1985 Ballymoney Borough Council election
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All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council 9 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Ballymoney Borough 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 16 councillors.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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DUP | 6 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
37.5 | 41.9 | 4,044 | ![]() | |
UUP | 6 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
37.5 | 29.9 | 2,886 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
12.5 | 12.7 | 1,225 | ![]() | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
6.3 | 7.1 | 687 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
6.3 | 5.5 | 532 | New | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.0 | 2.6 | 248 | ![]() | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.3 | 35 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % |
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Total Cllrs |
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DUP | UUP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Others | |||||||
Ballymoney Town | 39.9 | 2 | 35.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 25.1 | 1 | 5 |
Bann Valley | 41.2 | 2 | 25.1 | 2 | 13.9 | 1 | 13.5 | 1 | 6.3 | 0 | 6 |
Bushvale | 44.6 | 2 | 31.5 | 2 | 22.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 41.9 | 6 | 29.9 | 6 | 12.7 | 2 | 5.5 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 | 16 |
District results
[edit]Ballymoney Town
[edit]1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Independent | Robert McComb* | 25.07% | 687 | |||||
UUP | James Simpson | 16.53% | 453 | 502.45 | ||||
DUP | Cecil Cousley* | 15.47% | 424 | 457.97 | ||||
DUP | Kenneth Blair | 13.87% | 380 | 395.91 | 396.77 | 613.77 | ||
UUP | Adam McNeilly | 10.00% | 274 | 326.03 | 347.53 | 381.12 | 430.12 | |
UUP | James McKeown | 8.50% | 233 | 293.63 | 311.69 | 345.99 | 412.99 | |
DUP | Ralph Stronge* | 10.55% | 289 | 304.05 | 307.06 | |||
Electorate: 5,278 Valid: 2,740 (51.91%) Spoilt: 63 Quota: 457 Turnout: 2,803 (53.11%) |
Bann Valley
[edit]1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
DUP | James Patterson* | 16.96% | 669 | |||||
DUP | Robert Wilson* | 12.27% | 484 | 564.1 | ||||
SDLP | Malachy McCamphill | 13.94% | 550 | 550.15 | 712.15 | |||
Sinn Féin | Margaret Hogan | 13.49% | 532 | 532 | 557.15 | 622.15 | ||
UUP | Kenneth Bamford* | 12.34% | 487 | 491.8 | 524.95 | 556.95 | 567.95 | |
UUP | Joe Gaston* | 12.72% | 502 | 505.9 | 518.05 | 522.05 | 522.05 | |
DUP | Robert Halliday* | 11.99% | 473 | 483.2 | 487.35 | 487.35 | 490.35 | |
Alliance | Hugh McFarland* | 6.29% | 248 | 248.75 | ||||
Electorate: 5,997 Valid: 3,945 (65.78%) Spoilt: 57 Quota: 564 Turnout: 4,002 (66.73%) |
Bushvale
[edit]1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | Charles Steele* | 19.18% | 570 | |||||||
DUP | William Gracey* | 18.74% | 557 | |||||||
UUP | John Ramsay | 16.96% | 504 | |||||||
SDLP | Harry Connolly* | 14.97% | 445 | 445.13 | 445.46 | 445.48 | 453.48 | 680.48 | ||
UUP | William Logan* | 14.57% | 433 | 447.3 | 453.02 | 457.4 | 471.62 | 471.63 | 522.63 | |
DUP | Bertie McIlhatton* | 6.66% | 198 | 255.46 | 306.39 | 306.77 | 311 | 311.13 | 318.13 | |
SDLP | John Mulholland | 7.74% | 230 | 230.39 | 230.61 | 230.62 | 231.62 | |||
Green (NI) | William Hartin | 1.18% | 35 | 35 | 35.77 | 35.78 | ||||
Electorate: 4,883 Valid: 2,972 (60.86%) Spoilt: 71 Quota: 496 Turnout: 3,043 (62.32%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Election 1985-1989: Ballymoney". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 11 July 2021.