Election results edit
Antrim Borough Council Election Result 1985[1] Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Ulster Unionist | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47.4 | 39.7 | 5,995 | 1.7 |
| DUP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26.3 | 28.4 | 4,270 | 0.3 |
| SDLP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21.1 | 17.8 | 2,691 | 7.1 |
| Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 7.6 | 1,150 | 3.3 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 675 | New |
| Irish Independence | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 235 | 5.0 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 63 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary edit
Results of the Antrim Borough Council election, 1985
by district[1] Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
UUP | DUP | SDLP | Alliance | Sinn Féin | Others |
Antrim North West | 31.7 | 2 | 21.7 | 1 | 25.8 | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 13.8 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 5 |
Antrim South East | 44.2 | 4 | 34.6 | 2 | 12.6 | 1 | 8.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
Antrim Town | 42.9 | 3 | 26.9 | 2 | 16.2 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 7 |
Total | 39.7 | 9 | 28.4 | 5 | 17.8 | 3 | 7.6 | 1 | 4.5 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 19 |
District results edit
Antrim North West edit
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
Antrim North West - 5 seats[2] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Ulster Unionist | James Graham* | 23.84% | 1,164 | | | | | | |
| DUP | Wilson Clyde* | 17.84% | 871 | | | | | | |
| SDLP | Robert Loughran* | 16.10% | 786 | 791.4 | 824.4 | | | | |
| Ulster Unionist | John Blakeley* | 5.31% | 259 | 501.1 | 533.7 | 538.32 | 711.04 | 712.04 | 867.04 |
| Sinn Féin | Henry Cushinan | 13.83% | 675 | 675.3 | 675.3 | 675.48 | 675.48 | 783.48 | 783.48 |
| SDLP | James Laverty | 9.73% | 475 | 475 | 483 | 483.06 | 484.06 | 586.36 | 587.36 |
| DUP | Samuel Hall | 3.83% | 187 | 222.4 | 226.4 | 271.76 | 294.78 | 295.78 | |
| Irish Independence | John Heffron* | 4.81% | 235 | 235.9 | 242.9 | 242.96 | 242.96 | | |
| Ulster Unionist | Roderick Swann | 2.52% | 123 | 179.7 | 202.6 | 203.68 | | | |
| Alliance | John Wallace | 2.19% | 107 | 113 | | | | | |
Electorate: 7,005 Valid: 4,882 (60.81%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 814 Turnout: 4,970 (70.95%) |
Antrim South East edit
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Antrim South East - 7 seats[2] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| DUP | Roy Thompson* | 19.95% | 1,207 | | | | | | | |
| Ulster Unionist | Edgar Wallace* | 12.69% | 768 | | | | | | | |
| SDLP | Robert Burns* | 12.56% | 760 | | | | | | | |
| DUP | Samuel Dunlop* | 11.35% | 687 | 809.84 | | | | | | |
| Ulster Unionist | Carol Cunningham | 10.41% | 630 | 660.34 | 665.34 | 669.5 | 795.5 | | | |
| Ulster Unionist | Howard Campbell | 9.07% | 549 | 564.54 | 566.54 | 568.62 | 628.53 | 649.01 | 651.72 | 794.79 |
| Ulster Unionist | Mervyn Rea | 6.21% | 376 | 405.6 | 407.6 | 409.68 | 533.25 | 545.73 | 549.31 | 709.72 |
| Alliance | John McCourt | 5.01% | 303 | 309.66 | 501.66 | 502.3 | 508.67 | 509.63 | 510.08 | 517.63 |
| DUP | William McCormick | 3.34% | 202 | 422.52 | 424.89 | 464.41 | 501.01 | 504.85 | 505.05 | |
| Ulster Unionist | James Robinson | 5.77% | 349 | 366.02 | 368.02 | 370.9 | | | | |
| Alliance | Theresa Gallagher | 3.64% | 220 | 220.37 | | | | | | |
Electorate: 10,286 Valid: 6,051 (58.83%) Spoilt: 114 Quota: 757 Turnout: 6,165 (59.94%) |
Antrim Town edit
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
Antrim Town - 7 seats[2] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Ulster Unionist | Jack Allen* | 21.03% | 872 | | | | | | | |
| SDLP | Oran Keenan | 16.16% | 670 | | | | | | | |
| Ulster Unionist | Paddy Marks* | 15.48% | 642 | | | | | | | |
| Alliance | James McConnell | 6.42% | 266 | 273.79 | 324.79 | 326.31 | 352.31 | 399 | 405.28 | 577.28 |
| Ulster Unionist | Roy Stinson | 2.41% | 100 | 289.01 | 289.01 | 333.85 | 337.79 | 340.98 | 498.4 | 516.46 |
| DUP | Margaret Brown | 10.44% | 433 | 469.9 | 470.15 | 478.89 | 478.89 | 480.71 | 505.24 | 510.88 |
| DUP | Charles Quinn* | 9.72% | 403 | 421.45 | 421.45 | 430.95 | 431.45 | 432.64 | 464.38 | 465.38 |
| DUP | Adam McKee | 6.75% | 280 | 295.17 | 295.67 | 304.22 | 305.97 | 308.97 | 337.5 | 346.05 |
| Alliance | Mary Wallace | 3.50% | 145 | 149.1 | 196.1 | 199.9 | 251.81 | 308.82 | 314.28 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Andrew Thompson | 3.93% | 163 | 239.26 | 239.76 | 282.13 | 283.82 | 284.82 | | |
| Alliance | James Williamson | 2.63% | 109 | 111.46 | 116.96 | 117.72 | 121.97 | | | |
| Workers' Party | Robert Owens | 1.52% | 63 | 63.41 | 108.41 | 108.79 | | | | |
Electorate: 9,755 Valid: 4,146 (42.50%) Spoilt: 138 Quota: 519 Turnout: 4,284 (43.92%) |
References edit
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Antrim". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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