1985 Derry City Council election
# 1985 Derry City Council election

Elections to Derry City 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

Derry City Council Election Result 1985 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SDLP | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.7 | 41.9 | 15,264 | 0.6 |
| DUP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 17.3 | 6,317 | 1.3 |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16.7 | 17.1 | 6,218 | New |
| Ulster Unionist | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16.7 | 13.1 | 4,778 | 2.5 |
| Irish Independence | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.3 | 7.2 | 2,630 | 6.5 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 971 | 3.7 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 253 | 0.3 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Derry City Council election, 1985 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | UUP | UUP | IIP | IIP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Cityside | 46.5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 6 |
| Northland | 53.7 | 3 | 5.4 | 0 | 15.5 | 1 | 11.3 | 1 | 10.9 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 6 |
| Rural | 38.2 | 3 | 29.3 | 2 | 6.4 | 0 | 22.9 | 2 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Shantallow | 58.8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 25.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.6 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Waterside | 18.5 | 1 | 42.4 | 3 | 6.2 | 0 | 24.2 | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 41.9 | 14 | 17.3 | 5 | 17.1 | 5 | 13.1 | 5 | 7.2 | 1 | 3.4 | 0 | 30 |

## District results

### Cityside

1985: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin

### Northland

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

### Rural

1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP

### Shantallow

1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

### Waterside

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

