1985 Dungannon District Council election

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1985 Dungannon District Council election

15 May 1985 (1985-05-15)
All 22 seats to Dungannon District Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Ulster Unionist SDLP Sinn Féin Seats won 8 5 4 Seat change 2 4   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party DUP Independent Nationalist Independent Republican Seats won 3 2 0 Seat change 1 2   Seventh party   Party Irish Independence Seats won 0 Seat change 1

Elections to Dungannon 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 22 councillors.

Election results

Dungannon District Council Election Result 1985

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Ulster Unionist	8	0	0	0	36.4	32.1	7,848	1.1
	SDLP	5	2	0	2	13.6	17.6	4,293	2.9
	Sinn Féin	4	4	0	4	18.2	22.9	5,592	New
	DUP	3	0	0	0	13.6	17.2	4,202	0.5
	Independent Nationalist	2	0	1	1	9.1	9.7	2,363	5.9
	Independent Republican	0	0	2	2	0.0	0.6	140	6.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Dungannon District Council election, 1985
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		SDLP		Sinn Féin		DUP		Others
Blackwater	44.1	3	14.6	1	13.8	0	27.5	1	0.0	0	5
Clogher Valley	31.7	2	27.1	1	21.0	1	20.2	1	0.0	0	5
Dungannon Town	37.0	2	10.4	1	18.8	0	18.0	1	15.8	1	6
Torrent	17.3	1	17.9	2	36.6	2	4.5	0	23.7	1	6
Total	32.1	8	17.6	5	22.9	4	17.2	3	10.2	2	22

District results

Blackwater

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

Blackwater - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	James Ewing*	16.86%	979
	Ulster Unionist	Derek Irwin*	13.85%	804	1,143
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Brady*	10.73%	623	688	736.76	1,019.29
	Ulster Unionist	John Taggart*	10.56%	613	689	808.78	1,109.49
	SDLP	Patrick Daly*	14.61%	848	851	851	852	878
	Sinn Féin	Eilish McCabe	13.83%	803	804	804	804	805
	DUP	Norman Lockhart	10.61%	616	645	651.36
	Ulster Unionist	Rodney Mullan	8.96%	520
Electorate: 7,076   Valid: 5,806 (82.05%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 968   Turnout: 5,895 (83.31%)

Clogher Valley

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

Clogher Valley - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Cassidy*	20.98%	1,280
	SDLP	Anthony McGonnell*	17.13%	1,045
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Brush*	16.40%	1,001
	DUP	William McIlwrath*	10.96%	669	669.84	1,144.26
	Ulster Unionist	Noel Mulligan*	15.29%	933	934.26	949.26	1,050.24
	SDLP	John Monaghan	10.03%	612	866.52	871.94	891.94
	DUP	Thomas Maxwell	9.21%	562	564.52
Electorate: 7,003   Valid: 6,102 (87.13%)   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 1,018   Turnout: 6,195 (88.46%)

Dungannon Town

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

Dungannon Town - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulster Unionist	Ken Maginnis*	21.99%	1,329
	DUP	Maurice Morrow*	17.97%	1,086
	Independent Nationalist	Michael McLoughlin*	15.87%	959
	Ulster Unionist	William Brown*	14.97%	905
	SDLP	Vincent Currie	7.02%	424	813	984
	Sinn Féin	Anita Cavlan	10.62%	642	644	646	648.79	663.79	737.28
	Sinn Féin	Martin McNulty	8.17%	494	494	495	495.93	510.63	570.07
	SDLP	Terence Foley	3.39%	205	259	286	402.25	459.65
Electorate: 8,157   Valid: 6,044 (74.10%)   Spoilt: 124   Quota: 864   Turnout: 6,168 (75.62%)

Torrent

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Torrent - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Kempton*	17.27%	1,120
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	16.64%	1,079
	Independent Nationalist	Jim Canning*	13.14%	852	853.44	923.44	935.2
	Sinn Féin	Brian Duffin	10.07%	653	653	668	785.6	786.6	821.3
	SDLP	Patrick McGlinchey*	8.80%	571	572.26	590.26	594.04	628.6	789.4
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh	9.07%	588	588.36	609.36	610.48	648	773.92
	Sinn Féin	Frances Donaghy	9.88%	641	641	644	653.38	653.38	763.08
	Independent Nationalist	Owen Nugent*	8.51%	552	553.08	561.08	564.16	596.38
	DUP	Edith White	4.47%	290	478.64	479.64	479.64
	Independent Republican	John Corr*	2.16%	140	140
Electorate: 8,203   Valid: 6,486 (79.07%)   Spoilt: 174   Quota: 927   Turnout: 6,660 (81.19%)