1985 Strabane District Council election

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1985 Strabane District Council election

15 May 1985 (1985-05-15)
All 15 seats to Strabane District Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party DUP Ulster Unionist SDLP Seats won 4 3 3 Seat change 0 0 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Sinn Féin Independent Nationalist Seats won 3 2 Seat change 3 2

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.

Election results

Strabane District Council Election Result 1985

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	DUP	4	0	0	0	26.7	26.1	4,525	1.0
	Sinn Féin	3	3	0	3	20.0	22.3	3,887	New
	SDLP	3	0	1	1	20.0	19.1	3,319	3.7
	Ulster Unionist	3	0	0	0	20.0	19.1	3,313	1.6
	Independent Nationalist	2	0	2	2	13.3	13.4	2,326	12.7

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1985
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	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

Derg

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Derg - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Charles McHugh	26.25%	1,534
	Ulster Unionist	Edward Turner	23.22%	1,357
	DUP	Thomas Kerrigan*	21.74%	1,270
	Independent 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

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

Glenelly - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Independent 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

1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Mourne - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Ivan Barr	27.90%	1,581
	Independent 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
	Ulster Unionist	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%)