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1985 Ballymena Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
1985 Ballymena Borough Council election parliamentary no 1981 Ballymena Borough Council election 1981 1985 05 15 y 1989 Ballymena Borough Council election 1989 All 23 seats to Ballymena Borough Council 12 Democratic Unionist Party 15 2 Ulster Unionist Party 6 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 1 1 Independent Unionist 1 0 Independent (politician) 0 2 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Ballymena 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 23 councillors.
Election results
Ballymena Borough Council Election Result 1985https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgballymena.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Ballymena www.ark.ac.uk 7 July 2021 19 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211019185346/https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgballymena.htm live
Democratic Unionist Party
15
2
0
2
65.2
55.6
12,014
0.1
Ulster Unionist Party
6
1
0
1
26.1
28.6
6,190
1.4
Social Democratic and Labour Party
1
1
0
1
4.3
6.3
1,367
New
Independent Unionist
1
0
0
0
4.3
5.6
1,204
2.1
Independent (politician)
0
0
2
2
0.0
4.0
856
6.6
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Ballymena Borough Council election, 1985by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ballymena Town
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.7
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|22.8
|2
|21.0
|1
|18.5
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|Braid Valley
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|48.5
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|35.3
|2
|0.0
|0
|16.2
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Kells Water
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|73.6
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|5
|26.4
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|The Main
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|68.8
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4
|31.2
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|55.6
|15
|28.6
|6
|6.3
|1
|9.5
|2
|23
|-
|}
District results
Ballymena Town
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Ballymena Town - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 1985 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/2d57a980-809e-4f90-b658-0175b954d3a2/local_government_election_results_1985 EONI 9 July 2021 6 August 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190806055505/http://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/2d57a980-809e-4f90-b658-0175b954d3a2/local_government_election_results_1985 live
7
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McAvoy
1,126
17.33%
Independent Unionist
Samuel Henry*
876
13.48%
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Coulter
794
12.22%
794.28
807.58
886.58
Ulster Unionist Party
Gordon Wilson*
403
6.20%
403.56
419.17
581.16
711.3
775.3
841.22
Democratic Unionist Party
Maurice Mills*
708
10.89%
708.28
711.71
722.99
753.18
756.18
764
Democratic Unionist Party
Richard McKeown
640
9.85%
640.84
642.94
644.08
677.99
679.99
691.12
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Maternaghan*
563
8.66%
563.28
566.22
571.36
635.41
637.41
639.32
Democratic Unionist Party
John Wilson
538
8.28%
538
539.33
550.89
589.45
591.45
600.37
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Malachy Reynolds
241
3.71%
550.12
552.29
555.43
565.99
565.99
Independent Unionist
James Alexander*
328
5.05%
329.4
340.67
352.72
Ulster Unionist Party
Warren Wray
282
4.34%
282
288.72
7
12,497
6,499 (52.00%)
105
813
6,604 (52.84%)
Braid Valley
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
Braid Valley - 5 seats
7
Democratic Unionist Party
John Armstrong*
628
11.85%
981
Ulster Unionist Party
Margaret Alexander
626
11.81%
635
925
Ulster Unionist Party
Desmond Armstrong*
757
14.28%
794
921
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Hanna*
746
14.07%
787
829
850.33
869.58
892.2
Democratic Unionist Party
John Porter
724
13.66%
753
778
850.63
865.88
875.16
882.36
Independent (politician)
James Woulahan*
856
16.15%
857
860
860
865.25
869.89
870.79
Ulster Unionist Party
Harbinson McCullough
490
9.24%
493
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Martin
474
8.94%
7
7,829
5,301 (67.71%)
110
884
5,411 (69.11%)
Kells Water
1985: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP
Kells Water - 6 seats
4
Ulster Unionist Party
William Brownlees*
856
17.86%
Democratic Unionist Party
John McAuley*
845
17.63%
Democratic Unionist Party
Roy West*
796
16.60%
Democratic Unionist Party
Martin Clarke*
695
14.50%
Democratic Unionist Party
Edwin Maternaghan*
577
12.04%
586.4
693.37
Democratic Unionist Party
David McClintock
615
12.83%
623.4
657.41
753.17
Ulster Unionist Party
Victoria Brownlees
410
8.55%
558.8
570.96
579.92
4
9,621
4,794 (49.83%)
133
685
4,927 (51.21%)
The Main
1985: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP
The Main - 5 seats
4
Democratic Unionist Party
Roy Gillespie*
1,076
21.36%
Democratic Unionist Party
Tommy Nicholl*
960
19.06%
Democratic Unionist Party
Sandy Spence*
796
15.80%
831.64
925.48
Democratic Unionist Party
Hubert Nicholl
633
12.57%
792.94
804.7
876.75
Ulster Unionist Party
Ian Johnston*
812
16.12%
834.88
838.24
841.76
Ulster Unionist Party
William Wright*
760
15.09%
774.08
777.92
782.43
4
8,309
5,037 (60.62%)
213
840
5,250 (63.18%)
References
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