# 1985 Armagh District Council election

Elections to Armagh District 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 22 councillors.

## Election results

Armagh District Council Election Result 1985 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 43.8 | 10,287 | 5.1 |
| SDLP | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.8 | 30.1 | 7,076 | 0.7 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.6 | 17.0 | 3,985 | 1.5 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 1,515 | New |
| Ind. Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 640 | 1.5 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Armagh District Council election, 1985 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Armagh City | 30.4 | 2 | 30.3 | 2 | 12.6 | 1 | 16.1 | 1 | 10.6 | 0 | 6 |
| Crossmore | 30.6 | 2 | 58.5 | 3 | 10.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Cusher | 60.2 | 4 | 17.8 | 1 | 22.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| The Orchard | 48.7 | 3 | 21.2 | 1 | 20.4 | 1 | 9.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 43.8 | 11 | 30.1 | 7 | 17.0 | 2 | 6.4 | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 22 |

## District results
### Armagh City

1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
Armagh City - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Thomas Carroll | 16.11% | 970 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | John Agnew* | 12.27% | 739 | 762.94 | 920.94 | | | |
| | SDLP | Pat Brannigan* | 10.16% | 612 | 622.92 | 861.42 | | | |
| | UUP | John Doogan | 10.71% | 645 | 645.14 | 646.14 | 646.14 | 901.14 | |
| | UUP | George Macartney* | 10.30% | 620 | 620.14 | 625.14 | 625.9 | 871.9 | |
| | DUP | Geoffrey Knipe | 12.55% | 756 | 756.14 | 757.14 | 757.14 | 816.14 | 854.33 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Bernard McManus* | 10.63% | 640 | 699.78 | 773.84 | 832.36 | 835.36 | 835.93 |
| | UUP | Robert Orr | 9.37% | 564 | 564 | 565 | 565 | | |
| | SDLP | Oliver Tobin | 7.90% | 476 | 487.62 | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,766 Valid: 6,022 (61.66%) Spoilt: 100 Quota: 861 Turnout: 6,122 (62.69%) ||||||||||

### Crossmore

1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
Crossmore - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SDLP | Charles Mallon | 22.41% | 1,072 | | | |
| | UUP | Jim Nicholson* | 19.84% | 949 | | | |
| | SDLP | James McKernan* | 18.58% | 889 | | | |
| | SDLP | Thomas McArdle | 17.50% | 837 | | | |
| | UUP | Thomas Shilliday | 10.72% | 513 | 541 | 667.88 | 690.88 |
| | DUP | Joseph McBride* | 10.95% | 524 | 580 | 603.36 | 611.36 |
| Electorate: 7,459 Valid: 4,784 (64.14%) Spoilt: 137 Quota: 798 Turnout: 4,921 (65.97%) ||||||||

### Cusher

1985: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
Cusher - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | UUP | Eric Speers | 17.92% | 1,267 | | |
| | SDLP | Seamus Mallon* | 17.82% | 1,260 | | |
| | UUP | Thomas Johnston | 16.25% | 1,149 | | |
| | DUP | Thomas Black* | 14.27% | 1,009 | | |
| | UUP | Robert Turner* | 12.74% | 901 | 1,042.4 | |
| | UUP | James Clayton | 13.28% | 939 | 993.4 | 1,059.4 |
| | DUP | Mervyn Spratt | 7.72% | 546 | 570 | 615 |
| Electorate: 9,467 Valid: 7,071 (74.69%) Spoilt: 63 Quota: 1,011 Turnout: 7,134 (75.36%) |||||||

### The Orchard

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
The Orchard - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Jim Speers* | 21.13% | 1,189 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Douglas Hutchinson* | 20.44% | 1,150 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Ronald Allen* | 15.55% | 875 | 972.23 | | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Foster* | 12.02% | 676 | 823.21 | 1,027.81 | | | |
| | SDLP | Christopher McAnallen | 10.88% | 612 | 612.63 | 612.83 | 626.43 | 783.63 | 794.34 |
| | SDLP | Francis McIlvanna* | 10.29% | 579 | 579.84 | 580.04 | 584.64 | 771.04 | 773.14 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brigid McCartan | 9.69% | 545 | 545 | 546.4 | 546.6 | | |
| Electorate: 7,682 Valid: 5,626 (73.24%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 938 Turnout: 5,718 (74.43%) ||||||||||