1985 Banbridge District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985.

Election Name:	1985 Banbridge District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1981 Banbridge District Council election
Previous Year:	1981
Next Election:	1989 Banbridge District Council election
Next Year:	1989
Seats For Election:	All 15 seats to Banbridge District Council
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	8
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	3
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Independent Nationalist
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	0

Elections to Banbridge 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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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

Others|-|align="left"|Banbridge Town|bgcolor="40BFF5"|44.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|25.5|1|18.6|1|11.7|0|5|-|align="left"|Dromore|bgcolor="40BFF5"|49.5|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|31.5|1|19.0|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Knockiveagh|bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|19.1|1|18.6|1|14.3|1|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|47.2|8|25.4|3|18.7|3|8.7|1|15|-|}

District results

Banbridge Town

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

Dromore

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

Knockiveagh

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