1985 Down District Council election
# 1985 Down District Council election

Elections to Down District 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 23 councillors.

## Election results

Down District Council Election Result 1985 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SDLP | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43.5 | 41.6 | 9,851 | 0.5 |
| Ulster Unionist | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30.4 | 30.3 | 7,167 | 3.0 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 2,886 | 0.8 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 1,549 | New |
| Workers' Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 993 | 2.3 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 1,237 | 3.2 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Workers Party | Workers Party | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballynahinch | 40.5 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 18.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Downpatrick | 57.4 | 4 | 16.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.9 | 1 | 9.1 | 1 | 7.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Newcastle | 40.8 | 3 | 22.1 | 1 | 12.0 | 1 | 14.0 | 1 | 5.8 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Rowallane | 22.4 | 1 | 55.7 | 3 | 21.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 41.6 | 10 | 30.3 | 7 | 12.2 | 3 | 6.5 | 1 | 4.2 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 23 |

## District results

### Ballynahinch

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

### Downpatrick

1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party

### Newcastle

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

### Rowallane

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

