1985 Armagh District Council election
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Elections to Armagh 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 22 councillors.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ulster Unionist | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 43.8 | 10,287 | 5.1 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.8 | 30.1 | 7,076 | 0.7 | |
Democratic Unionist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.6 | 17.0 | 3,985 | 1.5 | |
Sinn Féin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 1,515 | New | |
Independent Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 640 | 1.5 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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UUP | SDLP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Others | |||||||
Armagh City | 30.4 | 2 | 30.3 | 2 | 12.6 | 1 | 16.1 | 1 | 10.6 | 0 | 6 |
Crossmore | 30.6 | 2 | 58.5 | 3 | 10.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Cusher | 60.2 | 4 | 17.8 | 1 | 22.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
The Orchard | 48.7 | 3 | 21.2 | 1 | 20.4 | 1 | 9.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 43.8 | 11 | 30.1 | 7 | 17.0 | 2 | 6.4 | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 22 |
District results[edit]
Armagh City[edit]
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Thomas Carroll | 16.11% | 970 | ||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | John Agnew* | 12.27% | 739 | 762.94 | 920.94 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Pat Brannigan* | 10.16% | 612 | 622.92 | 861.42 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | John Doogan | 10.71% | 645 | 645.14 | 646.14 | 646.14 | 901.14 | ||
Ulster Unionist | George Macartney* | 10.30% | 620 | 620.14 | 625.14 | 625.9 | 871.9 | ||
Democratic Unionist | Geoffrey Knipe | 12.55% | 756 | 756.14 | 757.14 | 757.14 | 816.14 | 854.33 | |
Independent Nationalist | Bernard McManus* | 10.63% | 640 | 699.78 | 773.84 | 832.36 | 835.36 | 835.93 | |
Ulster Unionist | Robert Orr | 9.37% | 564 | 564 | 565 | 565 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Oliver Tobin | 7.90% | 476 | 487.62 | |||||
Electorate: 9,766 Valid: 6,022 (61.66%) Spoilt: 100 Quota: 861 Turnout: 6,122 (62.69%) |
Crossmore[edit]
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Charles Mallon | 22.41% | 1,072 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Jim Nicholson* | 19.84% | 949 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | James McKernan* | 18.58% | 889 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Thomas McArdle | 17.50% | 837 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Shilliday | 10.72% | 513 | 541 | 667.88 | 690.88 | |
Democratic Unionist | Joseph McBride* | 10.95% | 524 | 580 | 603.36 | 611.36 | |
Electorate: 7,459 Valid: 4,784 (64.14%) Spoilt: 137 Quota: 798 Turnout: 4,921 (65.97%) |
Cusher[edit]
1985: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Eric Speers | 17.92% | 1,267 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Seamus Mallon* | 17.82% | 1,260 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Johnston | 16.25% | 1,149 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Thomas Black* | 14.27% | 1,009 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Turner* | 12.74% | 901 | 1,042.4 | ||
Ulster Unionist | James Clayton | 13.28% | 939 | 993.4 | 1,059.4 | |
Democratic Unionist | Mervyn Spratt | 7.72% | 546 | 570 | 615 | |
Electorate: 9,467 Valid: 7,071 (74.69%) Spoilt: 63 Quota: 1,011 Turnout: 7,134 (75.36%) |
The Orchard[edit]
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Jim Speers* | 21.13% | 1,189 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | Douglas Hutchinson* | 20.44% | 1,150 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Ronald Allen* | 15.55% | 875 | 972.23 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Foster* | 12.02% | 676 | 823.21 | 1,027.81 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Christopher McAnallen | 10.88% | 612 | 612.63 | 612.83 | 626.43 | 783.63 | 794.34 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Francis McIlvanna* | 10.29% | 579 | 579.84 | 580.04 | 584.64 | 771.04 | 773.14 | |
Sinn Féin | Brigid McCartan | 9.69% | 545 | 545 | 546.4 | 546.6 | |||
Electorate: 7,682 Valid: 5,626 (73.24%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 938 Turnout: 5,718 (74.43%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Election 1985-1989: Armagh". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 24 July 2021.