1985 North Down Borough Council election
# 1985 North Down Borough Council election

Elections to North Down Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 24 councillors.

## Election results

North Down Borough Council Election Result 1985 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ulster Unionist | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 33.3 | 32.3 | 7,115 | 9.7 |
| Alliance | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29.2 | 26.3 | 5,801 | 1.1 |
| DUP | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 23.3 | 5,131 | 7.8 |
| UPUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.3 | 9.7 | 2,140 | 7.9 |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 871 | 2.0 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 585 | 2.7 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 377 | 0.6 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 1985 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | DUP | DUP | UPUP | UPUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Abbey | 28.2 | 2 | 17.2 | 1 | 36.3 | 2 | 16.3 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ballyholme and Groomsport | 36.8 | 2 | 28.5 | 2 | 22.8 | 2 | 7.8 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 6 |
| Bangor West | 28.5 | 2 | 27.7 | 2 | 19.8 | 1 | 9.3 | 0 | 9.6 | 1 | 7 |
| Holywood | 35.1 | 2 | 30.5 | 2 | 15.7 | 1 | 6.5 | 0 | 12.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 32.3 | 8 | 26.3 | 7 | 23.3 | 6 | 9.7 | 2 | 8.4 | 0 | 24 |

## District results

### Abbey

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

### Ballyholme and Groomsport

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

### Bangor West

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

### Holywood

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

