# 1985 Limavady District Council election

Elections to Limavady 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 15 councillors.

## Election results

Limavady Borough Council Election Result 1985 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46.7 | 39.4 | 4,666 | 2.2 |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26.7 | 32.9 | 3,899 | 1.3 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13.3 | 10.5 | 1,247 | New |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 9.7 | 1,148 | 6.7 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 404 | 0.9 |
| Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 249 | 2.2 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 228 | 0.1 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Limavady Borough Council election, 1985 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Bellarena | 38.9 | 2 | 47.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Benbradagh | 29.8 | 2 | 23.1 | 1 | 32.0 | 2 | 4.7 | 0 | 10.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Limavady Town | 49.3 | 3 | 28.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.6 | 1 | 11.9 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 39.4 | 7 | 32.9 | 4 | 10.5 | 1 | 9.7 | 1 | 7.5 | 0 | 15 |

## District results
### Bellarena

1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
Bellarena - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | UUP | Robert Grant* | 20.07% | 793 | |
| | UUP | Stanley Gault* | 18.85% | 745 | |
| | SDLP | Arthur Doherty* | 17.84% | 705 | |
| | DUP | Ernest Murray* | 13.66% | 540 | 663.69 |
| | SDLP | Thomas Mullan* | 14.93% | 590 | 594.18 |
| | SDLP | Roy King* | 14.65% | 579 | 582.23 |
| Electorate: 5,691 Valid: 3,952 (69.44%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 659 Turnout: 4,027 (70.76%) ||||||

### Benbradagh

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
Benbradagh - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael McGonigle | 22.58% | 880 | | | | | |
| | UUP | David Robinson* | 21.17% | 825 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Max Gault* | 8.62% | 336 | 336 | 480.48 | | | |
| | SDLP | Lawrence Hegarty* | 15.01% | 585 | 598 | 598 | 599 | 811 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Hasson | 9.42% | 367 | 564.6 | 564.6 | 565.6 | 598.42 | 624.42 |
| | Independent | Denis Farren* | 10.37% | 404 | 412.06 | 413.32 | 413.74 | 464.78 | 549.78 |
| | SDLP | James Brolly | 8.11% | 316 | 320.94 | 321.15 | 321.15 | | |
| | DUP | John McKay | 4.72% | 184 | 184 | 208.99 | | | |
| Electorate: 5,653 Valid: 3,897 (68.94%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 650 Turnout: 3,989 (70.56%) ||||||||||

### Limavady Town

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
Limavady Town - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SDLP | Barry Doherty* | 22.22% | 887 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Ronald Cartwright | 19.94% | 796 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | John Dolan | 19.34% | 772 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Millar | 9.99% | 399 | 399.5 | 505.58 | 584.1 | 625.31 | 680.31 | |
| | DUP | George Robinson | 6.71% | 268 | 268 | 270.24 | 274.4 | 377.42 | 390.73 | 618.73 |
| | SDLP | Brian McWilliams | 5.94% | 237 | 438.25 | 438.25 | 439.16 | 439.29 | 526.45 | 534.45 |
| | Ind. Unionist | William Norris* | 6.24% | 249 | 249.75 | 261.27 | 270.24 | 281.82 | 314.99 | |
| | Alliance | John Mullan | 5.71% | 228 | 239.5 | 242.86 | 243.9 | 247.41 | | |
| | DUP | Eric Caldwell | 3.91% | 156 | 156.5 | 159.86 | 165.45 | | | |
| Electorate: 5,758 Valid: 3,992 (69.33%) Spoilt: 53 Quota: 666 Turnout: 4,045 (70.25%) |||||||||||