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.

	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

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	DUP		Sinn Féin		SDLP		UUP		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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
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%)

Districts summary

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