All 21 seats toColeraine Borough Council 12 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections toColeraine Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the otherNorthern Irish local governmentelections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 21councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 10 | 2 | 0 | 47.6 | 42.9 | 8,727 | |||
| DUP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 | 30.5 | 6,210 | |||
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 12.9 | 2,621 | |||
| Alliance | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9.5 | 6.2 | 1,510 | |||
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 1,105 | |||
| Irish Republican Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 276 | New | ||
| Labour Party NI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 110 | New | ||
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 44 | |||
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | DUP | SDLP | Alliance | Others | |||||||
| Bann | 51.9 | 4 | 21.5 | 1 | 23.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 7 |
| Coleraine Town | 26.9 | 2 | 41.6 | 3 | 4.5 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 19.0 | 1 | 7 |
| The Skerries | 48.2 | 4 | 30.2 | 2 | 9.1 | 0 | 11.9 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 42.9 | 10 | 30.5 | 6 | 12.9 | 2 | 6.2 | 2 | 7.5 | 1 | 21 |
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| UUP | William King* | 17.14% | 1,310 | ||||||
| UUP | Creighton Hutchinson | 15.04% | 1,150 | ||||||
| SDLP | John Dallat* | 14.21% | 1,086 | ||||||
| UUP | William Watt | 12.06% | 922 | 1,005.7 | |||||
| SDLP | Gerard O'Kane* | 8.84% | 676 | 678.16 | 678.5 | 794.42 | 996.42 | ||
| DUP | Robert Catherwood* | 9.98% | 763 | 776.77 | 810.94 | 811.3 | 811.3 | 1,023.3 | |
| UUP | John Moody | 7.61% | 582 | 761.28 | 899.49 | 900.21 | 900.72 | 933.72 | |
| DUP | Thomas Malone* | 7.27% | 556 | 611.62 | 621.31 | 621.31 | 623.58 | 687.58 | |
| DUP | Douglas Darragh | 4.23% | 323 | 332.45 | 337.21 | 337.81 | 337.81 | ||
| Irish Republican Socialist | Eamon Mullan | 3.61% | 276 | 276.81 | 276.81 | 284.73 | |||
| Electorate: 11,018 Valid: 7,644 (69.38%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 956 Turnout: 7,799 (70.78%) | |||||||||
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| DUP | James McClure* | 38.12% | 2,444 | ||||||||||||
| UUP | Robert White* | 16.06% | 1,030 | ||||||||||||
| Independent | Patrick McFeely | 9.11% | 584 | 613.24 | 617.64 | 633.86 | 654.54 | 655.44 | 864.44 | ||||||
| UUP | Gladys Black | 5.74% | 368 | 456.4 | 549.46 | 550.68 | 552.36 | 559.92 | 560.92 | 561.84 | 610.86 | 845.86 | |||
| DUP | Robert Bolton* | 0.92% | 59 | 674.4 | 678.58 | 679.58 | 683.84 | 751.4 | 751.4 | 751.4 | 785.62 | 827.82 | |||
| Alliance | William Mathews | 6.53% | 419 | 440.08 | 451.74 | 514.42 | 536.42 | 537.78 | 584.46 | 617.12 | 658.42 | 712.6 | 723.62 | 723.62 | |
| DUP | Marie McAllister | 2.14% | 137 | 470.2 | 475.04 | 475.72 | 480.4 | 581.86 | 581.86 | 581.86 | 606.76 | 676.88 | 696.6 | 712.92 | |
| Independent | William McNabb* | 4.37% | 280 | 408.52 | 425.9 | 428.58 | 440.26 | 443.2 | 452.2 | 469.68 | 611.62 | 676.94 | 689.7 | 693.1 | |
| UUP | Stephen Smyth | 5.15% | 330 | 445.6 | 511.16 | 515.16 | 519.84 | 539.46 | 539.46 | 540.38 | 577.42 | ||||
| Independent | Randall Crawford* | 3.76% | 241 | 338.24 | 355.84 | 359.84 | 379.52 | 385.36 | 397.36 | 407.48 | |||||
| SDLP | Deirdre Busby | 4.46% | 286 | 286.68 | 286.68 | 289.68 | 307.68 | 307.68 | |||||||
| DUP | Geoffrey Whitehead | 0.44% | 28 | 212.96 | 216.92 | 216.92 | 217.6 | ||||||||
| Labour Party NI | Timothy Blackman | 1.72% | 110 | 118.16 | 118.6 | 119.6 | |||||||||
| Alliance | Colm McCloskey | 1.50% | 96 | 98.04 | 98.7 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 11,221 Valid: 6,412 (57.14%) Spoilt: 130 Quota: 802 Turnout: 6,542 (58.30%) | |||||||||||||||
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| DUP | William Creelman* | 16.76% | 1,056 | ||||||||||
| UUP | William Glenn* | 10.76% | 678 | 693 | 693.25 | 714.5 | 719.5 | 733 | 806 | ||||
| Alliance | Patrick McGowan* | 8.63% | 544 | 545.25 | 553.25 | 555.25 | 739.25 | 740.25 | 758.25 | 799.25 | |||
| UUP | Elizabeth Black | 10.00% | 630 | 636.5 | 638.5 | 648.5 | 655.75 | 659.5 | 725 | 795 | |||
| DUP | Matthew Kane* | 4.68% | 295 | 362 | 364 | 379 | 380 | 581 | 600 | 633 | 973 | ||
| UUP | Pauline Armitage | 8.22% | 518 | 522.5 | 523.5 | 532.5 | 535.5 | 538.5 | 570.75 | 737.25 | 790.25 | ||
| UUP | Robert Mitchell* | 4.87% | 307 | 311.5 | 312.5 | 381.75 | 385.75 | 396 | 500.75 | 563.75 | 635.25 | 772.25 | |
| SDLP | Sean Farren | 9.09% | 573 | 573.5 | 587.5 | 587.5 | 591.5 | 591.5 | 591.5 | 593 | 593 | 594 | |
| DUP | Robert Stewart | 5.94% | 374 | 397.5 | 397.5 | 415.25 | 418.25 | 477.75 | 496 | 523.75 | |||
| UUP | Hugh Stewart | 6.00% | 378 | 386 | 386 | 400.5 | 401.5 | 408.75 | 421.25 | ||||
| UUP | Albert Clarke* | 5.06% | 319 | 322.25 | 322.25 | 348.25 | 352.25 | 355.25 | |||||
| DUP | Roy Hilldrup | 2.78% | 175 | 301.5 | 301.5 | 306.5 | 307.5 | ||||||
| Alliance | Peter Scott | 3.25% | 205 | 205.25 | 215.25 | 227.25 | |||||||
| UUP | William Robinson | 3.25% | 205 | 206.75 | 207.75 | ||||||||
| Green (NI) | Margaret O'Neill | 0.70% | 44 | 44.25 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 11,156 Valid: 6,301 (56.48%) Spoilt: 113 Quota: 788 Turnout: 6,414 (57.49%) | |||||||||||||