Elections to Larne 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 15 councillors.
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All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council 8 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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Democratic Unionist | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 39.4 | 4,289 | 2.2 | |
Ulster Unionist | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 46.7 | 37.3 | 4,057 | 13.1 | |
Alliance | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.3 | 16.4 | 1,773 | 1.0 | |
Independent Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 755 | 0.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary edit
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | UUP | Alliance | Others | ||||||
Coast Road | 36.7 | 2 | 28.9 | 1 | 12.9 | 1 | 21.5 | 1 | 5 |
Larne Lough | 40.4 | 2 | 50.0 | 3 | 9.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Larne Town | 41.1 | 2 | 32.6 | 2 | 26.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 39.4 | 6 | 37.3 | 6 | 16.4 | 2 | 6.9 | 1 | 15 |
District results edit
Coast Road edit
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Robinson* | 22.25% | 782 | ||||
Independent Nationalist | William Cunning* | 21.48% | 755 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Winston Fulton* | 18.07% | 635 | ||||
Alliance | Amelia Kelly | 12.94% | 455 | 468.75 | 629.57 | ||
Democratic Unionist | Rachel Rea* | 13.97% | 491 | 533.75 | 535.04 | 674.04 | |
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Martin | 6.66% | 234 | 356.25 | 360.12 | 371.12 | |
Democratic Unionist | Hill Taggart | 4.64% | 163 | 175 | 175.86 | ||
Electorate: 6,875 Valid: 3,515 (51.13%) Spoilt: 82 Quota: 586 Turnout: 3,597 (52.32%) |
Larne Lough edit
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Roy Beggs* | 27.69% | 1,020 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | John Alexander* | 18.41% | 678 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Laurence Niblock* | 12.92% | 476 | 596.4 | 597.48 | 703.48 | |
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Baxter | 9.42% | 347 | 547.8 | 553.47 | 657.47 | |
Democratic Unionist | Samuel McAllister* | 13.33% | 491 | 522.6 | 547.44 | 567.73 | |
Democratic Unionist | Gary Haggan | 8.69% | 320 | 351.2 | 379.73 | 389.22 | |
Alliance | Thomas Benson* | 9.53% | 351 | 371.8 | 372.16 | ||
Electorate: 6,568 Valid: 3,683 (56.07%) Spoilt: 96 Quota: 614 Turnout: 3,779 (57.54%) |
Larne Town edit
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Jack McKee* | 37.41% | 1,375 | |||
Alliance | Liam Kelly* | 26.31% | 967 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Robinson* | 20.92% | 769 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Leonard Sluman* | 2.35% | 94 | 671.36 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Rosalie Armstrong* | 9.36% | 344 | 402.24 | 670.91 | |
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Lamrock | 2.31% | 85 | 111.32 | 185.69 | |
Democratic Unionist | Frederick Hoey | 1.14% | 42 | 134.4 | 143.11 | |
Electorate: 7,289 Valid: 3,676 (50.43%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 613 Turnout: 3,763 (51.63%) |
References edit
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Larne". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.