1985 Dungannon District Council election
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All 22 seats to Dungannon District Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist SDLP Sinn Féin
Seats won 8 5 4
Seat change Steady Increase 2 Increase 4
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP Independent Nationalist Independent Republican
Seats won 3 2 0
Seat change Steady Decrease 1 Decrease 2
  Seventh party
 
Party Irish Independence
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to Dungannon District Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 councillors.

Election results

Dungannon District Council Election Result 1985[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 8 0 0 Steady0 36.4 32.1 7,848 Increase1.1
  SDLP 5 2 0 Increase2 13.6 17.6 4,293 Decrease2.9
  Sinn Féin 4 4 0 Increase4 18.2 22.9 5,592 New
  DUP 3 0 0 Steady0 13.6 17.2 4,202 Decrease0.5
  Independent Nationalist 2 0 1 Decrease1 9.1 9.7 2,363 Decrease5.9
  Independent Republican 0 0 2 Decrease2 0.0 0.6 140 Decrease6.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Dungannon District Council election, 1985
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP Sinn Féin DUP Others
Blackwater 44.1 3 14.6 1 13.8 0 27.5 1 0.0 0 5
Clogher Valley 31.7 2 27.1 1 21.0 1 20.2 1 0.0 0 5
Dungannon Town 37.0 2 10.4 1 18.8 0 18.0 1 15.8 1 6
Torrent 17.3 1 17.9 2 36.6 2 4.5 0 23.7 1 6
Total 32.1 8 17.6 5 22.9 4 17.2 3 10.2 2 22

District results

Blackwater

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

Blackwater - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP James Ewing* 16.86% 979        
Ulster Unionist Derek Irwin* 13.85% 804 1,143      
Ulster Unionist Jim Brady* 10.73% 623 688 736.76 1,019.29  
Ulster Unionist John Taggart* 10.56% 613 689 808.78 1,109.49  
SDLP Patrick Daly* 14.61% 848 851 851 852 878
Sinn Féin Eilish McCabe 13.83% 803 804 804 804 805
DUP Norman Lockhart 10.61% 616 645 651.36    
Ulster Unionist Rodney Mullan 8.96% 520        
Electorate: 7,076   Valid: 5,806 (82.05%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 968   Turnout: 5,895 (83.31%)  

Clogher Valley

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

Clogher Valley - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Sinn Féin Seamus Cassidy* 20.98% 1,280      
SDLP Anthony McGonnell* 17.13% 1,045      
Ulster Unionist Samuel Brush* 16.40% 1,001      
DUP William McIlwrath* 10.96% 669 669.84 1,144.26  
Ulster Unionist Noel Mulligan* 15.29% 933 934.26 949.26 1,050.24
SDLP John Monaghan 10.03% 612 866.52 871.94 891.94
DUP Thomas Maxwell 9.21% 562 564.52    
Electorate: 7,003   Valid: 6,102 (87.13%)   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 1,018   Turnout: 6,195 (88.46%)  

Dungannon Town

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Dungannon Town - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Ulster Unionist Ken Maginnis* 21.99% 1,329          
DUP Maurice Morrow* 17.97% 1,086          
Independent Nationalist Michael McLoughlin* 15.87% 959          
Ulster Unionist William Brown* 14.97% 905          
SDLP Vincent Currie 7.02% 424 813 984      
Sinn Féin Anita Cavlan 10.62% 642 644 646 648.79 663.79 737.28
Sinn Féin Martin McNulty 8.17% 494 494 495 495.93 510.63 570.07
SDLP Terence Foley 3.39% 205 259 286 402.25 459.65  
Electorate: 8,157   Valid: 6,044 (74.10%)   Spoilt: 124   Quota: 864   Turnout: 6,168 (75.62%)  

Torrent

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

Torrent - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Ulster Unionist Thomas Kempton* 17.27% 1,120          
Sinn Féin Francie Molloy 16.64% 1,079          
Independent Nationalist Jim Canning* 13.14% 852 853.44 923.44 935.2    
Sinn Féin Brian Duffin 10.07% 653 653 668 785.6 786.6 821.3
SDLP Patrick McGlinchey* 8.80% 571 572.26 590.26 594.04 628.6 789.4
SDLP Jim Cavanagh 9.07% 588 588.36 609.36 610.48 648 773.92
Sinn Féin Frances Donaghy 9.88% 641 641 644 653.38 653.38 763.08
Independent Nationalist Owen Nugent* 8.51% 552 553.08 561.08 564.16 596.38  
DUP Edith White 4.47% 290 478.64 479.64 479.64    
Independent Republican John Corr* 2.16% 140 140        
Electorate: 8,203   Valid: 6,486 (79.07%)   Spoilt: 174   Quota: 927   Turnout: 6,660 (81.19%)  

References

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