1985 Derry City Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985.

Election Name:	1985 Derry City Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1981 Londonderry City Council election
Previous Year:	1981
Next Election:	1989 Derry City Council election
Next Year:	1989
Seats For Election:	All 30 seats to Derry City Council
Majority Seats:	16
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	14
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Sinn Féin
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	5
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	5
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats4:	5
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Irish Independence Party
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	3

Elections to Derry City Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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

Others|-|align="left"|Cityside|bgcolor="#99FF66"|46.5|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|0.0|0|39.6|3|0.0|0|10.0|0|3.9|0|6|-|align="left"|Northland|bgcolor="#99FF66"|53.7|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|5.4|0|15.5|1|11.3|1|10.9|1|3.2|0|6|-|align="left"|Rural|bgcolor="#99FF66"|38.2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|29.3|2|6.4|0|22.9|2|3.2|0|0.0|0|7|-|align="left"|Shantallow|bgcolor="#99FF66"|58.8|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4|0.0|0|25.3|1|0.0|0|10.6|0|5.3|0|5|-|align="left"|Waterside|18.5|1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|42.4|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|6.2|0|24.2|2|3.3|0|5.4|0|6|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|41.9|14|17.3|5|17.1|5|13.1|5|7.2|1|3.4|0|30|-|}

District results

Cityside

1985: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin

Northland

1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP

Rural

1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP

Shantallow

1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

Waterside

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