# 1985 Dungannon District Council election

Elections to Dungannon 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

Dungannon District Council Election Result 1985 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.4 | 32.1 | 7,848 | 1.1 |
| SDLP | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13.6 | 17.6 | 4,293 | 2.9 |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18.2 | 22.9 | 5,592 | New |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.6 | 17.2 | 4,202 | 0.5 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 2,363 | 5.9 |
| Ind. Republican | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 140 | 6.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Dungannon District 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 |
| Blackwater | 44.1 | 3 | 14.6 | 1 | 13.8 | 0 | 27.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Clogher Valley | 31.7 | 2 | 27.1 | 1 | 21.0 | 1 | 20.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dungannon Town | 37.0 | 2 | 10.4 | 1 | 18.8 | 0 | 18.0 | 1 | 15.8 | 1 | 6 |
| Torrent | 17.3 | 1 | 17.9 | 2 | 36.6 | 2 | 4.5 | 0 | 23.7 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 32.1 | 8 | 17.6 | 5 | 22.9 | 4 | 17.2 | 3 | 10.2 | 2 | 22 |

## District results
### Blackwater

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Blackwater - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | James Ewing* | 16.86% | 979 | | | | |
| | UUP | Derek Irwin* | 13.85% | 804 | 1,143 | | | |
| | UUP | Jim Brady* | 10.73% | 623 | 688 | 736.76 | 1,019.29 | |
| | UUP | John Taggart* | 10.56% | 613 | 689 | 808.78 | 1,109.49 | |
| | SDLP | Patrick Daly* | 14.61% | 848 | 851 | 851 | 852 | 878 |
| | Sinn Féin | Eilish McCabe | 13.83% | 803 | 804 | 804 | 804 | 805 |
| | DUP | Norman Lockhart | 10.61% | 616 | 645 | 651.36 | | |
| | UUP | Rodney Mullan | 8.96% | 520 | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,076 Valid: 5,806 (82.05%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 968 Turnout: 5,895 (83.31%) |||||||||

### Clogher Valley

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
Clogher Valley - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Sinn Féin | Seamus Cassidy* | 20.98% | 1,280 | | | |
| | SDLP | Anthony McGonnell* | 17.13% | 1,045 | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Brush* | 16.40% | 1,001 | | | |
| | DUP | William McIlwrath* | 10.96% | 669 | 669.84 | 1,144.26 | |
| | UUP | Noel Mulligan* | 15.29% | 933 | 934.26 | 949.26 | 1,050.24 |
| | SDLP | John Monaghan | 10.03% | 612 | 866.52 | 871.94 | 891.94 |
| | DUP | Thomas Maxwell | 9.21% | 562 | 564.52 | | |
| Electorate: 7,003 Valid: 6,102 (87.13%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,018 Turnout: 6,195 (88.46%) ||||||||

### Dungannon Town

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Dungannon Town - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Ken Maginnis* | 21.99% | 1,329 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Maurice Morrow* | 17.97% | 1,086 | | | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Michael McLoughlin* | 15.87% | 959 | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Brown* | 14.97% | 905 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Vincent Currie | 7.02% | 424 | 813 | 984 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Anita Cavlan | 10.62% | 642 | 644 | 646 | 648.79 | 663.79 | 737.28 |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin McNulty | 8.17% | 494 | 494 | 495 | 495.93 | 510.63 | 570.07 |
| | SDLP | Terence Foley | 3.39% | 205 | 259 | 286 | 402.25 | 459.65 | |
| Electorate: 8,157 Valid: 6,044 (74.10%) Spoilt: 124 Quota: 864 Turnout: 6,168 (75.62%) ||||||||||

### Torrent

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Torrent - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Thomas Kempton* | 17.27% | 1,120 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Francie Molloy | 16.64% | 1,079 | | | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Jim Canning* | 13.14% | 852 | 853.44 | 923.44 | 935.2 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian Duffin | 10.07% | 653 | 653 | 668 | 785.6 | 786.6 | 821.3 |
| | SDLP | Patrick McGlinchey* | 8.80% | 571 | 572.26 | 590.26 | 594.04 | 628.6 | 789.4 |
| | SDLP | Jim Cavanagh | 9.07% | 588 | 588.36 | 609.36 | 610.48 | 648 | 773.92 |
| | Sinn Féin | Frances Donaghy | 9.88% | 641 | 641 | 644 | 653.38 | 653.38 | 763.08 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Owen Nugent* | 8.51% | 552 | 553.08 | 561.08 | 564.16 | 596.38 | |
| | DUP | Edith White | 4.47% | 290 | 478.64 | 479.64 | 479.64 | | |
| | Ind. Republican | John Corr* | 2.16% | 140 | 140 | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,203 Valid: 6,486 (79.07%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 927 Turnout: 6,660 (81.19%) ||||||||||