1985 Ballymena Borough Council election
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All 23 seats to Ballymena Borough Council 12 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Ballymena Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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DUP | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 65.2 | 55.6 | 12,014 | 0.1 | |
Ulster Unionist | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26.1 | 28.6 | 6,190 | 1.4 | |
SDLP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 6.3 | 1,367 | New | |
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 1,204 | 2.1 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 856 | 6.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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DUP | UUP | SDLP | Others | ||||||
Ballymena Town | 37.7 | 3 | 22.8 | 2 | 21.0 | 1 | 18.5 | 1 | 7 |
Braid Valley | 48.5 | 3 | 35.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.2 | 0 | 5 |
Kells Water | 73.6 | 5 | 26.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
The Main | 68.8 | 4 | 31.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 55.6 | 15 | 28.6 | 6 | 6.3 | 1 | 9.5 | 2 | 23 |
District results[edit]
Ballymena Town[edit]
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SDLP | Patrick McAvoy | 17.33% | 1,126 | |||||||
Ind. Unionist | Samuel Henry* | 13.48% | 876 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Coulter | 12.22% | 794 | 794.28 | 807.58 | 886.58 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Gordon Wilson* | 6.20% | 403 | 403.56 | 419.17 | 581.16 | 711.3 | 775.3 | 841.22 | |
DUP | Maurice Mills* | 10.89% | 708 | 708.28 | 711.71 | 722.99 | 753.18 | 756.18 | 764 | |
DUP | Richard McKeown | 9.85% | 640 | 640.84 | 642.94 | 644.08 | 677.99 | 679.99 | 691.12 | |
DUP | Robert Maternaghan* | 8.66% | 563 | 563.28 | 566.22 | 571.36 | 635.41 | 637.41 | 639.32 | |
DUP | John Wilson | 8.28% | 538 | 538 | 539.33 | 550.89 | 589.45 | 591.45 | 600.37 | |
SDLP | Malachy Reynolds | 3.71% | 241 | 550.12 | 552.29 | 555.43 | 565.99 | 565.99 | ||
Ind. Unionist | James Alexander* | 5.05% | 328 | 329.4 | 340.67 | 352.72 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Warren Wray | 4.34% | 282 | 282 | 288.72 | |||||
Electorate: 12,497 Valid: 6,499 (52.00%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 813 Turnout: 6,604 (52.84%) |
Braid Valley[edit]
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | John Armstrong* | 11.85% | 628 | 981 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Margaret Alexander | 11.81% | 626 | 635 | 925 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Desmond Armstrong* | 14.28% | 757 | 794 | 921 | |||||
DUP | Samuel Hanna* | 14.07% | 746 | 787 | 829 | 850.33 | 869.58 | 892.2 | ||
DUP | John Porter | 13.66% | 724 | 753 | 778 | 850.63 | 865.88 | 875.16 | 882.36 | |
Independent | James Woulahan* | 16.15% | 856 | 857 | 860 | 860 | 865.25 | 869.89 | 870.79 | |
Ulster Unionist | Harbinson McCullough | 9.24% | 490 | 493 | ||||||
DUP | Samuel Martin | 8.94% | 474 | |||||||
Electorate: 7,829 Valid: 5,301 (67.71%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 884 Turnout: 5,411 (69.11%) |
Kells Water[edit]
1985: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | William Brownlees* | 17.86% | 856 | ||||
DUP | John McAuley* | 17.63% | 845 | ||||
DUP | Roy West* | 16.60% | 796 | ||||
DUP | Martin Clarke* | 14.50% | 695 | ||||
DUP | Edwin Maternaghan* | 12.04% | 577 | 586.4 | 693.37 | ||
DUP | David McClintock | 12.83% | 615 | 623.4 | 657.41 | 753.17 | |
Ulster Unionist | Victoria Brownlees | 8.55% | 410 | 558.8 | 570.96 | 579.92 | |
Electorate: 9,621 Valid: 4,794 (49.83%) Spoilt: 133 Quota: 685 Turnout: 4,927 (51.21%) |
The Main[edit]
1985: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
DUP | Roy Gillespie* | 21.36% | 1,076 | ||||
DUP | Tommy Nicholl* | 19.06% | 960 | ||||
DUP | Sandy Spence* | 15.80% | 796 | 831.64 | 925.48 | ||
DUP | Hubert Nicholl | 12.57% | 633 | 792.94 | 804.7 | 876.75 | |
Ulster Unionist | Ian Johnston* | 16.12% | 812 | 834.88 | 838.24 | 841.76 | |
Ulster Unionist | William Wright* | 15.09% | 760 | 774.08 | 777.92 | 782.43 | |
Electorate: 8,309 Valid: 5,037 (60.62%) Spoilt: 213 Quota: 840 Turnout: 5,250 (63.18%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Ballymena". www.ark.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2021.