1985 Ards Borough Council election
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Elections to Ards Borough 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 20 councillors.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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DUP | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40.0 | 39.3 | 8,069 | 2.2 | |
UUP | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 30.0 | 30.5 | 6,257 | 8.8 | |
Alliance | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 12.4 | 2,537 | 0.1 | |
NI Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 1,156 | 0.9 | |
UPUP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 999 | 8.0 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 851 | 0.7 | |
SDLP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 448 | 2.1 | |
Labour Party NI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 188 | New | |
Ulster Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 35 | 0.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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DUP | UUP | Alliance | NILP | UPUP | Others | ||||||||
Ards Peninsula | 31.3 | 2 | 27.7 | 2 | 10.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.7 | 1 | 17.2 | 1 | 7 |
Ards West | 42.9 | 3 | 39.3 | 2 | 17.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 6 |
Newtownards | 44.3 | 3 | 25.7 | 2 | 10.6 | 1 | 16.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 7 |
Total | 39.3 | 8 | 30.5 | 6 | 12.4 | 3 | 5.6 | 1 | 4.9 | 1 | 7.3 | 1 | 20 |
District results
[edit]Ards Peninsula
[edit]1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
UPUP | Gladys McIntyre* | 13.68% | 999 | |||||||
UUP | Robert Ambrose* | 11.46% | 837 | 849.4 | 928.4 | |||||
Independent | Thomas Byers | 11.07% | 808 | 808.4 | 826.48 | 830.56 | 1,058.56 | |||
Alliance | Kieran McCarthy | 6.22% | 454 | 455.76 | 466 | 667.92 | 816.92 | 944.92 | ||
UUP | John Shields | 8.34% | 609 | 625.16 | 641.28 | 668.24 | 669.32 | 669.32 | 1,036.32 | |
DUP | Jim Shannon | 11.46% | 837 | 844.36 | 858.32 | 863.64 | 863.64 | 863.64 | 899 | |
DUP | Oliver Johnston* | 11.11% | 811 | 819.8 | 822.2 | 823.36 | 827.36 | 828.36 | 867.12 | |
DUP | Joseph Thompson* | 8.72% | 637 | 642.68 | 649.68 | 651.76 | 651.84 | 651.84 | 672.24 | |
UUP | John Scott* | 5.70% | 416 | 428.88 | 468.8 | 505.16 | 505.16 | 505.16 | ||
SDLP | Patrick Doherty* | 4.92% | 359 | 359.24 | 415.24 | 419.32 | ||||
Alliance | James Muirhead | 3.93% | 287 | 292.04 | 298.44 | |||||
UUP | Samuel McKeown | 2.16% | 158 | 165.12 | ||||||
SDLP | Seamus O'Neill | 1.22% | 89 | 89.16 | ||||||
Electorate: 14,998 Valid: 7,301 (48.68%) Spoilt: 220 Quota: 913 Turnout: 7,521 (50.15%) |
Ards West
[edit]1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | Thomas Gourley* | 24.29% | 1,493 | ||||||
UUP | Robert Gibson | 24.13% | 1,483 | ||||||
DUP | John Hamilton* | 9.58% | 589 | 1,040.82 | |||||
Alliance | Jim McBriar* | 13.00% | 799 | 816.63 | 851.07 | 854.37 | 1,098.37 | ||
UUP | Stanley McCoy | 10.27% | 631 | 666.26 | 801.92 | 809.72 | 899.72 | ||
DUP | Bobby McBride | 9.08% | 558 | 626.88 | 658.38 | 798.93 | 830.63 | 860.63 | |
UUP | Trevor Hussey | 2.80% | 172 | 187.58 | 529.46 | 534.56 | 625.38 | 716.38 | |
Alliance | Alan McDowell | 4.03% | 248 | 249.23 | 257.63 | 257.78 | |||
UUP | Arthur Spence | 2.13% | 131 | 135.92 | 166.58 | 167.93 | |||
Independent | Johnston Haire | 0.70% | 43 | 53.66 | 70.46 | 71.06 | |||
Electorate: 12,416 Valid: 6,147 (49.51%) Spoilt: 143 Quota: 879 Turnout: 6,290 (50.66%) |
Newtownards
[edit]1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x NILP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
DUP | Simpson Gibson* | 22.50% | 1,596 | ||||||||||
NI Labour | Robert Gaw* | 16.30% | 1,156 | ||||||||||
DUP | John Elliott* | 14.47% | 1,026 | ||||||||||
UUP | Thomas Benson | 13.96% | 990 | ||||||||||
Alliance | Owen Dorrian* | 7.74% | 549 | 568.8 | 638.64 | 640.07 | 645.07 | 666.67 | 848.2 | 1,002.2 | |||
UUP | David Smyth | 7.29% | 517 | 552.1 | 595.06 | 597.79 | 613.79 | 641.15 | 656.35 | 665.87 | 678.87 | 922.87 | |
DUP | William Gilmore | 3.41% | 242 | 701.9 | 741.26 | 845.65 | 852.15 | 859.57 | 860.63 | 866.49 | 869.49 | 891.94 | |
DUP | Joseph Patterson | 3.95% | 280 | 425.35 | 443.83 | 458.39 | 460.79 | 467.97 | 470.45 | 472.65 | 473.65 | 489.95 | |
UUP | David Jeffers | 3.34% | 237 | 263.1 | 301.5 | 307.48 | 369.38 | 412.86 | 420.88 | 427.76 | 443.76 | ||
Labour Party NI | Hugh McMullan | 2.65% | 188 | 190.25 | 217.85 | 217.98 | 218.18 | 230.86 | 235.34 | ||||
Alliance | Laurence Thompson | 2.82% | 200 | 201.8 | 214.76 | 215.15 | 215.95 | 219.29 | |||||
UUP | James McKernon | 1.07% | 76 | 84.1 | 89.38 | 90.94 | 95.24 | ||||||
Ulster Liberal | Michael McGuigan | 0.49% | 35 | 36.35 | 40.43 | 40.43 | 40.83 | ||||||
Electorate: 15,487 Valid: 7,092 (45.79%) Spoilt: 157 Quota: 887 Turnout: 7,249 (46.81%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Ards". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.