1985 North Down Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985.

Election Name:	1985 North Down Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1981 North Down Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1981
Next Election:	1989 North Down Borough Council election
Next Year:	1989
Seats For Election:	All 24 seats to North Down Borough Council
Majority Seats:	13
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	8
Seat Change1:	4
Party2:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats2:	7
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	6
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Ulster Popular Unionist Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Independent Unionist
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	0
Party6:	Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1

Elections to North Down 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 24 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Abbey|28.2|2|17.2|1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.3|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|16.3|1|2.0|0|6|-|align="left"| Ballyholme and Groomsport|bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.8|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|28.5|2|22.8|2|7.8|1|4.1|0|6|-|align="left"|Bangor West|bgcolor="40BFF5"|28.5|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|27.7|2|19.8|1|9.3|0|9.6|1|7|-|align="left"|Holywood|bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|30.5|2|15.7|1|6.5|0|12.2|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|32.3|8|26.3|7|23.3|6|9.7|2|8.4|0|24|-|}

District results

Abbey

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

Ballyholme and Groomsport

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

Bangor West

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

Holywood

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