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Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | 14 | 0 | 2 |  2 | 46.7 | 40.9 | 14,013 | 0.8 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 7 | 1 | 0 |  1 | 23.3 | 20.2 | 6,931 | 1.5 | |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16.7 | 18.5 | 6,347 | New | |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 2,772 | 1.7 | |
| Independent Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 1,510 | 3.1 | |
| Irish Independence | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 1,461 | 7.2 | |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 498 | 0.5 | |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 356 | 2.6 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 258 | 2.6 | |
| Independent Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 187 | 1.6 | |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30 | 0.0 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | UUP | Sinn Féin | DUP | IIP | Others | ||||||||
| Crotlieve | 54.2 | 4 | 18.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 20.9 | 1 | 7 |
| Newry Town | 45.0 | 4 | 12.6 | 1 | 19.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 15.3 | 1 | 7.8 | 0 | 7 |
| Slieve Gullion | 44.8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 47.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 5 |
| The Fews | 30.9 | 2 | 35.0 | 2 | 18.9 | 1 | 7.9 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 6 |
| The Mournes | 26.6 | 1 | 34.2 | 2 | 12.8 | 1 | 26.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 40.9 | 14 | 20.2 | 7 | 18.5 | 5 | 7.8 | 2 | 4.2 | 1 | 8.4 | 1 | 30 |
1985: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SDLP | P. J. Bradley * | 22.09% | 1,717 | |||||||||
| SDLP | Jim McCart* | 11.63% | 904 | 1,138.08 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Violet Cromie* | 10.92% | 849 | 855.6 | 855.6 | 856.04 | 1,238.04 | |||||
| SDLP | Brian Mulligan* | 8.17% | 635 | 781.08 | 826.65 | 861.05 | 863.05 | 864.59 | 1,079.59 | |||
| SDLP | Patrick Harper* | 7.22% | 561 | 732.6 | 761.74 | 785.36 | 785.36 | 785.36 | 1,003.97 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | William McCoy | 7.04% | 547 | 548.76 | 549.38 | 560.13 | 699.13 | 961.7 | 974.7 | |||
| Independent Nationalist | Ciaran Mussen | 8.77% | 682 | 708.84 | 715.35 | 754.43 | 755.43 | 755.43 | 781.36 | 800.36 | 804.7 | |
| Independent Nationalist | Sean Tinnelly | 7.74% | 602 | 613.88 | 616.36 | 718.07 | 718.07 | 718.07 | 760.02 | 790.02 | 793.43 | |
| SDLP | Liam Trainor* | 5.06% | 393 | 500.36 | 568.25 | 657.02 | 657.02 | 657.79 | ||||
| DUP | William Sterritt* | 6.91% | 537 | 537 | 537 | 539 | ||||||
| Independent | Francis Price | 2.26% | 176 | 190.96 | 194.68 | |||||||
| Workers' Party | Henry Smyth | 1.81% | 141 | 149.36 | 153.7 | |||||||
| Independent Labour | Johnny Ward | 0.39% | 30 | 33.52 | 35.07 | |||||||
| Electorate: 12,132 Valid: 7,774 (64.08%) Spoilt: 231 Quota: 972 Turnout: 8,005 (65.98%) | ||||||||||||
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x IIP, 1 x UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Irish Independence | Eugene Markey* | 13.52% | 1,003 | |||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | William McCaigue* | 12.64% | 938 | |||||||||
| SDLP | Sean Gallogly | 12.37% | 918 | 921.08 | 922.15 | 930.15 | ||||||
| SDLP | Arthur Ruddy* | 12.02% | 892 | 896.06 | 902.27 | 927.23 | 929.07 | |||||
| SDLP | Patrick McElroy* | 7.92% | 588 | 592.13 | 603.34 | 624.28 | 626.56 | 661.65 | 727.55 | 743.76 | 989.76 | |
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran | 9.49% | 704 | 708.9 | 713.04 | 734.91 | 734.91 | 740.19 | 778.54 | 879.5 | 908.89 | |
| SDLP | Thomas McGrath* | 7.52% | 558 | 563.25 | 570.25 | 583.4 | 584.52 | 657.37 | 696.37 | 710.79 | 841.43 | |
| Sinn Féin | Sean Mathers | 5.12% | 380 | 382.24 | 383.24 | 387.8 | 387.84 | 391.98 | 401.05 | 609.59 | 614.63 | |
| SDLP | John McArdle | 5.16% | 383 | 384.26 | 387.26 | 398.66 | 400.02 | 430.35 | 471.19 | 479.33 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Deborah Morgan | 4.68% | 347 | 350.57 | 354.57 | 358.39 | 358.39 | 367.53 | 380.95 | |||
| Independent Nationalist | James McKevitt | 3.05% | 226 | 229.85 | 261.06 | 292.99 | 294.31 | 342.24 | ||||
| Workers' Party | Tom Moore | 3.58% | 266 | 269.29 | 272.29 | 282.46 | 283.9 | |||||
| Irish Independence | Freddie Kearns* | 1.83% | 136 | 167.92 | 174.2 | |||||||
| Independent | Noel Sloan | 1.10% | 82 | 83.12 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 12,788 Valid: 7,421 (58.03%) Spoilt: 237 Quota: 928 Turnout: 7,658 (59.88%) | ||||||||||||
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Jim McAllister | 20.36% | 1,199 | |||||
| SDLP | Pat Toner* | 18.24% | 1,074 | |||||
| SDLP | Owen Kelly* | 13.38% | 788 | 821.44 | 854.72 | 944.83 | 986.83 | |
| Sinn Féin | Eamon Larkin | 12.08% | 711 | 738.93 | 741.73 | 744.92 | 980.72 | |
| SDLP | Noel McKevitt | 13.20% | 777 | 779.66 | 811.02 | 821.37 | 954.03 | |
| Sinn Féin | Patrick Murphy | 10.58% | 623 | 738.33 | 742.65 | 774.55 | 856.74 | |
| Irish Independence | Jim Murphy* | 4.55% | 268 | 281.49 | 288.93 | 307.36 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Sarah Murphy | 4.43% | 261 | 269.74 | 271.26 | 283.67 | ||
| Independent Republican | Brian Woods | 3.18% | 187 | 198.59 | 200.67 | |||
| Electorate: 8,395 Valid: 5,888 (70.14%) Spoilt: 211 Quota: 982 Turnout: 6,099 (72.65%) | ||||||||
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Lewis | 18.94% | 1,302 | ||||||||
| SDLP | James Savage* | 13.25% | 911 | 1,011 | |||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Andy Moffett* | 11.16% | 767 | 768.2 | 779.6 | 1,051.6 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Danny Kennedy | 10.91% | 750 | 750.4 | 754.8 | 810.2 | 828.7 | 863.7 | 1,300.7 | ||
| SDLP | Nan Sands* | 11.10% | 763 | 803 | 844 | 846 | 846.25 | 947.25 | 951.45 | 955.45 | |
| DUP | Gordon Heslip | 7.90% | 543 | 543 | 544 | 589 | 593.5 | 599.9 | 686.15 | 917.15 | |
| SDLP | John McElherron | 6.55% | 450 | 525.2 | 583.2 | 583.2 | 583.2 | 789.8 | 792.8 | 793.8 | |
| Ulster Unionist | David McMullan | 7.19% | 494 | 494.8 | 495.2 | 508.2 | 552.7 | 562.7 | |||
| Alliance | Victor Frizell | 5.18% | 356 | 387.6 | 428.2 | 428.2 | 428.2 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Florence Henning | 5.72% | 393 | 393.4 | 393.4 | ||||||
| Workers' Party | Brian Mulligan | 1.32% | 91 | 109.4 | |||||||
| Irish Independence | Francis McCamley* | 0.79% | 54 | 104 | |||||||
| Electorate: 9,873 Valid: 6,874 (69.62%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 983 Turnout: 7,015 (71.05%) | |||||||||||
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | George Graham * | 22.20% | 1,422 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Russell* | 21.71% | 1,391 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Arthur Coulter* | 12.52% | 802 | 935.25 | 1,231.72 | ||||
| SDLP | Colum Murnion* | 16.52% | 1,058 | 1,060.5 | 1,060.96 | 1,062.31 | 1,638.31 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Patrick Young | 12.80% | 820 | 820.25 | 820.48 | 820.63 | 866.86 | 1,134.86 | |
| DUP | William Burns | 4.21% | 270 | 485.5 | 503.9 | 655.1 | 661.61 | 673.61 | |
| SDLP | Anne Marie Cunningham* | 10.04% | 643 | 644 | 646.3 | 649.3 | |||
| Electorate: 9,530 Valid: 6,406 (67.22%) Spoilt: 189 Quota: 1,068 Turnout: 6,595 (69.20%) | |||||||||
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