# 1985 Ballymoney Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.

## Election results

Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 1985 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37.5 | 41.9 | 4,044 | 1.6 |
| UUP | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 37.5 | 29.9 | 2,886 | 5.9 |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 1,225 | 2.8 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 687 | 10.7 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 532 | New |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 248 | 5.5 |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 35 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 1985 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballymoney Town | 39.9 | 2 | 35.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 25.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Bann Valley | 41.2 | 2 | 25.1 | 2 | 13.9 | 1 | 13.5 | 1 | 6.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Bushvale | 44.6 | 2 | 31.5 | 2 | 22.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 41.9 | 6 | 29.9 | 6 | 12.7 | 2 | 5.5 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 | 16 |

## District results
### Ballymoney Town

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
Ballymoney Town - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Independent | Robert McComb* | 25.07% | 687 | | | | |
| | UUP | James Simpson | 16.53% | 453 | 502.45 | | | |
| | DUP | Cecil Cousley* | 15.47% | 424 | 457.97 | | | |
| | DUP | Kenneth Blair | 13.87% | 380 | 395.91 | 396.77 | 613.77 | |
| | UUP | Adam McNeilly | 10.00% | 274 | 326.03 | 347.53 | 381.12 | 430.12 |
| | UUP | James McKeown | 8.50% | 233 | 293.63 | 311.69 | 345.99 | 412.99 |
| | DUP | Ralph Stronge* | 10.55% | 289 | 304.05 | 307.06 | | |
| Electorate: 5,278 Valid: 2,740 (51.91%) Spoilt: 63 Quota: 457 Turnout: 2,803 (53.11%) |||||||||

### Bann Valley

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
Bann Valley - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | James Patterson* | 16.96% | 669 | | | | |
| | DUP | Robert Wilson* | 12.27% | 484 | 564.1 | | | |
| | SDLP | Malachy McCamphill | 13.94% | 550 | 550.15 | 712.15 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Margaret Hogan | 13.49% | 532 | 532 | 557.15 | 622.15 | |
| | UUP | Kenneth Bamford* | 12.34% | 487 | 491.8 | 524.95 | 556.95 | 567.95 |
| | UUP | Joe Gaston* | 12.72% | 502 | 505.9 | 518.05 | 522.05 | 522.05 |
| | DUP | Robert Halliday* | 11.99% | 473 | 483.2 | 487.35 | 487.35 | 490.35 |
| | Alliance | Hugh McFarland* | 6.29% | 248 | 248.75 | | | |
| Electorate: 5,997 Valid: 3,945 (65.78%) Spoilt: 57 Quota: 564 Turnout: 4,002 (66.73%) |||||||||

### Bushvale

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Bushvale - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Charles Steele* | 19.18% | 570 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | William Gracey* | 18.74% | 557 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | John Ramsay | 16.96% | 504 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Harry Connolly* | 14.97% | 445 | 445.13 | 445.46 | 445.48 | 453.48 | 680.48 | |
| | UUP | William Logan* | 14.57% | 433 | 447.3 | 453.02 | 457.4 | 471.62 | 471.63 | 522.63 |
| | DUP | Bertie McIlhatton* | 6.66% | 198 | 255.46 | 306.39 | 306.77 | 311 | 311.13 | 318.13 |
| | SDLP | John Mulholland | 7.74% | 230 | 230.39 | 230.61 | 230.62 | 231.62 | | |
| | Green (NI) | William Hartin | 1.18% | 35 | 35 | 35.77 | 35.78 | | | |
| Electorate: 4,883 Valid: 2,972 (60.86%) Spoilt: 71 Quota: 496 Turnout: 3,043 (62.32%) |||||||||||