1985 Fermanagh District Council election
# 1985 Fermanagh District Council election

Elections to Fermanagh 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

Fermanagh District Council Election Result 1985 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ulster Unionist | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.8 | 33.0 | 10,294 | 1.0 |
| Sinn Féin | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17.4 | 25.2 | 7,855 | New |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 16.8 | 5,263 | 1.0 |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 13.0 | 4,069 | 0.7 |
| Irish Independence | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4.3 | 6.8 | 2,130 | 15.5 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 552 | 0.2 |
| Independent Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 465 | 4.0 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 405 | New |
| Independent Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 113 | 0.4 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 74 | 1.5 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | IIP | IIP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Enniskillen | 36.7 | 3 | 17.9 | 2 | 15.1 | 1 | 16.4 | 1 | 4.7 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 7 |
| Erne East | 31.6 | 2 | 37.4 | 3 | 17.3 | 1 | 9.4 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 6 |
| Erne North | 35.9 | 2 | 11.9 | 1 | 22.9 | 1 | 21.7 | 1 | 4.7 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 5 |
| Erne West | 27.3 | 1 | 31.9 | 2 | 13.4 | 1 | 5.5 | 0 | 15.6 | 1 | 6.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 33.0 | 8 | 25.2 | 8 | 16.8 | 4 | 13.0 | 2 | 6.8 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 23 |

## District results

### Enniskillen

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

### Erne East

1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

### Erne North

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

### Erne West

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

