1985 Ards Borough Council election

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1985 Ards Borough Council election
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All 20 seats to Ards Borough Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party DUP Ulster Unionist Alliance
Seats won 8 6 3
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 3 Steady 0
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party NI Labour UPUP
Independent
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 1 Increase 1
  Seventh party
 
Party SDLP
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Ards Borough Council Election Result 1985[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP 8 1 0 Increase1 40.0 39.3 8,069 Increase2.2
  Ulster Unionist 6 3 0 Increase3 30.0 30.5 6,257 Increase8.8
  Alliance 3 0 0 Steady0 15.0 12.4 2,537 Increase0.1
  NI Labour 1 0 0 Steady0 5.0 5.6 1,156 Decrease0.9
  UPUP 1 0 1 Decrease1 5.0 4.9 999 Decrease8.0
 
Independent
 1 1 0 Increase1 5.0 4.1 851 Increase0.7
  SDLP 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 2.2 448 Decrease2.1
  Labour Party NI 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.8 188 New
  Ulster Liberal 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.2 35 Increase0.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Ards Borough Council election, 1985
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance NILP UPUP Others
Ards Peninsula 31.3 2 27.7 2 10.1 1 0.0 0 13.7 1 17.2 1 7
Ards West 42.9 3 39.3 2 17.1 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.7 0 6
Newtownards 44.3 3 25.7 2 10.6 1 16.3 1 0.0 0 3.1 0 7
Total 39.3 8 30.5 6 12.4 3 5.6 1 4.9 1 7.3 1 20

District results

Ards Peninsula

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

Ards Peninsula - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
UPUP Gladys McIntyre* 13.68% 999            
Ulster Unionist Robert Ambrose* 11.46% 837 849.4 928.4        
Independent
 Thomas Byers 11.07% 808 808.4 826.48 830.56 1,058.56    
Alliance Kieran McCarthy 6.22% 454 455.76 466 667.92 816.92 944.92  
Ulster Unionist John Shields 8.34% 609 625.16 641.28 668.24 669.32 669.32 1,036.32
DUP Jim Shannon 11.46% 837 844.36 858.32 863.64 863.64 863.64 899
DUP Oliver Johnston* 11.11% 811 819.8 822.2 823.36 827.36 828.36 867.12
DUP Joseph Thompson* 8.72% 637 642.68 649.68 651.76 651.84 651.84 672.24
Ulster Unionist John Scott* 5.70% 416 428.88 468.8 505.16 505.16 505.16  
SDLP Patrick Doherty* 4.92% 359 359.24 415.24 419.32      
Alliance James Muirhead 3.93% 287 292.04 298.44        
Ulster Unionist Samuel McKeown 2.16% 158 165.12          
SDLP Seamus O'Neill 1.22% 89 89.16          
Electorate: 14,998   Valid: 7,301 (48.68%)   Spoilt: 220   Quota: 913   Turnout: 7,521 (50.15%)  

Ards West

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

Ards West - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Thomas Gourley* 24.29% 1,493          
Ulster Unionist Robert Gibson 24.13% 1,483          
DUP John Hamilton* 9.58% 589 1,040.82        
Alliance Jim McBriar* 13.00% 799 816.63 851.07 854.37 1,098.37  
Ulster Unionist Stanley McCoy 10.27% 631 666.26 801.92 809.72 899.72  
DUP Bobby McBride 9.08% 558 626.88 658.38 798.93 830.63 860.63
Ulster Unionist Trevor Hussey 2.80% 172 187.58 529.46 534.56 625.38 716.38
Alliance Alan McDowell 4.03% 248 249.23 257.63 257.78    
Ulster Unionist Arthur Spence 2.13% 131 135.92 166.58 167.93    
Independent
 Johnston Haire 0.70% 43 53.66 70.46 71.06    
Electorate: 12,416   Valid: 6,147 (49.51%)   Spoilt: 143   Quota: 879   Turnout: 6,290 (50.66%)  

Newtownards

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x NILP, 1 x Alliance

Newtownards - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DUP Simpson Gibson* 22.50% 1,596                  
NI Labour Robert Gaw* 16.30% 1,156                  
DUP John Elliott* 14.47% 1,026                  
Ulster Unionist Thomas Benson 13.96% 990                  
Alliance Owen Dorrian* 7.74% 549 568.8 638.64 640.07 645.07 666.67 848.2 1,002.2    
Ulster Unionist David Smyth 7.29% 517 552.1 595.06 597.79 613.79 641.15 656.35 665.87 678.87 922.87
DUP William Gilmore 3.41% 242 701.9 741.26 845.65 852.15 859.57 860.63 866.49 869.49 891.94
DUP Joseph Patterson 3.95% 280 425.35 443.83 458.39 460.79 467.97 470.45 472.65 473.65 489.95
Ulster Unionist David Jeffers 3.34% 237 263.1 301.5 307.48 369.38 412.86 420.88 427.76 443.76  
Labour Party NI Hugh McMullan 2.65% 188 190.25 217.85 217.98 218.18 230.86 235.34      
Alliance Laurence Thompson 2.82% 200 201.8 214.76 215.15 215.95 219.29        
Ulster Unionist James McKernon 1.07% 76 84.1 89.38 90.94 95.24          
Ulster Liberal Michael McGuigan 0.49% 35 36.35 40.43 40.43 40.83          
Electorate: 15,487   Valid: 7,092 (45.79%)   Spoilt: 157   Quota: 887   Turnout: 7,249 (46.81%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Ards". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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