1985 Limavady District Council election
# 1985 Limavady District Council election

Elections to Limavady 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 15 councillors.

## Election results

Limavady Borough Council Election Result 1985 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ulster Unionist | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46.7 | 39.4 | 4,666 | 2.2 |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26.7 | 32.9 | 3,899 | 1.3 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13.3 | 10.5 | 1,247 | New |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 9.7 | 1,148 | 6.7 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 404 | 0.9 |
| Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 249 | 2.2 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 228 | 0.1 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Bellarena | 38.9 | 2 | 47.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Benbradagh | 29.8 | 2 | 23.1 | 1 | 32.0 | 2 | 4.7 | 0 | 10.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Limavady Town | 49.3 | 3 | 28.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.6 | 1 | 11.9 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 39.4 | 7 | 32.9 | 4 | 10.5 | 1 | 9.7 | 1 | 7.5 | 0 | 15 |

## District results

### Bellarena

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

### Benbradagh

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

### Limavady Town

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

