1985 North Down Borough Council election
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All 24 seats to North Down Borough Council
13 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist Alliance DUP
Seats won 8 7 6
Seat change Increase 4 Increase 1 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party UPUP Ind. Unionist Unionist Party NI
Seats won 2 1 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady 0 Decrease 1

Elections to North Down Borough 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 24 councillors.

Election results

North Down Borough Council Election Result 1985[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 8 4 0 Increase4 33.3 32.3 7,115 Decrease9.7
  Alliance 7 1 0 Increase1 29.2 26.3 5,801 Increase1.1
  DUP 6 1 0 Increase1 25.0 23.3 5,131 Decrease7.8
  UPUP 2 0 1 Decrease1 8.3 9.7 2,140 Decrease7.9
  Ind. Unionist 1 0 0 Steady0 4.2 4.0 871 Decrease2.0
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.7 585 Increase2.7
  PUP 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.7 377 Increase0.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 1985
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP Alliance DUP UPUP Others
Abbey 28.2 2 17.2 1 36.3 2 16.3 1 2.0 0 6
Ballyholme and Groomsport 36.8 2 28.5 2 22.8 2 7.8 1 4.1 0 6
Bangor West 28.5 2 27.7 2 19.8 1 9.3 0 9.6 1 7
Holywood 35.1 2 30.5 2 15.7 1 6.5 0 12.2 0 5
Total 32.3 8 26.3 7 23.3 6 9.7 2 8.4 0 24

District results

Abbey

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP

Abbey - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP John McCormick* 23.64% 1,104            
Ulster Unionist George Green* 20.24% 945            
UPUP Brian Meharg 16.40% 766            
Alliance James Magee* 13.58% 634 653.27 670.09        
Ulster Unionist John Preston 6.34% 296 337.82 428.3 458.45 479.82 527.66 719.42
DUP Ivy Cooling 9.79% 457 591.48 609.46 625.51 645.35 645.95 675.2
DUP Raymond Trousdale* 2.89% 135 338.36 345.32 358.22 374.71 381.28 391.36
Ulster Unionist Ernest Jackson 1.58% 74 88.76 216.65 234.8 257.49 288.87  
Alliance James Pettis 3.58% 167 169.87 173.06 185.21 192.1    
PUP Kenneth McMullan 3.58% 92 106.76 111.69 118.29      
Electorate: 11,424   Valid: 4,670 (40.88%)   Spoilt: 154   Quota: 668   Turnout: 4,824 (42.23%)  

Ballyholme and Groomsport

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

Ballyholme and Groomsport - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ulster Unionist Bruce Mulligan* 14.81% 893              
Ind. Unionist Edmund Mills* 14.44% 871              
DUP Alan Leslie 13.18% 795 809 1,181          
Ulster Unionist Samuel Hamilton 10.11% 610 722 728 870        
Alliance Jane Copeland 7.71% 465 477 479 484 485.8 486.57 486.66 899.66
Alliance Donald Hayes* 12.22% 737 758 759 770 777.52 778.71 778.89 833.89
UPUP Valerie Kinghan 9.27% 559 583 610 710 725.2 728.98 736.63 744.63
Alliance Sylvia Anderson 7.81% 471 480 480 483 484.8 485.22 485.22  
DUP Elizabeth Loan 6.62% 399 417            
DUP Enid Stringer 3.53% 213              
PUP Samuel Meneely 0.30% 18              
Electorate: 12,532   Valid: 6,031 (48.12%)   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 862   Turnout: 6,124 (48.87%)  

Bangor West

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UPUP

Bangor West - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ulster Unionist Hazel Bradford* 26.01% 1,695                  
DUP Alan Graham* 14.89% 970                  
Alliance William Bailie* 14.01% 913                  
Ulster Unionist Cecil Braniff* 6.53% 414 856.52                
Alliance Brian Wilson* 10.53% 686 719.28 721.04 742.44 743.76 744.56 760.63 778.88 1,008.88  
DUP George McMurtry 5.85% 381 419.48 540.76 541.86 654.12 655.57 675.88 747.77 752.92 760.92
UPUP Ian Sinclair 7.75% 505 551.8 555.48 558.58 564.1 565.2 539.84 630.43 663.09 695.09
Ulster Unionist Edward Lindsay 1.81% 118 269.84 274 277.4 287.76 319.71 489.03 538.36 596.81 688.81
Alliance Alfred Mairs 4.01% 261 298.96 299.76 358.96 364.28 365.03 386.66 392.98    
PUP Thomas O'Brien 4.10% 267 282.6 284.68 284.88 292.52 292.97 297.01      
Ulster Unionist William Smiley 2.64% 172 262.48 264.08 265.08 278.2 283.05        
DUP William Swain 2.06% 134 145.96 164.68 164.78            
Electorate: 14,384   Valid: 6,516 (45.30%)   Spoilt: 153   Quota: 815   Turnout: 6,669 (46.36%)  

Holywood

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

Holywood - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Ulster Unionist Ellie McKay* 16.36% 786 944    
Ulster Unionist John Auld* 16.32% 784 882    
DUP Gordon Dunne* 13.62% 654 813    
Alliance Susan O'Brien* 15.93% 765 793 819  
Alliance Michael Clarke* 14.62% 702 720 738 758
Independent Dennis Ogborn 12.18% 585 629 675 694
UPUP James White 6.45% 310      
Ulster Unionist Roger Lomas 2.39% 115      
DUP Elizabeth Graham 2.12% 102      
Electorate: 9,824   Valid: 4,803 (48.89%)   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 801   Turnout: 4,896 (49.84%)  

References

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