# 1985 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Elections to Newtownabbey Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 25 councillors.

## Election results

Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 1985 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40.0 | 37.6 | 9,560 | 3.1 |
| DUP | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 36.0 | 30.8 | 7,823 | 3.9 |
| Ind. Unionist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 2,059 | 2.3 |
| Alliance | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 10.3 | 2,608 | 5.3 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 826 | 2.0 |
| Newtownabbey Labour Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 792 | 0.7 |
| SDLP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 972 | 3.8 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 333 | New |
| All Night Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 235 | New |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 332 | 0.1 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Newtownabbey Borough Council election, 1985 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Antrim Line | 40.5 | 2 | 26.7 | 2 | 15.5 | 1 | 17.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Ballyclare | 22.0 | 1 | 25.5 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 46.9 | 3 | 5 |
| Doagh Road | 34.3 | 2 | 37.8 | 2 | 6.4 | 0 | 21.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Manse Road | 52.2 | 3 | 32.3 | 2 | 11.5 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Shore Road | 38.9 | 2 | 32.3 | 2 | 12.1 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 37.6 | 10 | 30.8 | 9 | 10.3 | 2 | 21.3 | 4 | 25 |

## District results
### Antrim Line

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Antrim Line - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | William Green | 17.12% | 873 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | James Rooney* | 15.51% | 791 | 843 | 872 | | | |
| | UUP | Ivan Hunter* | 13.10% | 668 | 675 | 676 | 1,112 | | |
| | DUP | William McDonnell | 14.22% | 725 | 729 | 731 | 766 | 885.72 | |
| | DUP | Mary Harkness* | 12.51% | 638 | 642 | 642 | 680 | 818.58 | 852.08 |
| | SDLP | Tommy McTeague | 8.86% | 452 | 462 | 756 | 757 | 759.46 | 759.46 |
| | UUP | Arthur Kell | 10.24% | 522 | 524 | 527 | | | |
| | SDLP | Margaret Harrison | 6.14% | 313 | 334 | | | | |
| | Newtownabbey Labour | Thomas Davidson | 1.59% | 81 | | | | | |
| | Newtownabbey Labour | Lindsay Prior | 0.73% | 37 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,194 Valid: 5,100 (50.03%) Spoilt: 138 Quota: 851 Turnout: 5,238 (51.38%) ||||||||||

### Ballyclare

1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
Ballyclare - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Arthur Templeton* | 19.29% | 1,007 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Samuel Gardiner | 17.24% | 900 | | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Sidney Cameron* | 14.46% | 755 | 804.79 | 822.61 | 823.42 | 881.42 | | |
| | UUP | Jim Wilson* | 11.61% | 606 | 636.68 | 679.63 | 680.2 | 713.59 | 734.14 | 1,058.14 |
| | Independent | Leonard Hardy | 7.45% | 389 | 392.77 | 402.9 | 403.17 | 481.56 | 774.63 | 828.64 |
| | DUP | Winston Hanna | 8.27% | 432 | 449.68 | 470.59 | 494.71 | 501.9 | 521.15 | 598.25 |
| | UUP | William Christie | 7.22% | 377 | 389.35 | 463.38 | 464.04 | 482.59 | 507.72 | |
| | Independent | Nan Foster | 5.71% | 298 | 301.12 | 304.12 | 304.42 | 372.55 | | |
| | Alliance | Albert Reid | 5.55% | 290 | 292.21 | 295.21 | 295.3 | | | |
| | UUP | Robert McKenzie | 3.20% | 167 | 176.36 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,303 Valid: 5,221 (50.67%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 871 Turnout: 5,336 (51.79%) |||||||||||

### Doagh Road

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour
Doagh Road - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | DUP | Jim Allister | 30.01% | 1,381 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Fraser Agnew* | 19.90% | 916 | | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | David Hollis | 5.61% | 258 | 726.16 | 737.2 | 738.2 | 738.2 | 844.08 | | | | |
| | Newtownabbey Labour | Robert Kidd* | 9.47% | 436 | 449.64 | 452.84 | 455.84 | 548 | 556.08 | 563.08 | 693.24 | 760.12 | 908.8 |
| | UUP | Andrew Beattie | 7.71% | 355 | 406.04 | 507.48 | 509.48 | 510.48 | 518.72 | 534.72 | 537.04 | 572.64 | 653.24 |
| | UUP | Letitia McCartney* | 6.67% | 307 | 325.04 | 348.08 | 349.24 | 350.24 | 360.8 | 372.8 | 373.8 | 381.96 | 424.36 |
| | Alliance | John Elliott* | 6.37% | 293 | 298.72 | 302.08 | 303.52 | 309.52 | 309.68 | 309.68 | 334.68 | 347.68 | |
| | All Night Party | Mark Langhammer | 4.41% | 203 | 207.84 | 208.48 | 229.64 | 232.64 | 237.52 | 241.52 | 270.68 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Austin Kelly | 4.19% | 193 | 193 | 193.48 | 195.64 | 214.64 | 215.64 | 215.64 | | | |
| | DUP | Charles South | 2.17% | 100 | 142.68 | 144.44 | 145.88 | 145.88 | | | | | |
| | Newtownabbey Labour | David Lowrie | 2.78% | 128 | 128 | 128.16 | 128.16 | | | | | | |
| | All Night Party | Roy Wallace | 0.28% | 13 | 13 | 13 | | | | | | | |
| | All Night Party | David Coburn | 0.26% | 12 | 12.44 | 12.92 | | | | | | | |
| | All Night Party | Douglas Edwards | 0.13% | 6 | 6.44 | 6.44 | | | | | | | |
| | All Night Party | William McClinton | 0.02% | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,960 Valid: 4,602 (46.20%) Spoilt: 184 Quota: 768 Turnout: 4,786 (48.05%) ||||||||||||||

### Manse Road

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
Manse Road - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | George Herron* | 26.91% | 1,400 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Edward Cassells | 18.87% | 982 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | James Robinson | 14.15% | 736 | 1,064.32 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Samuel Neill* | 13.47% | 701 | 753.44 | 764.66 | 766.04 | 800.86 | 898.32 | |
| | UUP | James Smith* | 7.61% | 396 | 468.2 | 515.5 | 516.5 | 803.22 | 809.27 | 836.27 |
| | Alliance | George Jones | 11.45% | 596 | 616.14 | 617.9 | 809.12 | 826.34 | 828.54 | 829.54 |
| | UUP | Agnes Sloan | 3.56% | 185 | 235.54 | 362.92 | 364.36 | | | |
| | SDLP | Bernard Conlon | 3.98% | 207 | 207.76 | 208.64 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,827 Valid: 5,203 (48.06%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 868 Turnout: 5,307 (49.02%) |||||||||||

### Shore Road

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Shore Road - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Billy Boyd | 25.97% | 1,370 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Robert Caul* | 25.40% | 1,340 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Ken Robinson | 13.50% | 712 | 751.6 | 1,099.42 | | | | |
| | DUP | Billy Gillespie | 6.37% | 336 | 712.2 | 726.48 | 802.32 | 810.16 | 840.62 | 997.06 |
| | Alliance | Leo McKenna | 12.09% | 638 | 640.16 | 657.16 | 682.12 | 753.84 | 800.46 | 818.72 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Desmond Dowds* | 5.63% | 297 | 341.28 | 400.78 | 492.94 | 502.12 | 538.78 | 668.48 |
| | PUP | John Niblock | 6.31% | 333 | 342.36 | 347.8 | 363.4 | 368.64 | 378.82 | |
| | Independent | Helen Craig | 2.35% | 124 | 134.44 | 139.2 | 146.4 | 160 | | |
| | Newtownabbey Labour | Thomas Crawford | 1.16% | 61 | 63.16 | 63.84 | 65.76 | | | |
| | Newtownabbey Labour | James Devlin | 0.93% | 49 | 49.36 | 50.04 | 50.52 | | | |
| | Independent | Claire Martin* | 0.28% | 15 | 15.36 | 15.7 | 16.66 | | | |
| Electorate: 10,409 Valid: 5,275 (50.68%) Spoilt: 117 Quota: 880 Turnout: 5,392 (51.80%) |||||||||||