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1985 Strabane District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
1985 Strabane District Council election parliamentary no 1981 Strabane District Council election 1981 1985 05 15 y 1989 Strabane District Council election 1989 All 15 seats to Strabane District Council 8 Democratic Unionist Party 4 0 Ulster Unionist Party 3 0 Social Democratic and Labour Party 3 1 Sinn Féin 3 3 Independent Nationalist 2 2 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Strabane District 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 15 councillors.
Election results
Strabane District Council Election Result 1985https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgstrabane.htm Local Government Election 1985-1989: Strabane www.ark.ac.uk
Democratic Unionist Party
4
0
0
0
26.7
26.1
4,525
1.0
Sinn Féin
3
3
0
3
20.0
22.3
3,887
New
Social Democratic and Labour Party
3
0
1
1
20.0
19.1
3,319
3.7
Ulster Unionist Party
3
0
0
0
20.0
19.1
3,313
1.6
Independent Nationalist
2
0
2
2
13.3
13.4
2,326
12.7
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Strabane District 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="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Derg
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|26.2
|1
|9.2
|0
|23.2
|1
|8.2
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Glenelly
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|13.2
|1
|17.9
|1
|23.5
|1
|10.2
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Mourne
|9.3
|0
|27.9
|1
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|30.6
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|10.1
|1
|22.1
|1
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|26.1
|4
|22.3
|3
|19.1
|3
|19.1
|3
|13.4
|2
|15
|-
|}
District results
Derg
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Derg - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1985 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/2d57a980-809e-4f90-b658-0175b954d3a2/local_government_election_results_1985 EONI 12 August 2021
6
Sinn Féin
Charles McHugh
1,534
26.25%
Ulster Unionist Party
Edward Turner
1,357
23.22%
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Kerrigan*
1,270
21.74%
Independent Nationalist
Denis McCrory*
480
8.21%
901.88
927.98
930.74
992.35
Democratic Unionist Party
David Baird
256
4.38%
256
441.1
669.95
670.87
680.12
Democratic Unionist Party
Noel Finlayson
411
7.03%
411
564
617.36
618.79
630.74
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James Fitzsimons
328
5.61%
392.13
400.23
402.07
568.99
Social Democratic and Labour Party
William Flanagan
207
3.54%
275.9
278.6
280.44
6
7,333
5,843 (79.68%)
95
974
5,938 (80.98%)
Glenelly
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
Glenelly - 5 seats
5
Ulster Unionist Party
Mary Britton*
1,381
23.56%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Gallagher*
1,051
17.93%
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Rogers*
972
16.58%
1,164
Democratic Unionist Party
Ronald Brolly
795
13.56%
925.56
1,021.56
Sinn Féin
Thomas McNamee
722
13.17%
772.96
772.96
773.96
794.2
Independent Nationalist
Francis McConnell*
596
10.17%
604
606.56
656.36
702.8
Democratic Unionist Party
Violet McGerrigle
294
5.02%
359.92
434.48
5
7,340
5,861 (79.85%)
117
977
5,978 (81.44%)
Mourne
1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Mourne - 5 seats
6
Sinn Féin
Ivan Barr
1,581
27.90%
Independent Nationalist
James O'Kane*
1,250
22.06%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Paul O'Hare*
757
13.36%
1,090.7
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peggy McManus
588
10.38%
745.62
921.3
1,005.79
Ulster Unionist Party
John Cummings
575
10.15%
582.81
591.81
593.23
593.23
1,088.95
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mary McCrea*
388
6.85%
512.25
628.17
680
735.38
747.59
Democratic Unionist Party
Desmond Monteith
527
9.30%
531.26
534.5
535.21
535.92
6
8,536
5,666 (66.38%)
130
945
5,796 (67.90%)
References
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