1985 North Down Borough Council election

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1985 North Down Borough Council election
←  1981 15 May 1985 (1985-05-15) 1989  →
All 24 seats to North Down Borough Council
13 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Ulster Unionist Alliance DUP
Seats won876
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party UPUP Ind. Unionist Unionist Party NI
Seats won210
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 1

Elections to North Down 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 24 councillors.

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Election results

North Down Borough Council Election Result 1985 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Ulster Unionist 840Increase2.svg433.332.37,115Decrease2.svg9.7
  Alliance 710Increase2.svg129.226.35,801Increase2.svg1.1
  DUP 610Increase2.svg125.023.35,131Decrease2.svg7.8
  UPUP 201Decrease2.svg18.39.72,140Decrease2.svg7.9
  Ind. Unionist 100Steady2.svg04.24.0871Decrease2.svg2.0
  Independent 000Steady2.svg00.02.7585Increase2.svg2.7
  PUP 000Steady2.svg00.01.7377Increase2.svg0.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 1985
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
UUP Alliance DUP UPUP Others
Abbey28.2217.2136.3216.312.006
Ballyholme and Groomsport 36.8228.5222.827.814.106
Bangor West 28.5227.7219.819.309.617
Holywood 35.1230.5215.716.5012.205
Total32.3826.3723.369.728.4024

District results

Abbey

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP

Abbey - 6 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
DUP John McCormick*23.64%1,104      
Ulster Unionist George Green *20.24%945      
UPUP Brian Meharg16.40%766      
Alliance James Magee*13.58%634653.27 670.09    
Ulster Unionist John Preston6.34%296337.82 428.3 458.45 479.82 527.66 719.42
DUP Ivy Cooling9.79%457591.48 609.46 625.51 645.35 645.95 675.2
DUP Raymond Trousdale*2.89%135338.36 345.32 358.22 374.71 381.28 391.36
Ulster Unionist Ernest Jackson1.58%7488.76 216.65 234.8 257.49 288.87  
Alliance James Pettis3.58%167169.87 173.06 185.21 192.1   
PUP Kenneth McMullan3.58%92106.76 111.69 118.29    
Electorate: 11,424  Valid: 4,670 (40.88%)  Spoilt: 154  Quota: 668  Turnout: 4,824 (42.23%)  

    Ballyholme and Groomsport

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

    Ballyholme and Groomsport - 6 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Ulster Unionist Bruce Mulligan*14.81%893       
    Ind. Unionist Edmund Mills*14.44%871       
    DUP Alan Leslie13.18%795809 1,181     
    Ulster Unionist Samuel Hamilton10.11%610722 728 870    
    Alliance Jane Copeland7.71%465477 479 484 485.8 486.57 486.66 899.66
    Alliance Donald Hayes*12.22%737758 759 770 777.52 778.71 778.89 833.89
    UPUP Valerie Kinghan9.27%559583 610 710 725.2 728.98 736.63 744.63
    Alliance Sylvia Anderson7.81%471480 480 483 484.8 485.22 485.22  
    DUP Elizabeth Loan6.62%399417       
    DUP Enid Stringer3.53%213       
    PUP Samuel Meneely0.30%18       
    Electorate: 12,532  Valid: 6,031 (48.12%)  Spoilt: 93  Quota: 862  Turnout: 6,124 (48.87%)  

      Bangor West

      1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UPUP

      Bangor West - 7 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678910
      Ulster Unionist Hazel Bradford*26.01%1,695         
      DUP Alan Graham*14.89%970         
      Alliance William Bailie*14.01%913         
      Ulster Unionist Cecil Braniff*6.53%414856.52        
      Alliance Brian Wilson *10.53%686719.28 721.04 742.44 743.76 744.56 760.63 778.88 1,008.88 
      DUP George McMurtry5.85%381419.48 540.76 541.86 654.12 655.57 675.88 747.77 752.92 760.92
      UPUP Ian Sinclair7.75%505551.8 555.48 558.58 564.1 565.2 539.84 630.43 663.09 695.09
      Ulster Unionist Edward Lindsay1.81%118269.84 274 277.4 287.76 319.71 489.03 538.36 596.81 688.81
      Alliance Alfred Mairs4.01%261298.96 299.76 358.96 364.28 365.03 386.66 392.98   
      PUP Thomas O'Brien4.10%267282.6 284.68 284.88 292.52 292.97 297.01    
      Ulster Unionist William Smiley2.64%172262.48 264.08 265.08 278.2 283.05     
      DUP William Swain2.06%134145.96 164.68 164.78       
      Electorate: 14,384  Valid: 6,516 (45.30%)  Spoilt: 153  Quota: 815  Turnout: 6,669 (46.36%)  

        Holywood

        1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP

        Holywood - 5 seats [2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234
        Ulster Unionist Ellie McKay*16.36%786944  
        Ulster Unionist John Auld*16.32%784882  
        DUP Gordon Dunne *13.62%654813  
        Alliance Susan O'Brien*15.93%765793 819 
        Alliance Michael Clarke*14.62%702720 738 758
        Independent Dennis Ogborn12.18%585629 675 694
        UPUP James White6.45%310   
        Ulster Unionist Roger Lomas2.39%115   
        DUP Elizabeth Graham2.12%102   
        Electorate: 9,824  Valid: 4,803 (48.89%)  Spoilt: 93  Quota: 801  Turnout: 4,896 (49.84%)  

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          References

          1. 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: North Down". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. 1 2 3 4 "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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