1985 North Down Borough Council election

Elections to North Down Borough 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 24 councillors.

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
UUP	8	4	0	4	33.3	32.3	7,115	9.7
Alliance	7	1	0	1	29.2	26.3	5,801	1.1
DUP	6	1	0	1	25.0	23.3	5,131	7.8
UPUP	2	0	1	1	8.3	9.7	2,140	7.9
Ind. Unionist	1	0	0	0	4.2	4.0	871	2.0
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.7	585	2.7
PUP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.7	377	0.6

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		Alliance		DUP		UPUP		Others		Total Cllrs
Abbey	28.2	2	17.2	1	36.3	2	16.3	1	2.0	0	6
Ballyholme and Groomsport	36.8	2	28.5	2	22.8	2	7.8	1	4.1	0	6
Bangor West	28.5	2	27.7	2	19.8	1	9.3	0	9.6	1	7
Holywood	35.1	2	30.5	2	15.7	1	6.5	0	12.2	0	5
Total	32.3	8	26.3	7	23.3	6	9.7	2	8.4	0	24

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	John McCormick*	23.64%	1,104
	UUP	George Green*	20.24%	945
	UPUP	Brian Meharg	16.40%	766
	Alliance	James Magee*	13.58%	634	653.27	670.09
	UUP	John Preston	6.34%	296	337.82	428.3	458.45	479.82	527.66	719.42
	DUP	Ivy Cooling	9.79%	457	591.48	609.46	625.51	645.35	645.95	675.2
	DUP	Raymond Trousdale*	2.89%	135	338.36	345.32	358.22	374.71	381.28	391.36
	UUP	Ernest Jackson	1.58%	74	88.76	216.65	234.8	257.49	288.87
	Alliance	James Pettis	3.58%	167	169.87	173.06	185.21	192.1
	PUP	Kenneth McMullan	3.58%	92	106.76	111.69	118.29
Electorate: 11,424 Valid: 4,670 (40.88%) Spoilt: 154 Quota: 668 Turnout: 4,824 (42.23%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	UUP	Bruce Mulligan*	14.81%	893
	Ind. Unionist	Edmund Mills*	14.44%	871
	DUP	Alan Leslie	13.18%	795	809	1,181
	UUP	Samuel Hamilton	10.11%	610	722	728	870
	Alliance	Jane Copeland	7.71%	465	477	479	484	485.8	486.57	486.66	899.66
	Alliance	Donald Hayes*	12.22%	737	758	759	770	777.52	778.71	778.89	833.89
	UPUP	Valerie Kinghan	9.27%	559	583	610	710	725.2	728.98	736.63	744.63
	Alliance	Sylvia Anderson	7.81%	471	480	480	483	484.8	485.22	485.22
	DUP	Elizabeth Loan	6.62%	399	417
	DUP	Enid Stringer	3.53%	213
	PUP	Samuel Meneely	0.30%	18
Electorate: 12,532 Valid: 6,031 (48.12%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 862 Turnout: 6,124 (48.87%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	UUP	Hazel Bradford*	26.01%	1,695
	DUP	Alan Graham*	14.89%	970
	Alliance	William Bailie*	14.01%	913
	UUP	Cecil Braniff*	6.53%	414	856.52
	Alliance	Brian Wilson*	10.53%	686	719.28	721.04	742.44	743.76	744.56	760.63	778.88	1,008.88
	DUP	George McMurtry	5.85%	381	419.48	540.76	541.86	654.12	655.57	675.88	747.77	752.92	760.92
	UPUP	Ian Sinclair	7.75%	505	551.8	555.48	558.58	564.1	565.2	539.84	630.43	663.09	695.09
	UUP	Edward Lindsay	1.81%	118	269.84	274	277.4	287.76	319.71	489.03	538.36	596.81	688.81
	Alliance	Alfred Mairs	4.01%	261	298.96	299.76	358.96	364.28	365.03	386.66	392.98
	PUP	Thomas O'Brien	4.10%	267	282.6	284.68	284.88	292.52	292.97	297.01
	UUP	William Smiley	2.64%	172	262.48	264.08	265.08	278.2	283.05
	DUP	William Swain	2.06%	134	145.96	164.68	164.78
Electorate: 14,384 Valid: 6,516 (45.30%) Spoilt: 153 Quota: 815 Turnout: 6,669 (46.36%)

Districts summary

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Holywood - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	UUP	Ellie McKay*	16.36%	786	944
	UUP	John Auld*	16.32%	784	882
	DUP	Gordon Dunne*	13.62%	654	813
	Alliance	Susan O'Brien*	15.93%	765	793	819
	Alliance	Michael Clarke*	14.62%	702	720	738	758
	Independent	Dennis Ogborn	12.18%	585	629	675	694
	UPUP	James White	6.45%	310
	UUP	Roger Lomas	2.39%	115
	DUP	Elizabeth Graham	2.12%	102
Electorate: 9,824 Valid: 4,803 (48.89%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 801 Turnout: 4,896 (49.84%)