1985 Newry and Mourne District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985.

Election Name:	1985 Newry and Mourne District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1981 Newry and Mourne District Council election
Previous Year:	1981
Next Election:	1989 Newry and Mourne District Council election
Next Year:	1989
Seats For Election:	All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council
Majority Seats:	16
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	14
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	7
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Sinn Féin
Seats3:	5
Seat Change3:	5
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Irish Independence Party
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	3
Party6:	Independent Nationalist
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Anti H-Block
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	2

Elections to Newry and Mourne District 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="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | IIP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Crotlieve|bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4|18.0|2|0.0|0|6.9|0|0.0|0|20.9|1|7|-|align="left"|Newry Town|bgcolor="#99FF66"|45.0|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4|12.6|1|19.3|1|0.0|0|15.3|1|7.8|0|7|-|align="left"|Slieve Gullion|44.8|3|0.0|0|bgcolor="#008800"|47.5|bgcolor="#008800"|2|0.0|0|4.6|0|3.1|0|5|-|align="left"|The Fews|30.9|2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|18.9|1|7.9|1|0.8|0|6.5|0|6|-|align="left"|The Mournes|26.6|1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|12.8|1|26.4|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|40.9|14|20.2|7|18.5|5|7.8|2|4.2|1|8.4|1|30|-|}

District results

Crotlieve

1985: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Newry Town

1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x IIP, 1 x UUP

Slieve Gullion

1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

The Fews

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

The Mournes

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