1985 Moyle District Council election
# 1985 Moyle District Council election

Elections to Moyle 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

Moyle District Council Election Result 1985 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26.7 | 30.4 | 1,939 | 2.0 |
| DUP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 1,337 | 5.9 |
| Ulster Unionist | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13.3 | 16.2 | 1,035 | 2.7 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 777 | New |
| Ind. Unionist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 8.9 | 568 | 1.4 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 372 | 12.6 |
| Independent Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 271 | 0.7 |
| Irish Independence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 71 | 6.2 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballycastle | 28.5 | 1 | 26.2 | 1 | 12.9 | 1 | 13.8 | 1 | 18.6 | 1 | 5 |
| Giant's Causeway | 0.0 | 0 | 41.8 | 2 | 29.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 29.1 | 2 | 5 |
| The Glens | 56.4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.8 | 0 | 20.7 | 1 | 14.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 30.4 | 4 | 21.0 | 3 | 16.2 | 2 | 12.2 | 2 | 20.2 | 4 | 15 |

## District results

### Ballycastle

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

### Giant's Causeway

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

### The Glens

1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist

