1985 Lisburn Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985

Elections to Lisburn Borough 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 28 councillors.

1985 Lisburn Borough Council election

← 1981 15 May 1985 (1985-05-15) 1989 →
All 28 seats to Lisburn Borough Council 15 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP DUP Alliance Seats won 13 8 3 Seat change 5 2 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party SDLP Sinn Féin UUUP Seats won 2 2 0 Seat change 0 2 1

Election results

Lisburn Borough Council Election Result 1985^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	13	2	0	5	46.4	42.8	14,101	10.6
	DUP	8	0	2	2	28.6	32.1	10,568	10.6
	Alliance	3	1	0	1	10.1	11.0	3,624	1.2
	SDLP	2	0	0	0	7.1	6.6	2,163	0.7
	Sinn Féin	2	0	0	2	7.1	5.7	1,873	New
	Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.8	584	0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Results of the Lisburn Borough Council election, 1985
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		DUP		Alliance		SDLP		Sinn Féin		Others
Downshire	46.7	3	41.6	3	11.7	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	7
Dunmurry Cross	30.8	2	18.1	1	7.8	1	13.3	1	22.8	2	7.2	0	7
Killultagh	53.2	4	27.3	2	7.7	0	11.8	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	7
Lisburn Town	39.1	4	43.0	2	17.9	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	7
Total	42.8	13	32.1	8	11.0	3	6.6	2	5.7	2	1.8	0	28

Districts results

Downshire

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

Downshire - 7 seats^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	William Bleakes*	27.49%	2,244
	DUP	Charles Poots*	13.34%	1,089
	UUP	Thomas Lilburn*	11.63%	949	1,587.82
	UUP	Wilfred McClung	2.57%	210	325.02	580.7	682.56	1,037.86
	Alliance	Richard Reid	11.69%	954	984.24	992.4	992.94	1,026.94
	DUP	Thomas Davis	9.63%	786	925.32	949.32	963.78	1,025.06
	DUP	Denis McCarroll*	10.49%	856	960.76	990.52	1,006.06	1,023.06
	DUP	James McCann*	8.15%	665	725.48	746.12	772.64	772.64
	UUP	William Gardiner-Watson*	5.02%	410	525.02	647.42	652.28
Electorate: 14,092   Valid: 8,163 (57.93%)   Spoilt: 141   Quota: 1,021   Turnout: 8,304 (58.93%)

Dunmurry Cross

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

Dunmurry Cross - 7 seats^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	William McAllister*	22.98%	1,886
	DUP	William Beattie*	16.49%	1,353
	SDLP	William McDonnell*	13.32%	1,093
	Sinn Féin	Damien Gibney	12.78%	1,049
	UUP	Richard Scott	3.64%	299	904.82	962.66	1,033.66
	Alliance	Donald Cheyne	7.77%	638	657.32	664.76	672.8	704.54	1,002.26
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Rice	10.04%	824	825.84	826.08	827.08	835.96	908.5
	UUP	Norman Tulip	4.22%	346	514.82	536.18	791.06	791.12	802.8
	Workers' Party	John Lowry	7.12%	584	590.44	591.64	594.36	611.76
	DUP	Ronald Kelly	1.64%	135	188.82	420.42
Electorate: 14,907   Valid: 8,207 (55.05%)   Spoilt: 216   Quota: 1,026   Turnout: 8,423 (56.50%)

Killultagh

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

Killultagh - 7 seats^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Ronald Campbell*	26.22%	2,386
	DUP	Cecil Calvert	14.63%	1,331
	UUP	William Lewis	12.78%	1,163
	UUP	Jim Dillon*	10.96%	997	1,968.49
	UUP	Henry McGiffin	3.30%	300	447.34	1,124.84
	DUP	Robert McNeice*	6.13%	558	613.12	685.12	808.87	1,338.87
	SDLP	Paddy Ritchie	11.76%	1,070	1,073.71	1,074.71	1,074.71	1,079.29
	Alliance	Eileen Drayne	7.74%	704	731.03	765.03	768.78	805.72
	DUP	Henry Stevenson	6.49%	591	625.45	664.95	707.1
Electorate: 15,793   Valid: 9,100 (57.62%)   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 1,138   Turnout: 9,233 (58.46%)

Lisburn Town

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

Lisburn Town - 7 seats^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Ivan Davis*	38.80%	2,888
	UUP	William Belshaw*	16.27%	1,211
	Alliance	Seamus Close*	13.61%	1,013
	UUP	Maureen McKinney*	11.26%	838	1,107.96
	DUP	Robin Dunsmore*	1.84%	137	946.88
	UUP	Samuel Semple*	7.00%	521	705.96	812.04	909.54	1,012.54
	UUP	James Davis*	4.58%	341	570.84	710.76	742.26	844.94
	DUP	James Mulholland	2.40%	179	558.44	581.24	614.74	657.28
	Alliance	Maura Mulholland	4.23%	315	370.76	379.4	390.9
Electorate: 14,285   Valid: 7,443 (52.10%)   Spoilt: 163   Quota: 931   Turnout: 7,606 (53.24%)

References

1. "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Lisburn". www.ark.ac.uk.
2. "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.