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1985 Newry and Mourne District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
1985 Newry and Mourne District Council election parliamentary no 1981 Newry and Mourne District Council election 1981 1985 05 15 y 1989 Newry and Mourne District Council election 1989 All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council 16 Social Democratic and Labour Party 14 2 Ulster Unionist Party 7 1 Sinn Féin 5 5 Democratic Unionist Party 2 0 Irish Independence Party 1 3 Independent Nationalist 1 1 Anti H-Block 0 2 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.
Election results
Newry and Mourne District Council Election Result 1985https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgnandm.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Newry and Mourne www.ark.ac.uk
Social Democratic and Labour Party
14
0
2
2
46.7
40.9
14,013
0.8
Ulster Unionist Party
7
1
0
1
23.3
20.2
6,931
1.5
Sinn Féin
5
5
0
5
16.7
18.5
6,347
New
Democratic Unionist Party
2
0
0
0
6.7
7.8
2,772
1.7
Independent Nationalist
1
1
0
1
3.3
4.4
1,510
3.1
Irish Independence Party
1
0
3
3
3.3
4.2
1,461
7.2
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.5
498
0.5
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.0
356
2.6
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.7
258
2.6
Independent Republican (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.6
187
1.6
Independent Labour
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.1
30
0.0
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Newry and Mourne District 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="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Irish Independence Party" | IIP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Crotlieve
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
|18.0
|2
|0.0
|0
|6.9
|0
|0.0
|0
|20.9
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|Newry Town
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|45.0
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
|12.6
|1
|19.3
|1
|0.0
|0
|15.3
|1
|7.8
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Slieve Gullion
|44.8
|3
|0.0
|0
|bgcolor="#008800"|47.5
|bgcolor="#008800"|2
|0.0
|0
|4.6
|0
|3.1
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|The Fews
|30.9
|2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.0
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|18.9
|1
|7.9
|1
|0.8
|0
|6.5
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|The Mournes
|26.6
|1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|12.8
|1
|26.4
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|40.9
|14
|20.2
|7
|18.5
|5
|7.8
|2
|4.2
|1
|8.4
|1
|30
|-
|}
District results
Crotlieve
1985: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Crotlieve - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 1985 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/2d57a980-809e-4f90-b658-0175b954d3a2/local_government_election_results_1985 EONI 30 July 2021
9
Social Democratic and Labour Party
P. J. Bradley*
1,717
22.09%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Jim McCart*
904
11.63%
1,138.08
Ulster Unionist Party
Violet Cromie*
849
10.92%
855.6
855.6
856.04
1,238.04
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Brian Mulligan*
635
8.17%
781.08
826.65
861.05
863.05
864.59
1,079.59
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Harper*
561
7.22%
732.6
761.74
785.36
785.36
785.36
1,003.97
Ulster Unionist Party
William McCoy
547
7.04%
548.76
549.38
560.13
699.13
961.7
974.7
Independent Nationalist
Ciaran Mussen
682
8.77%
708.84
715.35
754.43
755.43
755.43
781.36
800.36
804.7
Independent Nationalist
Sean Tinnelly
602
7.74%
613.88
616.36
718.07
718.07
718.07
760.02
790.02
793.43
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Liam Trainor*
393
5.06%
500.36
568.25
657.02
657.02
657.79
Democratic Unionist Party
William Sterritt*
537
6.91%
537
537
539
Independent (politician)
Francis Price
176
2.26%
190.96
194.68
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Henry Smyth
141
1.81%
149.36
153.7
Independent Labour
Johnny Ward
30
0.39%
33.52
35.07
9
12,132
7,774 (64.08%)
231
972
8,005 (65.98%)
Newry Town
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x IIP, 1 x UUP
Newry Town - 7 seats
9
Irish Independence Party
Eugene Markey*
1,003
13.52%
Ulster Unionist Party
William McCaigue*
938
12.64%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Sean Gallogly
918
12.37%
921.08
922.15
930.15
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Arthur Ruddy*
892
12.02%
896.06
902.27
927.23
929.07
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McElroy*
588
7.92%
592.13
603.34
624.28
626.56
661.65
727.55
743.76
989.76
Sinn Féin
Brendan Curran
704
9.49%
708.9
713.04
734.91
734.91
740.19
778.54
879.5
908.89
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Thomas McGrath*
558
7.52%
563.25
570.25
583.4
584.52
657.37
696.37
710.79
841.43
Sinn Féin
Sean Mathers
380
5.12%
382.24
383.24
387.8
387.84
391.98
401.05
609.59
614.63
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John McArdle
383
5.16%
384.26
387.26
398.66
400.02
430.35
471.19
479.33
Sinn Féin
Deborah Morgan
347
4.68%
350.57
354.57
358.39
358.39
367.53
380.95
Independent Nationalist
James McKevitt
226
3.05%
229.85
261.06
292.99
294.31
342.24
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Tom Moore
266
3.58%
269.29
272.29
282.46
283.9
Irish Independence Party
Freddie Kearns*
136
1.83%
167.92
174.2
Independent (politician)
Noel Sloan
82
1.10%
83.12
9
12,788
7,421 (58.03%)
237
928
7,658 (59.88%)
Slieve Gullion
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
Slieve Gullion - 5 seats
5
Sinn Féin
Jim McAllister
1,199
20.36%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Pat Toner*
1,074
18.24%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Owen Kelly*
788
13.38%
821.44
854.72
944.83
986.83
Sinn Féin
Eamon Larkin
711
12.08%
738.93
741.73
744.92
980.72
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Noel McKevitt
777
13.20%
779.66
811.02
821.37
954.03
Sinn Féin
Patrick Murphy
623
10.58%
738.33
742.65
774.55
856.74
Irish Independence Party
Jim Murphy*
268
4.55%
281.49
288.93
307.36
Sinn Féin
Sarah Murphy
261
4.43%
269.74
271.26
283.67
Independent Republican (Ireland)
Brian Woods
187
3.18%
198.59
200.67
5
8,395
5,888 (70.14%)
211
982
6,099 (72.65%)
The Fews
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
The Fews - 6 seats
8
Sinn Féin
Brendan Lewis
1,302
18.94%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James Savage*
911
13.25%
1,011
Ulster Unionist Party
Andy Moffett*
767
11.16%
768.2
779.6
1,051.6
Ulster Unionist Party
Danny Kennedy
750
10.91%
750.4
754.8
810.2
828.7
863.7
1,300.7
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Nan Sands*
763
11.10%
803
844
846
846.25
947.25
951.45
955.45
Democratic Unionist Party
Gordon Heslip
543
7.90%
543
544
589
593.5
599.9
686.15
917.15
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John McElherron
450
6.55%
525.2
583.2
583.2
583.2
789.8
792.8
793.8
Ulster Unionist Party
David McMullan
494
7.19%
494.8
495.2
508.2
552.7
562.7
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Victor Frizell
356
5.18%
387.6
428.2
428.2
428.2
Ulster Unionist Party
Florence Henning
393
5.72%
393.4
393.4
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Brian Mulligan
91
1.32%
109.4
Irish Independence Party
Francis McCamley*
54
0.79%
104
8
9,873
6,874 (69.62%)
141
983
7,015 (71.05%)
The Mournes
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
The Mournes - 5 seats
6
Democratic Unionist Party
George Graham*
1,422
22.20%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Russell*
1,391
21.71%
Ulster Unionist Party
Arthur Coulter*
802
12.52%
935.25
1,231.72
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Colum Murnion*
1,058
16.52%
1,060.5
1,060.96
1,062.31
1,638.31
Sinn Féin
Patrick Young
820
12.80%
820.25
820.48
820.63
866.86
1,134.86
Democratic Unionist Party
William Burns
270
4.21%
485.5
503.9
655.1
661.61
673.61
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Anne Marie Cunningham*
643
10.04%
644
646.3
649.3
6
9,530
6,406 (67.22%)
189
1,068
6,595 (69.20%)
References
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