1985 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985

Elections to Newtownabbey Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 25 councillors.

1985 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

15 May 1985 (1985-05-15)
All 25 seats to Newtownabbey Borough Council 13 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP DUP Ind. Unionist Seats won 10 9 3 Seat change 1 4 0   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Alliance Newtownabbey Labour Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1 0

Election results

Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 1985

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	10	1	0	1	40.0	37.6	9,560	3.1
	DUP	9	4	1	4	36.0	30.8	7,823	3.9
	Ind. Unionist	2	0	0	1	8.0	8.1	2,059	2.3
	Alliance	2	0	1	1	8.0	10.3	2,608	5.3
	Independent	1	1	0	1	0.0	3.2	826	2.0
	Newtownabbey Labour Party	1	0	0	0	4.0	3.1	792	0.7
	SDLP	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.8	972	3.8
	PUP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.3	333	New
	All Night Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.9	235	New
	Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.3	332	0.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Newtownabbey Borough Council election, 1985
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		DUP		Alliance		Others
Antrim Line	40.5	2	26.7	2	15.5	1	17.3	0	5
Ballyclare	22.0	1	25.5	1	5.6	0	46.9	3	5
Doagh Road	34.3	2	37.8	2	6.4	0	21.5	1	5
Manse Road	52.2	3	32.3	2	11.5	1	4.0	0	5
Shore Road	38.9	2	32.3	2	12.1	1	16.7	0	5
Total	37.6	10	30.8	9	10.3	2	21.3	4	25

District results

Antrim Line

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

Antrim Line - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	William Green	17.12%	873
	Alliance	James Rooney*	15.51%	791	843	872
	UUP	Ivan Hunter*	13.10%	668	675	676	1,112
	DUP	William McDonnell	14.22%	725	729	731	766	885.72
	DUP	Mary Harkness*	12.51%	638	642	642	680	818.58	852.08
	SDLP	Tommy McTeague	8.86%	452	462	756	757	759.46	759.46
	UUP	Arthur Kell	10.24%	522	524	527
	SDLP	Margaret Harrison	6.14%	313	334
	Newtownabbey Labour	Thomas Davidson	1.59%	81
	Newtownabbey Labour	Lindsay Prior	0.73%	37
Electorate: 10,194   Valid: 5,100 (50.03%)   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 851   Turnout: 5,238 (51.38%)

Ballyclare

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

Ballyclare - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ind. Unionist	Arthur Templeton*	19.29%	1,007
	DUP	Samuel Gardiner	17.24%	900
	Ind. Unionist	Sidney Cameron*	14.46%	755	804.79	822.61	823.42	881.42
	UUP	Jim Wilson*	11.61%	606	636.68	679.63	680.2	713.59	734.14	1,058.14
	Independent	Leonard Hardy	7.45%	389	392.77	402.9	403.17	481.56	774.63	828.64
	DUP	Winston Hanna	8.27%	432	449.68	470.59	494.71	501.9	521.15	598.25
	UUP	William Christie	7.22%	377	389.35	463.38	464.04	482.59	507.72
	Independent	Nan Foster	5.71%	298	301.12	304.12	304.42	372.55
	Alliance	Albert Reid	5.55%	290	292.21	295.21	295.3
	UUP	Robert McKenzie	3.20%	167	176.36
Electorate: 10,303   Valid: 5,221 (50.67%)   Spoilt: 115   Quota: 871   Turnout: 5,336 (51.79%)

Doagh Road

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour

Doagh Road - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Jim Allister	30.01%	1,381
	UUP	Fraser Agnew*	19.90%	916
	DUP	David Hollis	5.61%	258	726.16	737.2	738.2	738.2	844.08
	Newtownabbey Labour	Robert Kidd*	9.47%	436	449.64	452.84	455.84	548	556.08	563.08	693.24	760.12	908.8
	UUP	Andrew Beattie	7.71%	355	406.04	507.48	509.48	510.48	518.72	534.72	537.04	572.64	653.24
	UUP	Letitia McCartney*	6.67%	307	325.04	348.08	349.24	350.24	360.8	372.8	373.8	381.96	424.36
	Alliance	John Elliott*	6.37%	293	298.72	302.08	303.52	309.52	309.68	309.68	334.68	347.68
	All Night Party	Mark Langhammer	4.41%	203	207.84	208.48	229.64	232.64	237.52	241.52	270.68
	Workers' Party	Austin Kelly	4.19%	193	193	193.48	195.64	214.64	215.64	215.64
	DUP	Charles South	2.17%	100	142.68	144.44	145.88	145.88
	Newtownabbey Labour	David Lowrie	2.78%	128	128	128.16	128.16
	All Night Party	Roy Wallace	0.28%	13	13	13
	All Night Party	David Coburn	0.26%	12	12.44	12.92
	All Night Party	Douglas Edwards	0.13%	6	6.44	6.44
	All Night Party	William McClinton	0.02%	1	1	1
Electorate: 9,960   Valid: 4,602 (46.20%)   Spoilt: 184   Quota: 768   Turnout: 4,786 (48.05%)

Manse Road

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

Manse Road - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	George Herron*	26.91%	1,400
	DUP	Edward Cassells	18.87%	982
	UUP	James Robinson	14.15%	736	1,064.32
	DUP	Samuel Neill*	13.47%	701	753.44	764.66	766.04	800.86	898.32
	UUP	James Smith*	7.61%	396	468.2	515.5	516.5	803.22	809.27	836.27
	Alliance	George Jones	11.45%	596	616.14	617.9	809.12	826.34	828.54	829.54
	UUP	Agnes Sloan	3.56%	185	235.54	362.92	364.36
	SDLP	Bernard Conlon	3.98%	207	207.76	208.64
Electorate: 10,827   Valid: 5,203 (48.06%)   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 868   Turnout: 5,307 (49.02%)

Shore Road

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

Shore Road - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Billy Boyd	25.97%	1,370
	UUP	Robert Caul*	25.40%	1,340
	UUP	Ken Robinson	13.50%	712	751.6	1,099.42
	DUP	Billy Gillespie	6.37%	336	712.2	726.48	802.32	810.16	840.62	997.06
	Alliance	Leo McKenna	12.09%	638	640.16	657.16	682.12	753.84	800.46	818.72
	Ind. Unionist	Desmond Dowds*	5.63%	297	341.28	400.78	492.94	502.12	538.78	668.48
	PUP	John Niblock	6.31%	333	342.36	347.8	363.4	368.64	378.82
	Independent	Helen Craig	2.35%	124	134.44	139.2	146.4	160
	Newtownabbey Labour	Thomas Crawford	1.16%	61	63.16	63.84	65.76
	Newtownabbey Labour	James Devlin	0.93%	49	49.36	50.04	50.52
	Independent	Claire Martin*	0.28%	15	15.36	15.7	16.66
Electorate: 10,409   Valid: 5,275 (50.68%)   Spoilt: 117   Quota: 880   Turnout: 5,392 (51.80%)