1985_Larne_Borough_Council_election

1985 Larne Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

Elections to Larne 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 15 councillors.

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
DUP	6	0	0	0	40.0	39.4	4,289	2.2
Ulster Unionist	6	2	0	2	46.7	37.3	4,057	13.1
Alliance	2	0	1	1	13.3	16.4	1,773	1.0
Independent Nationalist	1	0	0	0	6.7	6.9	755	0.6

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	DUP		UUP		Alliance		Others		Total Cllrs
Coast Road	36.7	2	28.9	1	12.9	1	21.5	1	5
Larne Lough	40.4	2	50.0	3	9.6	0	0.0	0	5
Larne Town	41.1	2	32.6	2	26.3	1	0.0	0	5
Total	39.4	6	37.3	6	16.4	2	6.9	1	15

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Robinson*	22.25%	782
	Independent Nationalist	William Cunning*	21.48%	755
	DUP	Winston Fulton*	18.07%	635
	Alliance	Amelia Kelly	12.94%	455	468.75	629.57
	DUP	Rachel Rea*	13.97%	491	533.75	535.04	674.04
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Martin	6.66%	234	356.25	360.12	371.12
	DUP	Hill Taggart	4.64%	163	175	175.86
Electorate: 6,875 Valid: 3,515 (51.13%) Spoilt: 82 Quota: 586 Turnout: 3,597 (52.32%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Ulster Unionist	Roy Beggs*	27.69%	1,020
	DUP	John Alexander*	18.41%	678
	Ulster Unionist	Laurence Niblock*	12.92%	476	596.4	597.48	703.48
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Baxter	9.42%	347	547.8	553.47	657.47
	DUP	Samuel McAllister*	13.33%	491	522.6	547.44	567.73
	DUP	Gary Haggan	8.69%	320	351.2	379.73	389.22
	Alliance	Thomas Benson*	9.53%	351	371.8	372.16
Electorate: 6,568 Valid: 3,683 (56.07%) Spoilt: 96 Quota: 614 Turnout: 3,779 (57.54%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	DUP	Jack McKee*	37.41%	1,375
	Alliance	Liam Kelly*	26.31%	967
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Robinson*	20.92%	769
	DUP	Leonard Sluman*	2.35%	94	671.36
	Ulster Unionist	Rosalie Armstrong*	9.36%	344	402.24	670.91
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Lamrock	2.31%	85	111.32	185.69
	DUP	Frederick Hoey	1.14%	42	134.4	143.11
Electorate: 7,289 Valid: 3,676 (50.43%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 613 Turnout: 3,763 (51.63%)

1985 Larne Borough Council election