Elections to Strabane 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.
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All 15 seats to Strabane District Council 8 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results
edit| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| DUP | 4 | 0 | 0 |  0
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26.7 | 26.1 | 4,525 |  1.0
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| Sinn Féin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3
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20.0 | 22.3 | 3,887 | New | |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 1 |  1
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20.0 | 19.1 | 3,319 | 3.7
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| UUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0
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20.0 | 19.1 | 3,313 | 1.6
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| Ind. Nationalist | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2
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13.3 | 13.4 | 2,326 | 12.7
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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| DUP | Sinn Féin | SDLP | UUP | Others | |||||||
| Derg | 33.2 | 2 | 26.2 | 1 | 9.2 | 0 | 23.2 | 1 | 8.2 | 1 | 5 |
| Glenelly | 35.2 | 2 | 13.2 | 1 | 17.9 | 1 | 23.5 | 1 | 10.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Mourne | 9.3 | 0 | 27.9 | 1 | 30.6 | 2 | 10.1 | 1 | 22.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 26.1 | 4 | 22.3 | 3 | 19.1 | 3 | 19.1 | 3 | 13.4 | 2 | 15 |
District results
editDerg
edit1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Charles McHugh | 26.25% | 1,534 | ||||||
| UUP | Edward Turner | 23.22% | 1,357 | ||||||
| DUP | Thomas Kerrigan* | 21.74% | 1,270 | ||||||
| Ind. Nationalist | Denis McCrory* | 8.21% | 480 | 901.88 | 927.98 | 930.74 | 992.35 | ||
| DUP | David Baird | 4.38% | 256 | 256 | 441.1 | 669.95 | 670.87 | 680.12 | |
| DUP | Noel Finlayson | 7.03% | 411 | 411 | 564 | 617.36 | 618.79 | 630.74 | |
| SDLP | James Fitzsimons | 5.61% | 328 | 392.13 | 400.23 | 402.07 | 568.99 | ||
| SDLP | William Flanagan | 3.54% | 207 | 275.9 | 278.6 | 280.44 | |||
| Electorate: 7,333 Valid: 5,843 (79.68%) Spoilt: 95 Quota: 974 Turnout: 5,938 (80.98%) | |||||||||
Glenelly
edit1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| UUP | Mary Britton* | 23.56% | 1,381 | |||||
| SDLP | John Gallagher* | 17.93% | 1,051 | |||||
| DUP | Samuel Rogers* | 16.58% | 972 | 1,164 | ||||
| DUP | Ronald Brolly | 13.56% | 795 | 925.56 | 1,021.56 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Thomas McNamee | 13.17% | 722 | 772.96 | 772.96 | 773.96 | 794.2 | |
| Ind. Nationalist | Francis McConnell* | 10.17% | 596 | 604 | 606.56 | 656.36 | 702.8 | |
| DUP | Violet McGerrigle | 5.02% | 294 | 359.92 | 434.48 | |||
| Electorate: 7,340 Valid: 5,861 (79.85%) Spoilt: 117 Quota: 977 Turnout: 5,978 (81.44%) | ||||||||
Mourne
edit1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Ivan Barr | 27.90% | 1,581 | ||||||
| Ind. Nationalist | James O'Kane* | 22.06% | 1,250 | ||||||
| SDLP | Paul O'Hare* | 13.36% | 757 | 1,090.7 | |||||
| SDLP | Peggy McManus | 10.38% | 588 | 745.62 | 921.3 | 1,005.79 | |||
| UUP | John Cummings | 10.15% | 575 | 582.81 | 591.81 | 593.23 | 593.23 | 1,088.95 | |
| SDLP | Mary McCrea* | 6.85% | 388 | 512.25 | 628.17 | 680 | 735.38 | 747.59 | |
| DUP | Desmond Monteith | 9.30% | 527 | 531.26 | 534.5 | 535.21 | 535.92 | ||
| Electorate: 8,536 Valid: 5,666 (66.38%) Spoilt: 130 Quota: 945 Turnout: 5,796 (67.90%) | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Local Government Election 1985-1989: Strabane". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 12 August 2021.