1985 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
1985 Newry and Mourne District Council election
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All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP UUP Sinn Féin
Seats won 14 7 5
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 1 Increase 5
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP Irish Independence Ind. Nationalist
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 3 Increase 1
  Seventh party
 
Party Anti H-Block
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 2

Elections to Newry and Mourne District 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 30 councillors.

Election results

Newry and Mourne District Council Election Result 1985[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 14 0 2 Decrease2 46.7 40.9 14,013 Decrease0.8
  UUP 7 1 0 Increase1 23.3 20.2 6,931 Increase1.5
  Sinn Féin 5 5 0 Increase5 16.7 18.5 6,347 New
  DUP 2 0 0 Steady0 6.7 7.8 2,772 Decrease1.7
  Ind. Nationalist 1 1 0 Increase1 3.3 4.4 1,510 Increase3.1
  Irish Independence 1 0 3 Decrease3 3.3 4.2 1,461 Decrease7.2
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.5 498 Decrease0.5
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.0 356 Decrease2.6
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.7 258 Decrease2.6
  Ind. Republican 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.6 187 Decrease1.6
  Independent Labour 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.1 30 Steady0.0

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Newry and Mourne District Council election, 1985
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP UUP Sinn Féin DUP IIP Others
Crotlieve 54.2 4 18.0 2 0.0 0 6.9 0 0.0 0 20.9 1 7
Newry Town 45.0 4 12.6 1 19.3 1 0.0 0 15.3 1 7.8 0 7
Slieve Gullion 44.8 3 0.0 0 47.5 2 0.0 0 4.6 0 3.1 0 5
The Fews 30.9 2 35.0 2 18.9 1 7.9 1 0.8 0 6.5 0 6
The Mournes 26.6 1 34.2 2 12.8 1 26.4 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Total 40.9 14 20.2 7 18.5 5 7.8 2 4.2 1 8.4 1 30

District results

Crotlieve

1985: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Crotlieve - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SDLP P. J. Bradley* 22.09% 1,717                
SDLP Jim McCart* 11.63% 904 1,138.08              
UUP Violet Cromie* 10.92% 849 855.6 855.6 856.04 1,238.04        
SDLP Brian Mulligan* 8.17% 635 781.08 826.65 861.05 863.05 864.59 1,079.59    
SDLP Patrick Harper* 7.22% 561 732.6 761.74 785.36 785.36 785.36 1,003.97    
UUP William McCoy 7.04% 547 548.76 549.38 560.13 699.13 961.7 974.7    
Ind. Nationalist Ciaran Mussen 8.77% 682 708.84 715.35 754.43 755.43 755.43 781.36 800.36 804.7
Ind. Nationalist Sean Tinnelly 7.74% 602 613.88 616.36 718.07 718.07 718.07 760.02 790.02 793.43
SDLP Liam Trainor* 5.06% 393 500.36 568.25 657.02 657.02 657.79      
DUP William Sterritt* 6.91% 537 537 537 539          
Independent Francis Price 2.26% 176 190.96 194.68            
Workers' Party Henry Smyth 1.81% 141 149.36 153.7            
Independent Labour Johnny Ward 0.39% 30 33.52 35.07            
Electorate: 12,132   Valid: 7,774 (64.08%)   Spoilt: 231   Quota: 972   Turnout: 8,005 (65.98%)  

Newry Town

1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x IIP, 1 x UUP

Newry Town - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Irish Independence Eugene Markey* 13.52% 1,003                
UUP William McCaigue* 12.64% 938                
SDLP Sean Gallogly 12.37% 918 921.08 922.15 930.15          
SDLP Arthur Ruddy* 12.02% 892 896.06 902.27 927.23 929.07        
SDLP Patrick McElroy* 7.92% 588 592.13 603.34 624.28 626.56 661.65 727.55 743.76 989.76
Sinn Féin Brendan Curran 9.49% 704 708.9 713.04 734.91 734.91 740.19 778.54 879.5 908.89
SDLP Thomas McGrath* 7.52% 558 563.25 570.25 583.4 584.52 657.37 696.37 710.79 841.43
Sinn Féin Sean Mathers 5.12% 380 382.24 383.24 387.8 387.84 391.98 401.05 609.59 614.63
SDLP John McArdle 5.16% 383 384.26 387.26 398.66 400.02 430.35 471.19 479.33  
Sinn Féin Deborah Morgan 4.68% 347 350.57 354.57 358.39 358.39 367.53 380.95    
Ind. Nationalist James McKevitt 3.05% 226 229.85 261.06 292.99 294.31 342.24      
Workers' Party Tom Moore 3.58% 266 269.29 272.29 282.46 283.9        
Irish Independence Freddie Kearns* 1.83% 136 167.92 174.2            
Independent Noel Sloan 1.10% 82 83.12              
Electorate: 12,788   Valid: 7,421 (58.03%)   Spoilt: 237   Quota: 928   Turnout: 7,658 (59.88%)  

Slieve Gullion

1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

Slieve Gullion - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Sinn Féin Jim McAllister 20.36% 1,199        
SDLP Pat Toner* 18.24% 1,074        
SDLP Owen Kelly* 13.38% 788 821.44 854.72 944.83 986.83
Sinn Féin Eamon Larkin 12.08% 711 738.93 741.73 744.92 980.72
SDLP Noel McKevitt 13.20% 777 779.66 811.02 821.37 954.03
Sinn Féin Patrick Murphy 10.58% 623 738.33 742.65 774.55 856.74
Irish Independence Jim Murphy* 4.55% 268 281.49 288.93 307.36  
Sinn Féin Sarah Murphy 4.43% 261 269.74 271.26 283.67  
Ind. Republican Brian Woods 3.18% 187 198.59 200.67    
Electorate: 8,395   Valid: 5,888 (70.14%)   Spoilt: 211   Quota: 982   Turnout: 6,099 (72.65%)  

The Fews

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP

The Fews - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sinn Féin Brendan Lewis 18.94% 1,302              
SDLP James Savage* 13.25% 911 1,011            
UUP Andy Moffett* 11.16% 767 768.2 779.6 1,051.6        
UUP Danny Kennedy 10.91% 750 750.4 754.8 810.2 828.7 863.7 1,300.7  
SDLP Nan Sands* 11.10% 763 803 844 846 846.25 947.25 951.45 955.45
DUP Gordon Heslip 7.90% 543 543 544 589 593.5 599.9 686.15 917.15
SDLP John McElherron 6.55% 450 525.2 583.2 583.2 583.2 789.8 792.8 793.8
UUP David McMullan 7.19% 494 494.8 495.2 508.2 552.7 562.7    
Alliance Victor Frizell 5.18% 356 387.6 428.2 428.2 428.2      
UUP Florence Henning 5.72% 393 393.4 393.4          
Workers' Party Brian Mulligan 1.32% 91 109.4            
Irish Independence Francis McCamley* 0.79% 54 104            
Electorate: 9,873   Valid: 6,874 (69.62%)   Spoilt: 141   Quota: 983   Turnout: 7,015 (71.05%)  

The Mournes

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

The Mournes - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP George Graham* 22.20% 1,422          
UUP William Russell* 21.71% 1,391          
UUP Arthur Coulter* 12.52% 802 935.25 1,231.72      
SDLP Colum Murnion* 16.52% 1,058 1,060.5 1,060.96 1,062.31 1,638.31  
Sinn Féin Patrick Young 12.80% 820 820.25 820.48 820.63 866.86 1,134.86
DUP William Burns 4.21% 270 485.5 503.9 655.1 661.61 673.61
SDLP Anne Marie Cunningham* 10.04% 643 644 646.3 649.3    
Electorate: 9,530   Valid: 6,406 (67.22%)   Spoilt: 189   Quota: 1,068   Turnout: 6,595 (69.20%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Newry and Mourne". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 30 July 2021.