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1985 Coleraine Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
1985 Coleraine Borough Council election parliamentary no 1981 Coleraine Borough Council election 1981 1985 05 15 y 1989 Coleraine Borough Council election 1989 All 21 seats to Coleraine Borough Council 12 Ulster Unionist Party 10 2 Democratic Unionist Party 6 0 Social Democratic and Labour Party 2 0 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 2 1 Independent (politician) 1 2 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Coleraine 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 21 councillors.
Election results
Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 1985https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgcoleraine.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Coleraine www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
10
2
0
2
47.6
42.9
8,727
8.7
Democratic Unionist Party
6
0
0
0
28.6
30.5
6,210
2.7
Social Democratic and Labour Party
2
0
0
0
9.5
12.9
2,621
1.2
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
2
1
0
1
9.5
6.2
1,510
0.1
Independent (politician)
1
0
2
2
4.8
5.4
1,105
5.4
Irish Republican Socialist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.4
276
New
Labour Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.5
110
New
Green Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.2
44
0.4
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Coleraine Borough Council election, 1985by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!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="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Bann
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|51.9
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|21.5
|1
|23.0
|2
|0.0
|0
|3.6
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Coleraine Town
|26.9
|2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|41.6
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|4.5
|0
|8.0
|1
|19.0
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|The Skerries
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|30.2
|2
|9.1
|0
|11.9
|1
|0.6
|0
|7
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|42.9
|10
|30.5
|6
|12.9
|2
|6.2
|2
|7.5
|1
|21
|-
|}
District results
Bann
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
Bann - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 1985 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/2d57a980-809e-4f90-b658-0175b954d3a2/local_government_election_results_1985 EONI 15 July 2021
6
Ulster Unionist Party
William King*
1,310
17.14%
Ulster Unionist Party
Creighton Hutchinson
1,150
15.04%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Dallat*
1,086
14.21%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Watt
922
12.06%
1,005.7
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gerard O'Kane*
676
8.84%
678.16
678.5
794.42
996.42
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Catherwood*
763
9.98%
776.77
810.94
811.3
811.3
1,023.3
Ulster Unionist Party
John Moody
582
7.61%
761.28
899.49
900.21
900.72
933.72
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Malone*
556
7.27%
611.62
621.31
621.31
623.58
687.58
Democratic Unionist Party
Douglas Darragh
323
4.23%
332.45
337.21
337.81
337.81
Irish Republican Socialist Party
Eamon Mullan
276
3.61%
276.81
276.81
284.73
6
11,018
7,644 (69.38%)
155
956
7,799 (70.78%)
Coleraine Town
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
Coleraine Town - 7 seats
12
Democratic Unionist Party
James McClure*
2,444
38.12%
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert White*
1,030
16.06%
Independent (politician)
Patrick McFeely
584
9.11%
613.24
617.64
633.86
654.54
655.44
864.44
Ulster Unionist Party
Gladys Black
368
5.74%
456.4
549.46
550.68
552.36
559.92
560.92
561.84
610.86
845.86
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Bolton*
59
0.92%
674.4
678.58
679.58
683.84
751.4
751.4
751.4
785.62
827.82
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Mathews
419
6.53%
440.08
451.74
514.42
536.42
537.78
584.46
617.12
658.42
712.6
723.62
723.62
Democratic Unionist Party
Marie McAllister
137
2.14%
470.2
475.04
475.72
480.4
581.86
581.86
581.86
606.76
676.88
696.6
712.92
Independent (politician)
William McNabb*
280
4.37%
408.52
425.9
428.58
440.26
443.2
452.2
469.68
611.62
676.94
689.7
693.1
Ulster Unionist Party
Stephen Smyth
330
5.15%
445.6
511.16
515.16
519.84
539.46
539.46
540.38
577.42
Independent (politician)
Randall Crawford*
241
3.76%
338.24
355.84
359.84
379.52
385.36
397.36
407.48
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Deirdre Busby
286
4.46%
286.68
286.68
289.68
307.68
307.68
Democratic Unionist Party
Geoffrey Whitehead
28
0.44%
212.96
216.92
216.92
217.6
Labour Party of Northern Ireland
Timothy Blackman
110
1.72%
118.16
118.6
119.6
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Colm McCloskey
96
1.50%
98.04
98.7
12
11,221
6,412 (57.14%)
130
802
6,542 (58.30%)
The Skerries
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
The Skerries - 7 seats
10
Democratic Unionist Party
William Creelman*
1,056
16.76%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Glenn*
678
10.76%
693
693.25
714.5
719.5
733
806
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Patrick McGowan*
544
8.63%
545.25
553.25
555.25
739.25
740.25
758.25
799.25
Ulster Unionist Party
Elizabeth Black
630
10.00%
636.5
638.5
648.5
655.75
659.5
725
795
Democratic Unionist Party
Matthew Kane*
295
4.68%
362
364
379
380
581
600
633
973
Ulster Unionist Party
Pauline Armitage
518
8.22%
522.5
523.5
532.5
535.5
538.5
570.75
737.25
790.25
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Mitchell*
307
4.87%
311.5
312.5
381.75
385.75
396
500.75
563.75
635.25
772.25
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Sean Farren
573
9.09%
573.5
587.5
587.5
591.5
591.5
591.5
593
593
594
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Stewart
374
5.94%
397.5
397.5
415.25
418.25
477.75
496
523.75
Ulster Unionist Party
Hugh Stewart
378
6.00%
386
386
400.5
401.5
408.75
421.25
Ulster Unionist Party
Albert Clarke*
319
5.06%
322.25
322.25
348.25
352.25
355.25
Democratic Unionist Party
Roy Hilldrup
175
2.78%
301.5
301.5
306.5
307.5
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Peter Scott
205
3.25%
205.25
215.25
227.25
Ulster Unionist Party
William Robinson
205
3.25%
206.75
207.75
Green Party of Northern Ireland
Margaret O'Neill
44
0.70%
44.25
10
11,156
6,301 (56.48%)
113
788
6,414 (57.49%)
References
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