1981 Banbridge District Council election

Elections to Banbridge District Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used two district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
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 * align="left"|Area A
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.7
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 25.3
 * 2
 * 13.9
 * 1
 * 26.1
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Area B
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|50.4
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|5
 * 27.9
 * 2
 * 16.2
 * 1
 * 5.5
 * 0
 * 8
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 42.1
 * 8
 * 26.5
 * 4
 * 14.9
 * 2
 * 16.5
 * 1
 * 15
 * }
 * 15
 * }
 * }

Area A
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Unionist

1981: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist

Area B
1977: 5 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1981: 5 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1977-1981 Change: No change