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Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 28 councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 13 | 2 | 0 |  5 | 46.4 | 42.8 | 14,101 | 10.6 | |
| DUP | 8 | 0 | 2 |  2 | 28.6 | 32.1 | 10,568 | 10.6 | |
| Alliance | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.1 | 11.0 | 3,624 | 1.2 | |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 2,163 | 0.7 | |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 1,873 | New | |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 584 | 0.4 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | DUP | Alliance | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Others | ||||||||
| Downshire | 46.7 | 3 | 41.6 | 3 | 11.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Dunmurry Cross | 30.8 | 2 | 18.1 | 1 | 7.8 | 1 | 13.3 | 1 | 22.8 | 2 | 7.2 | 0 | 7 |
| Killultagh | 53.2 | 4 | 27.3 | 2 | 7.7 | 0 | 11.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Lisburn Town | 39.1 | 4 | 43.0 | 2 | 17.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 42.8 | 13 | 32.1 | 8 | 11.0 | 3 | 6.6 | 2 | 5.7 | 2 | 1.8 | 0 | 28 |
1985: 3 x UUP, 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| UUP | William Bleakes * | 27.49% | 2,244 | |||||
| DUP | Charles Poots * | 13.34% | 1,089 | |||||
| UUP | Thomas Lilburn* | 11.63% | 949 | 1,587.82 | ||||
| UUP | Wilfred McClung | 2.57% | 210 | 325.02 | 580.7 | 682.56 | 1,037.86 | |
| Alliance | Richard Reid | 11.69% | 954 | 984.24 | 992.4 | 992.94 | 1,026.94 | |
| DUP | Thomas Davis | 9.63% | 786 | 925.32 | 949.32 | 963.78 | 1,025.06 | |
| DUP | Denis McCarroll* | 10.49% | 856 | 960.76 | 990.52 | 1,006.06 | 1,023.06 | |
| DUP | James McCann* | 8.15% | 665 | 725.48 | 746.12 | 772.64 | 772.64 | |
| UUP | William Gardiner-Watson* | 5.02% | 410 | 525.02 | 647.42 | 652.28 | ||
| Electorate: 14,092 Valid: 8,163 (57.93%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 1,021 Turnout: 8,304 (58.93%) | ||||||||
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| UUP | William McAllister* | 22.98% | 1,886 | ||||||
| DUP | William Beattie * | 16.49% | 1,353 | ||||||
| SDLP | William McDonnell* | 13.32% | 1,093 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Damien Gibney | 12.78% | 1,049 | ||||||
| UUP | Richard Scott | 3.64% | 299 | 904.82 | 962.66 | 1,033.66 | |||
| Alliance | Donald Cheyne | 7.77% | 638 | 657.32 | 664.76 | 672.8 | 704.54 | 1,002.26 | |
| Sinn Féin | Patrick Rice | 10.04% | 824 | 825.84 | 826.08 | 827.08 | 835.96 | 908.5 | |
| UUP | Norman Tulip | 4.22% | 346 | 514.82 | 536.18 | 791.06 | 791.12 | 802.8 | |
| Workers' Party | John Lowry | 7.12% | 584 | 590.44 | 591.64 | 594.36 | 611.76 | ||
| DUP | Ronald Kelly | 1.64% | 135 | 188.82 | 420.42 | ||||
| Electorate: 14,907 Valid: 8,207 (55.05%) Spoilt: 216 Quota: 1,026 Turnout: 8,423 (56.50%) | |||||||||
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| UUP | Ronald Campbell* | 26.22% | 2,386 | |||||
| DUP | Cecil Calvert | 14.63% | 1,331 | |||||
| UUP | William Lewis | 12.78% | 1,163 | |||||
| UUP | Jim Dillon* | 10.96% | 997 | 1,968.49 | ||||
| UUP | Henry McGiffin | 3.30% | 300 | 447.34 | 1,124.84 | |||
| DUP | Robert McNeice* | 6.13% | 558 | 613.12 | 685.12 | 808.87 | 1,338.87 | |
| SDLP | Paddy Ritchie | 11.76% | 1,070 | 1,073.71 | 1,074.71 | 1,074.71 | 1,079.29 | |
| Alliance | Eileen Drayne | 7.74% | 704 | 731.03 | 765.03 | 768.78 | 805.72 | |
| DUP | Henry Stevenson | 6.49% | 591 | 625.45 | 664.95 | 707.1 | ||
| Electorate: 15,793 Valid: 9,100 (57.62%) Spoilt: 133 Quota: 1,138 Turnout: 9,233 (58.46%) | ||||||||
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| DUP | Ivan Davis * | 38.80% | 2,888 | |||||
| UUP | William Belshaw* | 16.27% | 1,211 | |||||
| Alliance | Seamus Close * | 13.61% | 1,013 | |||||
| UUP | Maureen McKinney* | 11.26% | 838 | 1,107.96 | ||||
| DUP | Robin Dunsmore* | 1.84% | 137 | 946.88 | ||||
| UUP | Samuel Semple* | 7.00% | 521 | 705.96 | 812.04 | 909.54 | 1,012.54 | |
| UUP | James Davis* | 4.58% | 341 | 570.84 | 710.76 | 742.26 | 844.94 | |
| DUP | James Mulholland | 2.40% | 179 | 558.44 | 581.24 | 614.74 | 657.28 | |
| Alliance | Maura Mulholland | 4.23% | 315 | 370.76 | 379.4 | 390.9 | ||
| Electorate: 14,285 Valid: 7,443 (52.10%) Spoilt: 163 Quota: 931 Turnout: 7,606 (53.24%) | ||||||||
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