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All 25 seats toNewtownabbey Borough Council 13 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections toNewtownabbey Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the otherNorthern Irish local governmentelections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 25councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 10 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 37.6 | 9,560 | |||
| DUP | 9 | 4 | 1 | 36.0 | 30.8 | 7,823 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 2,059 | |||
| Alliance | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 10.3 | 2,608 | |||
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 826 | |||
| Newtownabbey Labour Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 792 | |||
| SDLP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 972 | |||
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 333 | New | ||
| All Night Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 235 | New | ||
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 332 | |||
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | DUP | Alliance | Others | ||||||
| Antrim Line | 40.5 | 2 | 26.7 | 2 | 15.5 | 1 | 17.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Ballyclare | 22.0 | 1 | 25.5 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 46.9 | 3 | 5 |
| Doagh Road | 34.3 | 2 | 37.8 | 2 | 6.4 | 0 | 21.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Manse Road | 52.2 | 3 | 32.3 | 2 | 11.5 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Shore Road | 38.9 | 2 | 32.3 | 2 | 12.1 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 37.6 | 10 | 30.8 | 9 | 10.3 | 2 | 21.3 | 4 | 25 |
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| UUP | William Green | 17.12% | 873 | ||||||
| Alliance | James Rooney* | 15.51% | 791 | 843 | 872 | ||||
| UUP | Ivan Hunter* | 13.10% | 668 | 675 | 676 | 1,112 | |||
| DUP | William McDonnell | 14.22% | 725 | 729 | 731 | 766 | 885.72 | ||
| DUP | Mary Harkness* | 12.51% | 638 | 642 | 642 | 680 | 818.58 | 852.08 | |
| SDLP | Tommy McTeague | 8.86% | 452 | 462 | 756 | 757 | 759.46 | 759.46 | |
| UUP | Arthur Kell | 10.24% | 522 | 524 | 527 | ||||
| SDLP | Margaret Harrison | 6.14% | 313 | 334 | |||||
| Newtownabbey Labour | Thomas Davidson | 1.59% | 81 | ||||||
| Newtownabbey Labour | Lindsay Prior | 0.73% | 37 | ||||||
| Electorate: 10,194 Valid: 5,100 (50.03%) Spoilt: 138 Quota: 851 Turnout: 5,238 (51.38%) | |||||||||
1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Ind. Unionist | Arthur Templeton* | 19.29% | 1,007 | |||||||
| DUP | Samuel Gardiner | 17.24% | 900 | |||||||
| Ind. Unionist | Sidney Cameron* | 14.46% | 755 | 804.79 | 822.61 | 823.42 | 881.42 | |||
| UUP | Jim Wilson* | 11.61% | 606 | 636.68 | 679.63 | 680.2 | 713.59 | 734.14 | 1,058.14 | |
| Independent | Leonard Hardy | 7.45% | 389 | 392.77 | 402.9 | 403.17 | 481.56 | 774.63 | 828.64 | |
| DUP | Winston Hanna | 8.27% | 432 | 449.68 | 470.59 | 494.71 | 501.9 | 521.15 | 598.25 | |
| UUP | William Christie | 7.22% | 377 | 389.35 | 463.38 | 464.04 | 482.59 | 507.72 | ||
| Independent | Nan Foster | 5.71% | 298 | 301.12 | 304.12 | 304.42 | 372.55 | |||
| Alliance | Albert Reid | 5.55% | 290 | 292.21 | 295.21 | 295.3 | ||||
| UUP | Robert McKenzie | 3.20% | 167 | 176.36 | ||||||
| Electorate: 10,303 Valid: 5,221 (50.67%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 871 Turnout: 5,336 (51.79%) | ||||||||||
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| DUP | Jim Allister | 30.01% | 1,381 | ||||||||||
| UUP | Fraser Agnew* | 19.90% | 916 | ||||||||||
| DUP | David Hollis | 5.61% | 258 | 726.16 | 737.2 | 738.2 | 738.2 | 844.08 | |||||
| Newtownabbey Labour | Robert Kidd* | 9.47% | 436 | 449.64 | 452.84 | 455.84 | 548 | 556.08 | 563.08 | 693.24 | 760.12 | 908.8 | |
| UUP | Andrew Beattie | 7.71% | 355 | 406.04 | 507.48 | 509.48 | 510.48 | 518.72 | 534.72 | 537.04 | 572.64 | 653.24 | |
| UUP | Letitia McCartney* | 6.67% | 307 | 325.04 | 348.08 | 349.24 | 350.24 | 360.8 | 372.8 | 373.8 | 381.96 | 424.36 | |
| Alliance | John Elliott* | 6.37% | 293 | 298.72 | 302.08 | 303.52 | 309.52 | 309.68 | 309.68 | 334.68 | 347.68 | ||
| All Night Party | Mark Langhammer | 4.41% | 203 | 207.84 | 208.48 | 229.64 | 232.64 | 237.52 | 241.52 | 270.68 | |||
| Workers' Party | Austin Kelly | 4.19% | 193 | 193 | 193.48 | 195.64 | 214.64 | 215.64 | 215.64 | ||||
| DUP | Charles South | 2.17% | 100 | 142.68 | 144.44 | 145.88 | 145.88 | ||||||
| Newtownabbey Labour | David Lowrie | 2.78% | 128 | 128 | 128.16 | 128.16 | |||||||
| All Night Party | Roy Wallace | 0.28% | 13 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||
| All Night Party | David Coburn | 0.26% | 12 | 12.44 | 12.92 | ||||||||
| All Night Party | Douglas Edwards | 0.13% | 6 | 6.44 | 6.44 | ||||||||
| All Night Party | William McClinton | 0.02% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 9,960 Valid: 4,602 (46.20%) Spoilt: 184 Quota: 768 Turnout: 4,786 (48.05%) | |||||||||||||
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| UUP | George Herron* | 26.91% | 1,400 | |||||||
| DUP | Edward Cassells | 18.87% | 982 | |||||||
| UUP | James Robinson | 14.15% | 736 | 1,064.32 | ||||||
| DUP | Samuel Neill* | 13.47% | 701 | 753.44 | 764.66 | 766.04 | 800.86 | 898.32 | ||
| UUP | James Smith* | 7.61% | 396 | 468.2 | 515.5 | 516.5 | 803.22 | 809.27 | 836.27 | |
| Alliance | George Jones | 11.45% | 596 | 616.14 | 617.9 | 809.12 | 826.34 | 828.54 | 829.54 | |
| UUP | Agnes Sloan | 3.56% | 185 | 235.54 | 362.92 | 364.36 | ||||
| SDLP | Bernard Conlon | 3.98% | 207 | 207.76 | 208.64 | |||||
| Electorate: 10,827 Valid: 5,203 (48.06%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 868 Turnout: 5,307 (49.02%) | ||||||||||
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| DUP | Billy Boyd | 25.97% | 1,370 | |||||||
| UUP | Robert Caul* | 25.40% | 1,340 | |||||||
| UUP | Ken Robinson | 13.50% | 712 | 751.6 | 1,099.42 | |||||
| DUP | Billy Gillespie | 6.37% | 336 | 712.2 | 726.48 | 802.32 | 810.16 | 840.62 | 997.06 | |
| Alliance | Leo McKenna | 12.09% | 638 | 640.16 | 657.16 | 682.12 | 753.84 | 800.46 | 818.72 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Desmond Dowds* | 5.63% | 297 | 341.28 | 400.78 | 492.94 | 502.12 | 538.78 | 668.48 | |
| PUP | John Niblock | 6.31% | 333 | 342.36 | 347.8 | 363.4 | 368.64 | 378.82 | ||
| Independent | Helen Craig | 2.35% | 124 | 134.44 | 139.2 | 146.4 | 160 | |||
| Newtownabbey Labour | Thomas Crawford | 1.16% | 61 | 63.16 | 63.84 | 65.76 | ||||
| Newtownabbey Labour | James Devlin | 0.93% | 49 | 49.36 | 50.04 | 50.52 | ||||
| Independent | Claire Martin* | 0.28% | 15 | 15.36 | 15.7 | 16.66 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,409 Valid: 5,275 (50.68%) Spoilt: 117 Quota: 880 Turnout: 5,392 (51.80%) | ||||||||||