1985 Lisburn Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985.

Election Name:	1985 Lisburn Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1981 Lisburn Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1981
Next Election:	1989 Lisburn Borough Council election
Next Year:	1989
Seats For Election:	All 28 seats to Lisburn Borough Council
Majority Seats:	15
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	13
Seat Change1:	5
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	8
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Sinn Féin
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	2
Party6:	United Ulster Unionist Party
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1

Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 28 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="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Downshire|bgcolor="40BFF5"|46.7|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|41.6|3|11.7|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|7|-|align="left"|Dunmurry Cross|bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.8|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|18.1|1|7.8|1|13.3|1|22.8|2|7.2|0|7|-|align="left"|Killultagh|bgcolor="40BFF5"|53.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|27.3|2|7.7|0|11.8|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|7|-|align="left"|Lisburn Town|39.1|4|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|43.0|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|17.9|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|7|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|42.8|13|32.1|8|11.0|3|6.6|2|5.7|2|1.8|0|28|-|}

Districts results

Downshire

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

Dunmurry Cross

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

Killultagh

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

Lisburn Town

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