1985 Newtownabbey Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985.

Election Name:	1985 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1981 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1981
Next Election:	1989 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Next Year:	1989
Seats For Election:	All 25 seats to Newtownabbey Borough Council
Majority Seats:	13
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	10
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	9
Seat Change2:	4
Party3:	Independent Unionist
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Newtownabbey Labour
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	0

Elections to Newtownabbey Borough 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 25 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Antrim Line|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|40.5|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2|26.7|2|15.5|1|17.3|0|5|-|align="left"|Ballyclare|22.0|1|25.5|1|5.6|0|bgcolor="#0077FF"|46.9|bgcolor="#0077FF"|3|5|-|align="left"|Doagh Road|34.3|2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.8|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|6.4|0|21.5|1|5|-|align="left"|Manse Road|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|52.2|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3|32.3|2|11.5|1|4.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Shore Road|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|38.9|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2|32.3|2|12.1|1|16.7|0|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|37.6|10|30.8|9|10.3|2|21.3|4|25|-|}

District results

Antrim Line

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

Ballyclare

1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent

Doagh Road

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour

Manse Road

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

Shore Road

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