1985 Down District Council election

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Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
1985 Down District Council election
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All 23 seats to Down District Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP Ulster Unionist DUP
Seats won 10 7 3
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 2 Steady 0
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Workers' Party Alliance
Seats won 2 1 0
Seat change Increase 2 Steady 0 Decrease 1
  Seventh party
 
Party
Independent Labour
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Down District Council Election Result 1985[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 10 1 0 Increase1 43.5 41.6 9,851 Decrease0.5
  Ulster Unionist 7 2 0 Increase2 30.4 30.3 7,167 Increase3.0
  DUP 3 0 0 Steady0 13.0 12.2 2,886 Decrease0.8
  Sinn Féin 2 2 0 Increase2 0.0 6.5 1,549 New
  Workers' Party 1 0 0 Steady0 4.3 4.2 993 Decrease2.3
  Alliance 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 5.2 1,237 Decrease3.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Down District Council election, 1985
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP UUP DUP Sinn Féin Workers Party Others
Ballynahinch 40.5 2 33.3 2 18.9 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 7.3 0 5
Downpatrick 57.4 4 16.3 1 0.0 0 9.9 1 9.1 1 7.3 0 7
Newcastle 40.8 3 22.1 1 12.0 1 14.0 1 5.8 0 5.3 0 6
Rowallane 22.4 1 55.7 3 21.9 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Total 41.6 10 30.3 7 12.2 3 6.5 1 4.2 1 5.2 0 23

District results

Ballynahinch

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

Ballynahinch - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SDLP James Magee* 19.00% 1,020        
Ulster Unionist William Brown* 18.70% 1,004        
DUP Thomas Poole* 13.82% 742 742.24 971.24    
Ulster Unionist James Cochrane 14.57% 782 782 822 928  
SDLP Francis Laverty* 10.36% 556 630.52 630.64 788.12 879.32
SDLP Patrick Savage 11.10% 596 635 635 711.48 728.76
Alliance Patrick Forde* 7.38% 396 403.44 405.44    
DUP Stanley Priestley 5.08% 273 273.12      
Electorate: 7,947   Valid: 5,369 (67.56%)   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 895   Turnout: 5,480 (68.96%)  

Downpatrick

1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party

Downpatrick - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SDLP Eddie McGrady* 26.92% 1,886                
Ulster Unionist Samuel McCartney 16.28% 1,141                
SDLP Dermot Curran* 11.50% 806 963.68              
SDLP Sean Quinn 8.26% 579 976.44              
SDLP John Ritchie* 6.62% 464 686.48 692.72 696.34 755.7 797.94 803.1 1,008.1  
Sinn Féin Geraldine Ritchie 9.90% 694 740.44 740.83 750.22 757.22 761.84 762.84 805.15 820.15
Workers' Party Raymond Blaney* 7.91% 554 616.1 625.85 685.18 693.86 700.46 710.85 763.26 797.26
Alliance Michael Healy 4.40% 308 324.74 406.64 410.89 412.71 414.69 702.8 748.39 782.39
SDLP Madge McAvoy 4.08% 286 375.1 377.83 382.91 403.77 434.13 443.45    
Alliance Margaret Donnelly 2.95% 207 212.94 373.23 375.31 376.43 377.09      
Workers' Party Alan McCullough 2.95% 82 89.56 93.07            
Electorate: 10,997   Valid: 7,007 (63.72%)   Spoilt: 159   Quota: 876   Turnout: 7,166 (65.16%)  

Newcastle

1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP

Newcastle - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Ulster Unionist Gerald Douglas* 22.06% 1,350          
Sinn Féin Hugh McDowell 13.97% 855          
DUP Ethel Smyth* 11.99% 734 1,117.75        
SDLP Eamon O'Neill* 13.51% 827 829.52 832.08 924.08    
SDLP Michael Boyd 13.43% 822 825.24 827.16 890.16    
SDLP James Curry* 7.25% 444 446.16 448.4 487.4 516.51 843.1
Alliance Anthony Dickinson 5.33% 326 396.92 625.36 672.04 677.01 690.15
SDLP Peter Fitzpatrick 6.62% 405 405.72 406.36 426.72 441.53  
Workers' Party Edward O'Hagan 4.17% 255 257.52 259.76      
Workers' Party Sean Magee 1.67% 102 103.44 103.76      
Electorate: 8,978   Valid: 6,120 (68.17%)   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 875   Turnout: 6,255 (69.67%)  

Rowallane

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

Rowallane - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Ulster Unionist Dermot Nesbitt* 22.75% 1,180        
Ulster Unionist Samuel Osborne* 20.59% 1,068        
Ulster Unionist William Biggerstaff 12.38% 642 877.44      
DUP William Dick 14.42% 748 789.58 857.98 866.82  
SDLP Margaret Ritchie 12.13% 629 636.29 639.41 639.67 1,146.67
DUP Trevor Lennon 7.50% 389 413.03 539.75 542.83 547.83
SDLP Oliver Flanagan 10.24% 531 532.62 535.98 536.14  
Electorate: 7,860   Valid: 5,187 (65.99%)   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 865   Turnout: 5,274 (67.10%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Down". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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