1985 Newry and Mourne District Council election
# 1985 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

## Election results

Newry and Mourne District Council Election Result 1985 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SDLP | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 46.7 | 40.9 | 14,013 | 0.8 |
| Ulster Unionist | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23.3 | 20.2 | 6,931 | 1.5 |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16.7 | 18.5 | 6,347 | New |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 2,772 | 1.7 |
| Independent Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 1,510 | 3.1 |
| Irish Independence | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 1,461 | 7.2 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 498 | 0.5 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 356 | 2.6 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 258 | 2.6 |
| Independent Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 187 | 1.6 |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30 | 0.0 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Newry and Mourne District Council election, 1985 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | DUP | DUP | IIP | IIP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Crotlieve | 54.2 | 4 | 18.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 20.9 | 1 | 7 |
| Newry Town | 45.0 | 4 | 12.6 | 1 | 19.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 15.3 | 1 | 7.8 | 0 | 7 |
| Slieve Gullion | 44.8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 47.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 5 |
| The Fews | 30.9 | 2 | 35.0 | 2 | 18.9 | 1 | 7.9 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 6 |
| The Mournes | 26.6 | 1 | 34.2 | 2 | 12.8 | 1 | 26.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 40.9 | 14 | 20.2 | 7 | 18.5 | 5 | 7.8 | 2 | 4.2 | 1 | 8.4 | 1 | 30 |

## District results

### Crotlieve

1985: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

### Newry Town

1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x IIP, 1 x UUP

### Slieve Gullion

1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

### The Fews

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

### The Mournes

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

