1985_Ards_Borough_Council_election

1985 Ards Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

Elections to Ards 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 20 councillors.

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District results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
DUP	8	1	0	1	40.0	39.3	8,069	2.2
Ulster Unionist	6	3	0	3	30.0	30.5	6,257	8.8
Alliance	3	0	0	0	15.0	12.4	2,537	0.1
NI Labour	1	0	0	0	5.0	5.6	1,156	0.9
UPUP	1	0	1	1	5.0	4.9	999	8.0
Independent	1	1	0	1	5.0	4.1	851	0.7
SDLP	0	0	1	1	0.0	2.2	448	2.1
Labour Party NI	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	188	New
Ulster Liberal	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	35	0.2

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	DUP		UUP		Alliance		NILP		UPUP		Others		Total Cllrs
Ards Peninsula	31.3	2	27.7	2	10.1	1	0.0	0	13.7	1	17.2	1	7
Ards West	42.9	3	39.3	2	17.1	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.7	0	6
Newtownards	44.3	3	25.7	2	10.6	1	16.3	1	0.0	0	3.1	0	7
Total	39.3	8	30.5	6	12.4	3	5.6	1	4.9	1	7.3	1	20

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UPUP	Gladys McIntyre*	13.68%	999
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Ambrose*	11.46%	837	849.4	928.4
	Independent	Thomas Byers	11.07%	808	808.4	826.48	830.56	1,058.56
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy	6.22%	454	455.76	466	667.92	816.92	944.92
	Ulster Unionist	John Shields	8.34%	609	625.16	641.28	668.24	669.32	669.32	1,036.32
	DUP	Jim Shannon	11.46%	837	844.36	858.32	863.64	863.64	863.64	899
	DUP	Oliver Johnston*	11.11%	811	819.8	822.2	823.36	827.36	828.36	867.12
	DUP	Joseph Thompson*	8.72%	637	642.68	649.68	651.76	651.84	651.84	672.24
	Ulster Unionist	John Scott*	5.70%	416	428.88	468.8	505.16	505.16	505.16
	SDLP	Patrick Doherty*	4.92%	359	359.24	415.24	419.32
	Alliance	James Muirhead	3.93%	287	292.04	298.44
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel McKeown	2.16%	158	165.12
	SDLP	Seamus O'Neill	1.22%	89	89.16
Electorate: 14,998 Valid: 7,301 (48.68%) Spoilt: 220 Quota: 913 Turnout: 7,521 (50.15%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Thomas Gourley*	24.29%	1,493
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Gibson	24.13%	1,483
	DUP	John Hamilton*	9.58%	589	1,040.82
	Alliance	Jim McBriar*	13.00%	799	816.63	851.07	854.37	1,098.37
	Ulster Unionist	Stanley McCoy	10.27%	631	666.26	801.92	809.72	899.72
	DUP	Bobby McBride	9.08%	558	626.88	658.38	798.93	830.63	860.63
	Ulster Unionist	Trevor Hussey	2.80%	172	187.58	529.46	534.56	625.38	716.38
	Alliance	Alan McDowell	4.03%	248	249.23	257.63	257.78
	Ulster Unionist	Arthur Spence	2.13%	131	135.92	166.58	167.93
	Independent	Johnston Haire	0.70%	43	53.66	70.46	71.06
Electorate: 12,416 Valid: 6,147 (49.51%) Spoilt: 143 Quota: 879 Turnout: 6,290 (50.66%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Simpson Gibson*	22.50%	1,596
	NI Labour	Robert Gaw*	16.30%	1,156
	DUP	John Elliott*	14.47%	1,026
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Benson	13.96%	990
	Alliance	Owen Dorrian*	7.74%	549	568.8	638.64	640.07	645.07	666.67	848.2	1,002.2
	Ulster Unionist	David Smyth	7.29%	517	552.1	595.06	597.79	613.79	641.15	656.35	665.87	678.87	922.87
	DUP	William Gilmore	3.41%	242	701.9	741.26	845.65	852.15	859.57	860.63	866.49	869.49	891.94
	DUP	Joseph Patterson	3.95%	280	425.35	443.83	458.39	460.79	467.97	470.45	472.65	473.65	489.95
	Ulster Unionist	David Jeffers	3.34%	237	263.1	301.5	307.48	369.38	412.86	420.88	427.76	443.76
	Labour Party NI	Hugh McMullan	2.65%	188	190.25	217.85	217.98	218.18	230.86	235.34
	Alliance	Laurence Thompson	2.82%	200	201.8	214.76	215.15	215.95	219.29
	Ulster Unionist	James McKernon	1.07%	76	84.1	89.38	90.94	95.24
	Ulster Liberal	Michael McGuigan	0.49%	35	36.35	40.43	40.43	40.83
Electorate: 15,487 Valid: 7,092 (45.79%) Spoilt: 157 Quota: 887 Turnout: 7,249 (46.81%)