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Elections to Limavady 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 15 councillors.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | 7 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
46.7 | 39.4 | 4,666 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 4 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
26.7 | 32.9 | 3,899 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 2 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
13.3 | 10.5 | 1,247 | New | |
DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
13.3 | 9.7 | 1,148 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.0 | 3.4 | 404 | ![]() | |
Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 2.2 | 249 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.9 | 228 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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UUP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | DUP | Others | |||||||
Bellarena | 38.9 | 2 | 47.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Benbradagh | 29.8 | 2 | 23.1 | 1 | 32.0 | 2 | 4.7 | 0 | 10.4 | 0 | 5 |
Limavady Town | 49.3 | 3 | 28.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.6 | 1 | 11.9 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 39.4 | 7 | 32.9 | 4 | 10.5 | 1 | 9.7 | 1 | 7.5 | 0 | 15 |
District results
[edit]Bellarena
[edit]1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | 2 | ||||
UUP | Robert Grant* | 20.07% | 793 | ||
UUP | Stanley Gault* | 18.85% | 745 | ||
SDLP | Arthur Doherty* | 17.84% | 705 | ||
DUP | Ernest Murray* | 13.66% | 540 | 663.69 | |
SDLP | Thomas Mullan* | 14.93% | 590 | 594.18 | |
SDLP | Roy King* | 14.65% | 579 | 582.23 | |
Electorate: 5,691 Valid: 3,952 (69.44%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 659 Turnout: 4,027 (70.76%) |
Benbradagh
[edit]1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Michael McGonigle | 22.58% | 880 | ||||||
UUP | David Robinson* | 21.17% | 825 | ||||||
UUP | Max Gault* | 8.62% | 336 | 336 | 480.48 | ||||
SDLP | Lawrence Hegarty* | 15.01% | 585 | 598 | 598 | 599 | 811 | ||
Sinn Féin | Michael Hasson | 9.42% | 367 | 564.6 | 564.6 | 565.6 | 598.42 | 624.42 | |
Independent | Denis Farren* | 10.37% | 404 | 412.06 | 413.32 | 413.74 | 464.78 | 549.78 | |
SDLP | James Brolly | 8.11% | 316 | 320.94 | 321.15 | 321.15 | |||
DUP | John McKay | 4.72% | 184 | 184 | 208.99 | ||||
Electorate: 5,653 Valid: 3,897 (68.94%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 650 Turnout: 3,989 (70.56%) |
Limavady Town
[edit]1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SDLP | Barry Doherty* | 22.22% | 887 | |||||||
UUP | Ronald Cartwright | 19.94% | 796 | |||||||
UUP | John Dolan | 19.34% | 772 | |||||||
UUP | Samuel Millar | 9.99% | 399 | 399.5 | 505.58 | 584.1 | 625.31 | 680.31 | ||
DUP | George Robinson | 6.71% | 268 | 268 | 270.24 | 274.4 | 377.42 | 390.73 | 618.73 | |
SDLP | Brian McWilliams | 5.94% | 237 | 438.25 | 438.25 | 439.16 | 439.29 | 526.45 | 534.45 | |
Ind. Unionist | William Norris* | 6.24% | 249 | 249.75 | 261.27 | 270.24 | 281.82 | 314.99 | ||
Alliance | John Mullan | 5.71% | 228 | 239.5 | 242.86 | 243.9 | 247.41 | |||
DUP | Eric Caldwell | 3.91% | 156 | 156.5 | 159.86 | 165.45 | ||||
Electorate: 5,758 Valid: 3,992 (69.33%) Spoilt: 53 Quota: 666 Turnout: 4,045 (70.25%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Limavady". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 17 July 2021.