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.
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All 23 seats to Down District Council 12 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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SDLP | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43.5 | 41.6 | 9,851 | 0.5 | |
UUP | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30.4 | 30.3 | 7,167 | 3.0 | |
DUP | 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 edit
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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 edit
Ballynahinch edit
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SDLP | James Magee* | 19.00% | 1,020 | |||||
UUP | William Brown* | 18.70% | 1,004 | |||||
DUP | Thomas Poole* | 13.82% | 742 | 742.24 | 971.24 | |||
UUP | James Cochrane | 14.57% | 782 | 782 | 822 | 928 | ||
SDLP | Francis Laverty* | 10.36% | 556 | 630.52 | 630.64 | 788.12 | 879.32 | |
SDLP | Patrick Savage | 11.10% | 596 | 635 | 635 | 711.48 | 728.76 | |
Alliance | Patrick Forde* | 7.38% | 396 | 403.44 | 405.44 | |||
DUP | 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 edit
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 | ||||
SDLP | Eddie McGrady* | 26.92% | 1,886 | |||||||||
UUP | Samuel McCartney | 16.28% | 1,141 | |||||||||
SDLP | Dermot Curran* | 11.50% | 806 | 963.68 | ||||||||
SDLP | Sean Quinn | 8.26% | 579 | 976.44 | ||||||||
SDLP | 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 | |
SDLP | 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 edit
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 | ||||
UUP | Gerald Douglas* | 22.06% | 1,350 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Hugh McDowell | 13.97% | 855 | ||||||
DUP | Ethel Smyth* | 11.99% | 734 | 1,117.75 | |||||
SDLP | Eamon O'Neill* | 13.51% | 827 | 829.52 | 832.08 | 924.08 | |||
SDLP | Michael Boyd | 13.43% | 822 | 825.24 | 827.16 | 890.16 | |||
SDLP | 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 | |
SDLP | 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 edit
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
UUP | Dermot Nesbitt* | 22.75% | 1,180 | |||||
UUP | Samuel Osborne* | 20.59% | 1,068 | |||||
UUP | William Biggerstaff | 12.38% | 642 | 877.44 | ||||
DUP | William Dick | 14.42% | 748 | 789.58 | 857.98 | 866.82 | ||
SDLP | Margaret Ritchie | 12.13% | 629 | 636.29 | 639.41 | 639.67 | 1,146.67 | |
DUP | Trevor Lennon | 7.50% | 389 | 413.03 | 539.75 | 542.83 | 547.83 | |
SDLP | 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 edit
- ^ 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.