1985 Limavady District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985.

Election Name:	1985 Limavady Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1981 Limavady District Council election
Previous Year:	1981
Next Election:	1989 Limavady Borough Council election
Next Year:	1989
Seats For Election:	All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	7
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Sinn Féin
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	2
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	0
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Irish Independence Party
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1

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

Others|-|align="left"|Bellarena|38.9|2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|47.4|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|0.0|0|13.7|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Benbradagh|29.8|2|23.1|1|bgcolor="#008800"|32.0|bgcolor="#008800"|2|4.7|0|10.4|0|5|-|align="left"|Limavady Town|bgcolor="40BFF5"|49.3|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|28.2|1|0.0|0|10.6|1|11.9|0|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|39.4|7|32.9|4|10.5|1|9.7|1|7.5|0|15|-|}

District results

Bellarena

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

Benbradagh

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

Limavady Town

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