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1985 Lisburn Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
1985 Lisburn Borough Council election parliamentary no 1981 Lisburn Borough Council election 1981 1985 05 15 y 1989 Lisburn Borough Council election 1989 All 28 seats to Lisburn Borough Council 15 Ulster Unionist Party 13 5 Democratic Unionist Party 8 2 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 3 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 2 0 Sinn Féin 2 2 United Ulster Unionist Party 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Lisburn 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 28 councillors.
Election results
Lisburn Borough Council Election Result 1985https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lglisburn.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Lisburn www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
13
2
0
5
46.4
42.8
14,101
10.6
Democratic Unionist Party
8
0
2
2
28.6
32.1
10,568
10.6
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
3
1
0
1
10.1
11.0
3,624
1.2
Social Democratic and Labour Party
2
0
0
0
7.1
6.6
2,163
0.7
Sinn Féin
2
0
0
2
7.1
5.7
1,873
New
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.8
584
0.4
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Lisburn Borough Council election, 1985by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Downshire
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|46.7
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|41.6
|3
|11.7
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Dunmurry Cross
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.8
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|18.1
|1
|7.8
|1
|13.3
|1
|22.8
|2
|7.2
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Killultagh
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|53.2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|27.3
|2
|7.7
|0
|11.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Lisburn Town
|39.1
|4
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|43.0
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|17.9
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|7
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|42.8
|13
|32.1
|8
|11.0
|3
|6.6
|2
|5.7
|2
|1.8
|0
|28
|-
|}
District results
Downshire
1985: 3 x UUP, 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Downshire - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 1985 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/2d57a980-809e-4f90-b658-0175b954d3a2/local_government_election_results_1985 EONI 8 July 2021
5
Ulster Unionist Party
William Bleakes*
2,244
27.49%
Democratic Unionist Party
Charles Poots*
1,089
13.34%
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Lilburn*
949
11.63%
1,587.82
Ulster Unionist Party
Wilfred McClung
210
2.57%
325.02
580.7
682.56
1,037.86
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Richard Reid
954
11.69%
984.24
992.4
992.94
1,026.94
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Davis
786
9.63%
925.32
949.32
963.78
1,025.06
Democratic Unionist Party
Denis McCarroll*
856
10.49%
960.76
990.52
1,006.06
1,023.06
Democratic Unionist Party
James McCann*
665
8.15%
725.48
746.12
772.64
772.64
Ulster Unionist Party
William Gardiner-Watson*
410
5.02%
525.02
647.42
652.28
5
14,092
8,163 (57.93%)
141
1,021
8,304 (58.93%)
Dunmurry Cross
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Dunmurry Cross - 7 seats
6
Ulster Unionist Party
William McAllister*
1,886
22.98%
Democratic Unionist Party
William Beattie*
1,353
16.49%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
William McDonnell*
1,093
13.32%
Sinn Féin
Damien Gibney
1,049
12.78%
Ulster Unionist Party
Richard Scott
299
3.64%
904.82
962.66
1,033.66
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Donald Cheyne
638
7.77%
657.32
664.76
672.8
704.54
1,002.26
Sinn Féin
Patrick Rice
824
10.04%
825.84
826.08
827.08
835.96
908.5
Ulster Unionist Party
Norman Tulip
346
4.22%
514.82
536.18
791.06
791.12
802.8
Workers' Party (Ireland)
John Lowry
584
7.12%
590.44
591.64
594.36
611.76
Democratic Unionist Party
Ronald Kelly
135
1.64%
188.82
420.42
6
14,907
8,207 (55.05%)
216
1,026
8,423 (56.50%)
Killultagh
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Killultagh - 7 seats
5
Ulster Unionist Party
Ronald Campbell*
2,386
26.22%
Democratic Unionist Party
Cecil Calvert
1,331
14.63%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Lewis
1,163
12.78%
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Dillon*
997
10.96%
1,968.49
Ulster Unionist Party
Henry McGiffin
300
3.30%
447.34
1,124.84
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert McNeice*
558
6.13%
613.12
685.12
808.87
1,338.87
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Paddy Ritchie
1,070
11.76%
1,073.71
1,074.71
1,074.71
1,079.29
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Eileen Drayne
704
7.74%
731.03
765.03
768.78
805.72
Democratic Unionist Party
Henry Stevenson
591
6.49%
625.45
664.95
707.1
5
15,793
9,100 (57.62%)
133
1,138
9,233 (58.46%)
Lisburn Town
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Lisburn Town - 7 seats
5
Democratic Unionist Party
Ivan Davis*
2,888
38.80%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Belshaw*
1,211
16.27%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seamus Close*
1,013
13.61%
Ulster Unionist Party
Maureen McKinney*
838
11.26%
1,107.96
Democratic Unionist Party
Robin Dunsmore*
137
1.84%
946.88
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Semple*
521
7.00%
705.96
812.04
909.54
1,012.54
Ulster Unionist Party
James Davis*
341
4.58%
570.84
710.76
742.26
844.94
Democratic Unionist Party
James Mulholland
179
2.40%
558.44
581.24
614.74
657.28
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Maura Mulholland
315
4.23%
370.76
379.4
390.9
5
14,285
7,443 (52.10%)
163
931
7,606 (53.24%)
References
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