1985 Coleraine Borough Council election
# 1985 Coleraine Borough Council election

Elections to Coleraine 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

Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 1985 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ulster Unionist | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 47.6 | 42.9 | 8,727 | 8.7 |
| DUP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 | 30.5 | 6,210 | 2.7 |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 12.9 | 2,621 | 1.2 |
| Alliance | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.5 | 6.2 | 1,510 | 0.1 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 1,105 | 5.4 |
| Irish Republican Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 276 | New |
| Labour Party NI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 110 | New |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 44 | 0.4 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Bann | 51.9 | 4 | 21.5 | 1 | 23.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 7 |
| Coleraine Town | 26.9 | 2 | 41.6 | 3 | 4.5 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 19.0 | 1 | 7 |
| The Skerries | 48.2 | 4 | 30.2 | 2 | 9.1 | 0 | 11.9 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 42.9 | 10 | 30.5 | 6 | 12.9 | 2 | 6.2 | 2 | 7.5 | 1 | 21 |

## District results

### Bann

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

### Coleraine Town

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

### The Skerries

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

