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1985 Ards Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
1985 Ards Borough Council election parliamentary no 1981 Ards Borough Council election 1981 1985 05 15 y 1989 Ards Borough Council election 1989 All 20 seats to Ards Borough Council 11 Democratic Unionist Party 8 1 Ulster Unionist Party 6 3 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 3 0 Northern Ireland Labour Party 1 0 Ulster Popular Unionist Party 1 1 Independent (politician) 1 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Ards Borough 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 20 councillors.
Election results
Ards Borough Council Election Result 1985https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgards.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Ards www.ark.ac.uk
Democratic Unionist Party
8
1
0
1
40.0
39.3
8,069
2.2
Ulster Unionist Party
6
3
0
3
30.0
30.5
6,257
8.8
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
3
0
0
0
15.0
12.4
2,537
0.1
Northern Ireland Labour Party
1
0
0
0
5.0
5.6
1,156
0.9
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
1
0
1
1
5.0
4.9
999
8.0
Independent (politician)
1
1
0
1
5.0
4.1
851
0.7
Social Democratic and Labour Party
0
0
1
1
0.0
2.2
448
2.1
Labour Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.8
188
New
Ulster Liberal Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.2
35
0.2
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Ards 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="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Northern Ireland Labour Party" | NILP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Popular Unionist Party" | UPUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ards Peninsula
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.3
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|27.7
|2
|10.1
|1
|0.0
|0
|13.7
|1
|17.2
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|Ards West
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|42.9
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|39.3
|2
|17.1
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|0.7
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Newtownards
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.3
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|25.7
|2
|10.6
|1
|16.3
|1
|0.0
|0
|3.1
|0
|7
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|39.3
|8
|30.5
|6
|12.4
|3
|5.6
|1
|4.9
|1
|7.3
|1
|20
|-
|}
District results
Ards Peninsula
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
Ards Peninsula - 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
7
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
Gladys McIntyre*
999
13.68%
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Ambrose*
837
11.46%
849.4
928.4
Independent (politician)
Thomas Byers
808
11.07%
808.4
826.48
830.56
1,058.56
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Kieran McCarthy
454
6.22%
455.76
466
667.92
816.92
944.92
Ulster Unionist Party
John Shields
609
8.34%
625.16
641.28
668.24
669.32
669.32
1,036.32
Democratic Unionist Party
Jim Shannon
837
11.46%
844.36
858.32
863.64
863.64
863.64
899
Democratic Unionist Party
Oliver Johnston*
811
11.11%
819.8
822.2
823.36
827.36
828.36
867.12
Democratic Unionist Party
Joseph Thompson*
637
8.72%
642.68
649.68
651.76
651.84
651.84
672.24
Ulster Unionist Party
John Scott*
416
5.70%
428.88
468.8
505.16
505.16
505.16
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Doherty*
359
4.92%
359.24
415.24
419.32
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James Muirhead
287
3.93%
292.04
298.44
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel McKeown
158
2.16%
165.12
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seamus O'Neill
89
1.22%
89.16
7
14,998
7,301 (48.68%)
220
913
7,521 (50.15%)
Ards West
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Ards West - 6 seats
6
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Gourley*
1,493
24.29%
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Gibson
1,483
24.13%
Democratic Unionist Party
John Hamilton*
589
9.58%
1,040.82
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Jim McBriar*
799
13.00%
816.63
851.07
854.37
1,098.37
Ulster Unionist Party
Stanley McCoy
631
10.27%
666.26
801.92
809.72
899.72
Democratic Unionist Party
Bobby McBride
558
9.08%
626.88
658.38
798.93
830.63
860.63
Ulster Unionist Party
Trevor Hussey
172
2.80%
187.58
529.46
534.56
625.38
716.38
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Alan McDowell
248
4.03%
249.23
257.63
257.78
Ulster Unionist Party
Arthur Spence
131
2.13%
135.92
166.58
167.93
Independent (politician)
Johnston Haire
43
0.70%
53.66
70.46
71.06
6
12,416
6,147 (49.51%)
143
879
6,290 (50.66%)
Newtownards
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x NILP, 1 x Alliance
Newtownards - 7 seats
10
Democratic Unionist Party
Simpson Gibson*
1,596
22.50%
Northern Ireland Labour Party
Robert Gaw*
1,156
16.30%
Democratic Unionist Party
John Elliott*
1,026
14.47%
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Benson
990
13.96%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Owen Dorrian*
549
7.74%
568.8
638.64
640.07
645.07
666.67
848.2
1,002.2
Ulster Unionist Party
David Smyth
517
7.29%
552.1
595.06
597.79
613.79
641.15
656.35
665.87
678.87
922.87
Democratic Unionist Party
William Gilmore
242
3.41%
701.9
741.26
845.65
852.15
859.57
860.63
866.49
869.49
891.94
Democratic Unionist Party
Joseph Patterson
280
3.95%
425.35
443.83
458.39
460.79
467.97
470.45
472.65
473.65
489.95
Ulster Unionist Party
David Jeffers
237
3.34%
263.1
301.5
307.48
369.38
412.86
420.88
427.76
443.76
Labour Party of Northern Ireland
Hugh McMullan
188
2.65%
190.25
217.85
217.98
218.18
230.86
235.34
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Laurence Thompson
200
2.82%
201.8
214.76
215.15
215.95
219.29
Ulster Unionist Party
James McKernon
76
1.07%
84.1
89.38
90.94
95.24
Ulster Liberal Party
Michael McGuigan
35
0.49%
36.35
40.43
40.43
40.83
10
15,487
7,092 (45.79%)
157
887
7,249 (46.81%)
References
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