1985 Ballymoney Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985.

Election Name:	1985 Ballymoney Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1981 Ballymoney Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1981
Next Election:	1989 Ballymoney Borough Council election
Next Year:	1989
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	6
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	3
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	2
Party6:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1

Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre"!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward! %
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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Ballymoney Town|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|39.9|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|35.0|2|0.0|0|0.0|0|25.1|1|5|-|align="left"|Bann Valley|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|41.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|25.1|2|13.9|1|13.5|1|6.3|0|6|-|align="left"|Bushvale|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.6|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|31.5|2|22.7|1|0.0|0|1.2|0|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|41.9|6|29.9|6|12.7|2|5.5|1|10.0|1|16|-|}

District results

Ballymoney Town

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

Bann Valley

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

Bushvale

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