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Elections to Antrim Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 19 councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Ulster Unionist | 9 | 2 | 0 |  1 | 47.4 | 39.7 | 5,995 | 1.7 | |
| DUP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26.3 | 28.4 | 4,270 |  0.3 | |
| SDLP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21.1 | 17.8 | 2,691 | 7.1 | |
| Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 5.3 | 7.6 | 1,150 | 3.3 | |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 675 | New | |
| Irish Independence | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 235 | 5.0 | |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 63 | New | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | DUP | SDLP | Alliance | Sinn Féin | Others | ||||||||
| Antrim North West | 31.7 | 2 | 21.7 | 1 | 25.8 | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 13.8 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 5 |
| Antrim South East | 44.2 | 4 | 34.6 | 2 | 12.6 | 1 | 8.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Antrim Town | 42.9 | 3 | 26.9 | 2 | 16.2 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 39.7 | 9 | 28.4 | 5 | 17.8 | 3 | 7.6 | 1 | 4.5 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 19 |
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | James Graham* | 23.84% | 1,164 | |||||||
| DUP | Wilson Clyde * | 17.84% | 871 | |||||||
| SDLP | Robert Loughran* | 16.10% | 786 | 791.4 | 824.4 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Blakeley* | 5.31% | 259 | 501.1 | 533.7 | 538.32 | 711.04 | 712.04 | 867.04 | |
| Sinn Féin | Henry Cushinan | 13.83% | 675 | 675.3 | 675.3 | 675.48 | 675.48 | 783.48 | 783.48 | |
| SDLP | James Laverty | 9.73% | 475 | 475 | 483 | 483.06 | 484.06 | 586.36 | 587.36 | |
| DUP | Samuel Hall | 3.83% | 187 | 222.4 | 226.4 | 271.76 | 294.78 | 295.78 | ||
| Irish Independence | John Heffron* | 4.81% | 235 | 235.9 | 242.9 | 242.96 | 242.96 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Roderick Swann | 2.52% | 123 | 179.7 | 202.6 | 203.68 | ||||
| Alliance | John Wallace | 2.19% | 107 | 113 | ||||||
| Electorate: 7,005 Valid: 4,882 (60.81%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 814 Turnout: 4,970 (70.95%) | ||||||||||
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| DUP | Roy Thompson * | 19.95% | 1,207 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Edgar Wallace* | 12.69% | 768 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Robert Burns* | 12.56% | 760 | ||||||||
| DUP | Samuel Dunlop* | 11.35% | 687 | 809.84 | |||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Carol Cunningham | 10.41% | 630 | 660.34 | 665.34 | 669.5 | 795.5 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Howard Campbell | 9.07% | 549 | 564.54 | 566.54 | 568.62 | 628.53 | 649.01 | 651.72 | 794.79 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Mervyn Rea | 6.21% | 376 | 405.6 | 407.6 | 409.68 | 533.25 | 545.73 | 549.31 | 709.72 | |
| Alliance | John McCourt | 5.01% | 303 | 309.66 | 501.66 | 502.3 | 508.67 | 509.63 | 510.08 | 517.63 | |
| DUP | William McCormick | 3.34% | 202 | 422.52 | 424.89 | 464.41 | 501.01 | 504.85 | 505.05 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | James Robinson | 5.77% | 349 | 366.02 | 368.02 | 370.9 | |||||
| Alliance | Theresa Gallagher | 3.64% | 220 | 220.37 | |||||||
| Electorate: 10,286 Valid: 6,051 (58.83%) Spoilt: 114 Quota: 757 Turnout: 6,165 (59.94%) | |||||||||||
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Jack Allen* | 21.03% | 872 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Oran Keenan | 16.16% | 670 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Paddy Marks* | 15.48% | 642 | ||||||||
| Alliance | James McConnell | 6.42% | 266 | 273.79 | 324.79 | 326.31 | 352.31 | 399 | 405.28 | 577.28 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Roy Stinson | 2.41% | 100 | 289.01 | 289.01 | 333.85 | 337.79 | 340.98 | 498.4 | 516.46 | |
| DUP | Margaret Brown | 10.44% | 433 | 469.9 | 470.15 | 478.89 | 478.89 | 480.71 | 505.24 | 510.88 | |
| DUP | Charles Quinn* | 9.72% | 403 | 421.45 | 421.45 | 430.95 | 431.45 | 432.64 | 464.38 | 465.38 | |
| DUP | Adam McKee | 6.75% | 280 | 295.17 | 295.67 | 304.22 | 305.97 | 308.97 | 337.5 | 346.05 | |
| Alliance | Mary Wallace | 3.50% | 145 | 149.1 | 196.1 | 199.9 | 251.81 | 308.82 | 314.28 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Andrew Thompson | 3.93% | 163 | 239.26 | 239.76 | 282.13 | 283.82 | 284.82 | |||
| Alliance | James Williamson | 2.63% | 109 | 111.46 | 116.96 | 117.72 | 121.97 | ||||
| Workers' Party | Robert Owens | 1.52% | 63 | 63.41 | 108.41 | 108.79 | |||||
| Electorate: 9,755 Valid: 4,146 (42.50%) Spoilt: 138 Quota: 519 Turnout: 4,284 (43.92%) | |||||||||||
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