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1985 Down District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
1985 Down District Council election parliamentary no 1981 Down District Council election 1981 1985 05 15 y 1989 Down District Council election 1989 All 23 seats to Down District Council 12 Social Democratic and Labour Party 10 1 Ulster Unionist Party 7 2 Democratic Unionist Party 3 0 Sinn Féin 2 2 Workers' Party (Ireland) 1 0 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 0 1 Independent Labour 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Down District 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 23 councillors.
Election results
Down District Council Election Result 1985https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgdown.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Down www.ark.ac.uk
Social Democratic and Labour Party
10
1
0
1
43.5
41.6
9,851
0.5
Ulster Unionist Party
7
2
0
2
30.4
30.3
7,167
3.0
Democratic Unionist Party
3
0
0
0
13.0
12.2
2,886
0.8
Sinn Féin
2
2
0
2
0.0
6.5
1,549
New
Workers' Party (Ireland)
1
0
0
0
4.3
4.2
993
2.3
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
1
1
0.0
5.2
1,237
3.2
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Down 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="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Workers' Party (Ireland)" | Workers Party
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ballynahinch
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|40.5
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|33.3
|2
|18.9
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|7.3
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Downpatrick
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|57.4
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
|16.3
|1
|0.0
|0
|9.9
|1
|9.1
|1
|7.3
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Newcastle
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|40.8
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|22.1
|1
|12.0
|1
|14.0
|1
|5.8
|0
|5.3
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Rowallane
|22.4
|1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|55.7
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|21.9
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|41.6
|10
|30.3
|7
|12.2
|3
|6.5
|1
|4.2
|1
|5.2
|0
|23
|-
|}
District results
Ballynahinch
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
Ballynahinch - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1985 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/2d57a980-809e-4f90-b658-0175b954d3a2/local_government_election_results_1985 EONI 27 July 2021
5
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James Magee*
1,020
19.00%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Brown*
1,004
18.70%
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Poole*
742
13.82%
742.24
971.24
Ulster Unionist Party
James Cochrane
782
14.57%
782
822
928
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Francis Laverty*
556
10.36%
630.52
630.64
788.12
879.32
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Savage
596
11.10%
635
635
711.48
728.76
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Patrick Forde*
396
7.38%
403.44
405.44
Democratic Unionist Party
Stanley Priestley
273
5.08%
273.12
5
7,947
5,369 (67.56%)
111
895
5,480 (68.96%)
Downpatrick
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
Downpatrick - 7 seats
9
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Eddie McGrady*
1,886
26.92%
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel McCartney
1,141
16.28%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Dermot Curran*
806
11.50%
963.68
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Sean Quinn
579
8.26%
976.44
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Ritchie*
464
6.62%
686.48
692.72
696.34
755.7
797.94
803.1
1,008.1
Sinn Féin
Geraldine Ritchie
694
9.90%
740.44
740.83
750.22
757.22
761.84
762.84
805.15
820.15
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Raymond Blaney*
554
7.91%
616.1
625.85
685.18
693.86
700.46
710.85
763.26
797.26
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Michael Healy
308
4.40%
324.74
406.64
410.89
412.71
414.69
702.8
748.39
782.39
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Madge McAvoy
286
4.08%
375.1
377.83
382.91
403.77
434.13
443.45
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Margaret Donnelly
207
2.95%
212.94
373.23
375.31
376.43
377.09
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Alan McCullough
82
2.95%
89.56
93.07
9
10,997
7,007 (63.72%)
159
876
7,166 (65.16%)
Newcastle
1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
Newcastle - 6 seats
6
Ulster Unionist Party
Gerald Douglas*
1,350
22.06%
Sinn Féin
Hugh McDowell
855
13.97%
Democratic Unionist Party
Ethel Smyth*
734
11.99%
1,117.75
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Eamon O'Neill*
827
13.51%
829.52
832.08
924.08
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Michael Boyd
822
13.43%
825.24
827.16
890.16
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James Curry*
444
7.25%
446.16
448.4
487.4
516.51
843.1
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Anthony Dickinson
326
5.33%
396.92
625.36
672.04
677.01
690.15
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter Fitzpatrick
405
6.62%
405.72
406.36
426.72
441.53
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Edward O'Hagan
255
4.17%
257.52
259.76
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Sean Magee
102
1.67%
103.44
103.76
6
8,978
6,120 (68.17%)
135
875
6,255 (69.67%)
Rowallane
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Rowallane - 5 seats
5
Ulster Unionist Party
Dermot Nesbitt*
1,180
22.75%
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Osborne*
1,068
20.59%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Biggerstaff
642
12.38%
877.44
Democratic Unionist Party
William Dick
748
14.42%
789.58
857.98
866.82
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Margaret Ritchie
629
12.13%
636.29
639.41
639.67
1,146.67
Democratic Unionist Party
Trevor Lennon
389
7.50%
413.03
539.75
542.83
547.83
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Oliver Flanagan
531
10.24%
532.62
535.98
536.14
5
7,860
5,187 (65.99%)
87
865
5,274 (67.10%)
References
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