1985 Castlereagh Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985.

Election Name:	1985 Castlereagh Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1981 Castlereagh Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1981
Next Election:	1989 Castlereagh Borough Council election
Next Year:	1989
Seats For Election:	All 21 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	10
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	8
Seat Change2:	3
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Independent Unionist
Seats4:	0
Seat Change4:	1

Elections to Castlereagh 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 21 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="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Castlereagh Central|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|58.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4|19.6|2|20.5|1|1.7|0|7|-|align="left"|Castlereagh East|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|46.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|31.9|3|18.1|1|3.8|0|7|-|align="left"|Castlereagh South|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|40.1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|35.5|3|17.7|1|6.7|0|7|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|48.0|10|29.0|8|18.8|3|4.2|0|21|-|}

District results

Castlereagh Central

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

Castlereagh East

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

Castlereagh South

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