Elections to Ballymena 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 23 councillors.
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All 23 seats to Ballymena Borough Council 12 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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DUP | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 65.2 | 55.6 | 12,014 | 0.1 | |
UUP | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26.1 | 28.6 | 6,190 | 1.4 | |
SDLP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 6.3 | 1,367 | New | |
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 1,204 | 2.1 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 856 | 6.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
editWard | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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DUP | UUP | SDLP | Others | ||||||
Ballymena Town | 37.7 | 3 | 22.8 | 2 | 21.0 | 1 | 18.5 | 1 | 7 |
Braid Valley | 48.5 | 3 | 35.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.2 | 0 | 5 |
Kells Water | 73.6 | 5 | 26.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
The Main | 68.8 | 4 | 31.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 55.6 | 15 | 28.6 | 6 | 6.3 | 1 | 9.5 | 2 | 23 |
District results
editBallymena Town
edit1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SDLP | Patrick McAvoy | 17.33% | 1,126 | |||||||
Ind. Unionist | Samuel Henry* | 13.48% | 876 | |||||||
UUP | Robert Coulter | 12.22% | 794 | 794.28 | 807.58 | 886.58 | ||||
UUP | Gordon Wilson* | 6.20% | 403 | 403.56 | 419.17 | 581.16 | 711.3 | 775.3 | 841.22 | |
DUP | Maurice Mills* | 10.89% | 708 | 708.28 | 711.71 | 722.99 | 753.18 | 756.18 | 764 | |
DUP | Richard McKeown | 9.85% | 640 | 640.84 | 642.94 | 644.08 | 677.99 | 679.99 | 691.12 | |
DUP | Robert Maternaghan* | 8.66% | 563 | 563.28 | 566.22 | 571.36 | 635.41 | 637.41 | 639.32 | |
DUP | John Wilson | 8.28% | 538 | 538 | 539.33 | 550.89 | 589.45 | 591.45 | 600.37 | |
SDLP | Malachy Reynolds | 3.71% | 241 | 550.12 | 552.29 | 555.43 | 565.99 | 565.99 | ||
Ind. Unionist | James Alexander* | 5.05% | 328 | 329.4 | 340.67 | 352.72 | ||||
UUP | Warren Wray | 4.34% | 282 | 282 | 288.72 | |||||
Electorate: 12,497 Valid: 6,499 (52.00%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 813 Turnout: 6,604 (52.84%) |
Braid Valley
edit1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | John Armstrong* | 11.85% | 628 | 981 | ||||||
UUP | Margaret Alexander | 11.81% | 626 | 635 | 925 | |||||
UUP | Desmond Armstrong* | 14.28% | 757 | 794 | 921 | |||||
DUP | Samuel Hanna* | 14.07% | 746 | 787 | 829 | 850.33 | 869.58 | 892.2 | ||
DUP | John Porter | 13.66% | 724 | 753 | 778 | 850.63 | 865.88 | 875.16 | 882.36 | |
Independent | James Woulahan* | 16.15% | 856 | 857 | 860 | 860 | 865.25 | 869.89 | 870.79 | |
UUP | Harbinson McCullough | 9.24% | 490 | 493 | ||||||
DUP | Samuel Martin | 8.94% | 474 | |||||||
Electorate: 7,829 Valid: 5,301 (67.71%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 884 Turnout: 5,411 (69.11%) |
Kells Water
edit1985: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
UUP | William Brownlees* | 17.86% | 856 | ||||
DUP | John McAuley* | 17.63% | 845 | ||||
DUP | Roy West* | 16.60% | 796 | ||||
DUP | Martin Clarke* | 14.50% | 695 | ||||
DUP | Edwin Maternaghan* | 12.04% | 577 | 586.4 | 693.37 | ||
DUP | David McClintock | 12.83% | 615 | 623.4 | 657.41 | 753.17 | |
UUP | Victoria Brownlees | 8.55% | 410 | 558.8 | 570.96 | 579.92 | |
Electorate: 9,621 Valid: 4,794 (49.83%) Spoilt: 133 Quota: 685 Turnout: 4,927 (51.21%) |
The Main
edit1985: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
DUP | Roy Gillespie* | 21.36% | 1,076 | ||||
DUP | Tommy Nicholl* | 19.06% | 960 | ||||
DUP | Sandy Spence* | 15.80% | 796 | 831.64 | 925.48 | ||
DUP | Hubert Nicholl | 12.57% | 633 | 792.94 | 804.7 | 876.75 | |
UUP | Ian Johnston* | 16.12% | 812 | 834.88 | 838.24 | 841.76 | |
UUP | William Wright* | 15.09% | 760 | 774.08 | 777.92 | 782.43 | |
Electorate: 8,309 Valid: 5,037 (60.62%) Spoilt: 213 Quota: 840 Turnout: 5,250 (63.18%) |
References
edit- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Ballymena". www.ark.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2021.