# 1985 Larne Borough Council election

Elections to Larne 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

Larne Borough Council Election Result 1985 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 39.4 | 4,289 | 2.2 |
| UUP | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 46.7 | 37.3 | 4,057 | 13.1 |
| Alliance | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.3 | 16.4 | 1,773 | 1.0 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 755 | 0.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 1985 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Coast Road | 36.7 | 2 | 28.9 | 1 | 12.9 | 1 | 21.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Larne Lough | 40.4 | 2 | 50.0 | 3 | 9.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Larne Town | 41.1 | 2 | 32.6 | 2 | 26.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 39.4 | 6 | 37.3 | 6 | 16.4 | 2 | 6.9 | 1 | 15 |

## District results
### Coast Road

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Coast Road - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Thomas Robinson* | 22.25% | 782 | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | William Cunning* | 21.48% | 755 | | | |
| | DUP | Winston Fulton* | 18.07% | 635 | | | |
| | Alliance | Amelia Kelly | 12.94% | 455 | 468.75 | 629.57 | |
| | DUP | Rachel Rea* | 13.97% | 491 | 533.75 | 535.04 | 674.04 |
| | UUP | Samuel Martin | 6.66% | 234 | 356.25 | 360.12 | 371.12 |
| | DUP | Hill Taggart | 4.64% | 163 | 175 | 175.86 | |
| Electorate: 6,875 Valid: 3,515 (51.13%) Spoilt: 82 Quota: 586 Turnout: 3,597 (52.32%) ||||||||

### Larne Lough

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
Larne Lough - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Roy Beggs* | 27.69% | 1,020 | | | |
| | DUP | John Alexander* | 18.41% | 678 | | | |
| | UUP | Laurence Niblock* | 12.92% | 476 | 596.4 | 597.48 | 703.48 |
| | UUP | Thomas Baxter | 9.42% | 347 | 547.8 | 553.47 | 657.47 |
| | DUP | Samuel McAllister* | 13.33% | 491 | 522.6 | 547.44 | 567.73 |
| | DUP | Gary Haggan | 8.69% | 320 | 351.2 | 379.73 | 389.22 |
| | Alliance | Thomas Benson* | 9.53% | 351 | 371.8 | 372.16 | |
| Electorate: 6,568 Valid: 3,683 (56.07%) Spoilt: 96 Quota: 614 Turnout: 3,779 (57.54%) ||||||||

### Larne Town

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Larne Town - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | DUP | Jack McKee* | 37.41% | 1,375 | | |
| | Alliance | Liam Kelly* | 26.31% | 967 | | |
| | UUP | Robert Robinson* | 20.92% | 769 | | |
| | DUP | Leonard Sluman* | 2.35% | 94 | 671.36 | |
| | UUP | Rosalie Armstrong* | 9.36% | 344 | 402.24 | 670.91 |
| | UUP | Thomas Lamrock | 2.31% | 85 | 111.32 | 185.69 |
| | DUP | Frederick Hoey | 1.14% | 42 | 134.4 | 143.11 |
| Electorate: 7,289 Valid: 3,676 (50.43%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 613 Turnout: 3,763 (51.63%) |||||||