# 1985 North Down Borough Council election

Elections to North Down 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 24 councillors.

## Election results

North Down Borough Council Election Result 1985 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 33.3 | 32.3 | 7,115 | 9.7 |
| Alliance | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29.2 | 26.3 | 5,801 | 1.1 |
| DUP | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 23.3 | 5,131 | 7.8 |
| UPUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.3 | 9.7 | 2,140 | 7.9 |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 871 | 2.0 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 585 | 2.7 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 377 | 0.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 1985 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | DUP | DUP | UPUP | UPUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Abbey | 28.2 | 2 | 17.2 | 1 | 36.3 | 2 | 16.3 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ballyholme and Groomsport | 36.8 | 2 | 28.5 | 2 | 22.8 | 2 | 7.8 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 6 |
| Bangor West | 28.5 | 2 | 27.7 | 2 | 19.8 | 1 | 9.3 | 0 | 9.6 | 1 | 7 |
| Holywood | 35.1 | 2 | 30.5 | 2 | 15.7 | 1 | 6.5 | 0 | 12.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 32.3 | 8 | 26.3 | 7 | 23.3 | 6 | 9.7 | 2 | 8.4 | 0 | 24 |

## District results
### Abbey

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP
Abbey - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | John McCormick* | 23.64% | 1,104 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | George Green* | 20.24% | 945 | | | | | | |
| | UPUP | Brian Meharg | 16.40% | 766 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | James Magee* | 13.58% | 634 | 653.27 | 670.09 | | | | |
| | UUP | John Preston | 6.34% | 296 | 337.82 | 428.3 | 458.45 | 479.82 | 527.66 | 719.42 |
| | DUP | Ivy Cooling | 9.79% | 457 | 591.48 | 609.46 | 625.51 | 645.35 | 645.95 | 675.2 |
| | DUP | Raymond Trousdale* | 2.89% | 135 | 338.36 | 345.32 | 358.22 | 374.71 | 381.28 | 391.36 |
| | UUP | Ernest Jackson | 1.58% | 74 | 88.76 | 216.65 | 234.8 | 257.49 | 288.87 | |
| | Alliance | James Pettis | 3.58% | 167 | 169.87 | 173.06 | 185.21 | 192.1 | | |
| | PUP | Kenneth McMullan | 3.58% | 92 | 106.76 | 111.69 | 118.29 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,424 Valid: 4,670 (40.88%) Spoilt: 154 Quota: 668 Turnout: 4,824 (42.23%) |||||||||||

### Ballyholme and Groomsport

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Ballyholme and Groomsport - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | UUP | Bruce Mulligan* | 14.81% | 893 | | | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Edmund Mills* | 14.44% | 871 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Alan Leslie | 13.18% | 795 | 809 | 1,181 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Hamilton | 10.11% | 610 | 722 | 728 | 870 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Jane Copeland | 7.71% | 465 | 477 | 479 | 484 | 485.8 | 486.57 | 486.66 | 899.66 |
| | Alliance | Donald Hayes* | 12.22% | 737 | 758 | 759 | 770 | 777.52 | 778.71 | 778.89 | 833.89 |
| | UPUP | Valerie Kinghan | 9.27% | 559 | 583 | 610 | 710 | 725.2 | 728.98 | 736.63 | 744.63 |
| | Alliance | Sylvia Anderson | 7.81% | 471 | 480 | 480 | 483 | 484.8 | 485.22 | 485.22 | |
| | DUP | Elizabeth Loan | 6.62% | 399 | 417 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Enid Stringer | 3.53% | 213 | | | | | | | |
| | PUP | Samuel Meneely | 0.30% | 18 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,532 Valid: 6,031 (48.12%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 862 Turnout: 6,124 (48.87%) ||||||||||||

### Bangor West

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UPUP
Bangor West - 7 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 |
| | UUP | Hazel Bradford* | 26.01% | 1,695 | | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Alan Graham* | 14.89% | 970 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | William Bailie* | 14.01% | 913 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Cecil Braniff* | 6.53% | 414 | 856.52 | | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Brian Wilson* | 10.53% | 686 | 719.28 | 721.04 | 742.44 | 743.76 | 744.56 | 760.63 | 778.88 | 1,008.88 | |
| | DUP | George McMurtry | 5.85% | 381 | 419.48 | 540.76 | 541.86 | 654.12 | 655.57 | 675.88 | 747.77 | 752.92 | 760.92 |
| | UPUP | Ian Sinclair | 7.75% | 505 | 551.8 | 555.48 | 558.58 | 564.1 | 565.2 | 539.84 | 630.43 | 663.09 | 695.09 |
| | UUP | Edward Lindsay | 1.81% | 118 | 269.84 | 274 | 277.4 | 287.76 | 319.71 | 489.03 | 538.36 | 596.81 | 688.81 |
| | Alliance | Alfred Mairs | 4.01% | 261 | 298.96 | 299.76 | 358.96 | 364.28 | 365.03 | 386.66 | 392.98 | | |
| | PUP | Thomas O'Brien | 4.10% | 267 | 282.6 | 284.68 | 284.88 | 292.52 | 292.97 | 297.01 | | | |
| | UUP | William Smiley | 2.64% | 172 | 262.48 | 264.08 | 265.08 | 278.2 | 283.05 | | | | |
| | DUP | William Swain | 2.06% | 134 | 145.96 | 164.68 | 164.78 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,384 Valid: 6,516 (45.30%) Spoilt: 153 Quota: 815 Turnout: 6,669 (46.36%) ||||||||||||||

### Holywood

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
Holywood - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Ellie McKay* | 16.36% | 786 | 944 | | |
| | UUP | John Auld* | 16.32% | 784 | 882 | | |
| | DUP | Gordon Dunne* | 13.62% | 654 | 813 | | |
| | Alliance | Susan O'Brien* | 15.93% | 765 | 793 | 819 | |
| | Alliance | Michael Clarke* | 14.62% | 702 | 720 | 738 | 758 |
| | Independent | Dennis Ogborn | 12.18% | 585 | 629 | 675 | 694 |
| | UPUP | James White | 6.45% | 310 | | | |
| | UUP | Roger Lomas | 2.39% | 115 | | | |
| | DUP | Elizabeth Graham | 2.12% | 102 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,824 Valid: 4,803 (48.89%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 801 Turnout: 4,896 (49.84%) ||||||||