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1985 Dungannon District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
1985 Dungannon District Council election parliamentary no 1981 Dungannon District Council election 1981 1985 05 15 y 1989 Dungannon District Council election 1989 All 22 seats to Dungannon District Council 12 Ulster Unionist Party 8 Social Democratic and Labour Party 5 2 Sinn Féin 4 4 Democratic Unionist Party 3 Independent Nationalist 2 1 Independent Republican (Ireland) 0 2 Irish Independence Party 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Dungannon 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
Dungannon District Council Election Result 1985https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgdungannon.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Dungannon www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
8
0
0
0
36.4
32.1
7,848
1.1
Social Democratic and Labour Party
5
2
0
2
13.6
17.6
4,293
2.9
Sinn Féin
4
4
0
4
18.2
22.9
5,592
New
Democratic Unionist Party
3
0
0
0
13.6
17.2
4,202
0.5
Independent Nationalist
2
0
1
1
9.1
9.7
2,363
5.9
Independent Republican (Ireland)
0
0
2
2
0.0
0.6
140
6.2
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Dungannon 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="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Blackwater
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|44.1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|14.6
|1
|13.8
|0
|27.5
|1
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Clogher Valley
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|31.7
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|27.1
|1
|21.0
|1
|20.2
|1
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Dungannon Town
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.0
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|10.4
|1
|18.8
|0
|18.0
|1
|15.8
|1
|6
|-
|align="left"|Torrent
|17.3
|1
|17.9
|2
|bgcolor="#008800"|36.6
|bgcolor="#008800"|2
|4.5
|0
|23.7
|1
|6
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|32.1
|8
|17.6
|5
|22.9
|4
|17.2
|3
|10.2
|2
|22
|-
|}
District results
Blackwater
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Blackwater - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1985 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/2d57a980-809e-4f90-b658-0175b954d3a2/local_government_election_results_1985 EONI 8 August 2021
5
Democratic Unionist Party
James Ewing*
979
16.86%
Ulster Unionist Party
Derek Irwin*
804
13.85%
1,143
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Brady*
623
10.73%
688
736.76
1,019.29
Ulster Unionist Party
John Taggart*
613
10.56%
689
808.78
1,109.49
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Daly*
848
14.61%
851
851
852
878
Sinn Féin
Eilish McCabe
803
13.83%
804
804
804
805
Democratic Unionist Party
Norman Lockhart
616
10.61%
645
651.36
Ulster Unionist Party
Rodney Mullan
520
8.96%
5
7,076
5,806 (82.05%)
89
968
5,895 (83.31%)
Clogher Valley
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
Clogher Valley - 5 seats
4
Sinn Féin
Seamus Cassidy*
1,280
20.98%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Anthony McGonnell*
1,045
17.13%
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Brush*
1,001
16.40%
Democratic Unionist Party
William McIlwrath*
669
10.96%
669.84
1,144.26
Ulster Unionist Party
Noel Mulligan*
933
15.29%
934.26
949.26
1,050.24
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Monaghan
612
10.03%
866.52
871.94
891.94
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Maxwell
562
9.21%
564.52
4
7,003
6,102 (87.13%)
93
1,018
6,195 (88.46%)
Dungannon Town
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Dungannon Town - 6 seats
6
Ulster Unionist Party
Ken Maginnis*
1,329
21.99%
Democratic Unionist Party
Maurice Morrow*
1,086
17.97%
Independent Nationalist
Michael McLoughlin*
959
15.87%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Brown*
905
14.97%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Vincent Currie
424
7.02%
813
984
Sinn Féin
Anita Cavlan
642
10.62%
644
646
648.79
663.79
737.28
Sinn Féin
Martin McNulty
494
8.17%
494
495
495.93
510.63
570.07
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Terence Foley
205
3.39%
259
286
402.25
459.65
6
8,157
6,044 (74.10%)
124
864
6,168 (75.62%)
Torrent
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Torrent - 6 seats
6
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Kempton*
1,120
17.27%
Sinn Féin
Francie Molloy
1,079
16.64%
Independent Nationalist
Jim Canning*
852
13.14%
853.44
923.44
935.2
Sinn Féin
Brian Duffin
653
10.07%
653
668
785.6
786.6
821.3
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McGlinchey*
571
8.80%
572.26
590.26
594.04
628.6
789.4
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Jim Cavanagh
588
9.07%
588.36
609.36
610.48
648
773.92
Sinn Féin
Frances Donaghy
641
9.88%
641
644
653.38
653.38
763.08
Independent Nationalist
Owen Nugent*
552
8.51%
553.08
561.08
564.16
596.38
Democratic Unionist Party
Edith White
290
4.47%
478.64
479.64
479.64
Independent Republican (Ireland)
John Corr*
140
2.16%
140
6
8,203
6,486 (79.07%)
174
927
6,660 (81.19%)
References
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