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1985 Armagh District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
1985 Armagh District Council election parliamentary no 1981 Armagh District Council election 1981 1985 05 15 y 1989 Armagh District Council election 1989 All 22 seats to Armagh District Council 12 Ulster Unionist Party 11 3 Social Democratic and Labour Party 7 0 Democratic Unionist Party 3 0 Sinn Féin 1 1 United Ulster Unionist Party 0 1 Independent Nationalist 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Armagh 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 22 councillors.
Election results
Armagh District Council Election Result 1985https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgarmagh.htm Local Government Election 1985-1989: Armagh www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
11
0
3
3
50.0
43.8
10,287
5.1
Social Democratic and Labour Party
7
0
0
0
31.8
30.1
7,076
0.7
Democratic Unionist Party
3
0
0
0
13.6
17.0
3,985
1.5
Sinn Féin
1
1
0
1
4.5
6.4
1,515
New
Independent Nationalist
0
0
1
1
0.0
2.7
640
1.5
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Armagh 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="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Armagh City
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.4
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|30.3
|2
|12.6
|1
|16.1
|1
|10.6
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Crossmore
|30.6
|2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|58.5
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|10.9
|0
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Cusher
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|60.2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|17.8
|1
|22.0
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|The Orchard
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.7
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|21.2
|1
|20.4
|1
|9.7
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|43.8
|11
|30.1
|7
|17.0
|2
|6.4
|1
|2.7
|0
|22
|-
|}
District results
Armagh City
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
Armagh City - 6 seatsLocal Government Results 1985 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/2d57a980-809e-4f90-b658-0175b954d3a2/local_government_election_results_1985 EONI 24 July 2021
6
Sinn Féin
Thomas Carroll
970
16.11%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Agnew*
739
12.27%
762.94
920.94
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Pat Brannigan*
612
10.16%
622.92
861.42
Ulster Unionist Party
John Doogan
645
10.71%
645.14
646.14
646.14
901.14
Ulster Unionist Party
George Macartney*
620
10.30%
620.14
625.14
625.9
871.9
Democratic Unionist Party
Geoffrey Knipe
756
12.55%
756.14
757.14
757.14
816.14
854.33
Independent Nationalist
Bernard McManus*
640
10.63%
699.78
773.84
832.36
835.36
835.93
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Orr
564
9.37%
564
565
565
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Oliver Tobin
476
7.90%
487.62
6
9,766
6,022 (61.66%)
100
861
6,122 (62.69%)
Crossmore
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
Crossmore - 5 seats
4
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Charles Mallon
1,072
22.41%
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Nicholson*
949
19.84%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James McKernan*
889
18.58%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Thomas McArdle
837
17.50%
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Shilliday
513
10.72%
541
667.88
690.88
Democratic Unionist Party
Joseph McBride*
524
10.95%
580
603.36
611.36
4
7,459
4,784 (64.14%)
137
798
4,921 (65.97%)
Cusher
1985: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
Cusher - 6 seats
3
Ulster Unionist Party
Eric Speers
1,267
17.92%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seamus Mallon*
1,260
17.82%
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Johnston
1,149
16.25%
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Black*
1,009
14.27%
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Turner*
901
12.74%
1,042.4
Ulster Unionist Party
James Clayton
939
13.28%
993.4
1,059.4
Democratic Unionist Party
Mervyn Spratt
546
7.72%
570
615
3
9,467
7,071 (74.69%)
63
1,011
7,134 (75.36%)
The Orchard
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
The Orchard - 5 seats
6
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Speers*
1,189
21.13%
Democratic Unionist Party
Douglas Hutchinson*
1,150
20.44%
Ulster Unionist Party
Ronald Allen*
875
15.55%
972.23
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Foster*
676
12.02%
823.21
1,027.81
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Christopher McAnallen
612
10.88%
612.63
612.83
626.43
783.63
794.34
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Francis McIlvanna*
579
10.29%
579.84
580.04
584.64
771.04
773.14
Sinn Féin
Brigid McCartan
545
9.69%
545
546.4
546.6
6
7,682
5,626 (73.24%)
92
938
5,718 (74.43%)
References
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