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1985 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
1985 Newtownabbey Borough Council election parliamentary no 1981 Newtownabbey Borough Council election 1981 1985 05 15 y 1989 Newtownabbey Borough Council election 1989 All 25 seats to Newtownabbey Borough Council 13 Ulster Unionist Party 10 1 Democratic Unionist Party 9 4 Independent Unionist 3 0 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 2 1 Newtownabbey Labour 1 0 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Newtownabbey Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 25 councillors.
Election results
Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 1985https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgnewtownabbey.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Newtownabbey www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
10
1
0
1
40.0
37.6
9,560
3.1
Democratic Unionist Party
9
4
1
4
36.0
30.8
7,823
3.9
Independent Unionist
2
0
0
1
8.0
8.1
2,059
2.3
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
2
0
1
1
8.0
10.3
2,608
5.3
Independent (politician)
1
1
0
1
0.0
3.2
826
2.0
Newtownabbey Labour Party
1
0
0
0
4.0
3.1
792
0.7
Social Democratic and Labour Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
3.8
972
3.8
Progressive Unionist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.3
333
New
All Night Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.9
235
New
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.3
332
0.1
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Newtownabbey 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="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Antrim Line
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|40.5
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2
|26.7
|2
|15.5
|1
|17.3
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Ballyclare
|22.0
|1
|25.5
|1
|5.6
|0
|bgcolor="#0077FF"|46.9
|bgcolor="#0077FF"|3
|5
|-
|align="left"|Doagh Road
|34.3
|2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.8
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|6.4
|0
|21.5
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Manse Road
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|52.2
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3
|32.3
|2
|11.5
|1
|4.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Shore Road
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|38.9
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2
|32.3
|2
|12.1
|1
|16.7
|0
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|37.6
|10
|30.8
|9
|10.3
|2
|21.3
|4
|25
|-
|}
District results
Antrim Line
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Antrim Line - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1985 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/2d57a980-809e-4f90-b658-0175b954d3a2/local_government_election_results_1985 EONI 8 July 2021
6
Ulster Unionist Party
William Green
873
17.12%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James Rooney*
791
15.51%
843
872
Ulster Unionist Party
Ivan Hunter*
668
13.10%
675
676
1,112
Democratic Unionist Party
William McDonnell
725
14.22%
729
731
766
885.72
Democratic Unionist Party
Mary Harkness*
638
12.51%
642
642
680
818.58
852.08
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Tommy McTeague
452
8.86%
462
756
757
759.46
759.46
Ulster Unionist Party
Arthur Kell
522
10.24%
524
527
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Margaret Harrison
313
6.14%
334
Newtownabbey Labour
Thomas Davidson
81
1.59%
Newtownabbey Labour
Lindsay Prior
37
0.73%
6
10,194
5,100 (50.03%)
138
851
5,238 (51.38%)
Ballyclare
1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
Ballyclare - 5 seats
7
Independent Unionist
Arthur Templeton*
1,007
19.29%
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Gardiner
900
17.24%
Independent Unionist
Sidney Cameron*
755
14.46%
804.79
822.61
823.42
881.42
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Wilson*
606
11.61%
636.68
679.63
680.2
713.59
734.14
1,058.14
Independent (politician)
Leonard Hardy
389
7.45%
392.77
402.9
403.17
481.56
774.63
828.64
Democratic Unionist Party
Winston Hanna
432
8.27%
449.68
470.59
494.71
501.9
521.15
598.25
Ulster Unionist Party
William Christie
377
7.22%
389.35
463.38
464.04
482.59
507.72
Independent (politician)
Nan Foster
298
5.71%
301.12
304.12
304.42
372.55
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Albert Reid
290
5.55%
292.21
295.21
295.3
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert McKenzie
167
3.20%
176.36
7
10,303
5,221 (50.67%)
115
871
5,336 (51.79%)
Doagh Road
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour
Doagh Road - 5 seats
10
Democratic Unionist Party
Jim Allister
1,381
30.01%
Ulster Unionist Party
Fraser Agnew*
916
19.90%
Democratic Unionist Party
David Hollis
258
5.61%
726.16
737.2
738.2
738.2
844.08
Newtownabbey Labour
Robert Kidd*
436
9.47%
449.64
452.84
455.84
548
556.08
563.08
693.24
760.12
908.8
Ulster Unionist Party
Andrew Beattie
355
7.71%
406.04
507.48
509.48
510.48
518.72
534.72
537.04
572.64
653.24
Ulster Unionist Party
Letitia McCartney*
307
6.67%
325.04
348.08
349.24
350.24
360.8
372.8
373.8
381.96
424.36
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John Elliott*
293
6.37%
298.72
302.08
303.52
309.52
309.68
309.68
334.68
347.68
All Night Party
Mark Langhammer
203
4.41%
207.84
208.48
229.64
232.64
237.52
241.52
270.68
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Austin Kelly
193
4.19%
193
193.48
195.64
214.64
215.64
215.64
Democratic Unionist Party
Charles South
100
2.17%
142.68
144.44
145.88
145.88
Newtownabbey Labour
David Lowrie
128
2.78%
128
128.16
128.16
All Night Party
Roy Wallace
13
0.28%
13
13
All Night Party
David Coburn
12
0.26%
12.44
12.92
All Night Party
Douglas Edwards
6
0.13%
6.44
6.44
All Night Party
William McClinton
1
0.02%
1
1
10
9,960
4,602 (46.20%)
184
768
4,786 (48.05%)
Manse Road
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
Manse Road - 5 seats
7
Ulster Unionist Party
George Herron*
1,400
26.91%
Democratic Unionist Party
Edward Cassells
982
18.87%
Ulster Unionist Party
James Robinson
736
14.15%
1,064.32
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Neill*
701
13.47%
753.44
764.66
766.04
800.86
898.32
Ulster Unionist Party
James Smith*
396
7.61%
468.2
515.5
516.5
803.22
809.27
836.27
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
George Jones
596
11.45%
616.14
617.9
809.12
826.34
828.54
829.54
Ulster Unionist Party
Agnes Sloan
185
3.56%
235.54
362.92
364.36
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Bernard Conlon
207
3.98%
207.76
208.64
7
10,827
5,203 (48.06%)
104
868
5,307 (49.02%)
Shore Road
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Shore Road - 5 seats
7
Democratic Unionist Party
Billy Boyd
1,370
25.97%
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Caul*
1,340
25.40%
Ulster Unionist Party
Ken Robinson
712
13.50%
751.6
1,099.42
Democratic Unionist Party
Billy Gillespie
336
6.37%
712.2
726.48
802.32
810.16
840.62
997.06
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Leo McKenna
638
12.09%
640.16
657.16
682.12
753.84
800.46
818.72
Independent Unionist
Desmond Dowds*
297
5.63%
341.28
400.78
492.94
502.12
538.78
668.48
Progressive Unionist Party
John Niblock
333
6.31%
342.36
347.8
363.4
368.64
378.82
Independent (politician)
Helen Craig
124
2.35%
134.44
139.2
146.4
160
Newtownabbey Labour
Thomas Crawford
61
1.16%
63.16
63.84
65.76
Newtownabbey Labour
James Devlin
49
0.93%
49.36
50.04
50.52
Independent (politician)
Claire Martin*
15
0.28%
15.36
15.7
16.66
7
10,409
5,275 (50.68%)
117
880
5,392 (51.80%)
References
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