1985 Banbridge District Council election
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All 15 seats to Banbridge District Council 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Banbridge District 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 15 councillors.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ulster Unionist | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.3 | 47.2 | 7,022 | 5.1 | |
Democratic Unionist | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 25.4 | 3,775 | 1.1 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 18.7 | 2,787 | 3.8 | |
Independent Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 694 | 1.7 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 234 | 3.0 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 364 | 0.5 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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UUP | DUP | SDLP | Others | ||||||
Banbridge Town | 44.2 | 3 | 25.5 | 1 | 18.6 | 1 | 11.7 | 0 | 5 |
Dromore | 49.5 | 3 | 31.5 | 1 | 19.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Knockiveagh | 48.0 | 2 | 19.1 | 1 | 18.6 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 47.2 | 8 | 25.4 | 3 | 18.7 | 3 | 8.7 | 1 | 15 |
District results[edit]
Banbridge Town[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 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Jim Wells | 17.85% | 912 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Archie McKelvey | 17.40% | 889 | ||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | James Walsh* | 12.33% | 630 | 630.24 | 685.24 | 1,023.24 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Joan Baird | 15.87% | 811 | 818.62 | 844.68 | 847.68 | 854.68 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Ivan Gault | 10.96% | 560 | 564.32 | 600.38 | 600.38 | 602.38 | 853.38 | |
Independent | Leslie Mathews | 7.12% | 364 | 366.46 | 435.56 | 442.46 | 580.46 | 618.44 | |
Democratic Unionist | Gareth Bennett* | 7.67% | 392 | 431.6 | 432.6 | 432.6 | 433.6 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | James Smyth | 6.22% | 318 | 318 | 353 | ||||
Alliance | Frank McQuaid | 4.58% | 234 | 234.12 | |||||
Electorate: 8,320 Valid: 5,110 (61.42%) Spoilt: 81 Quota: 852 Turnout: 5,191 (62.39%) |
Dromore[edit]
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Brian Biggerstaff* | 18.79% | 923 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Barr | 17.48% | 859 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Hill* | 13.13% | 645 | 662 | 684.66 | 833.66 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Cassie McDermott | 9.44% | 464 | 465 | 466.1 | 473.1 | 474.15 | 474.15 | 904.15 | |
Ulster Unionist | William Martin | 11.66% | 573 | 580 | 582.42 | 760.28 | 787.73 | 800.45 | 809.45 | |
Democratic Unionist | Robert McIlroy | 8.51% | 418 | 575 | 640.78 | 660.99 | 668.34 | 669.9 | 670.9 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Bernard Rice | 9.57% | 470 | 471 | 471 | 471 | 471.2 | 471.2 | ||
Ulster Unionist | James McRoberts | 7.21% | 354 | 373 | 380.04 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | Robert McGregor | 4.21% | 207 | |||||||
Electorate: 7,240 Valid: 4,913 (67.86%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 819 Turnout: 5,029 (69.46%) |
Knockiveagh[edit]
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Wilfred McFadden* | 15.78% | 766 | 904 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Cowan* | 14.94% | 725 | 728 | 744.72 | 991.72 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Raymond McCullough* | 15.52% | 753 | 758 | 799.8 | 829.8 | |||
Independent Nationalist | Laurence McCartan* | 14.30% | 694 | 695 | 695.76 | 714.76 | 718.91 | 810.91 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Peter McGreevy | 10.51% | 510 | 510 | 510 | 510 | 510 | 809 | |
Ulster Unionist | Herbert Heslip* | 10.34% | 510 | 516 | 538.04 | 588.4 | 766.02 | 766.02 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Helen Stewart | 8.14% | 395 | 395 | 395 | 395 | 395 | ||
Ulster Unionist | William Hamilton | 7.07% | 343 | 345 | 358.68 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Elizabeth McDowell | 3.24% | 157 | ||||||
Electorate: 7,012 Valid: 4,853 (69.21%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 809 Turnout: 4,941 (70.46%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Banbridge". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 21 July 2021.