1985 Coleraine Borough Council election

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1985 Coleraine Borough Council election
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All 21 seats to Coleraine Borough Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP DUP SDLP
Seats won 10 6 2
Seat change Increase 2 Steady 0 Steady 0
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Alliance Independent
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 2

Elections to Coleraine 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 21 councillors.

Election results

Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 1985[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 10 2 0 Increase2 47.6 42.9 8,727 Increase8.7
  DUP 6 0 0 Steady0 28.6 30.5 6,210 Decrease2.7
  SDLP 2 0 0 Steady0 9.5 12.9 2,621 Increase1.2
  Alliance 2 1 0 Increase1 9.5 6.2 1,510 Decrease0.1
  Independent 1 0 2 Decrease2 4.8 5.4 1,105 Decrease5.4
  Irish Republican Socialist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.4 276 New
  Labour Party NI 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.5 110 New
  Green (NI) 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.2 44 Decrease0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Coleraine Borough Council election, 1985
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP DUP SDLP Alliance Others
Bann 51.9 4 21.5 1 23.0 2 0.0 0 3.6 0 7
Coleraine Town 26.9 2 41.6 3 4.5 0 8.0 1 19.0 1 7
The Skerries 48.2 4 30.2 2 9.1 0 11.9 1 0.6 0 7
Total 42.9 10 30.5 6 12.9 2 6.2 2 7.5 1 21

District results

Bann

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

Bann - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
UUP William King* 17.14% 1,310          
UUP Creighton Hutchinson 15.04% 1,150          
SDLP John Dallat* 14.21% 1,086          
UUP William Watt 12.06% 922 1,005.7        
SDLP Gerard O'Kane* 8.84% 676 678.16 678.5 794.42 996.42  
DUP Robert Catherwood* 9.98% 763 776.77 810.94 811.3 811.3 1,023.3
UUP John Moody 7.61% 582 761.28 899.49 900.21 900.72 933.72
DUP Thomas Malone* 7.27% 556 611.62 621.31 621.31 623.58 687.58
DUP Douglas Darragh 4.23% 323 332.45 337.21 337.81 337.81  
Irish Republican Socialist Eamon Mullan 3.61% 276 276.81 276.81 284.73    
Electorate: 11,018   Valid: 7,644 (69.38%)   Spoilt: 155   Quota: 956   Turnout: 7,799 (70.78%)  

Coleraine Town

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

Coleraine Town - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
DUP James McClure* 38.12% 2,444                      
UUP Robert White* 16.06% 1,030                      
Independent Patrick McFeely 9.11% 584 613.24 617.64 633.86 654.54 655.44 864.44          
UUP Gladys Black 5.74% 368 456.4 549.46 550.68 552.36 559.92 560.92 561.84 610.86 845.86    
DUP Robert Bolton* 0.92% 59 674.4 678.58 679.58 683.84 751.4 751.4 751.4 785.62 827.82    
Alliance William Mathews 6.53% 419 440.08 451.74 514.42 536.42 537.78 584.46 617.12 658.42 712.6 723.62 723.62
DUP Marie McAllister 2.14% 137 470.2 475.04 475.72 480.4 581.86 581.86 581.86 606.76 676.88 696.6 712.92
Independent William McNabb* 4.37% 280 408.52 425.9 428.58 440.26 443.2 452.2 469.68 611.62 676.94 689.7 693.1
UUP Stephen Smyth 5.15% 330 445.6 511.16 515.16 519.84 539.46 539.46 540.38 577.42      
Independent Randall Crawford* 3.76% 241 338.24 355.84 359.84 379.52 385.36 397.36 407.48        
SDLP Deirdre Busby 4.46% 286 286.68 286.68 289.68 307.68 307.68            
DUP Geoffrey Whitehead 0.44% 28 212.96 216.92 216.92 217.6              
Labour Party NI Timothy Blackman 1.72% 110 118.16 118.6 119.6                
Alliance Colm McCloskey 1.50% 96 98.04 98.7                  
Electorate: 11,221   Valid: 6,412 (57.14%)   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 802   Turnout: 6,542 (58.30%)  

The Skerries

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

The Skerries - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DUP William Creelman* 16.76% 1,056                  
UUP William Glenn* 10.76% 678 693 693.25 714.5 719.5 733 806      
Alliance Patrick McGowan* 8.63% 544 545.25 553.25 555.25 739.25 740.25 758.25 799.25    
UUP Elizabeth Black 10.00% 630 636.5 638.5 648.5 655.75 659.5 725 795    
DUP Matthew Kane* 4.68% 295 362 364 379 380 581 600 633 973  
UUP Pauline Armitage 8.22% 518 522.5 523.5 532.5 535.5 538.5 570.75 737.25 790.25  
UUP Robert Mitchell* 4.87% 307 311.5 312.5 381.75 385.75 396 500.75 563.75 635.25 772.25
SDLP Sean Farren 9.09% 573 573.5 587.5 587.5 591.5 591.5 591.5 593 593 594
DUP Robert Stewart 5.94% 374 397.5 397.5 415.25 418.25 477.75 496 523.75    
UUP Hugh Stewart 6.00% 378 386 386 400.5 401.5 408.75 421.25      
UUP Albert Clarke* 5.06% 319 322.25 322.25 348.25 352.25 355.25        
DUP Roy Hilldrup 2.78% 175 301.5 301.5 306.5 307.5          
Alliance Peter Scott 3.25% 205 205.25 215.25 227.25            
UUP William Robinson 3.25% 205 206.75 207.75              
Green (NI) Margaret O'Neill 0.70% 44 44.25                
Electorate: 11,156   Valid: 6,301 (56.48%)   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 788   Turnout: 6,414 (57.49%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Coleraine". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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