Elections to Strabane District 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 15 councillors.
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All 15 seats to Strabane District Council 8 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  0
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26.7 | 26.1 | 4,525 |  1.0
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| Sinn Féin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3
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20.0 | 22.3 | 3,887 | New | |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 1 |  1
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20.0 | 19.1 | 3,319 | 3.7
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| Ulster Unionist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0
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20.0 | 19.1 | 3,313 | 1.6
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| Independent Nationalist | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2
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13.3 | 13.4 | 2,326 | 12.7
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary edit
| Ward | % |
Cllrs |
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Cllrs |
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Cllrs |
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Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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| DUP | Sinn Féin | SDLP | UUP | Others | |||||||
| Derg | 33.2 | 2 | 26.2 | 1 | 9.2 | 0 | 23.2 | 1 | 8.2 | 1 | 5 |
| Glenelly | 35.2 | 2 | 13.2 | 1 | 17.9 | 1 | 23.5 | 1 | 10.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Mourne | 9.3 | 0 | 27.9 | 1 | 30.6 | 2 | 10.1 | 1 | 22.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 26.1 | 4 | 22.3 | 3 | 19.1 | 3 | 19.1 | 3 | 13.4 | 2 | 15 |
District results edit
Derg edit
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Charles McHugh | 26.25% | 1,534 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Edward Turner | 23.22% | 1,357 | ||||||
| DUP | Thomas Kerrigan* | 21.74% | 1,270 | ||||||
| Independent Nationalist | Denis McCrory* | 8.21% | 480 | 901.88 | 927.98 | 930.74 | 992.35 | ||
| DUP | David Baird | 4.38% | 256 | 256 | 441.1 | 669.95 | 670.87 | 680.12 | |
| DUP | Noel Finlayson | 7.03% | 411 | 411 | 564 | 617.36 | 618.79 | 630.74 | |
| SDLP | James Fitzsimons | 5.61% | 328 | 392.13 | 400.23 | 402.07 | 568.99 | ||
| SDLP | William Flanagan | 3.54% | 207 | 275.9 | 278.6 | 280.44 | |||
| Electorate: 7,333 Valid: 5,843 (79.68%) Spoilt: 95 Quota: 974 Turnout: 5,938 (80.98%) | |||||||||
Glenelly edit
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Mary Britton* | 23.56% | 1,381 | |||||
| SDLP | John Gallagher* | 17.93% | 1,051 | |||||
| DUP | Samuel Rogers* | 16.58% | 972 | 1,164 | ||||
| DUP | Ronald Brolly | 13.56% | 795 | 925.56 | 1,021.56 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Thomas McNamee | 13.17% | 722 | 772.96 | 772.96 | 773.96 | 794.2 | |
| Independent Nationalist | Francis McConnell* | 10.17% | 596 | 604 | 606.56 | 656.36 | 702.8 | |
| DUP | Violet McGerrigle | 5.02% | 294 | 359.92 | 434.48 | |||
| Electorate: 7,340 Valid: 5,861 (79.85%) Spoilt: 117 Quota: 977 Turnout: 5,978 (81.44%) | ||||||||
Mourne edit
1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Ivan Barr | 27.90% | 1,581 | ||||||
| Independent Nationalist | James O'Kane* | 22.06% | 1,250 | ||||||
| SDLP | Paul O'Hare* | 13.36% | 757 | 1,090.7 | |||||
| SDLP | Peggy McManus | 10.38% | 588 | 745.62 | 921.3 | 1,005.79 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | John Cummings | 10.15% | 575 | 582.81 | 591.81 | 593.23 | 593.23 | 1,088.95 | |
| SDLP | Mary McCrea* | 6.85% | 388 | 512.25 | 628.17 | 680 | 735.38 | 747.59 | |
| DUP | Desmond Monteith | 9.30% | 527 | 531.26 | 534.5 | 535.21 | 535.92 | ||
| Electorate: 8,536 Valid: 5,666 (66.38%) Spoilt: 130 Quota: 945 Turnout: 5,796 (67.90%) | |||||||||
References edit
- ^ a b "Local Government Election 1985-1989: Strabane". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 12 August 2021.