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

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

Election results

Strabane District Council Election Result 1985[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP 4 0 0 Steady0 26.7 26.1 4,525 Increase1.0
  Sinn Féin 3 3 0 Increase3 20.0 22.3 3,887 New
  SDLP 3 0 1 Decrease1 20.0 19.1 3,319 Decrease3.7
  Ulster Unionist 3 0 0 Steady0 20.0 19.1 3,313 Decrease1.6
  Independent Nationalist 2 0 2 Decrease2 13.3 13.4 2,326 Decrease12.7

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1985
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
DUP Sinn Féin SDLP UUP Others
Derg 33.2 2 26.2 1 9.2 0 23.2 1 8.2 1 5
Glenelly 35.2 2 13.2 1 17.9 1 23.5 1 10.2 0 5
Mourne 9.3 0 27.9 1 30.6 2 10.1 1 22.1 1 5
Total 26.1 4 22.3 3 19.1 3 19.1 3 13.4 2 15

District results

Derg

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

Derg - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Sinn Féin Charles McHugh 26.25% 1,534          
Ulster Unionist Edward Turner 23.22% 1,357          
DUP Thomas Kerrigan* 21.74% 1,270          
Independent Nationalist Denis McCrory* 8.21% 480 901.88 927.98 930.74 992.35  
DUP David Baird 4.38% 256 256 441.1 669.95 670.87 680.12
DUP Noel Finlayson 7.03% 411 411 564 617.36 618.79 630.74
SDLP James Fitzsimons 5.61% 328 392.13 400.23 402.07 568.99  
SDLP William Flanagan 3.54% 207 275.9 278.6 280.44    
Electorate: 7,333   Valid: 5,843 (79.68%)   Spoilt: 95   Quota: 974   Turnout: 5,938 (80.98%)  

Glenelly

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

Glenelly - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Ulster Unionist Mary Britton* 23.56% 1,381        
SDLP John Gallagher* 17.93% 1,051        
DUP Samuel Rogers* 16.58% 972 1,164      
DUP Ronald Brolly 13.56% 795 925.56 1,021.56    
Sinn Féin Thomas McNamee 13.17% 722 772.96 772.96 773.96 794.2
Independent Nationalist Francis McConnell* 10.17% 596 604 606.56 656.36 702.8
DUP Violet McGerrigle 5.02% 294 359.92 434.48    
Electorate: 7,340   Valid: 5,861 (79.85%)   Spoilt: 117   Quota: 977   Turnout: 5,978 (81.44%)  

Mourne

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

Mourne - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Sinn Féin Ivan Barr 27.90% 1,581          
Independent Nationalist James O'Kane* 22.06% 1,250          
SDLP Paul O'Hare* 13.36% 757 1,090.7        
SDLP Peggy McManus 10.38% 588 745.62 921.3 1,005.79    
Ulster Unionist John Cummings 10.15% 575 582.81 591.81 593.23 593.23 1,088.95
SDLP Mary McCrea* 6.85% 388 512.25 628.17 680 735.38 747.59
DUP Desmond Monteith 9.30% 527 531.26 534.5 535.21 535.92  
Electorate: 8,536   Valid: 5,666 (66.38%)   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 945   Turnout: 5,796 (67.90%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Election 1985-1989: Strabane". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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