Elections to Ballymoney Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.
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All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council 9 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results edit
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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DUP | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37.5 | 41.9 | 4,044 | 1.6 | |
UUP | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 37.5 | 29.9 | 2,886 | 5.9 | |
SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 1,225 | 2.8 | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 687 | 10.7 | |
Sinn Féin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 532 | New | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 248 | 5.5 | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 35 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary edit
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
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Cllrs |
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Total Cllrs |
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DUP | UUP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Others | |||||||
Ballymoney Town | 39.9 | 2 | 35.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 25.1 | 1 | 5 |
Bann Valley | 41.2 | 2 | 25.1 | 2 | 13.9 | 1 | 13.5 | 1 | 6.3 | 0 | 6 |
Bushvale | 44.6 | 2 | 31.5 | 2 | 22.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 41.9 | 6 | 29.9 | 6 | 12.7 | 2 | 5.5 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 | 16 |
District results edit
Ballymoney Town edit
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Independent | Robert McComb* | 25.07% | 687 | |||||
UUP | James Simpson | 16.53% | 453 | 502.45 | ||||
DUP | Cecil Cousley* | 15.47% | 424 | 457.97 | ||||
DUP | Kenneth Blair | 13.87% | 380 | 395.91 | 396.77 | 613.77 | ||
UUP | Adam McNeilly | 10.00% | 274 | 326.03 | 347.53 | 381.12 | 430.12 | |
UUP | James McKeown | 8.50% | 233 | 293.63 | 311.69 | 345.99 | 412.99 | |
DUP | Ralph Stronge* | 10.55% | 289 | 304.05 | 307.06 | |||
Electorate: 5,278 Valid: 2,740 (51.91%) Spoilt: 63 Quota: 457 Turnout: 2,803 (53.11%) |
Bann Valley edit
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
DUP | James Patterson* | 16.96% | 669 | |||||
DUP | Robert Wilson* | 12.27% | 484 | 564.1 | ||||
SDLP | Malachy McCamphill | 13.94% | 550 | 550.15 | 712.15 | |||
Sinn Féin | Margaret Hogan | 13.49% | 532 | 532 | 557.15 | 622.15 | ||
UUP | Kenneth Bamford* | 12.34% | 487 | 491.8 | 524.95 | 556.95 | 567.95 | |
UUP | Joe Gaston* | 12.72% | 502 | 505.9 | 518.05 | 522.05 | 522.05 | |
DUP | Robert Halliday* | 11.99% | 473 | 483.2 | 487.35 | 487.35 | 490.35 | |
Alliance | Hugh McFarland* | 6.29% | 248 | 248.75 | ||||
Electorate: 5,997 Valid: 3,945 (65.78%) Spoilt: 57 Quota: 564 Turnout: 4,002 (66.73%) |
Bushvale edit
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | Charles Steele* | 19.18% | 570 | |||||||
DUP | William Gracey* | 18.74% | 557 | |||||||
UUP | John Ramsay | 16.96% | 504 | |||||||
SDLP | Harry Connolly* | 14.97% | 445 | 445.13 | 445.46 | 445.48 | 453.48 | 680.48 | ||
UUP | William Logan* | 14.57% | 433 | 447.3 | 453.02 | 457.4 | 471.62 | 471.63 | 522.63 | |
DUP | Bertie McIlhatton* | 6.66% | 198 | 255.46 | 306.39 | 306.77 | 311 | 311.13 | 318.13 | |
SDLP | John Mulholland | 7.74% | 230 | 230.39 | 230.61 | 230.62 | 231.62 | |||
Green (NI) | William Hartin | 1.18% | 35 | 35 | 35.77 | 35.78 | ||||
Electorate: 4,883 Valid: 2,972 (60.86%) Spoilt: 71 Quota: 496 Turnout: 3,043 (62.32%) |
References edit
- ^ a b "Local Government Election 1985-1989: Ballymoney". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 11 July 2021.