1985 Magherafelt District Council election

Elections to Magherafelt 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.

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
SDLP	4	0	1	1	26.7	28.2	5,186	2.6
Sinn Féin	4	4	0	4	26.7	26.0	4,783	New
DUP	4	0	0	0	26.7	24.0	4,405	0.0
UUP	3	0	1	1	20.0	19.3	3,562	9.4
Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.3	239	0.2
Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	213	1.3

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	SDLP		Sinn Féin		DUP		UUP		Others		Total Cllrs
Magherafelt Town	23.1	1	20.4	1	34.5	2	18.6	1	3.4	0	5
Moyola	21.0	1	28.4	1	26.3	2	24.3	1	0.0	0	5
Sperrin	40.6	2	29.5	2	10.7	0	15.3	1	3.9	0	5
Total	28.2	4	26.0	4	24.0	4	19.3	3	2.5	0	15

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	DUP	William McCrea*	32.24%	2,050
	Sinn Féin	Bhrighde Mac Giolla	20.40%	1,297
	SDLP	Patrick Kilpatrick	16.80%	1,068
	UUP	Ernest Caldwell	13.38%	851	975.32	976.34	1,367.34
	DUP	Barclay Morrow	2.28%	145	956.68	957.02	1,031.74
	SDLP	Joseph McGlone	6.35%	404	406.4	616.86	687.1
	UUP	James Artt	5.21%	331	367.48	367.82
	Alliance	Harold Hutchinson	3.35%	213	218.28	238
Electorate: 8,009 Valid: 6,359 (79.40%) Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,060 Turnout: 6,440 (80.41%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Henry McErlean*	15.23%	904	1,200
	Sinn Féin	John Davey	15.97%	948	965	1,030
	UUP	John Junkin*	16.63%	987	987	994
	DUP	Thomas Catherwood	14.10%	837	837	837	1,070
	DUP	Thomas Milligan*	12.15%	721	722	722	900	978.44
	Sinn Féin	Francis McElwee	12.47%	740	752	818	818	818
	UUP	Alex Montgomery	7.72%	458	458	460
	SDLP	Francis Madden	5.74%	341
Electorate: 7,604 Valid: 5,936 (78.06%) Spoilt: 160 Quota: 990 Turnout: 6,096 (80.17%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Doherty	16.87%	1,028
	SDLP	Patrick Sweeney*	10.59%	645	715	1,037
	SDLP	Mary McSorley*	14.20%	865	886	950	1,427
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Toner	12.64%	770	806	814	860	1,001
	UUP	Walter Richardson	15.35%	935	945	946	950	959
	DUP	John Linton*	10.70%	652	654	655	659	663
	SDLP	John Bradley	8.32%	507	524	586
	SDLP	Francis McKendry*	7.42%	452	478
	Workers' Party	Francis Donnelly	3.92%	239
Electorate: 7,558 Valid: 6,093 (80.62%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 1,016 Turnout: 6,201 (82.05%)

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