1985 Castlereagh Borough Council election
# 1985 Castlereagh Borough Council election

Elections to Castlereagh 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 21 councillors.

## Election results

Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 1985 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DUP | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47.6 | 48.0 | 11,039 | 3.2 |
| Ulster Unionist | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 38.1 | 29.0 | 6,676 | 3.8 |
| Alliance | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14.3 | 18.8 | 4,319 | 2.3 |
| Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 373 | 3.4 |
| SDLP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 456 | 2.0 |
| NI Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 129 | 0.1 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 1985 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Castlereagh Central | 58.2 | 4 | 19.6 | 2 | 20.5 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Castlereagh East | 46.2 | 3 | 31.9 | 3 | 18.1 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 7 |
| Castlereagh South | 40.1 | 3 | 35.5 | 3 | 17.7 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 48.0 | 10 | 29.0 | 8 | 18.8 | 3 | 4.2 | 0 | 21 |

## District results

### Castlereagh Central

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

### Castlereagh East

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

### Castlereagh South

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

