1985_Newtownabbey_Borough_Council_election
1985 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Local government election in Northern Ireland
Elections to Newtownabbey Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 25 councillors.
Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
Quick Facts All 25 seats to Newtownabbey Borough Council 13 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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Ulster Unionist | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40.0 | 37.6 | 9,560 | 3.1 | |
DUP | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 36.0 | 30.8 | 7,823 | 3.9 | |
Ind. Unionist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 2,059 | 2.3 | |
Alliance | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 10.3 | 2,608 | 5.3 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 826 | 2.0 | |
Newtownabbey Labour Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 792 | 0.7 | |
SDLP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 972 | 3.8 | |
PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 333 | New | |
All Night Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 235 | New | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 332 | 0.1 | |
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
More information Ward, % ...
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Antrim Line | 40.5 | 2 | 26.7 | 2 | 15.5 | 1 | 17.3 | 0 | 5 |
Ballyclare | 22.0 | 1 | 25.5 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 46.9 | 3 | 5 |
Doagh Road | 34.3 | 2 | 37.8 | 2 | 6.4 | 0 | 21.5 | 1 | 5 |
Manse Road | 52.2 | 3 | 32.3 | 2 | 11.5 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 |
Shore Road | 38.9 | 2 | 32.3 | 2 | 12.1 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 37.6 | 10 | 30.8 | 9 | 10.3 | 2 | 21.3 | 4 | 25 |
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Antrim Line
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | William Green | 17.12% | 873 | ||||||
Alliance | James Rooney* | 15.51% | 791 | 843 | 872 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Ivan Hunter* | 13.10% | 668 | 675 | 676 | 1,112 | |||
DUP | William McDonnell | 14.22% | 725 | 729 | 731 | 766 | 885.72 | ||
DUP | Mary Harkness* | 12.51% | 638 | 642 | 642 | 680 | 818.58 | 852.08 | |
SDLP | Tommy McTeague | 8.86% | 452 | 462 | 756 | 757 | 759.46 | 759.46 | |
Ulster Unionist | Arthur Kell | 10.24% | 522 | 524 | 527 | ||||
SDLP | Margaret Harrison | 6.14% | 313 | 334 | |||||
Newtownabbey Labour | Thomas Davidson | 1.59% | 81 | ||||||
Newtownabbey Labour | Lindsay Prior | 0.73% | 37 | ||||||
Electorate: 10,194 Valid: 5,100 (50.03%) Spoilt: 138 Quota: 851 Turnout: 5,238 (51.38%) |
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Ballyclare
1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Ind. Unionist | Arthur Templeton* | 19.29% | 1,007 | |||||||
DUP | Samuel Gardiner | 17.24% | 900 | |||||||
Ind. Unionist | Sidney Cameron* | 14.46% | 755 | 804.79 | 822.61 | 823.42 | 881.42 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Jim Wilson* | 11.61% | 606 | 636.68 | 679.63 | 680.2 | 713.59 | 734.14 | 1,058.14 | |
Independent | Leonard Hardy | 7.45% | 389 | 392.77 | 402.9 | 403.17 | 481.56 | 774.63 | 828.64 | |
DUP | Winston Hanna | 8.27% | 432 | 449.68 | 470.59 | 494.71 | 501.9 | 521.15 | 598.25 | |
Ulster Unionist | William Christie | 7.22% | 377 | 389.35 | 463.38 | 464.04 | 482.59 | 507.72 | ||
Independent | Nan Foster | 5.71% | 298 | 301.12 | 304.12 | 304.42 | 372.55 | |||
Alliance | Albert Reid | 5.55% | 290 | 292.21 | 295.21 | 295.3 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert McKenzie | 3.20% | 167 | 176.36 | ||||||
Electorate: 10,303 Valid: 5,221 (50.67%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 871 Turnout: 5,336 (51.79%) |
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Doagh Road
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
DUP | Jim Allister | 30.01% | 1,381 | ||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Fraser Agnew* | 19.90% | 916 | ||||||||||
DUP | David Hollis | 5.61% | 258 | 726.16 | 737.2 | 738.2 | 738.2 | 844.08 | |||||
Newtownabbey Labour | Robert Kidd* | 9.47% | 436 | 449.64 | 452.84 | 455.84 | 548 | 556.08 | 563.08 | 693.24 | 760.12 | 908.8 | |
Ulster Unionist | Andrew Beattie | 7.71% | 355 | 406.04 | 507.48 | 509.48 | 510.48 | 518.72 | 534.72 | 537.04 | 572.64 | 653.24 | |
Ulster Unionist | Letitia McCartney* | 6.67% | 307 | 325.04 | 348.08 | 349.24 | 350.24 | 360.8 | 372.8 | 373.8 | 381.96 | 424.36 | |
Alliance | John Elliott* | 6.37% | 293 | 298.72 | 302.08 | 303.52 | 309.52 | 309.68 | 309.68 | 334.68 | 347.68 | ||
All Night Party | Mark Langhammer | 4.41% | 203 | 207.84 | 208.48 | 229.64 | 232.64 | 237.52 | 241.52 | 270.68 | |||
Workers' Party | Austin Kelly | 4.19% | 193 | 193 | 193.48 | 195.64 | 214.64 | 215.64 | 215.64 | ||||
DUP | Charles South | 2.17% | 100 | 142.68 | 144.44 | 145.88 | 145.88 | ||||||
Newtownabbey Labour | David Lowrie | 2.78% | 128 | 128 | 128.16 | 128.16 | |||||||
All Night Party | Roy Wallace | 0.28% | 13 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||
All Night Party | David Coburn | 0.26% | 12 | 12.44 | 12.92 | ||||||||
All Night Party | Douglas Edwards | 0.13% | 6 | 6.44 | 6.44 | ||||||||
All Night Party | William McClinton | 0.02% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Electorate: 9,960 Valid: 4,602 (46.20%) Spoilt: 184 Quota: 768 Turnout: 4,786 (48.05%) |
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Manse Road
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | George Herron* | 26.91% | 1,400 | |||||||
DUP | Edward Cassells | 18.87% | 982 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | James Robinson | 14.15% | 736 | 1,064.32 | ||||||
DUP | Samuel Neill* | 13.47% | 701 | 753.44 | 764.66 | 766.04 | 800.86 | 898.32 | ||
Ulster Unionist | James Smith* | 7.61% | 396 | 468.2 | 515.5 | 516.5 | 803.22 | 809.27 | 836.27 | |
Alliance | George Jones | 11.45% | 596 | 616.14 | 617.9 | 809.12 | 826.34 | 828.54 | 829.54 | |
Ulster Unionist | Agnes Sloan | 3.56% | 185 | 235.54 | 362.92 | 364.36 | ||||
SDLP | Bernard Conlon | 3.98% | 207 | 207.76 | 208.64 | |||||
Electorate: 10,827 Valid: 5,203 (48.06%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 868 Turnout: 5,307 (49.02%) |
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Shore Road
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | Billy Boyd | 25.97% | 1,370 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Caul* | 25.40% | 1,340 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | Ken Robinson | 13.50% | 712 | 751.6 | 1,099.42 | |||||
DUP | Billy Gillespie | 6.37% | 336 | 712.2 | 726.48 | 802.32 | 810.16 | 840.62 | 997.06 | |
Alliance | Leo McKenna | 12.09% | 638 | 640.16 | 657.16 | 682.12 | 753.84 | 800.46 | 818.72 | |
Ind. Unionist | Desmond Dowds* | 5.63% | 297 | 341.28 | 400.78 | 492.94 | 502.12 | 538.78 | 668.48 | |
PUP | John Niblock | 6.31% | 333 | 342.36 | 347.8 | 363.4 | 368.64 | 378.82 | ||
Independent | Helen Craig | 2.35% | 124 | 134.44 | 139.2 | 146.4 | 160 | |||
Newtownabbey Labour | Thomas Crawford | 1.16% | 61 | 63.16 | 63.84 | 65.76 | ||||
Newtownabbey Labour | James Devlin | 0.93% | 49 | 49.36 | 50.04 | 50.52 | ||||
Independent | Claire Martin* | 0.28% | 15 | 15.36 | 15.7 | 16.66 | ||||
Electorate: 10,409 Valid: 5,275 (50.68%) Spoilt: 117 Quota: 880 Turnout: 5,392 (51.80%) |
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- "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Newtownabbey". www.ark.ac.uk.
- "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.