1985 Moyle District Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

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15 May 1985 (1985-05-15)

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All 15 seats to Moyle District Council
8 seats needed for a majority

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.

Election results

Moyle District Council Election Result 1985
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
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
UUP	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
Ind. 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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Results of the Moyle District Council election, 1985
by district
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	SDLP		DUP		UUP		Sinn Féin		Others		Total Cllrs
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

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

Ballycastle - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Gardiner Kane	26.24%	524
	UUP	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%)

1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP

Giant's Causeway - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	James Rodgers*	18.38%	358
	Ind. Unionist	Price McConaghy*	17.35%	338
	UUP	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
	UUP	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%)

1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist

The Glens - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	Ind. Nationalist	Randal McDonnell	11.18%	271	292	295	305	317	349	359
	SDLP	Dermot McMullan	13.57%	329	336	337	343	349	349	351
	UUP	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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