1985 Moyle District Council election

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1985 Moyle District Council election
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All 15 seats to Moyle District Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP DUP Ulster Unionist
Seats won 4 3 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1 Decrease 2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Ind. Unionist
Independent
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Increase 2 Steady 0 Decrease 2
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent Nationalist
Seats won 1
Seat change Increase 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Moyle District Council Election Result 1985[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 4 0 1 Decrease1 26.7 30.4 1,939 Decrease2.0
  DUP 3 1 0 Increase1 20.0 21.0 1,337 Increase5.9
  Ulster Unionist 2 0 2 Decrease2 13.3 16.2 1,035 Increase2.7
  Sinn Féin 2 2 0 Increase2 13.3 12.2 777 New
  Ind. Unionist 2 0 0 Steady0 13.3 8.9 568 Decrease1.4
 
Independent
 1 0 2 Decrease2 6.7 5.8 372 Decrease12.6
  Independent Nationalist 1 0 0 Steady0 6.7 4.3 271 Increase0.7
  Irish Independence 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.1 71 Decrease6.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Moyle District Council election, 1985
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP DUP UUP Sinn Féin Others
Ballycastle 28.5 1 26.2 1 12.9 1 13.8 1 18.6 1 5
Giant's Causeway 0.0 0 41.8 2 29.1 1 0.0 0 29.1 2 5
The Glens 56.4 3 0.0 0 8.8 0 20.7 1 14.1 1 5
Total 30.4 4 21.0 3 16.2 2 12.2 2 20.2 4 15

District results

Ballycastle

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

Ballycastle - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Gardiner Kane 26.24% 524          
Ulster Unionist Robert McPherson 12.77% 255 434.82        
SDLP Michael O'Cleary* 16.37% 327 327.74 331.07 366.07    
Sinn Féin Francis McCarry 13.82% 276 276.37 276.37 285.37 285.37 316.07
Independent
 James McShane* 10.92% 218 219.11 223.55 228.55 230.43 288.24
Independent
 Archibald McAuley* 7.71% 154 158.81 210.98 218.35 219.29 281.35
SDLP Richard Kerr* 7.41% 148 149.48 152.81 188.18 218.26  
SDLP Noel McCurdy 4.76% 95 95.37 96.48      
Electorate: 3,235   Valid: 1,997 (61.73%)   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 333   Turnout: 2,045 (63.21%)  

Giant's Causeway

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

Giant's Causeway - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP James Rodgers* 18.38% 358        
Ind. Unionist Price McConaghy* 17.35% 338        
Ulster Unionist Robert Getty* 16.84% 328        
DUP Duncan Hill 12.53% 244 258.76 261.16 428.16  
Ind. Unionist Mary Morrison* 11.81% 230 232.79 237.83 270.78 307.78
Ulster Unionist James McAuley* 12.27% 239 245.12 249.28 258.86 296.86
DUP Ronnie McIlvar* 10.83% 211 219.28 219.72    
Electorate: 3,149   Valid: 1,948 (61.86%)   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 325   Turnout: 1,988 (63.13%)  

The Glens

1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist

The Glens - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sinn Féin John Regan 12.41% 301 321 327 327 441    
SDLP Malachy McSparran* 14.14% 343 346 351 367 375 391 396
SDLP Patrick McBride* 10.43% 253 253 260 326 354 373 385
SDLP Daniel Anderson 13.24% 321 338 340 353 356 365 366
Independent Nationalist Randal McDonnell 11.18% 271 292 295 305 317 349 359
SDLP Dermot McMullan 13.57% 329 336 337 343 349 349 351
Ulster Unionist Hugh Acheson* 8.78% 213 213 213 214 215    
Sinn Féin James McCarry 4.87% 118 118 172 185      
SDLP Mary Hegarty 5.07% 123 124 127        
Sinn Féin James McMullan 3.38% 82 83          
Irish Independence John McKay 2.93% 71            
Electorate: 3,408   Valid: 2,425 (71.16%)   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 405   Turnout: 2,472 (72.54%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Moyle". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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