1985 Coleraine Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985.

Election Name:	1985 Coleraine Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1981 Coleraine Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1981
Next Election:	1989 Coleraine Borough Council election
Next Year:	1989
Seats For Election:	All 21 seats to Coleraine Borough Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	10
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	2

Elections to Coleraine 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

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Bann|bgcolor="40BFF5"|51.9|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|21.5|1|23.0|2|0.0|0|3.6|0|7|-|align="left"|Coleraine Town|26.9|2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|41.6|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|4.5|0|8.0|1|19.0|1|7|-|align="left"|The Skerries|bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|30.2|2|9.1|0|11.9|1|0.6|0|7|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|42.9|10|30.5|6|12.9|2|6.2|2|7.5|1|21|-|}

District results

Bann

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

Coleraine Town

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

The Skerries

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