# 1985 Moyle District Council election

Elections to Moyle District 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

Moyle District Council Election Result 1985 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26.7 | 30.4 | 1,939 | 2.0 |
| DUP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 1,337 | 5.9 |
| UUP | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13.3 | 16.2 | 1,035 | 2.7 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 777 | New |
| Ind. Unionist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 8.9 | 568 | 1.4 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 372 | 12.6 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 271 | 0.7 |
| Irish Independence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 71 | 6.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Moyle District Council election, 1985 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballycastle | 28.5 | 1 | 26.2 | 1 | 12.9 | 1 | 13.8 | 1 | 18.6 | 1 | 5 |
| Giant's Causeway | 0.0 | 0 | 41.8 | 2 | 29.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 29.1 | 2 | 5 |
| The Glens | 56.4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.8 | 0 | 20.7 | 1 | 14.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 30.4 | 4 | 21.0 | 3 | 16.2 | 2 | 12.2 | 2 | 20.2 | 4 | 15 |

## District results
### Ballycastle

1985: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent
Ballycastle - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Gardiner Kane | 26.24% | 524 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Robert McPherson | 12.77% | 255 | 434.82 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Michael O'Cleary* | 16.37% | 327 | 327.74 | 331.07 | 366.07 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Francis McCarry | 13.82% | 276 | 276.37 | 276.37 | 285.37 | 285.37 | 316.07 |
| | Independent | James McShane* | 10.92% | 218 | 219.11 | 223.55 | 228.55 | 230.43 | 288.24 |
| | Independent | Archibald McAuley* | 7.71% | 154 | 158.81 | 210.98 | 218.35 | 219.29 | 281.35 |
| | SDLP | Richard Kerr* | 7.41% | 148 | 149.48 | 152.81 | 188.18 | 218.26 | |
| | SDLP | Noel McCurdy | 4.76% | 95 | 95.37 | 96.48 | | | |
| Electorate: 3,235 Valid: 1,997 (61.73%) Spoilt: 48 Quota: 333 Turnout: 2,045 (63.21%) ||||||||||

### Giant's Causeway

1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
Giant's Causeway - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | James Rodgers* | 18.38% | 358 | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Price McConaghy* | 17.35% | 338 | | | | |
| | UUP | Robert Getty* | 16.84% | 328 | | | | |
| | DUP | Duncan Hill | 12.53% | 244 | 258.76 | 261.16 | 428.16 | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Mary Morrison* | 11.81% | 230 | 232.79 | 237.83 | 270.78 | 307.78 |
| | UUP | James McAuley* | 12.27% | 239 | 245.12 | 249.28 | 258.86 | 296.86 |
| | DUP | Ronnie McIlvar* | 10.83% | 211 | 219.28 | 219.72 | | |
| Electorate: 3,149 Valid: 1,948 (61.86%) Spoilt: 40 Quota: 325 Turnout: 1,988 (63.13%) |||||||||

### The Glens

1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist
The Glens - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Sinn Féin | John Regan | 12.41% | 301 | 321 | 327 | 327 | 441 | | |
| | SDLP | Malachy McSparran* | 14.14% | 343 | 346 | 351 | 367 | 375 | 391 | 396 |
| | SDLP | Patrick McBride* | 10.43% | 253 | 253 | 260 | 326 | 354 | 373 | 385 |
| | SDLP | Daniel Anderson | 13.24% | 321 | 338 | 340 | 353 | 356 | 365 | 366 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Randal McDonnell | 11.18% | 271 | 292 | 295 | 305 | 317 | 349 | 359 |
| | SDLP | Dermot McMullan | 13.57% | 329 | 336 | 337 | 343 | 349 | 349 | 351 |
| | UUP | Hugh Acheson* | 8.78% | 213 | 213 | 213 | 214 | 215 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | James McCarry | 4.87% | 118 | 118 | 172 | 185 | | | |
| | SDLP | Mary Hegarty | 5.07% | 123 | 124 | 127 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | James McMullan | 3.38% | 82 | 83 | | | | | |
| | Irish Independence | John McKay | 2.93% | 71 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 3,408 Valid: 2,425 (71.16%) Spoilt: 47 Quota: 405 Turnout: 2,472 (72.54%) |||||||||||