1985 Antrim Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985.

Election Name:	1985 Antrim Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1981 Antrim Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1981
Next Election:	1989 Antrim Borough Council election
Next Year:	1989
Seats For Election:	All 19 seats to Antrim Borough Council
Majority Seats:	10
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	9
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Sinn Féin
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Irish Independence Party
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1

Elections to Antrim 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 19 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Antrim North West|bgcolor="40BFF5"|31.7|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|21.7|1|25.8|1|2.2|0|13.8|1|4.8|0|5|-|align="left"|Antrim South East|bgcolor="40BFF5"|44.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|34.6|2|12.6|1|8.6|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|7|-|align="left"|Antrim Town|bgcolor="40BFF5"|42.9|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|26.9|2|16.2|1|12.5|1|0.0|0|1.5|0|7|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|39.7|9|28.4|5|17.8|3|7.6|1|4.5|1|2.0|0|19|-|}

District results

Antrim North West

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

Antrim South East

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

Antrim Town

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