1985 Fermanagh District Council election

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1985 Fermanagh District Council election

15 May 1985 (1985-05-15)
All 23 seats to Fermanagh District Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP Sinn Féin SDLP Seats won 8 8 4 Seat change 0 8 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party DUP Irish Independence Ind. Nationalist Seats won 2 1 0 Seat change 0 3 1   Seventh party   Party Ind. Republican Seats won 0 Seat change 1

Elections to Fermanagh District 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 23 councillors.

Election results

Fermanagh District Council Election Result 1985

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	8	0	0	0	34.8	33.0	10,294	1.0
	Sinn Féin	8	8	0	0	17.4	25.2	7,855	New
	SDLP	4	0	0	0	21.7	16.8	5,263	1.0
	DUP	2	0	0	0	8.7	13.0	4,069	0.7
	Irish Independence	1	0	3	3	4.3	6.8	2,130	15.5
	Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.8	552	0.2
	Ind. Nationalist	0	0	1	1	0.0	1.5	465	4.0
	Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.3	405	New
	Independent Socialist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	113	0.4
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	74	1.5

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Fermanagh District Council election, 1985
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		Sinn Féin		SDLP		DUP		IIP		Others
Enniskillen	36.7	3	17.9	2	15.1	1	16.4	1	4.7	0	9.2	0	7
Erne East	31.6	2	37.4	3	17.3	1	9.4	0	2.9	0	1.4	0	6
Erne North	35.9	2	11.9	1	22.9	1	21.7	1	4.7	0	2.9	0	5
Erne West	27.3	1	31.9	2	13.4	1	5.5	0	15.6	1	6.3	0	5
Total	33.0	8	25.2	8	16.8	4	13.0	2	6.8	1	5.2	0	23

District results

Enniskillen

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

Enniskillen - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	UUP	Raymond Ferguson*	12.67%	1,169
	UUP	Samuel Foster*	11.72%	1,082	1,082	1,082	1,082	1,082	1,143	1,149.51	1,153.52	1,416.52
	Sinn Féin	Pat Cox	9.59%	885	900	915	936	1,096	1,099	1,099	1,107	1,108	1,108	1,159
	DUP	Roy Coulter*	9.73%	898	898	898	898	899	909	909.26	910.26	973.56	989.56	991.57	1,512.57
	UUP	William Hetherington*	7.56%	698	700	700	702	702	720	720.95	722.95	863.72	1,076.72	1,088.75	1,205.75
	SDLP	James Lunny*	3.88%	358	359	379	468	504	531	531.02	733.02	734.02	736.02	907.02	908.16	928.16	934.16
	Sinn Féin	Tommy Maguire	8.32%	768	776	804	808	842	842	842	845	845	845	923	923	924	924
	SDLP	James Donnelly	4.45%	411	413	419	468	507	537	537	768	771	774	867.02	868.09	891.09	899.09
	DUP	Ivan Foster	6.63%	612	612	612	612	612	622	623.08	623.08	657.44	663.44	668.45
	Workers' Party	Davy Kettyles	4.39%	405	429	446	448	467	538	538.1	578.12	581.12	584.12
	UUP	Norman Brown*	4.79%	442	443	443	443	443	522	524.63	525.63
	SDLP	Eileen Flanagan	3.92%	362	363	369	445	471	510	516.04
	Alliance	William Barbour	3.95%	365	370	371	372	376
	Irish Independence	Anthony Cox*	2.54%	234	237	340	357
	SDLP	Seamus Rogers	2.88%	266	266	266
	Irish Independence	Patrick O'Reilly*	2.17%	200	204
	Independent	Floyd Maguire	0.80%	74
Electorate: 11,942   Valid: 9,229 (77.28%)   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 1,154   Turnout: 9,359 (78.37%)

Erne East

1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

Erne East - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	UUP	Cecil Noble*	15.51%	1,279
	SDLP	Fergus McQuillan*	8.11%	669	669.14	682.14	683.14	733.14	885.14	1,374.14
	UUP	Albert Liddle	8.24%	680	732.57	733.64	744.06	744.06	746.06	747.06	748.06	1,374.06
	Sinn Féin	Plunket O'Neill	12.11%	999	999	1,014	1,014	1,060	1,070	1,079	1,103	1,106	1,106.37	1,554.37
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Murray	9.02%	744	744	745	745	760	760	817	887	888	888.37	1,013.74	1,168.54
	Sinn Féin	Vincent McCaffrey	8.23%	679	679	683	683	721	725	765	810	813	813.74	832.88	1,151.58
	DUP	William Mitchell	7.04%	581	588.21	588.21	756.42	756.42	756.42	756.42	758.42	808.57	1,000.6	1,001.97	1,001.97
	Sinn Féin	John McCusker*	8.05%	664	664.14	671.14	671.14	697.14	703.14	717.14	755.14	756.14	757.25
	UUP	Thomas Johnston	7.82%	645	672.51	673.58	689.07	689.07	691.07	696.07	705.07
	SDLP	James Goodwin	5.97%	492	492	503	504	519	651
	SDLP	John Reihill	3.20%	264	264.07	294.07	294.07	329.07
	Irish Independence	John McMahon*	2.92%	241	241	264	264
	DUP	Caroline Madill	2.40%	198	199.12	199.12
	Independent Socialist	Seamus Mullan	1.37%	113	113.14
Electorate: 9,572   Valid: 8,248 (86.17%)   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 1,179   Turnout: 8,378 (87.53%)

Erne North

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

Erne North - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Caldwell McClaughry*	20.33%	1,291
	DUP	Bert Johnston*	17.14%	1,088
	UUP	Simon Loane	15.56%	988	1,198.78
	Sinn Féin	Stephen Maguire	11.91%	756	756	756.26	758.26	897.26	947.39	947.65
	SDLP	John O'Kane*	10.32%	655	655.54	656.19	707.02	720.02	906.46	937.39
	SDLP	Tommy Gallagher	6.44%	409	409	409.13	426.7	550.7	703.88	729.14
	DUP	Victor Milligan	4.52%	287	301.4	418.66	474.64	475.64	479.21
	SDLP	Dodie Maguire	6.13%	389	389.72	390.5	416.25	436.25
	Irish Independence	Patrick Keown	4.71%	299	299.18	299.31	306.31
	Alliance	John Haslett	2.95%	187	191.32	211.86
Electorate: 7,711   Valid: 6,349 (82.34%)   Spoilt: 67   Quota: 1,059   Turnout: 6,416 (83.21%)

Erne West

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP, 1 x SDLP

Erne West - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	UUP	Wilson Elliott*	17.05%	1,261
	Irish Independence	Patrick McCaffrey*	15.63%	1,156	1,167	1,202	1,203	1,305
	Sinn Féin	Paul Corrigan	9.68%	716	720	868	868	881	884.68	1,511.68
	SDLP	Gerry Gallagher*	11.17%	826	937	973	977	1,123	1,167.16	1,202.16	1,216.73
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McBrien	7.20%	532	536	659	660	844	867	932.92	1,193.77
	UUP	Derrick Nixon	10.27%	759	759	759	1,143	1,151	1,151	1,154	1,154
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Reilly	10.24%	757	758	765	765	767	767.92
	Ind. Nationalist	Patrick Flanagan*	6.29%	465	486	489	491
	DUP	Diannah Gott	5.48%	405	407	407
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Keaney	4.80%	355	356
	SDLP	Patrick McGovern	2.19%	162
Electorate: 8,343   Valid: 7,394 (88.63%)   Spoilt: 141   Quota: 1,233   Turnout: 7,535 (90.32%)