1985 Strabane District Council election
# 1985 Strabane District Council election

Elections to Strabane District 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 15 councillors.

## Election results

Strabane District Council Election Result 1985 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 | 26.1 | 4,525 | 1.0 |
| Sinn Féin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20.0 | 22.3 | 3,887 | New |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 19.1 | 3,319 | 3.7 |
| Ulster Unionist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 19.1 | 3,313 | 1.6 |
| Independent Nationalist | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 2,326 | 12.7 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1985 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Derg | 33.2 | 2 | 26.2 | 1 | 9.2 | 0 | 23.2 | 1 | 8.2 | 1 | 5 |
| Glenelly | 35.2 | 2 | 13.2 | 1 | 17.9 | 1 | 23.5 | 1 | 10.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Mourne | 9.3 | 0 | 27.9 | 1 | 30.6 | 2 | 10.1 | 1 | 22.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 26.1 | 4 | 22.3 | 3 | 19.1 | 3 | 19.1 | 3 | 13.4 | 2 | 15 |

## District results

### Derg

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

### Glenelly

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

### Mourne

1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

