Elections to Castlereagh Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.
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All 21 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results edit
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| DUP | 10 | 1 | 0 |  1
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47.6 | 48.0 | 11,039 | 3.2
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| Ulster Unionist | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3
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38.1 | 29.0 | 6,676 | 3.8
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| Alliance | 3 | 0 | 1 |  1
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14.3 | 18.8 | 4,319 | 2.3
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| Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
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0.0 | 1.6 | 373 | 3.4
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| SDLP | 0 | 0 | 0 |  0
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0.0 | 2.0 | 456 | 2.0
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| NI Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
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0.0 | 0.6 | 129 | 0.1
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary edit
| Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUP | UUP | Alliance | Others | ||||||
| Castlereagh Central | 58.2 | 4 | 19.6 | 2 | 20.5 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Castlereagh East | 46.2 | 3 | 31.9 | 3 | 18.1 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 7 |
| Castlereagh South | 40.1 | 3 | 35.5 | 3 | 17.7 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 48.0 | 10 | 29.0 | 8 | 18.8 | 3 | 4.2 | 0 | 21 |
District results edit
Castlereagh Central edit
1985: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| DUP | Peter Robinson* | 52.69% | 4,118 | |||||||
| DUP | Cedric Wilson* | 0.92% | 72 | 2,292.72 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Herbert Johnstone* | 11.90% | 930 | 1,076.68 | ||||||
| DUP | Alan Carson* | 3.85% | 301 | 683.28 | 1,651.23 | |||||
| DUP | Ivan Castles | 0.69% | 54 | 211.32 | 413.82 | 1,068.22 | ||||
| Alliance | Patricia Archer* | 11.43% | 893 | 921.88 | 958.78 | 962.62 | 968.56 | 983.56 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Ellen Gray* | 7.73% | 604 | 673.16 | 725.36 | 733.36 | 802 | 884.95 | 926.44 | |
| Alliance | Derek Middleton | 5.40% | 422 | 441 | 446.85 | 448.45 | 455.71 | 463.97 | 743.85 | |
| Alliance | William Moreland | 3.69% | 288 | 313.84 | 323.74 | 325.02 | 334.26 | 352.44 | ||
| Ind. Unionist | Cecil Moore | 1.70% | 133 | 189.24 | 213.54 | 218.02 | 225.94 | |||
| Electorate: 14,751 Valid: 7,815 (52.98%) Spoilt: 220 Quota: 977 Turnout: 8,035 (54.47%) | ||||||||||
Castlereagh East edit
1985: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| DUP | Denny Vitty* | 34.06% | 2,317 | |||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Ward* | 16.96% | 1,154 | |||||||||
| DUP | John Boyle* | 2.20% | 150 | 1,105.71 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Abraham | 10.95% | 745 | 778.39 | 875.11 | |||||||
| DUP | Matthew Anderson* | 7.19% | 489 | 652.8 | 674.64 | 894.96 | ||||||
| Alliance | Addie Morrow* | 10.27% | 699 | 710.97 | 728.65 | 729.45 | 729.6 | 730.14 | 761.03 | 862.03 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Ronald Jackson | 3.97% | 270 | 297.09 | 421.89 | 424.45 | 425.35 | 444.13 | 454.95 | 517.48 | 702.48 | |
| DUP | Albert Johnston | 2.70% | 184 | 414.58 | 432.52 | 448.68 | 487.23 | 488.37 | 501.11 | 574.3 | 606.3 | |
| Alliance | Melissa Jeffers | 5.09% | 346 | 351.67 | 352.97 | 353.29 | 353.35 | 353.47 | 382.73 | 474.38 | ||
| Alliance | Ian Kirkpatrick | 2.84% | 193 | 203.08 | 209.32 | 209.32 | 209.35 | 209.47 | 220.47 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | Michael Brooks | 1.87% | 127 | 140.86 | 146.84 | 147.64 | 148.03 | 148.69 | 154.95 | |||
| NI Labour | James Bate | 0.85% | 58 | 59.26 | 59.52 | 60 | 60.03 | 60.15 | ||||
| NI Labour | William Gunning | 0.65% | 44 | 45.89 | 47.97 | 47.97 | 47.97 | 47.97 | ||||
| NI Labour | William Copley | 0.40% | 27 | 27 | 27.78 | 27.78 | 27.84 | 27.9 | ||||
| Electorate: 14,584 Valid: 6,803 (46.65%) Spoilt: 183 Quota: 851 Turnout: 6,986 (47.90%) | ||||||||||||
Castlereagh South edit
1985: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| DUP | Ernest Harper* | 16.35% | 1,369 | ||||||||
| DUP | William Clulow* | 14.96% | 1,253 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | James Clarke | 13.85% | 1,160 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Glass* | 12.60% | 1,055 | ||||||||
| Alliance | David Andrews | 11.85% | 992 | 996.6 | 1,000.12 | 1,001.83 | 1,009.24 | 1,076.24 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Frederick Kane* | 9.05% | 758 | 769.73 | 786.53 | 876.89 | 902.04 | 912.72 | 1,017.04 | 1,068.04 | |
| DUP | Myreve Chambers | 4.97% | 416 | 653.59 | 692.79 | 697.74 | 727.07 | 728.76 | 736.86 | 1,056.39 | |
| SDLP | Peggy Hanna | 5.45% | 456 | 456 | 456.48 | 456.66 | 457.05 | 462.23 | 635.32 | 639.32 | |
| DUP | Mark Robinson | 3.77% | 316 | 371.2 | 491.2 | 494.53 | 535.63 | 537.95 | 545.27 | ||
| Alliance | Edward McMillan | 3.56% | 298 | 298.69 | 299.81 | 300.08 | 300.08 | 404.33 | |||
| Alliance | Ernest Crockett | 2.25% | 188 | 188.92 | 189.88 | 190.96 | 191.96 | ||||
| Ind. Unionist | William Stevenson | 1.35% | 113 | 114.38 | 126.22 | 126.76 | |||||
| Electorate: 15,485 Valid: 8,374 (54.08%) Spoilt: 161 Quota: 1,047 Turnout: 8,535 (55.12%) | |||||||||||
References edit
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Castlereagh". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.