 | 810.12 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Thomas Megarrell* | 6.38% | 506 | 511 | 520 | 521.52 | 565.52 | |||
| Alliance | Charles Phillips | 5.94% | 471 | 472 | 472 | 472.32 | ||||
| DUP | Harold Glass | 3.78% | 300 | 313 | ||||||
| UUUP | John Dummigan | 2.52% | 200 | |||||||
| Electorate: 13,004 Valid: 7,932 (61.00%) Spoilt: 366 Quota: 992 Turnout: 8,298 (63.81%) | ||||||||||
Area D
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | James Baird | 22.59% | 2,100 | |||||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Sydney Cairns | 12.76% | 1,186 | |||||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Thomas Creith | 7.51% | 698 | 1,280.56 | ||||||||||||
| Vanguard | Philip Black | 9.04% | 840 | 873 | 875.08 | 875.08 | 884.12 | 953.72 | 954.72 | 1,124.76 | 1,125.51 | 1,165.99 | ||||
| DUP | David Calvert | 5.84% | 543 | 568.08 | 569.28 | 569.28 | 624.6 | 634.6 | 638.6 | 666.68 | 667.63 | 958.35 | 969.36 | 1,281.36 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Thomas Megarrell | 7.50% | 697 | 868.6 | 957 | 958.24 | 966.24 | 971.68 | 988.56 | 1,007.8 | 1,015.57 | 1,026.38 | 1,068.92 | 1,164.64 | ||
| DUP | Thomas Willey | 6.71% | 624 | 641.16 | 642.84 | 643.84 | 688.92 | 694.36 | 700.56 | 727 | 727.84 | 882.39 | 840.33 | 992.15 | 1,105.83 | |
| Alliance | M. Damaglou | 3.65% | 339 | 345.16 | 346.6 | 392.64 | 392.64 | 392.64 | 522 | 523 | 523.28 | 526.73 | 923.05 | 935.23 | 939.64 | |
| Vanguard | L. Adamson | 5.77% | 536 | 547.88 | 548.92 | 549.92 | 538.08 | 616.4 | 616.48 | 695.48 | 695.76 | 720.79 | 724.23 | |||
| Alliance | H. Gregg | 3.23% | 300 | 314.52 | 315.64 | 344.52 | 346.52 | 348.52 | 490.64 | 491.88 | 492.16 | 497.61 | ||||
| DUP | D. C. Biggerstaff | 4.40% | 409 | 442.88 | 444.08 | 444.08 | 459.6 | 463.6 | 465.58 | 488.2 | 488.68 | |||||
| Vanguard | I. Major | 2.89% | 269 | 274.28 | 275.08 | 275.08 | 283.08 | 354.2 | 354.28 | |||||||
| Alliance | C. Philips | 2.88% | 268 | 274.6 | 275.68 | 311.88 | 312.84 | 314.84 | ||||||||
| Vanguard | J. E. McCambley | 2.32% | 216 | 219.52 | 220.4 | 221.4 | 228 | |||||||||
| DUP | R. Dawson | 1.68% | 156 | 162.16 | 164 | 164 | ||||||||||
| Alliance | J. A. Lewis | 1.24% | 115 | 116.76 | 117.16 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 13,194 Valid: 9,296 (70.46%) Spoilt: 184 Quota: 1,163 Turnout: 9,480 (71.85%) | ||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 20 July 2021.