1985 Moyle District Council election

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1985 Moyle District Council election

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All 15 seats to Moyle District Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party SDLP DUP Ulster Unionist Seats won 4 3 2 Seat change 1 1 2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Sinn Féin Ind. Unionist Independent Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 2 0 2   Seventh party   Party Independent Nationalist Seats won 1 Seat change 1

Elections to Moyle District 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 15 councillors.

Election results

Moyle District Council Election Result 1985 ^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SDLP	4	0	1	1	26.7	30.4	1,939	2.0
	DUP	3	1	0	1	20.0	21.0	1,337	5.9
	Ulster Unionist	2	0	2	2	13.3	16.2	1,035	2.7
	Sinn Féin	2	2	0	2	13.3	12.2	777	New
	Ind. Unionist	2	0	0	0	13.3	8.9	568	1.4
	Independent	1	0	2	2	6.7	5.8	372	12.6
	Independent Nationalist	1	0	0	0	6.7	4.3	271	0.7
	Irish Independence	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.1	71	6.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Results of the Moyle District Council election, 1985
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	SDLP		DUP		UUP		Sinn Féin		Others
Ballycastle	28.5	1	26.2	1	12.9	1	13.8	1	18.6	1	5
Giant's Causeway	0.0	0	41.8	2	29.1	1	0.0	0	29.1	2	5
The Glens	56.4	3	0.0	0	8.8	0	20.7	1	14.1	1	5
Total	30.4	4	21.0	3	16.2	2	12.2	2	20.2	4	15

District results

Ballycastle

1985: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent

Ballycastle - 5 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Gardiner Kane	26.24%	524
	Ulster Unionist	Robert McPherson	12.77%	255	434.82
	SDLP	Michael O'Cleary*	16.37%	327	327.74	331.07	366.07
	Sinn Féin	Francis McCarry	13.82%	276	276.37	276.37	285.37	285.37	316.07
	Independent	James McShane*	10.92%	218	219.11	223.55	228.55	230.43	288.24
	Independent	Archibald McAuley*	7.71%	154	158.81	210.98	218.35	219.29	281.35
	SDLP	Richard Kerr*	7.41%	148	149.48	152.81	188.18	218.26
	SDLP	Noel McCurdy	4.76%	95	95.37	96.48
Electorate: 3,235  Valid: 1,997 (61.73%)  Spoilt: 48  Quota: 333  Turnout: 2,045 (63.21%)

Giant's Causeway

1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP

Giant's Causeway - 5 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	James Rodgers*	18.38%	358
	Ind. Unionist	Price McConaghy*	17.35%	338
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Getty*	16.84%	328
	DUP	Duncan Hill	12.53%	244	258.76	261.16	428.16
	Ind. Unionist	Mary Morrison*	11.81%	230	232.79	237.83	270.78	307.78
	Ulster Unionist	James McAuley*	12.27%	239	245.12	249.28	258.86	296.86
	DUP	Ronnie McIlvar*	10.83%	211	219.28	219.72
Electorate: 3,149  Valid: 1,948 (61.86%)  Spoilt: 40  Quota: 325  Turnout: 1,988 (63.13%)

The Glens

1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist

The Glens - 5 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	John Regan	12.41%	301	321	327	327	441
	SDLP	Malachy McSparran*	14.14%	343	346	351	367	375	391	396
	SDLP	Patrick McBride*	10.43%	253	253	260	326	354	373	385
	SDLP	Daniel Anderson	13.24%	321	338	340	353	356	365	366
	Independent Nationalist	Randal McDonnell	11.18%	271	292	295	305	317	349	359
	SDLP	Dermot McMullan	13.57%	329	336	337	343	349	349	351
	Ulster Unionist	Hugh Acheson*	8.78%	213	213	213	214	215
	Sinn Féin	James McCarry	4.87%	118	118	172	185
	SDLP	Mary Hegarty	5.07%	123	124	127
	Sinn Féin	James McMullan	3.38%	82	83
	Irish Independence	John McKay	2.93%	71
Electorate: 3,408  Valid: 2,425 (71.16%)  Spoilt: 47  Quota: 405  Turnout: 2,472 (72.54%)

References

1. "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Moyle". www.ark.ac.uk.
2. "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.