1985 Moyle District Council election

Elections to Moyle 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.

1985 Moyle District Council election
← 1981 15 May 1985 (1985-05-15) 1989 →

All 15 seats to Moyle District Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP DUP UUP
Seats won 4 3 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1 Decrease 2

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Ind. Unionist Independent
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Increase 2 Steady 0 Decrease 2

  Seventh party
 
Party Ind. Nationalist
Seats won 1
Seat change Increase 1

Election results

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Moyle District Council Election Result 1985[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 4 0 1  1 26.7 30.4 1,939  2.0
  DUP 3 1 0  1 20.0 21.0 1,337  5.9
  UUP 2 0 2  2 13.3 16.2 1,035  2.7
  Sinn Féin 2 2 0  2 13.3 12.2 777 New
  Ind. Unionist 2 0 0  0 13.3 8.9 568  1.4
  Independent 1 0 2  2 6.7 5.8 372  12.6
  Ind. Nationalist 1 0 0  0 6.7 4.3 271  0.7
  Irish Independence 0 0 0  0 0.0 1.1 71  6.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Results of the Moyle District Council election, 1985
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
SDLP DUP UUP Sinn Féin Others
Ballycastle 28.5 1 26.2 1 12.9 1 13.8 1 18.6 1 5
Giant's Causeway 0.0 0 41.8 2 29.1 1 0.0 0 29.1 2 5
The Glens 56.4 3 0.0 0 8.8 0 20.7 1 14.1 1 5
Total 30.4 4 21.0 3 16.2 2 12.2 2 20.2 4 15

District results

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Ballycastle

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

Ballycastle - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Gardiner Kane 26.24% 524          
UUP Robert McPherson 12.77% 255 434.82        
SDLP Michael O'Cleary* 16.37% 327 327.74 331.07 366.07    
Sinn Féin Francis McCarry 13.82% 276 276.37 276.37 285.37 285.37 316.07
Independent James McShane* 10.92% 218 219.11 223.55 228.55 230.43 288.24
Independent Archibald McAuley* 7.71% 154 158.81 210.98 218.35 219.29 281.35
SDLP Richard Kerr* 7.41% 148 149.48 152.81 188.18 218.26  
SDLP Noel McCurdy 4.76% 95 95.37 96.48      
Electorate: 3,235   Valid: 1,997 (61.73%)   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 333   Turnout: 2,045 (63.21%)  

Giant's Causeway

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1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP

Giant's Causeway - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP James Rodgers* 18.38% 358        
Ind. Unionist Price McConaghy* 17.35% 338        
UUP Robert Getty* 16.84% 328        
DUP Duncan Hill 12.53% 244 258.76 261.16 428.16  
Ind. Unionist Mary Morrison* 11.81% 230 232.79 237.83 270.78 307.78
UUP James McAuley* 12.27% 239 245.12 249.28 258.86 296.86
DUP Ronnie McIlvar* 10.83% 211 219.28 219.72    
Electorate: 3,149   Valid: 1,948 (61.86%)   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 325   Turnout: 1,988 (63.13%)  

The Glens

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1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist

The Glens - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sinn Féin John Regan 12.41% 301 321 327 327 441    
SDLP Malachy McSparran* 14.14% 343 346 351 367 375 391 396
SDLP Patrick McBride* 10.43% 253 253 260 326 354 373 385
SDLP Daniel Anderson 13.24% 321 338 340 353 356 365 366
Ind. Nationalist Randal McDonnell 11.18% 271 292 295 305 317 349 359
SDLP Dermot McMullan 13.57% 329 336 337 343 349 349 351
UUP Hugh Acheson* 8.78% 213 213 213 214 215    
Sinn Féin James McCarry 4.87% 118 118 172 185      
SDLP Mary Hegarty 5.07% 123 124 127        
Sinn Féin James McMullan 3.38% 82 83          
Irish Independence John McKay 2.93% 71            
Electorate: 3,408   Valid: 2,425 (71.16%)   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 405   Turnout: 2,472 (72.54%)  

References

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  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Moyle". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.