1985 Ards Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985.

Election Name:	1985 Ards Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1981 Ards Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1981
Next Election:	1989 Ards Borough Council election
Next Year:	1989
Seats For Election:	All 20 seats to Ards Borough Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	8
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	3
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Northern Ireland Labour Party
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Ulster Popular Unionist Party
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Independent (politician)
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Ards Peninsula|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.3|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|27.7|2|10.1|1|0.0|0|13.7|1|17.2|1|7|-|align="left"|Ards West|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|42.9|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|39.3|2|17.1|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|0.7|0|6|-|align="left"|Newtownards|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.3|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|25.7|2|10.6|1|16.3|1|0.0|0|3.1|0|7|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| 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 West

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

Newtownards

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