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1985 Ballymena Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymena Borough 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 23 councillors.

Elections to Ballymena Borough 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 23 councillors.

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
15	2	0	2	65.2	55.6	12,014	0.1
6	1	0	1	26.1	28.6	6,190	1.4
1	1	0	1	4.3	6.3	1,367	New
1	0	0	0	4.3	5.6	1,204	2.1
0	0	2	2	0.0	4.0	856	6.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	TotalCllrs
Ballymena Town	37.7	3	22.8	2	21.0	1	18.5	1	7
Braid Valley	48.5	3	35.3	2	0.0	0	16.2	0	5
Kells Water	73.6	5	26.4	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	6
The Main	68.8	4	31.2	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Total	55.6	15	28.6	6	6.3	1	9.5	2	23

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

1985: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	UUP	William Brownlees*	17.86%	856
	DUP	John McAuley*	17.63%	845
	DUP	Roy West*	16.60%	796
	DUP	Martin Clarke*	14.50%	695
	DUP	Edwin Maternaghan*	12.04%	577	586.4	693.37
	DUP	David McClintock	12.83%	615	623.4	657.41	753.17
	UUP	Victoria Brownlees	8.55%	410	558.8	570.96	579.92
Electorate: 9,621 Valid: 4,794 (49.83%) Spoilt: 133 Quota: 685 Turnout: 4,927 (51.21%)

1985: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	DUP	Roy Gillespie*	21.36%	1,076
	DUP	Tommy Nicholl*	19.06%	960
	DUP	Sandy Spence*	15.80%	796	831.64	925.48
	DUP	Hubert Nicholl	12.57%	633	792.94	804.7	876.75
	UUP	Ian Johnston*	16.12%	812	834.88	838.24	841.76
	UUP	William Wright*	15.09%	760	774.08	777.92	782.43
Electorate: 8,309 Valid: 5,037 (60.62%) Spoilt: 213 Quota: 840 Turnout: 5,250 (63.18%)

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