1985 Magherafelt District Council election
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Elections to Magherafelt District 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.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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SDLP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26.7 | 28.2 | 5,186 | 2.6 | |
Sinn Féin | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 26.7 | 26.0 | 4,783 | New | |
DUP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 | 24.0 | 4,405 | 0.0 | |
UUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 19.3 | 3,562 | 9.4 | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 239 | 0.2 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 213 | 1.3 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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SDLP | Sinn Féin | DUP | UUP | Others | |||||||
Magherafelt Town | 23.1 | 1 | 20.4 | 1 | 34.5 | 2 | 18.6 | 1 | 3.4 | 0 | 5 |
Moyola | 21.0 | 1 | 28.4 | 1 | 26.3 | 2 | 24.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Sperrin | 40.6 | 2 | 29.5 | 2 | 10.7 | 0 | 15.3 | 1 | 3.9 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 28.2 | 4 | 26.0 | 4 | 24.0 | 4 | 19.3 | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 15 |
District results
[edit]Magherafelt Town
[edit]1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
DUP | William McCrea* | 32.24% | 2,050 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Bhrighde Mac Giolla | 20.40% | 1,297 | ||||
SDLP | Patrick Kilpatrick | 16.80% | 1,068 | ||||
UUP | Ernest Caldwell | 13.38% | 851 | 975.32 | 976.34 | 1,367.34 | |
DUP | Barclay Morrow | 2.28% | 145 | 956.68 | 957.02 | 1,031.74 | |
SDLP | Joseph McGlone | 6.35% | 404 | 406.4 | 616.86 | 687.1 | |
UUP | James Artt | 5.21% | 331 | 367.48 | 367.82 | ||
Alliance | Harold Hutchinson | 3.35% | 213 | 218.28 | 238 | ||
Electorate: 8,009 Valid: 6,359 (79.40%) Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,060 Turnout: 6,440 (80.41%) |
Moyola
[edit]1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SDLP | Henry McErlean* | 15.23% | 904 | 1,200 | ||||
Sinn Féin | John Davey | 15.97% | 948 | 965 | 1,030 | |||
UUP | John Junkin* | 16.63% | 987 | 987 | 994 | |||
DUP | Thomas Catherwood | 14.10% | 837 | 837 | 837 | 1,070 | ||
DUP | Thomas Milligan* | 12.15% | 721 | 722 | 722 | 900 | 978.44 | |
Sinn Féin | Francis McElwee | 12.47% | 740 | 752 | 818 | 818 | 818 | |
UUP | Alex Montgomery | 7.72% | 458 | 458 | 460 | |||
SDLP | Francis Madden | 5.74% | 341 | |||||
Electorate: 7,604 Valid: 5,936 (78.06%) Spoilt: 160 Quota: 990 Turnout: 6,096 (80.17%) |
Sperrin
[edit]1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Patrick Doherty | 16.87% | 1,028 | |||||
SDLP | Patrick Sweeney* | 10.59% | 645 | 715 | 1,037 | |||
SDLP | Mary McSorley* | 14.20% | 865 | 886 | 950 | 1,427 | ||
Sinn Féin | Patrick Toner | 12.64% | 770 | 806 | 814 | 860 | 1,001 | |
UUP | Walter Richardson | 15.35% | 935 | 945 | 946 | 950 | 959 | |
DUP | John Linton* | 10.70% | 652 | 654 | 655 | 659 | 663 | |
SDLP | John Bradley | 8.32% | 507 | 524 | 586 | |||
SDLP | Francis McKendry* | 7.42% | 452 | 478 | ||||
Workers' Party | Francis Donnelly | 3.92% | 239 | |||||
Electorate: 7,558 Valid: 6,093 (80.62%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 1,016 Turnout: 6,201 (82.05%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Magherafelt". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 3 August 2021.