1985 Dungannon District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
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[edit]
Note: “Votes” are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
| 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[edit]
Blackwater[edit]
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
| 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[edit]
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
| 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[edit]
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Torrent[edit]
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| 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%) | |||||||||
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