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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 | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Bleakes * | 27.49% | 2,244 | |||||
| DUP | Charles Poots * | 13.34% | 1,089 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Thomas Lilburn* | 11.63% | 949 | 1,587.82 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Ronald Campbell* | 26.22% | 2,386 | |||||
| DUP | Cecil Calvert | 14.63% | 1,331 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Lewis | 12.78% | 1,163 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Jim Dillon* | 10.96% | 997 | 1,968.49 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Belshaw* | 16.27% | 1,211 | |||||
| Alliance | Seamus Close * | 13.61% | 1,013 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Maureen McKinney* | 11.26% | 838 | 1,107.96 | ||||
| DUP | Robin Dunsmore* | 1.84% | 137 | 946.88 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Semple* | 7.00% | 521 | 705.96 | 812.04 | 909.54 | 1,012.54 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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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