1985 Banbridge District Council election

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1985 Banbridge District Council election

15 May 1985 (1985-05-15)
All 15 seats to Banbridge District Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP DUP SDLP Seats won 8 3 3 Seat change 0 1 1   Fourth party   Party Ind. Nationalist Seats won 1 Seat change 0

Elections to Banbridge 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.

Election results

Banbridge District Council Election Result 1985

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	8	0	0	0	53.3	47.2	7,022	5.1
	DUP	3	0	1	1	20.0	25.4	3,775	1.1
	SDLP	3	1	0	1	20.0	18.7	2,787	3.8
	Ind. Nationalist	1	0	0	0	6.7	4.7	694	1.7
	Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.6	234	3.0
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.4	364	0.5

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Banbridge District Council election, 1985
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		DUP		SDLP		Others
Banbridge Town	44.2	3	25.5	1	18.6	1	11.7	0	5
Dromore	49.5	3	31.5	1	19.0	1	0.0	0	5
Knockiveagh	48.0	2	19.1	1	18.6	1	14.3	1	5
Total	47.2	8	25.4	3	18.7	3	8.7	1	15

District results

Banbridge Town

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

Banbridge Town - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Jim Wells	17.85%	912
	UUP	Archie McKelvey	17.40%	889
	SDLP	James Walsh*	12.33%	630	630.24	685.24	1,023.24
	UUP	Joan Baird	15.87%	811	818.62	844.68	847.68	854.68
	UUP	Ivan Gault	10.96%	560	564.32	600.38	600.38	602.38	853.38
	Independent	Leslie Mathews	7.12%	364	366.46	435.56	442.46	580.46	618.44
	DUP	Gareth Bennett*	7.67%	392	431.6	432.6	432.6	433.6
	SDLP	James Smyth	6.22%	318	318	353
	Alliance	Frank McQuaid	4.58%	234	234.12
Electorate: 8,320   Valid: 5,110 (61.42%)   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 852   Turnout: 5,191 (62.39%)

Dromore

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

Dromore - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Brian Biggerstaff*	18.79%	923
	UUP	Robert Barr	17.48%	859
	UUP	Robert Hill*	13.13%	645	662	684.66	833.66
	SDLP	Cassie McDermott	9.44%	464	465	466.1	473.1	474.15	474.15	904.15
	UUP	William Martin	11.66%	573	580	582.42	760.28	787.73	800.45	809.45
	DUP	Robert McIlroy	8.51%	418	575	640.78	660.99	668.34	669.9	670.9
	SDLP	Bernard Rice	9.57%	470	471	471	471	471.2	471.2
	UUP	James McRoberts	7.21%	354	373	380.04
	DUP	Robert McGregor	4.21%	207
Electorate: 7,240   Valid: 4,913 (67.86%)   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 819   Turnout: 5,029 (69.46%)

Knockiveagh

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Knockiveagh - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Wilfred McFadden*	15.78%	766	904
	UUP	Samuel Cowan*	14.94%	725	728	744.72	991.72
	UUP	Raymond McCullough*	15.52%	753	758	799.8	829.8
	Ind. Nationalist	Laurence McCartan*	14.30%	694	695	695.76	714.76	718.91	810.91
	SDLP	Peter McGreevy	10.51%	510	510	510	510	510	809
	UUP	Herbert Heslip*	10.34%	510	516	538.04	588.4	766.02	766.02
	SDLP	Helen Stewart	8.14%	395	395	395	395	395
	UUP	William Hamilton	7.07%	343	345	358.68
	DUP	Elizabeth McDowell	3.24%	157
Electorate: 7,012   Valid: 4,853 (69.21%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 809   Turnout: 4,941 (70.46%)