1985 Ballymena Borough Council election

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Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
1985 Ballymena Borough Council election
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All 23 seats to Ballymena Borough Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party DUP Ulster Unionist SDLP
Seats won 15 6 1
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Ind. Unionist
Independent
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 2

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Ballymena Borough Council Election Result 1985[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP 15 2 0 Increase2 65.2 55.6 12,014 Increase0.1
  Ulster Unionist 6 1 0 Increase1 26.1 28.6 6,190 Decrease1.4
  SDLP 1 1 0 Increase1 4.3 6.3 1,367 New
  Ind. Unionist 1 0 0 Steady0 4.3 5.6 1,204 Increase2.1
 
Independent
 0 0 2 Decrease2 0.0 4.0 856 Decrease6.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Ballymena Borough Council election, 1985
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP SDLP Others
Ballymena Town 37.7 3 22.8 2 21.0 1 18.5 1 7
Braid Valley 48.5 3 35.3 2 0.0 0 16.2 0 5
Kells Water 73.6 5 26.4 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 6
The Main 68.8 4 31.2 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Total 55.6 15 28.6 6 6.3 1 9.5 2 23

District results

Ballymena Town

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Ballymena Town - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SDLP Patrick McAvoy 17.33% 1,126            
Ind. Unionist Samuel Henry* 13.48% 876            
Ulster Unionist Robert Coulter 12.22% 794 794.28 807.58 886.58      
Ulster Unionist Gordon Wilson* 6.20% 403 403.56 419.17 581.16 711.3 775.3 841.22
DUP Maurice Mills* 10.89% 708 708.28 711.71 722.99 753.18 756.18 764
DUP Richard McKeown 9.85% 640 640.84 642.94 644.08 677.99 679.99 691.12
DUP Robert Maternaghan* 8.66% 563 563.28 566.22 571.36 635.41 637.41 639.32
DUP John Wilson 8.28% 538 538 539.33 550.89 589.45 591.45 600.37
SDLP Malachy Reynolds 3.71% 241 550.12 552.29 555.43 565.99 565.99  
Ind. Unionist James Alexander* 5.05% 328 329.4 340.67 352.72      
Ulster Unionist Warren Wray 4.34% 282 282 288.72        
Electorate: 12,497   Valid: 6,499 (52.00%)   Spoilt: 105   Quota: 813   Turnout: 6,604 (52.84%)  

Braid Valley

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

Braid Valley - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP John Armstrong* 11.85% 628 981          
Ulster Unionist Margaret Alexander 11.81% 626 635 925        
Ulster Unionist Desmond Armstrong* 14.28% 757 794 921        
DUP Samuel Hanna* 14.07% 746 787 829 850.33 869.58 892.2  
DUP John Porter 13.66% 724 753 778 850.63 865.88 875.16 882.36
Independent
 James Woulahan* 16.15% 856 857 860 860 865.25 869.89 870.79
Ulster Unionist Harbinson McCullough 9.24% 490 493          
DUP Samuel Martin 8.94% 474            
Electorate: 7,829   Valid: 5,301 (67.71%)   Spoilt: 110   Quota: 884   Turnout: 5,411 (69.11%)  

Kells Water

1985: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP

Kells Water - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Ulster Unionist William Brownlees* 17.86% 856      
DUP John McAuley* 17.63% 845      
DUP Roy West* 16.60% 796      
DUP Martin Clarke* 14.50% 695      
DUP Edwin Maternaghan* 12.04% 577 586.4 693.37  
DUP David McClintock 12.83% 615 623.4 657.41 753.17
Ulster Unionist Victoria Brownlees 8.55% 410 558.8 570.96 579.92
Electorate: 9,621   Valid: 4,794 (49.83%)   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 685   Turnout: 4,927 (51.21%)  

The Main

1985: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP

The Main - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
DUP Roy Gillespie* 21.36% 1,076      
DUP Tommy Nicholl* 19.06% 960      
DUP Sandy Spence* 15.80% 796 831.64 925.48  
DUP Hubert Nicholl 12.57% 633 792.94 804.7 876.75
Ulster Unionist Ian Johnston* 16.12% 812 834.88 838.24 841.76
Ulster Unionist William Wright* 15.09% 760 774.08 777.92 782.43
Electorate: 8,309   Valid: 5,037 (60.62%)   Spoilt: 213   Quota: 840   Turnout: 5,250 (63.18%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Ballymena". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
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