1985 Ards Borough Council election
15 May 1985 (1985-05-15)
All 20 seats to Ards Borough Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party DUP Ulster Unionist Alliance
Seats won 8 6 3
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 3 Steady 0
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party NI Labour UPUP Independent
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 1 Increase 1
  Seventh party
 
Party SDLP
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to Ards 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 20 councillors.

Election results

Ards Borough Council Election Result 1985[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP 8 1 0 Increase1 40.0 39.3 8,069 Increase2.2
  Ulster Unionist 6 3 0 Increase3 30.0 30.5 6,257 Increase8.8
  Alliance 3 0 0 Steady0 15.0 12.4 2,537 Increase0.1
  NI Labour 1 0 0 Steady0 5.0 5.6 1,156 Decrease0.9
  UPUP 1 0 1 Decrease1 5.0 4.9 999 Decrease8.0
  Independent 1 1 0 Increase1 5.0 4.1 851 Increase0.7
  SDLP 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 2.2 448 Decrease2.1
  Labour Party NI 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.8 188 New
  Ulster Liberal 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.2 35 Increase0.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Ards Borough Council election, 1985
by district
Ward  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance NILP UPUP Others
Ards Peninsula 31.3 2 27.7 2 10.1 1 0.0 0 13.7 1 17.2 1 7
Ards West 42.9 3 39.3 2 17.1 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.7 0 6
Newtownards 44.3 3 25.7 2 10.6 1 16.3 1 0.0 0 3.1 0 7
Total 39.3 8 30.5 6 12.4 3 5.6 1 4.9 1 7.3 1 20

District results

Ards Peninsula

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

Ards Peninsula - 7 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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UPUP Gladys McIntyre* 13.68% 999            
Ulster Unionist Robert Ambrose* 11.46% 837 849.4 928.4        
Independent Thomas Byers 11.07% 808 808.4 826.48 830.56 1,058.56    
Alliance Kieran McCarthy 6.22% 454 455.76 466 667.92 816.92 944.92  
Ulster Unionist John Shields 8.34% 609 625.16 641.28 668.24 669.32 669.32 1,036.32
DUP Jim Shannon 11.46% 837 844.36 858.32 863.64 863.64 863.64 899
DUP Oliver Johnston* 11.11% 811 819.8 822.2 823.36 827.36 828.36 867.12
DUP Joseph Thompson* 8.72% 637 642.68 649.68 651.76 651.84 651.84 672.24
Ulster Unionist John Scott* 5.70% 416 428.88 468.8 505.16 505.16 505.16  
SDLP Patrick Doherty* 4.92% 359 359.24 415.24 419.32      
Alliance James Muirhead 3.93% 287 292.04 298.44        
Ulster Unionist Samuel McKeown 2.16% 158 165.12          
SDLP Seamus O'Neill 1.22% 89 89.16          
Electorate: 14,998   Valid: 7,301 (48.68%)   Spoilt: 220   Quota: 913   Turnout: 7,521 (50.15%)  

    Ards West

    1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

    Ards West - 6 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    DUP Thomas Gourley* 24.29% 1,493          
    Ulster Unionist Robert Gibson 24.13% 1,483          
    DUP John Hamilton* 9.58% 589 1,040.82        
    Alliance Jim McBriar* 13.00% 799 816.63 851.07 854.37 1,098.37  
    Ulster Unionist Stanley McCoy 10.27% 631 666.26 801.92 809.72 899.72  
    DUP Bobby McBride 9.08% 558 626.88 658.38 798.93 830.63 860.63
    Ulster Unionist Trevor Hussey 2.80% 172 187.58 529.46 534.56 625.38 716.38
    Alliance Alan McDowell 4.03% 248 249.23 257.63 257.78    
    Ulster Unionist Arthur Spence 2.13% 131 135.92 166.58 167.93    
    Independent Johnston Haire 0.70% 43 53.66 70.46 71.06    
    Electorate: 12,416   Valid: 6,147 (49.51%)   Spoilt: 143   Quota: 879   Turnout: 6,290 (50.66%)  

      Newtownards

      1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x NILP, 1 x Alliance

      Newtownards - 7 seats[2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678910
      DUP Simpson Gibson* 22.50% 1,596                  
      NI Labour Robert Gaw* 16.30% 1,156                  
      DUP John Elliott* 14.47% 1,026                  
      Ulster Unionist Thomas Benson 13.96% 990                  
      Alliance Owen Dorrian* 7.74% 549 568.8 638.64 640.07 645.07 666.67 848.2 1,002.2    
      Ulster Unionist David Smyth 7.29% 517 552.1 595.06 597.79 613.79 641.15 656.35 665.87 678.87 922.87
      DUP William Gilmore 3.41% 242 701.9 741.26 845.65 852.15 859.57 860.63 866.49 869.49 891.94
      DUP Joseph Patterson 3.95% 280 425.35 443.83 458.39 460.79 467.97 470.45 472.65 473.65 489.95
      Ulster Unionist David Jeffers 3.34% 237 263.1 301.5 307.48 369.38 412.86 420.88 427.76 443.76  
      Labour Party NI Hugh McMullan 2.65% 188 190.25 217.85 217.98 218.18 230.86 235.34      
      Alliance Laurence Thompson 2.82% 200 201.8 214.76 215.15 215.95 219.29        
      Ulster Unionist James McKernon 1.07% 76 84.1 89.38 90.94 95.24          
      Ulster Liberal Michael McGuigan 0.49% 35 36.35 40.43 40.43 40.83          
      Electorate: 15,487   Valid: 7,092 (45.79%)   Spoilt: 157   Quota: 887   Turnout: 7,249 (46.81%)  

        References

        1. 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Ards". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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