1985 Down District Council election
Local govt election in Northern Ireland
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Elections to Down 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 23 councillors.
Election results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Social Democratic and Labour | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43.5 | 41.6 | 9,851 | 0.5 | |
Ulster Unionist | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30.4 | 30.3 | 7,167 | 3.0 | |
Democratic Unionist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 2,886 | 0.8 | |
Sinn Féin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 1,549 | New | |
Workers' Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 993 | 2.3 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 1,237 | 3.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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SDLP | UUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Workers Party | Others | ||||||||
Ballynahinch | 40.5 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 18.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 5 |
Downpatrick | 57.4 | 4 | 16.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.9 | 1 | 9.1 | 1 | 7.3 | 0 | 7 |
Newcastle | 40.8 | 3 | 22.1 | 1 | 12.0 | 1 | 14.0 | 1 | 5.8 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 6 |
Rowallane | 22.4 | 1 | 55.7 | 3 | 21.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 41.6 | 10 | 30.3 | 7 | 12.2 | 3 | 6.5 | 1 | 4.2 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 23 |
District results
Ballynahinch
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | James Magee* | 19.00% | 1,020 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | William Brown* | 18.70% | 1,004 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | Thomas Poole* | 13.82% | 742 | 742.24 | 971.24 | |||
Ulster Unionist | James Cochrane | 14.57% | 782 | 782 | 822 | 928 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Francis Laverty* | 10.36% | 556 | 630.52 | 630.64 | 788.12 | 879.32 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Patrick Savage | 11.10% | 596 | 635 | 635 | 711.48 | 728.76 | |
Alliance | Patrick Forde* | 7.38% | 396 | 403.44 | 405.44 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Stanley Priestley | 5.08% | 273 | 273.12 | ||||
Electorate: 7,947 Valid: 5,369 (67.56%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 895 Turnout: 5,480 (68.96%) |
Downpatrick
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Eddie McGrady* | 26.92% | 1,886 | |||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel McCartney | 16.28% | 1,141 | |||||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Dermot Curran* | 11.50% | 806 | 963.68 | ||||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Sean Quinn | 8.26% | 579 | 976.44 | ||||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | John Ritchie* | 6.62% | 464 | 686.48 | 692.72 | 696.34 | 755.7 | 797.94 | 803.1 | 1,008.1 | ||
Sinn Féin | Geraldine Ritchie | 9.90% | 694 | 740.44 | 740.83 | 750.22 | 757.22 | 761.84 | 762.84 | 805.15 | 820.15 | |
Workers' Party | Raymond Blaney* | 7.91% | 554 | 616.1 | 625.85 | 685.18 | 693.86 | 700.46 | 710.85 | 763.26 | 797.26 | |
Alliance | Michael Healy | 4.40% | 308 | 324.74 | 406.64 | 410.89 | 412.71 | 414.69 | 702.8 | 748.39 | 782.39 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Madge McAvoy | 4.08% | 286 | 375.1 | 377.83 | 382.91 | 403.77 | 434.13 | 443.45 | |||
Alliance | Margaret Donnelly | 2.95% | 207 | 212.94 | 373.23 | 375.31 | 376.43 | 377.09 | ||||
Workers' Party | Alan McCullough | 2.95% | 82 | 89.56 | 93.07 | |||||||
Electorate: 10,997 Valid: 7,007 (63.72%) Spoilt: 159 Quota: 876 Turnout: 7,166 (65.16%) |
Newcastle
1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Gerald Douglas* | 22.06% | 1,350 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Hugh McDowell | 13.97% | 855 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | Ethel Smyth* | 11.99% | 734 | 1,117.75 | |||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Eamon O'Neill* | 13.51% | 827 | 829.52 | 832.08 | 924.08 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Michael Boyd | 13.43% | 822 | 825.24 | 827.16 | 890.16 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | James Curry* | 7.25% | 444 | 446.16 | 448.4 | 487.4 | 516.51 | 843.1 | |
Alliance | Anthony Dickinson | 5.33% | 326 | 396.92 | 625.36 | 672.04 | 677.01 | 690.15 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Peter Fitzpatrick | 6.62% | 405 | 405.72 | 406.36 | 426.72 | 441.53 | ||
Workers' Party | Edward O'Hagan | 4.17% | 255 | 257.52 | 259.76 | ||||
Workers' Party | Sean Magee | 1.67% | 102 | 103.44 | 103.76 | ||||
Electorate: 8,978 Valid: 6,120 (68.17%) Spoilt: 135 Quota: 875 Turnout: 6,255 (69.67%) |
Rowallane
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Dermot Nesbitt* | 22.75% | 1,180 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Osborne* | 20.59% | 1,068 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | William Biggerstaff | 12.38% | 642 | 877.44 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | William Dick | 14.42% | 748 | 789.58 | 857.98 | 866.82 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Margaret Ritchie | 12.13% | 629 | 636.29 | 639.41 | 639.67 | 1,146.67 | |
Democratic Unionist | Trevor Lennon | 7.50% | 389 | 413.03 | 539.75 | 542.83 | 547.83 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Oliver Flanagan | 10.24% | 531 | 532.62 | 535.98 | 536.14 | ||
Electorate: 7,860 Valid: 5,187 (65.99%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 865 Turnout: 5,274 (67.10%) |
References
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Down". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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