1985_Moyle_District_Council_election
1985 Moyle District Council election
Local government election in Northern Ireland
Elections to Moyle 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.
Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
Quick Facts All 15 seats to Moyle District Council 8 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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SDLP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26.7 | 30.4 | 1,939 | 2.0 | |
DUP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 1,337 | 5.9 | |
Ulster Unionist | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13.3 | 16.2 | 1,035 | 2.7 | |
Sinn Féin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 777 | New | |
Ind. Unionist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 8.9 | 568 | 1.4 | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 372 | 12.6 | |
Independent Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 271 | 0.7 | |
Irish Independence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 71 | 6.2 | |
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
More information Ward, % ...
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Ballycastle | 28.5 | 1 | 26.2 | 1 | 12.9 | 1 | 13.8 | 1 | 18.6 | 1 | 5 |
Giant's Causeway | 0.0 | 0 | 41.8 | 2 | 29.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 29.1 | 2 | 5 |
The Glens | 56.4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.8 | 0 | 20.7 | 1 | 14.1 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 30.4 | 4 | 21.0 | 3 | 16.2 | 2 | 12.2 | 2 | 20.2 | 4 | 15 |
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Ballycastle
1985: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | Gardiner Kane | 26.24% | 524 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert McPherson | 12.77% | 255 | 434.82 | |||||
SDLP | Michael O'Cleary* | 16.37% | 327 | 327.74 | 331.07 | 366.07 | |||
Sinn Féin | Francis McCarry | 13.82% | 276 | 276.37 | 276.37 | 285.37 | 285.37 | 316.07 | |
Independent | James McShane* | 10.92% | 218 | 219.11 | 223.55 | 228.55 | 230.43 | 288.24 | |
Independent | Archibald McAuley* | 7.71% | 154 | 158.81 | 210.98 | 218.35 | 219.29 | 281.35 | |
SDLP | Richard Kerr* | 7.41% | 148 | 149.48 | 152.81 | 188.18 | 218.26 | ||
SDLP | Noel McCurdy | 4.76% | 95 | 95.37 | 96.48 | ||||
Electorate: 3,235 Valid: 1,997 (61.73%) Spoilt: 48 Quota: 333 Turnout: 2,045 (63.21%) |
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Giant's Causeway
1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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DUP | James Rodgers* | 18.38% | 358 | |||||
Ind. Unionist | Price McConaghy* | 17.35% | 338 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Getty* | 16.84% | 328 | |||||
DUP | Duncan Hill | 12.53% | 244 | 258.76 | 261.16 | 428.16 | ||
Ind. Unionist | Mary Morrison* | 11.81% | 230 | 232.79 | 237.83 | 270.78 | 307.78 | |
Ulster Unionist | James McAuley* | 12.27% | 239 | 245.12 | 249.28 | 258.86 | 296.86 | |
DUP | Ronnie McIlvar* | 10.83% | 211 | 219.28 | 219.72 | |||
Electorate: 3,149 Valid: 1,948 (61.86%) Spoilt: 40 Quota: 325 Turnout: 1,988 (63.13%) |
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The Glens
1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Sinn Féin | John Regan | 12.41% | 301 | 321 | 327 | 327 | 441 | |||
SDLP | Malachy McSparran* | 14.14% | 343 | 346 | 351 | 367 | 375 | 391 | 396 | |
SDLP | Patrick McBride* | 10.43% | 253 | 253 | 260 | 326 | 354 | 373 | 385 | |
SDLP | Daniel Anderson | 13.24% | 321 | 338 | 340 | 353 | 356 | 365 | 366 | |
Independent Nationalist | Randal McDonnell | 11.18% | 271 | 292 | 295 | 305 | 317 | 349 | 359 | |
SDLP | Dermot McMullan | 13.57% | 329 | 336 | 337 | 343 | 349 | 349 | 351 | |
Ulster Unionist | Hugh Acheson* | 8.78% | 213 | 213 | 213 | 214 | 215 | |||
Sinn Féin | James McCarry | 4.87% | 118 | 118 | 172 | 185 | ||||
SDLP | Mary Hegarty | 5.07% | 123 | 124 | 127 | |||||
Sinn Féin | James McMullan | 3.38% | 82 | 83 | ||||||
Irish Independence | John McKay | 2.93% | 71 | |||||||
Electorate: 3,408 Valid: 2,425 (71.16%) Spoilt: 47 Quota: 405 Turnout: 2,472 (72.54%) |
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- "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Moyle". www.ark.ac.uk.
- "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.