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1985 North Down Borough Council election
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Northern Ireland local election
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Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
1985 North Down Borough Council election parliamentary no 1981 North Down Borough Council election 1981 1985 05 15 y 1989 North Down Borough Council election 1989 All 24 seats to North Down Borough Council 13 Ulster Unionist Party 8 4 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 7 1 Democratic Unionist Party 6 1 Ulster Popular Unionist Party 2 1 Independent Unionist 1 0 Unionist Party of Northern Ireland 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to North Down 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 24 councillors.
Election results
North Down Borough Council Election Result 1985https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgnorthdown.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: North Down www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
8
4
0
4
33.3
32.3
7,115
9.7
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
7
1
0
1
29.2
26.3
5,801
1.1
Democratic Unionist Party
6
1
0
1
25.0
23.3
5,131
7.8
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
2
0
1
1
8.3
9.7
2,140
7.9
Independent Unionist
1
0
0
0
4.2
4.0
871
2.0
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.7
585
2.7
Progressive Unionist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.7
377
0.6
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the North Down 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="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Popular Unionist Party" | UPUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Abbey
|28.2
|2
|17.2
|1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.3
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|16.3
|1
|2.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"| Ballyholme and Groomsport
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.8
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|28.5
|2
|22.8
|2
|7.8
|1
|4.1
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Bangor West
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|28.5
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|27.7
|2
|19.8
|1
|9.3
|0
|9.6
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|Holywood
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|30.5
|2
|15.7
|1
|6.5
|0
|12.2
|0
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|32.3
|8
|26.3
|7
|23.3
|6
|9.7
|2
|8.4
|0
|24
|-
|}
District results
Abbey
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP
Abbey - 6 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
Democratic Unionist Party
John McCormick*
1,104
23.64%
Ulster Unionist Party
George Green*
945
20.24%
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
Brian Meharg
766
16.40%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James Magee*
634
13.58%
653.27
670.09
Ulster Unionist Party
John Preston
296
6.34%
337.82
428.3
458.45
479.82
527.66
719.42
Democratic Unionist Party
Ivy Cooling
457
9.79%
591.48
609.46
625.51
645.35
645.95
675.2
Democratic Unionist Party
Raymond Trousdale*
135
2.89%
338.36
345.32
358.22
374.71
381.28
391.36
Ulster Unionist Party
Ernest Jackson
74
1.58%
88.76
216.65
234.8
257.49
288.87
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James Pettis
167
3.58%
169.87
173.06
185.21
192.1
Progressive Unionist Party
Kenneth McMullan
92
3.58%
106.76
111.69
118.29
7
11,424
4,670 (40.88%)
154
668
4,824 (42.23%)
Ballyholme and Groomsport
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Ballyholme and Groomsport - 6 seats
8
Ulster Unionist Party
Bruce Mulligan*
893
14.81%
Independent Unionist
Edmund Mills*
871
14.44%
Democratic Unionist Party
Alan Leslie
795
13.18%
809
1,181
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Hamilton
610
10.11%
722
728
870
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Jane Copeland
465
7.71%
477
479
484
485.8
486.57
486.66
899.66
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Donald Hayes*
737
12.22%
758
759
770
777.52
778.71
778.89
833.89
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
Valerie Kinghan
559
9.27%
583
610
710
725.2
728.98
736.63
744.63
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Sylvia Anderson
471
7.81%
480
480
483
484.8
485.22
485.22
Democratic Unionist Party
Elizabeth Loan
399
6.62%
417
Democratic Unionist Party
Enid Stringer
213
3.53%
Progressive Unionist Party
Samuel Meneely
18
0.30%
8
12,532
6,031 (48.12%)
93
862
6,124 (48.87%)
Bangor West
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UPUP
Bangor West - 7 seats
10
Ulster Unionist Party
Hazel Bradford*
1,695
26.01%
Democratic Unionist Party
Alan Graham*
970
14.89%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Bailie*
913
14.01%
Ulster Unionist Party
Cecil Braniff*
414
6.53%
856.52
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Brian Wilson*
686
10.53%
719.28
721.04
742.44
743.76
744.56
760.63
778.88
1,008.88
Democratic Unionist Party
George McMurtry
381
5.85%
419.48
540.76
541.86
654.12
655.57
675.88
747.77
752.92
760.92
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
Ian Sinclair
505
7.75%
551.8
555.48
558.58
564.1
565.2
539.84
630.43
663.09
695.09
Ulster Unionist Party
Edward Lindsay
118
1.81%
269.84
274
277.4
287.76
319.71
489.03
538.36
596.81
688.81
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Alfred Mairs
261
4.01%
298.96
299.76
358.96
364.28
365.03
386.66
392.98
Progressive Unionist Party
Thomas O'Brien
267
4.10%
282.6
284.68
284.88
292.52
292.97
297.01
Ulster Unionist Party
William Smiley
172
2.64%
262.48
264.08
265.08
278.2
283.05
Democratic Unionist Party
William Swain
134
2.06%
145.96
164.68
164.78
20
14,384
6,516 (45.30%)
153
815
6,669 (46.36%)
Holywood
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
Holywood - 5 seats
4
Ulster Unionist Party
Ellie McKay*
786
16.36%
944
Ulster Unionist Party
John Auld*
784
16.32%
882
Democratic Unionist Party
Gordon Dunne*
654
13.62%
813
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Susan O'Brien*
765
15.93%
793
819
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Michael Clarke*
702
14.62%
720
738
758
Independent (politician)
Dennis Ogborn
585
12.18%
629
675
694
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
James White
310
6.45%
Ulster Unionist Party
Roger Lomas
115
2.39%
Democratic Unionist Party
Elizabeth Graham
102
2.12%
4
9,824
4,803 (48.89%)
93
801
4,896 (49.84%)
References
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