Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 15 May 1985, contesting 565 seats in all.
Background [ ]
1981 elections [ ]
The previous elections had been fought in the middle of the hunger strike and the H-Block Prison Protest.[1] Those elections had shown changes in party representation, with three parties, namely the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), winning 75% of the seats.[2] On the Unionist side, the DUP arrived at a position of near parity with the UUP, outpolling the latter by 851 votes,[2] although the UUP managed to win more seats overall. Other changes on the Unionist side saw the disbandment of two smaller Unionist parties: the Unionist Party of Northern Ireland in September 1981 and the United Ulster Unionist Party in May 1984. On the nationalist side, while the SDLP maintained its dominant position, a greater number of elected candidates supporting the H-Block protest were elected. In total 36 candidates endorsed by the H-Block committee were elected of whom 21 belonged to the Irish Independence Party . The representation of the centrist Alliance Party was almost halved as their number of seats was reduced from 70 in 1977 to 38 in 1981.[2]
Northern Ireland Assembly and New Ireland Forum [ ]
Following the end of the Hunger Strike, attention focused on attempts by the new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , Jim Prior , to restore devolution. This eventually led to the establishment of the Northern Ireland Assembly which was elected in October 1982. However nationalist parties boycotted the forum and the SDLP instead threw its efforts into the New Ireland Forum . This forum, established in May 1983, reported in May 1984 and represented the combined efforts of the nationalist parties to obtain a solution to the constitutional issue. However the report was rejected by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who rejected each of the three proposals with the words "that is out" in a response that became known as the "out, out, out" speech.[3]
Sinn Féin [ ]
The entry into electoral politics of Sinn Féin (SF) became a significant issue in the run up to the elections. SF polled over 10% in the 1982 Assembly election, winning five seats. At the 1983 Westminster election, the party increased their vote share to 13.4% and maintained that level of support in the 1984 European election. The party won their first council seat in a by-election in March 1983, with Seamus Kerr polling 60% in Omagh 'Area D' This was followed by the election of Alex Maskey and Sean McKnight to Belfast City Council in June 1983 and February 1984 respectively. In Dungannon and Fermanagh, independent councillors Seamus Cassidy and John Joe McCusker joined SF.
Prior's successor as Secretary of State, Douglas Hurd , refused to ban SF and also rejected calls by unionists for an anti-violence declaration to be signed by all candidates.[4] : 5
Rates [ ]
The expansion of services, particularly leisure began to have an impact in rates at a time when the Rate Support Grant was being cut. The grant was reduced by 1% in 1985. Belfast Leisure Services in particular accounted for 22.7% of the City budget.[4] : 5 Rates overall had risen by 8% in the financial year from 1984 to 1985, a figure above the rate of inflation and resulted in the cancellation of a proposed ice rink in Belfast, while that in Bangor had to receive private funding. Since the 1980–1981 financial year, rates had risen by 51.7%[4] : 6 ranging from a 17.9% rise in Castlereagh to 80% rises in Omagh and Newry and Mourne.[4] : 6
Legislation [ ]
Boundaries [ ]
The Local Government (N.I.) Act 1972, Section 50 (1) required a review of local government boundaries and electoral areas in 1981, however it was not until 28 October 1982 that Prior reappointed Sir F. Harrison, who had conducted the previous review in 1971 and 1972. Provisional recommendations were published on 20 May 1983. These led to additional representations and nineteen public hearings before revised recommendations were published on 18 January 1984. Following six further public hearings, the final report was sent to the Secretary of State on 29 May 1984.[4] : 9
The report recommended no change in the number of councils or their names. The number of wards was increased from 526 to 566. Moyle was the only council to lose a ward.
With the wards drawn the government decided that a new procedure would be used to group them together to form District Electoral Areas (DEA). In 1972 the wards had been grouped together into areas of four to eight wards with each area electing a number of councillors equal to the number of wards that it contained. This had been done by the Chief Electoral Officer, a fact that had been criticised for potentially affecting his impartiality.
The District Electoral Areas Commissioner (N.I.) Order was laid before Parliament on 15 December 1983. This provided for the appointment of a commissioner and set him the task of creating electoral areas containing five to seven members. These were to have names rather than an alphabetic designation as before. The debate over the Order in January and February 1984 centred on the merits of STV, the narrower number of councillors in each DEA and the names issue. Unionists argued for DEAs electing four to six councillors.
Results [ ]
Overall [ ]
Party[5]
Councillors
Votes
Total
+/-
% share
Total
UUP
189
+37
29.5
188,497
DUP
142
0
24.3
155,297
SDLP
102
-2
17.8
113,967
Sinn Féin
59
N/A
11.8
75,686
Alliance
34
-4
7.0
45,038
Independent
9
-28
1.6
10,297
Ind U
8
+6
1.3
8,780
Independent Nationalist
6
+6
1.2
7,597
Workers' Party
4
+1
1.6
10,415
Irish Independence
4
-17
1.2
7,459
UPUP
3
-2
0.5
3,139
PUP
2
+1
0.6
3,612
Protestant Unionist
1
+1
0.5
2,970
NI Labour
1
0
0.2
1,285
Labour Party NI
0
N/A
0.2
1,029
Newtownabbey Labour
1
0
0.1
792
Ulster Democratic
0
N/A
0.1
782
Labour and Trade Union
0
N/A
0.1
556
Independent Democratic Unionist
0
N/A
0.1
429
Ecology
0
0
0.1
387
Irish Republican Socialist
0
-2
0.0
276
Communist Party
0
0
0.0
245
All Night Party
0
N/A
0.0
235
Independent Republican
0
0
0.0
187
People's Democracy
0
-2
0.0
131
Independent Workers' Party
0
N/A
0.0
113
Ulster Liberal
0
N/A
0.0
35
Independent Labour
0
-1
0.0
30
By council [ ]
Antrim [ ]
[6] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
James Graham
1,164
DUP
Samuel Clyde
871
SDLP
Robert Loughran
786
Sinn Féin
Henry Cushinan
675
SDLP
James Laverty
475
UUP
Jack Blakely
259
Irish Independence
John Heffron
235
DUP
Samuel Hall
187
UUP
Roderick Swann
123
Alliance
John Wallace
107
Turnout
4,970
[6] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Roy Thompson
1,207
UUP
Edgar Wallace
768
SDLP
Robert Burns
760
DUP
Samuel Dunlop
687
UUP
Carol Cunningham
630
UUP
Howard Campbell
549
UUP
Mervyn Rea
376
UUP
James Robinson
349
Alliance
John McCourt
303
Alliance
Theresa Gallagher
220
DUP
William McCormick
202
Turnout
6,165
[6] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Jack Allen
872
SDLP
Oran Keenan
670
UUP
Frederick Marks
642
DUP
Margaret Brown
433
DUP
Charles Quinn
403
DUP
Adam McKee
280
Alliance
James McConnell
266
UUP
Andrew Thompson
163
Alliance
Mary Wallace
145
Alliance
James Williamson
109
UUP
Roy Stinson
100
Workers' Party
Robert Owens
63
Turnout
4,284
Ards [ ]
[8] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UPUP
Gladys McIntyre
999
DUP
Jim Shannon
837
UUP
Robert Ambrose
837
DUP
Oliver Johnston
811
Independent
Thomas Byers
808
DUP
Joseph Thompson
637
UUP
John Shields
609
Alliance
Kieran McCarthy
454
UUP
John Scott
416
SDLP
Patrick Doherty
359
Alliance
James Muirhead
287
UUP
Samuel McKeown
158
SDLP
Seamus O'Neill
89
Turnout
7,521
[8] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Thomas Gourtley
1,493
UUP
Robert Gibson
1,483
Alliance
Thomas McBriar
799
UUP
Stanley McCoy
631
DUP
John Hamilton
589
DUP
Bobby McBride
558
Alliance
Alan McDowell
248
UUP
Trevor Hussey
172
UUP
Arthur Spence
131
Independent
Johnston Haire
43
Turnout
6,290
[8] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Simpson Gibson
1,596
NI Labour
Robert Gaw
1,156
DUP
John Elliott
1,026
UUP
Tom Benson
990
Alliance
Owen Dorrian
549
UUP
David Smyth
517
DUP
Joseph Patterson
280
DUP
William Gilmore
242
UUP
David Jeffers
237
Alliance
Laurence Thompson
200
Labour Party NI
Hugh McMullan
188
UUP
James McKernon
76
Ulster Liberal
Michael McGuigan
35
Turnout
7,249
Armagh [ ]
[9] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Thomas Carroll
970
DUP
Geoffrey Knipe
756
SDLP
John Agnew
739
UUP
John Doogan
645
Independent Nationalist
Barney McManus
640
UUP
George MacCartney
620
SDLP
Pat Brannigan
612
UUP
Robert Orr
564
SDLP
Oliver Tobin
476
Turnout
6,122
[9] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
Charles Mallon
1,072
UUP
Jim Nicholson
949
SDLP
James McKernan
889
SDLP
Thomas McArdle
837
DUP
Robert McBride
524
UUP
Thomas Shilliday
513
Turnout
4,921
[9] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Eric Speers
1,267
SDLP
Seamus Mallon
1,260
UUP
Thomas Johnston
1,149
DUP
Thomas Black
1,009
UUP
James Clayton
939
UUP
Robert Turner
901
DUP
Mervyn Spratt
329
Turnout
7,134
[9] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Jim Speers
1,189
DUP
Douglas Hutchinson
1,150
UUP
Ronald Allen
875
UUP
Samuel Foster
676
SDLP
Christopher McAnallen
612
SDLP
Francis McIlvanna
579
Sinn Féin
Brigid McCartan
545
Turnout
5,718
Ballymena [ ]
[10] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
Patrick McAvoy
1,126
Independent
Samuel Henry
876
UUP
Robert Coulter
794
DUP
Maurice Mills
708
DUP
Richard McKeown
640
DUP
Robert Maternaghan
563
DUP
John Wilson
538
UUP
Gordon Wilson
403
Ind U
James Alexander
328
UUP
Warren Wray
282
SDLP
Malachy Reynolds
241
Turnout
6,604
[10] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Independent
James Woulahan
856
UUP
Desmond Armstrong
757
DUP
Samuel Hanna
746
DUP
John Porter
724
DUP
William Armstrong
628
UUP
Margaret Alexander
626
UUP
Stewart McCullough
490
DUP
Samuel Martin
474
Turnout
5,411
[10] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
William Brownlees
856
DUP
John McAuley
845
DUP
Roy West
796
DUP
Martin Clarke
695
DUP
David McClintock
615
DUP
Charles Maternaghan
577
UUP
Victoria Brownlees
410
Turnout
4,927
[10] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Roy Gillespie
1,076
DUP
Thomas Nicholl
960
UUP
John Johnston
812
DUP
Sandy Spence
796
UUP
William Wright
760
DUP
Hubert Nicholl
633
Turnout
5,250
Ballymoney [ ]
[11] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Independent
Robert McComb
687
UUP
James Simpson
453
DUP
Cecil Cousley
424
DUP
Kenneth Blair
380
DUP
Ralph Stronge
289
UUP
Adam McNeilly
274
UUP
James McKeown
233
Turnout
2,803
[11] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
James Patterson
669
SDLP
Malachy McCamphill
550
Sinn Féin
Margaret Hogan
532
UUP
Joe Gaston
502
UUP
Kenneth Bamford
487
DUP
Robert Wilson
484
DUP
Robert Halliday
473
Alliance
Hugh McFarland
248
Turnout
4,002
[11] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Charles Steele
570
DUP
William Gracey
557
UUP
John Ramsay
504
SDLP
Harry Connolly
445
UUP
William Logan
433
SDLP
John Mulholland
230
DUP
Bertie McIlhatton
198
Ecology
William Hartin
35
Turnout
3,043
Banbridge [ ]
[12] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
James Wells
912
UUP
Archie McKelvey
889
UUP
Joan Baird
811
SDLP
James Walsh
630
UUP
Ivan Gault
560
DUP
Gareth Bennett
392
Independent
Leslie Mathews
364
SDLP
James Smyth
318
Alliance
Francis McQuaid
234
Turnout
5,191
[12] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Brian Biggerstaff
923
UUP
Robert Barr
859
UUP
Robert Hill
645
UUP
William Martin
573
SDLP
Bernard Rice
470
SDLP
Catherine McDermott
464
DUP
Robert McIlroy
418
UUP
James McRoberts
354
DUP
Robert McGregor
207
Turnout
5,029
[12] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Wilfred McFadden
766
UUP
Raymond McCullough
753
UUP
Samuel Cowan
725
Independent
Laurence McCartan
694
UUP
Herbert Heslip
510
SDLP
Peter McGreevy
510
SDLP
Helen Stewart
395
UUP
William Hamilton
343
DUP
Elizabeth McDowell
157
Turnout
4,941
Belfast [ ]
Court [13]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Ind U
George Seawright
2,970
PUP
Hugh Smyth
1,761
DUP
Ted Ashby
1,420
UUP
Herbert Ditty
1,197
Ind U
Joe Coggle
894
UUP
Fred Cobain
804
Alliance
W. J. Dukelow
626
UUP
J. B. Sands
624
DUP
W. Baxter
572
Ulster Democratic
S. Doyle
536
Sinn Féin
H. Fitzsimmons
432
DUP
R. Morrow
182
Workers' Party
Peter Cullen
157
Turnout
12,547
New area
Pottinger [13]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Sammy Wilson
2,454
DUP
F. Leslie
2,224
UUP
Margaret Clarke
1,999
DUP
Jim Walker
1,153
UUP
Reg Empey
1,117
Alliance
Mervyn Jones
1,019
Sinn Féin
Joe O'Donnell
566
UUP
H. Fletcher
431
PUP
David Ervine
394
SDLP
C. Maginnis
340
Workers' Party
Frank Cullen
303
Labour and Trade Union
S. J. Dempsey
218
Communist Party
James Stewart
61
Turnout
12,785
New area
Victoria [13]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Wallace Browne
3,447
UUP
Tommy Patton
2,390
Alliance
Oliver Napier
2,309
UUP
William Corry
1,838
UUP
Dorothy Dunlop
1,365
Alliance
G. P. C. Thompson
1,278
DUP
S. J. Walker
1,131
UUP
J. McCrea
1,002
DUP
Robin Newton
564
SDLP
M. F. Gilheany
188
Turnout
15,939
New area
Castle [13]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
John Carson
3,153
SDLP
Alban Maginness
1,977
Ind U
Frank Millar
1,623
DUP
Nigel Dodds
1,502
UUP
Alfie Redpath
1,107
Alliance
Tom Campbell
799
DUP
M. Whittley
706
Ind U
William Gault
674
SDLP
J. G. Murphy
579
Alliance
R. O. Jamison
449
Workers' Party
K. Johnston
444
Turnout
13,391
New area
Laganbank [13]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
B. Blair
1,969
Alliance
W. F. McDowell
1,425
DUP
Rhonda Paisley
1,325
SDLP
Alasdair McDonnell
1,175
DUP
R. S. McCrea
1,102
SDLP
G. McGettrick
833
UUP
J. J. Dixon Gilmore
727
Sinn Féin
Mick Conlon
614
UUP
R. J. Wilson
604
Workers' Party
G. Carr
550
Alliance
Dan McGuinness
434
Labour and Trade Union
R. G. Millar
100
NI Labour
J. King
73
Communist Party
M. J. Morrissey
57
Turnout
11,285
New area
Carrickfergus [ ]
[14] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Alliance
Sean Neeson
1,005
DUP
Victor Fleming
477
UUP
Samuel McCamley
433
UUP
Robert English
410
PUP
Samuel Stewart
314
DUP
Jim Strange
269
DUP
Gladys Service
247
UUP
James McBride
143
Alliance
Owen Mulvenna
61
Turnout
3,440
[14] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Charles Brown
1,146
DUP
William Cross
695
Alliance
Janet Crampsey
615
Ind U
Robert Hunter
310
UUP
Robert Patton
244
UUP
Wesley Mitchell
203
Alliance
David McCann
188
DUP
William Sloan
131
DUP
Raymond Templeton
121
Turnout
3,742
[14] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Mary Ardill
736
Independent
Charles Johnston
660
Alliance
Stewart Dickson
523
DUP
Andrew Blair
356
DUP
William Haggan
350
UUP
Samuel Wilson
250
Ulster Democratic
Robert Gordon
246
DUP
Joseph Seaton
216
Turnout
3,648
Castlereagh [ ]
Castlereagh Central[15] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Peter Robinson
3,461
UUP
Herbert Johnstone
930
Alliance
Patricia Archer
893
UUP
Ellen Gray
604
Alliance
Derek Middleton
422
DUP
Alan Carson
301
Alliance
William Moreland
288
Ind U
Cecil Moore
133
DUP
Cedric Wilson
72
DUP
Ivan Castles
54
Turnout
8,035
Castlereagh East[15] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Denny Vitty
2,317
UUP
William Ward
1,154
UUP
William Abraham
745
Alliance
Adam Morrow
699
DUP
Matthew Anderson
489
Alliance
Mellissa Jeffers
346
UUP
Ronald Jackson
270
Alliance
Ian Kirkpatrick
193
DUP
Albert Johnston
184
DUP
John Boyle
150
Ind U
Michael Brooks
127
NI Labour
James Bate
58
NI Labour
William Gunning
44
NI Labour
William Copley
27
Turnout
6,986
Castlereagh South[15] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Ernest Harper
1,369
DUP
William Clulow
1,253
UUP
James Clarke
1,160
UUP
John Glass
1,055
Alliance
David Andrews
992
UUP
Frederick Kane
758
SDLP
Peggy Hanna
456
DUP
Beatrice Chambers
416
DUP
Simon Robinson
316
Alliance
Edward McMillan
298
Alliance
Ernest Crockett
188
Ind U
William Stevenson
113
Turnout
8,535
Coleraine [ ]
[16] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
William King
1,310
UUP
Creighton Hutchinson
1,150
SDLP
John Dallat
1,086
UUP
William Watt
922
DUP
Robert Catherwood
763
SDLP
Gerard O'Kane
676
UUP
John Moody
582
DUP
Thomas Malone
556
DUP
Douglas Darragh
323
Irish Republican Socialist
Eamon Mullan
276
Turnout
7,799
[16] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
James McClure
2,444
UUP
Robert White
1,030
Independent
Patrick McFeely
584
Alliance
William Mathews
419
UUP
Gladys Black
368
UUP
Stephen Smyth
330
SDLP
Dierdre Busby
286
Independent
William McNabb
280
Independent
Randall Crawford
241
DUP
Marie McAllister
137
Labour Party NI
Timothy Blackman
110
Alliance
Colum McCloskey
96
DUP
Robert Bolton
59
DUP
Geoffrey Whitehead
28
Turnout
6,542
[16] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
William Creelman
1,056
UUP
William Glenn
678
UUP
Elizabeth Black
630
SDLP
Sean Farren
573
Alliance
Patrick McGowan
544
UUP
Pauline Armitage
518
UUP
Hugh Stewart
378
DUP
Robert Stewart
374
UUP
Albert Clarke
319
UUP
Robert Mitchell
307
DUP
Matthew Kane
295
Alliance
Peter Scott
205
UUP
William Robinson
205
DUP
Roy Hilldrup
175
Ecology
Margaret O'Neill
44
Turnout
6,414
Cookstown [ ]
[17] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
William McIntyre
1,215
Sinn Féin
Patrick McAleer
1,042
SDLP
Paddy Duffy
896
Sinn Féin
Francis McNally
802
UUP
Victor McGahie
634
UUP
Andrew Booth
508
DUP
Samuel McCartney
448
SDLP
Joseph Davidson
410
SDLP
John O'Neill
287
Independent
Eric Brown
287
Turnout
6,436
[17] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Alan Kane
1,444
UUP
Espie Donaldson
1,088
Sinn Féin
Christopher Neeson
796
SDLP
Brigid Neeson
566
Workers' Party
Patrick Bloomer
408
SDLP
Margaret Laverty
397
UUP
Edmund Giboney
220
DUP
Kenneth Loughrin
178
Turnout
5,159
[17] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Walter Millar
1,120
UUP
Samuel Glasgow
1,042
SDLP
James McGarvey
908
Sinn Féin
Tony O'Driscoll
804
Sinn Féin
Sean Begley
782
United Unionist
Samuel Parke
487
Turnout
5,248
Craigavon [ ]
[18] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Mary Simpson
1,359
DUP
William Smith
1,150
UUP
James McCammick
1,012
SDLP
Brid Rodgers
883
DUP
Robert Dodds
690
UUP
Cyril McLoughlin
641
Sinn Féin
Sheena Campbell
554
Workers' Party
Tom French
540
DUP
Meredith Patterson
536
Alliance
John Hagan
298
Alliance
James Woods
85
Turnout
7,899
[18] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
Sean McKavanagh
990
Workers' Party
Paddy Breen
937
Sinn Féin
Brendan Curran
837
SDLP
Peter Bunting
802
UUP
Thomas Bell
669
SDLP
Patrick Crilly
555
Sinn Féin
Michael McKee
516
DUP
Robert Russell
382
Workers' Party
Karen McStravick
131
Turnout
6,046
[18] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Sam Gardiner
1,690
DUP
Frederick Baird
1,322
UUP
George Savage
1,070
UUP
Philip Black
885
SDLP
Hugh News
808
DUP
David Calvert
757
Sinn Féin
Patrick Little
573
DUP
Ian Williams
500
Alliance
Gordon Burrell
422
UUP
Sydney Cairns
405
Turnout
8,579
[18] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Gladys McCullough
1,470
UUP
James Gillespie
1,338
UUP
George Hatch
1,138
SDLP
Ignatius Fox
786
DUP
Michael Briggs
766
Sinn Féin
Brian McCann
716
UUP
George Locke
624
Alliance
William Ramsay
506
SDLP
Mario McCooe
462
DUP
William Williamson
327
Sinn Féin
Sean Dunbar
326
UUP
Robert Hughes
253
Turnout
8,903
Derry [ ]
[19] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Anne McGuinness
870
Sinn Féin
Hugh Brady
848
Sinn Féin
Mitchel McLaughlin
838
SDLP
Patrick Devine
836
SDLP
Tony Carlin
701
SDLP
Pat Ramsey
510
SDLP
James Clifford
499
SDLP
William Keys
459
Irish Independence
Liam Bradley
369
Workers' Party
Eamon Melaugh
253
Irish Independence
Sammy Brown
144
Irish Independence
John McChrystal
134
Turnout
6,674
[19] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
John Tierney
1,417
Sinn Féin
Bernard McFadden
1,066
UUP
David Davis
874
SDLP
Len Green
800
SDLP
Anna Gallagher
706
Irish Independence
Fergus McAteer
681
SDLP
John Kerr
639
SDLP
William McCorriston
595
DUP
John Noble
417
Alliance
Ita Breen
244
Sinn Féin
James McKnight
131
Irish Independence
Annie Burke
98
Irish Independence
John McCool
66
Turnout
7,925
[19] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
William Hay
1,008
SDLP
John McNickle
1,004
SDLP
Annie Courtney
965
DUP
Ellis Allen
634
UUP
John Adams
774
DUP
Mervyn Lindsay
730
SDLP
Hugh O'Neill
698
UUP
Ernest Hamilton
686
SDLP
George Peoples
662
UUP
Robert Bond
530
Sinn Féin
Edward McGowan
304
Irish Independence
Michael Breslin
276
Sinn Féin
Patrick McNaught
254
Turnout
8,887
[19] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
William O'Connell
1,117
SDLP
Mary Bradley
1,094
SDLP
Noel McKenna
655
Sinn Féin
Gerard Doherty
500
Sinn Féin
William McCartney
489
SDLP
Teresa Coyle
445
Sinn Féin
Susan O'Hagan
435
Alliance
Gerry O'Grady
298
Irish Independence
Robert Hegarty
243
Irish Independence
James Nicholl
184
Irish Independence
Joseph Mullan
174
Turnout
5,838
[19] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Gregory Campbell
2,374
SDLP
Michael Fegan
874
UUP
James Guy
818
DUP
Margaret Buchanan
811
SDLP
Paul O'Donnell
588
Sinn Féin
Michael Roddy
483
UUP
George Duddy
466
UUP
Robert Ferris
461
Alliance
Robert McCullough
429
Irish Independence
Bobby Concannon
261
UUP
Andrew McManus
169
DUP
Annette Hamilton
166
Turnout
8,044
Down [ ]
[20] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
James Magee
1,020
UUP
William Brown
1,004
UUP
James Cochrane
782
DUP
Thomas Poole
742
SDLP
Patrick Savage
596
SDLP
Francis Laverty
556
Alliance
Patrick Forde
396
DUP
Stanley Priestley
273
Turnout
5,480
[20] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
Edward McGrady
1,886
UUP
Samuel McCartney
1,141
SDLP
Dermot Curran
806
Sinn Féin
Geraldine Ritchie
694
SDLP
Sean Quinn
579
Workers' Party
Raymond Blaney
554
SDLP
John Ritchie
464
Alliance
Michael Healy
308
SDLP
Madge McEvoy
286
Alliance
Margaret Donnelly
207
Workers' Party
Alan McCullough
82
Turnout
7,166
[20] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Gerald Douglas
1,350
Sinn Féin
Hugh McDowell
855
SDLP
Eamon O'Neill
827
SDLP
Michael Boyd
822
DUP
Ethel Smyth
734
SDLP
James Curry
444
SDLP
Peter Fitzpatrick
405
Alliance
Anthony Dickinson
326
Workers' Party
Edward O'Hagan
255
Workers' Party
Sean Magee
102
Turnout
6,255
[20] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Dermot Nesbitt
1,180
UUP
Samuel Osborne
1,068
DUP
William Dick
748
UUP
William Biggerstaff
642
SDLP
Margaret Ritchie
629
SDLP
Oliver Flanagan
531
DUP
Trevor Lennon
389
Turnout
5,274
Dungannon [ ]
[21] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
James Ewing
979
SDLP
Patsy Daly
848
UUP
Derek Irwin
804
Sinn Féin
Eilish McCabe
803
UUP
Jim Brady
623
DUP
Norman Lockhart
616
UUP
John Taggart
613
UUP
Rodney Mullan
520
Turnout
5,895
[21] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Seamus Cassidy
1,280
SDLP
Anthony McGonnell
1,045
UUP
Samuel Brush
1,001
UUP
Noel Mulligan
933
DUP
Johnston McIlwrath
669
SDLP
John Monaghan
612
DUP
Thomas Maxwell
562
Turnout
6,195
[21] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Ken Maginnis
1,329
DUP
Maurice Morrow
1,086
Independent Nationalist
Michael McLoughlin
959
UUP
William Brown
905
Sinn Féin
Anita Cavlan
642
Sinn Féin
Martin McNulty
494
SDLP
Vincent Currie
424
SDLP
Terence Foley
205
Turnout
6,168
Fermanagh [ ]
[22] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Raymond Ferguson
1,169
UUP
Sammy Foster
1,082
DUP
Roy Coulter
898
Sinn Féin
Patrick Cox
885
Sinn Féin
Thomas Maguire
768
UUP
Edwin Hetherington
698
DUP
Ivan Foster
612
UUP
Norman Brown
442
SDLP
James Donnelly
411
Workers' Party
David Kettyles
405
Alliance
William Barbour
365
SDLP
Eileen Flanagan
362
SDLP
James Lunny
358
SDLP
Seamus Rogers
266
Irish Independence
Anthony Cox
234
Irish Independence
Patrick O'Reilly
200
Youth Movement
Floyd Maguire
74
Turnout
9,359
[22] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Cecil Noble
1,279
Sinn Féin
Plunket O'Neill
999
Sinn Féin
Thomas Murray
744
UUP
Albert Liddle
680
Sinn Féin
Vincent McCaffrey
679
SDLP
Fergus McQuillan
669
Sinn Féin
John Joe McCusker
664
UUP
Thomas Johnston
645
DUP
William Mitchell
581
SDLP
James Goodwin
492
SDLP
John Reihill
264
Irish Independence
John McMahon
241
DUP
Caroline Madill
198
Independent
Seamus Mullan
113
Turnout
8,378
[22] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Caldwell McClaughry
1,291
DUP
Bert Johnston
1,088
UUP
Warren Loane
988
Sinn Féin
Stephen Maguire
756
SDLP
John O'Kane
655
SDLP
Tommy Gallagher
409
SDLP
Dodie Maguire
389
Irish Independence
Patrick Keown
299
DUP
Victor Milligan
287
Alliance
John Haslett
187
Turnout
6,416
[22] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Wilson Elliott
1,261
Irish Independence
Patrick McCaffrey
1,156
SDLP
Gerard Gallagher
826
UUP
Derrick Nixon
759
Sinn Féin
Patrick Reilly
757
Sinn Féin
Paul Corrigan
716
Sinn Féin
Patrick McBrien
532
Independent Nationalist
Patrick Flanagan
465
DUP
Diannah Gott
759
Sinn Féin
Thomas Keaney
355
SDLP
Patrick McGovern
162
Turnout
7,535
Larne [ ]
[23] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Thomas Robinson
782
Independent
William Cunning
755
DUP
John Fulton
635
DUP
Rachel Rea
491
Alliance
Amelia Kelly
455
UUP
Samuel Martin
234
DUP
Hill Taggart
163
Turnout
3,597
[23] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Roy Beggs
1,020
DUP
John Alexander
678
DUP
Samuel McAllister
491
UUP
Laurence Niblock
476
Alliance
Thomas Benson
351
UUP
Thomas Baxter
347
DUP
Gary Haggan
320
Turnout
3,779
[23] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Jack McKee
1,375
Alliance
Liam Kelly
967
UUP
Robert Robinson
769
UUP
Rosalie Armstrong
344
DUP
Leonard Sluman
94
UUP
Thomas Lamrock
85
DUP
Frederick Hoey
42
Turnout
3,763
Limavady [ ]
[24] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Robert Grant
793
UUP
Stanley Gault
745
SDLP
Arthur Doherty
705
SDLP
Thomas Mullan
590
SDLP
Roy King
579
DUP
Ernest Murray
540
Turnout
4,027
[24] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Michael McGonigle
880
UUP
David Robinson
825
SDLP
Lawrence Hegarty
585
Independent
Denis Farren
404
Sinn Féin
Michael Hasson
367
UUP
Max Gault
336
SDLP
James Brolly
316
DUP
John McKay
184
Turnout
3,989
[24] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
Barry Doherty
887
UUP
Ronald Cartwright
796
UUP
Jackie Dolan
772
UUP
Samuel Miller
399
DUP
George Robinson
268
Ind U
William Norris
249
SDLP
Brian McWilliams
237
Alliance
John Mullan
228
DUP
Eric Caldwell
156
Turnout
4,045
Lisburn [ ]
[25] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
William Bleakes
2,244
DUP
Charles Poots
1,089
Alliance
Richard Reid
954
UUP
Thomas Lilburn
949
DUP
Denis McCarroll
856
DUP
Thomas Davis
786
DUP
James McCann
665
UUP
William Watson
410
UUP
Wilfred McClung
210
Turnout
8,304
[25] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
William McAllister
1,886
DUP
William Beattie
1,353
SDLP
William McDonnell
1,093
Sinn Féin
Damien Gibney
1,049
Sinn Féin
Patrick Rice
824
Alliance
Donald Cheyne
638
Workers' Party
John Lowry
584
UUP
Norman Tulip
346
UUP
Richard Scott
299
DUP
Ronald Kelly
135
Turnout
8,423
[25] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Robert Campbell
2,386
DUP
Cecil Calvert
1,331
UUP
William Lewis
1,163
SDLP
Paddy Ritchie
1,070
UUP
William Dillon
997
Alliance
Eileen Drayne
704
DUP
Henry Stevenson
591
DUP
Robert McNeice
558
UUP
Henry McGiffin
300
Turnout
9,233
[25] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Ivan Davis
2,888
UUP
William Belshaw
1,211
Alliance
Seamus Close
1,013
UUP
Maureen McKinney
838
UUP
Samuel Semple
521
UUP
James Davis
341
Alliance
William Mulholland
315
DUP
James Mulholland
179
DUP
Robert Dunsmore
137
Turnout
7,606
Magherafelt [ ]
[26] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
William McCrea
2,050
Sinn Féin
Lughaidh Bhrighde
1,297
SDLP
Patrick Kilpatrick
1,068
UUP
Ernest Caldwell
851
SDLP
Joseph McGlone
404
UUP
James Artt
331
Alliance
Harold Hutchinson
213
DUP
Barclay Morrow
145
Turnout
6,440
[26] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
John Junkin
987
Sinn Féin
John Davey
948
SDLP
Henry McErlean
904
DUP
Thomas Catherwood
837
Sinn Féin
Francis McElwee
740
DUP
Thomas Milligan
721
UUP
Alex Montgomery
458
SDLP
Francis Madden
341
Turnout
6,096
[26] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Patrick Doherty
1,028
UUP
Walter Richardson
935
SDLP
Mary McSorley
865
Sinn Féin
Patrick Toner
770
DUP
John Linton
652
SDLP
Patrick Sweeney
645
SDLP
John Bradley
507
SDLP
Frank McKendry
452
Workers' Party
Francis Donnelly
239
Turnout
6,201
Moyle [ ]
[27] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Gardiner Kane
524
SDLP
Michael O'Cleary
327
Sinn Féin
Francis McCarry
276
UUP
Robert McPherson
255
Independent
James McShane
218
Independent
Archie McAuley
154
SDLP
Richard Kerr
148
SDLP
Noel McCurdy
95
Turnout
2,045
[27] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
James Rodgers
358
Ind U
Price McConaghy
338
UUP
Robert Getty
328
DUP
Duncan Hill
244
UUP
James McAuley
239
Ind U
Mary Morrison
230
DUP
Ronnie McIlvar
211
Turnout
1,988
[27] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
Malachy McSparran
343
SDLP
Dermot McMullan
343
SDLP
Daniel Anderson
321
Sinn Féin
John Regan
301
Independent
Randal McDonnell
271
SDLP
Patrick McBride
253
UUP
Hugh Acheson
213
SDLP
Mary Hegarty
123
Sinn Féin
James McCarry
118
Sinn Féin
James McMullan
82
Irish Independence
John McKay
71
Turnout
2,472
Newry and Mourne [ ]
[28] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
P. J. Bradley
1,717
SDLP
Jim McCart
904
UUP
Violet Cromie
849
Independent
Ciaran Mussen
682
SDLP
Brian Mulligan
635
Independent
Sean Tinnelly
602
SDLP
Patrick Harper
561
UUP
William McCoy
547
DUP
William Sterritt
537
SDLP
Liam Trainor
393
Independent
Francis Price
176
Workers' Party
Henry Smyth
141
Independent Labour
Johnny Ward
30
Turnout
8,005
[28] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Irish Independence
Eugene Markey
1,003
UUP
William McCaigue
938
SDLP
Sean Gallogly
918
SDLP
Arthur Ruddy
892
Sinn Féin
Brendan Curran
704
SDLP
Patrick McElroy
588
SDLP
Thomas McGrath
558
SDLP
John McArdle
383
Sinn Féin
Sean Mathers
380
Sinn Féin
Deborah Morgan
347
Workers' Party
Tom Moore
266
Independent
James McKevitt
226
Irish Independence
Freddie Kearns
136
Independent
Noel Sloan
82
Turnout
7,658
[28] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Jim McAllister
1,199
SDLP
Pat Toner
1,074
SDLP
Owen Kelly
788
SDLP
Noel McKevitt
777
Sinn Féin
Eamon Larkin
711
Sinn Féin
Patrick Murphy
623
Irish Independence
Jim Murphy
268
Sinn Féin
Sarah Murphy
261
Independent Republican
Brian Woods
187
Turnout
5,888
[28] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Brendan Lewis
1,302
SDLP
James Savage
911
UUP
William Moffett
767
SDLP
Nan Sands
763
UUP
Danny Kennedy
750
DUP
Gordon Heslip
543
UUP
David McMullan
494
SDLP
John McElherron
450
UUP
Florence Henning
393
Alliance
Victor Frizell
356
Workers' Party
Brian Mulligan
91
Irish Independence
Francis McCamley
54
Turnout
7,015
[28] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
George Graham
1,422
UUP
William Russell
1,391
SDLP
Colum Murnion
1,058
Sinn Féin
Patrick Young
820
UUP
William Coulter
802
SDLP
Anne Marie Cunningham
643
DUP
William Burns
270
Turnout
6,595
Newtownabbey [ ]
[29] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
William Green
873
Alliance
James Rooney
791
DUP
Billy McDonnell
725
UUP
Ivan Hunter
668
DUP
Mary Harkness
638
UUP
Joseph Kell
522
SDLP
Thomas McTeague
452
SDLP
Margaret Harrison
313
Newtownabbey Labour Party
Thomas Davidson
81
Newtownabbey Labour Party
Lindsay Prior
37
Turnout
5,238
[29] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Ind U
Arthur Templeton
1,007
DUP
Samuel Gardiner
900
Ind U
Sidney Cameron
755
UUP
James Wilson
606
DUP
Winston Hanna
431
Independent
Leonard Hardy
389
UUP
William Christie
377
Independent
Nan Foster
298
Alliance
Albert Reid
290
UUP
Robert McKenzie
167
Turnout
5,336
[29] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
James Allister
1,381
UUP
Fraser Agnew
916
Newtownabbey Labour Party
Bob Kidd
436
UUP
Andrew Beattie
355
UUP
Letitia McCartney
307
Alliance
John Elliott
293
DUP
David Hollis
258
All Night Party
Mark Langhammer
203
Workers' Party
Austin Kelly
193
Newtownabbey Labour Party
David Lowrie
128
DUP
Charles South
100
All Night Party
Roy Wallace
13
All Night Party
David Coburn
12
All Night Party
Douglas Edwards
6
All Night Party
William McClinton
1
Turnout
4,786
[29] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
George Herron
1,400
DUP
Edward Cassells
982
UUP
James Robinson
736
DUP
Samuel Neill
701
Alliance
George Jones
596
UUP
James Smith
396
SDLP
Bernard Conlon
207
UUP
Agnes Sloan
185
Turnout
5,307
[29] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Billy Boyd
1,370
UUP
Robert Caul
1,340
UUP
Ken Robinson
712
Alliance
Leo McKenna
638
DUP
Billy Gillespie
336
PUP
John Niblock
333
Ind U
Desmond Dowds
297
Campaign for Human and Animal Rights
Helen Craig
124
Newtownabbey Labour Party
Thomas Crawford
61
Newtownabbey Labour Party
James Devlin
49
Independent
Claire Martin
15
Turnout
5,392
North Down [ ]
[30] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
John McCormick
1,104
UUP
George Green
945
UPUP
Brian Meharg
766
Alliance
James Magee
634
DUP
Ivy Cooling
457
UUP
John Preston
296
Alliance
James Pettis
167
DUP
Raymond Trousdale
135
PUP
Kenneth McMullan
92
UUP
Ernest Jackson
74
Turnout
4,824
[30] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Bruce Mulligan
893
Ind U
Edmund Mills
871
DUP
Alan Leslie
795
Alliance
Donald Hayes
737
UUP
Samuel Hamilton
610
UPUP
Valerie Kinghan
559
Alliance
Sylvia Anderson
471
Alliance
Jane Copeland
465
DUP
Elizabeth Loan
399
UUP
Enid Stringer
213
PUP
Samuel Meneely
18
Turnout
6,124
[30] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Hazel Bradford
1,695
DUP
Robert Graham
970
Alliance
William Bailie
913
Alliance
Brian Wilson
686
UPUP
Ian Sinclair
505
UUP
Cecil Braniff
414
DUP
George McMurtry
381
PUP
Thomas O'Brien
267
Alliance
Alfred Mairs
261
UUP
William Smiley
172
DUP
William Swain
134
UUP
Edward Lindsay
118
Turnout
6,669
[30] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Ellie McKay
786
UUP
John Auld
784
Alliance
Susan O'Brien
765
Alliance
Michael Clarke
702
DUP
Gordon Dunne
654
Independent
Dennis Ogborn
585
UPUP
James White
310
UUP
Roger Lomas
115
DUP
Elizabeth Graham
102
Turnout
4,896
Omagh [ ]
[31] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Seamus Kerr
1,634
Sinn Féin
James McElduff
975
Sinn Féin
Barney McAleer
914
DUP
Willis Cooke
863
UUP
William Thompson
824
SDLP
Paddy McGowan
569
DUP
Tommy Armstrong
510
SDLP
Nuala McSherry
380
Irish Independence
Brian McGrath
370
Alliance
Patrick Bogan
297
Workers' Party
Patrick McClean
253
UUP
Cecil Beattie
219
Turnout
7,948
[31] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Francis Mackey
1,213
DUP
Oliver Gibson
848
Independent
Johnny McLaughlin
779
SDLP
Bernadette Grant
586
DUP
David Aiken
517
UUP
Wilfred Breen
463
SDLP
Stephen McKenna
421
UUP
Thomas Strain
402
Alliance
James Lagan
374
SDLP
Arthur Breen
346
Workers' Party
Hugh Gormley
143
Alliance
Richard Hinds
129
DUP
Raymond Farrell
105
Irish Independence
James Sweeney
75
Alliance
Dermot McCormack
73
Turnout
6,598
[31] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Arthur McFarland
1,186
Sinn Féin
Cecilia Quinn
1,111
DUP
Harry Cairns
938
SDLP
Liam McQuaid
839
Sinn Féin
Gerry McMenamin
738
UUP
Robert Moses
630
Sinn Féin
James McElhinney
426
SDLP
Gregory McMullan
394
SDLP
John Skelton
370
Irish Independence
Patrick Donnelly
347
DUP
George Thompson
268
Workers' Party
Tommy Owens
204
Alliance
Eric Bullick
175
DUP
Hazel McKenzie
151
Irish Independence
James Connolly
140
Turnout
8,091
Strabane [ ]
[32] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Charles McHugh
1,534
UUP
Edward Turner
1,357
DUP
Thomas Kerrigan
1,270
Independent
Denis McCrory
480
DUP
Noel Finlayson
411
SDLP
James Fitzsimons
328
DUP
David Baird
256
SDLP
William Flanagan
207
Turnout
5,938
[32] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
1,381
SDLP
John Gallagher
1,051
DUP
Samuel Rogers
972
DUP
Ronald Brolly
795
Sinn Féin
Thomas McNamee
772
Independent
Francis McConnell
596
DUP
Violet McGerrigle
294
Turnout
5,978
[32] [7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Ivan Barr
1,581
Independent
James O'Kane
1,250
SDLP
Paul O'Hare
757
SDLP
Margaret McManus
588
UUP
John Cummings
575
DUP
Desmond Monteith
527
SDLP
Mary McCrea
388
Turnout
5,796
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^ a b c Antrim District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
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^ a b c Ards District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d Armagh District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d Ballymena District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Ballymoney District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Banbridge District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d e f g h i Belfast City Council Elections 1985–1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Carrickfergus District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Castlereagh Council Elections 1985–1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Coleraine District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Cookstown District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d Craigavon District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d e Derry District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d Down District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d Dungannon District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d Fermanagh District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Larne District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Limavady District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d Lisburn District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Magherafelt District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Moyle Council Elections 1985–1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d e Newry & Mourne District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d e Newtownabbey Council Elections 1985–1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d North Down District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Omagh District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Strabane District Council Elections 1985-1989 , Northern Ireland Elections
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