1985 Limavady District Council election

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Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
1985 Limavady Borough Council election
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All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP SDLP Sinn Féin
Seats won 7 4 2
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 2 Increase 2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP
Independent
 Irish Independence
Seats won 2 0 0
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 1 Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Limavady Borough Council Election Result 1985[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 7 1 0 Increase1 46.7 39.4 4,666 Increase2.2
  SDLP 4 0 1 Decrease1 26.7 32.9 3,899 Decrease1.3
  Sinn Féin 2 2 0 Increase2 13.3 10.5 1,247 New
  DUP 2 0 0 Steady0 13.3 9.7 1,148 Decrease6.7
 
Independent
 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 3.4 404 Decrease0.9
  Ind. Unionist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.2 249 Increase2.2
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.9 228 Decrease0.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Limavady Borough Council election, 1985
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP Sinn Féin DUP Others
Bellarena 38.9 2 47.4 2 0.0 0 13.7 1 0.0 0 5
Benbradagh 29.8 2 23.1 1 32.0 2 4.7 0 10.4 0 5
Limavady Town 49.3 3 28.2 1 0.0 0 10.6 1 11.9 0 5
Total 39.4 7 32.9 4 10.5 1 9.7 1 7.5 0 15

District results

Bellarena

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

Bellarena - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
UUP Robert Grant* 20.07% 793  
UUP Stanley Gault* 18.85% 745  
SDLP Arthur Doherty* 17.84% 705  
DUP Ernest Murray* 13.66% 540 663.69
SDLP Thomas Mullan* 14.93% 590 594.18
SDLP Roy King* 14.65% 579 582.23
Electorate: 5,691   Valid: 3,952 (69.44%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 659   Turnout: 4,027 (70.76%)  

Benbradagh

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

Benbradagh - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Sinn Féin Michael McGonigle 22.58% 880          
UUP David Robinson* 21.17% 825          
UUP Max Gault* 8.62% 336 336 480.48      
SDLP Lawrence Hegarty* 15.01% 585 598 598 599 811  
Sinn Féin Michael Hasson 9.42% 367 564.6 564.6 565.6 598.42 624.42
Independent
 Denis Farren* 10.37% 404 412.06 413.32 413.74 464.78 549.78
SDLP James Brolly 8.11% 316 320.94 321.15 321.15    
DUP John McKay 4.72% 184 184 208.99      
Electorate: 5,653   Valid: 3,897 (68.94%)   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 650   Turnout: 3,989 (70.56%)  

Limavady Town

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

Limavady Town - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SDLP Barry Doherty* 22.22% 887            
UUP Ronald Cartwright 19.94% 796            
UUP John Dolan 19.34% 772            
UUP Samuel Millar 9.99% 399 399.5 505.58 584.1 625.31 680.31  
DUP George Robinson 6.71% 268 268 270.24 274.4 377.42 390.73 618.73
SDLP Brian McWilliams 5.94% 237 438.25 438.25 439.16 439.29 526.45 534.45
Ind. Unionist William Norris* 6.24% 249 249.75 261.27 270.24 281.82 314.99  
Alliance John Mullan 5.71% 228 239.5 242.86 243.9 247.41    
DUP Eric Caldwell 3.91% 156 156.5 159.86 165.45      
Electorate: 5,758   Valid: 3,992 (69.33%)   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 666   Turnout: 4,045 (70.25%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Limavady". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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