# 1985 Strabane District Council election

Elections to Strabane 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

Strabane District Council Election Result 1985 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 | 26.1 | 4,525 | 1.0 |
| Sinn Féin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20.0 | 22.3 | 3,887 | New |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 19.1 | 3,319 | 3.7 |
| UUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 19.1 | 3,313 | 1.6 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 2,326 | 12.7 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1985 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Derg | 33.2 | 2 | 26.2 | 1 | 9.2 | 0 | 23.2 | 1 | 8.2 | 1 | 5 |
| Glenelly | 35.2 | 2 | 13.2 | 1 | 17.9 | 1 | 23.5 | 1 | 10.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Mourne | 9.3 | 0 | 27.9 | 1 | 30.6 | 2 | 10.1 | 1 | 22.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 26.1 | 4 | 22.3 | 3 | 19.1 | 3 | 19.1 | 3 | 13.4 | 2 | 15 |

## District results
### Derg

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Derg - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Charles McHugh | 26.25% | 1,534 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Edward Turner | 23.22% | 1,357 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Thomas Kerrigan* | 21.74% | 1,270 | | | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Denis McCrory* | 8.21% | 480 | 901.88 | 927.98 | 930.74 | 992.35 | |
| | DUP | David Baird | 4.38% | 256 | 256 | 441.1 | 669.95 | 670.87 | 680.12 |
| | DUP | Noel Finlayson | 7.03% | 411 | 411 | 564 | 617.36 | 618.79 | 630.74 |
| | SDLP | James Fitzsimons | 5.61% | 328 | 392.13 | 400.23 | 402.07 | 568.99 | |
| | SDLP | William Flanagan | 3.54% | 207 | 275.9 | 278.6 | 280.44 | | |
| Electorate: 7,333 Valid: 5,843 (79.68%) Spoilt: 95 Quota: 974 Turnout: 5,938 (80.98%) ||||||||||

### Glenelly

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
Glenelly - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | Mary Britton* | 23.56% | 1,381 | | | | |
| | SDLP | John Gallagher* | 17.93% | 1,051 | | | | |
| | DUP | Samuel Rogers* | 16.58% | 972 | 1,164 | | | |
| | DUP | Ronald Brolly | 13.56% | 795 | 925.56 | 1,021.56 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Thomas McNamee | 13.17% | 722 | 772.96 | 772.96 | 773.96 | 794.2 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Francis McConnell* | 10.17% | 596 | 604 | 606.56 | 656.36 | 702.8 |
| | DUP | Violet McGerrigle | 5.02% | 294 | 359.92 | 434.48 | | |
| Electorate: 7,340 Valid: 5,861 (79.85%) Spoilt: 117 Quota: 977 Turnout: 5,978 (81.44%) |||||||||

### Mourne

1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Mourne - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ivan Barr | 27.90% | 1,581 | | | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | James O'Kane* | 22.06% | 1,250 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Paul O'Hare* | 13.36% | 757 | 1,090.7 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Peggy McManus | 10.38% | 588 | 745.62 | 921.3 | 1,005.79 | | |
| | UUP | John Cummings | 10.15% | 575 | 582.81 | 591.81 | 593.23 | 593.23 | 1,088.95 |
| | SDLP | Mary McCrea* | 6.85% | 388 | 512.25 | 628.17 | 680 | 735.38 | 747.59 |
| | DUP | Desmond Monteith | 9.30% | 527 | 531.26 | 534.5 | 535.21 | 535.92 | |
| Electorate: 8,536 Valid: 5,666 (66.38%) Spoilt: 130 Quota: 945 Turnout: 5,796 (67.90%) ||||||||||