1985 Castlereagh Borough Council election
{{short description|Local government election in Northern Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{main|Northern Ireland local elections, 1985}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1985 Castlereagh Borough Council election
| country =
| flag_year =
| flag_image =
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| party_name =
| previous_election = 1981 Castlereagh Borough Council election
| previous_year = 1981
| previous_mps =
| election_date = {{Start date|1985|05|15|df=y}}
| elected_mps =
| next_election = 1989 Castlereagh Borough Council election
| next_year = 1989
| next_mps =
| seats_for_election= All 21 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council
| majority_seats = 11
| opinion_polls =
| turnout =
| party1 = Democratic Unionist Party
| seats1 = 10
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 1
| party2 = Ulster Unionist Party
| seats2 = 8
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 3
| party3 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
| seats3 = 3
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 1
| party4 = Independent Unionist
| seats4 = 0
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 1
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map =
| map_caption = Party with the most votes by district.
}}
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.
Election results
{{Election summary begin|title = Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 1985{{Cite web|url=https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgcastlereagh.htm|title=Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Castlereagh|website=www.ark.ac.uk}}}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|seats = 10
|gain = 1
|loss = 0
|net = {{increase}}1
|seats % = 47.6
|votes % = 48.0
|votes = 11,039
|plus/minus = {{increase}}3.2
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|seats = 8
|gain = 3
|loss = 0
|net = {{increase}}3
|seats % = 38.1
|votes % = 29.0
|votes = 6,676
|plus/minus = {{increase}}3.8
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|seats = 3
|gain = 0
|loss = 1
|net = {{decrease}}1
|seats % = 14.3
|votes % = 18.8
|votes = 4,319
|plus/minus = {{decrease}}2.3
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Independent Unionist
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 1
|net = {{decrease}}1
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 1.6
|votes = 373
|plus/minus = {{decrease}}3.4
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 2.0
|votes = 456
|plus/minus = {{increase}}2.0
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 0.6
|votes = 129
|plus/minus = {{decrease}}0.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
{{election table|title=Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 1985
by district|sortable=yes}}
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|Total
Cllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Castlereagh Central
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|58.2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4
|19.6
|2
|20.5
|1
|1.7
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Castlereagh East
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|46.2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|31.9
|3
|18.1
|1
|3.8
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Castlereagh South
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|40.1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|35.5
|3
|17.7
|1
|6.7
|0
|7
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|48.0
|10
|29.0
|8
|18.8
|3
|4.2
|0
|21
|-
|}
District results
=Castlereagh Central=
1985: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
{{STV Election box begin2|
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|numcounts= 7
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Peter Robinson*
|count1 = 4,118
|percentage = 52.69%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Cedric Wilson*
|count1 = 72
|percentage = 0.92%
|count2 = 2,292.72
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Herbert Johnstone*
|count1 = 930
|percentage = 11.90%
|count2 = 1,076.68
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Alan Carson*
|count1 = 301
|percentage = 3.85%
|count2 = 683.28
|count3 = 1,651.23
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Ivan Castles
|count1 = 54
|percentage = 0.69%
|count2 = 211.32
|count3 = 413.82
|count4 = 1,068.22
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Patricia Archer*
|count1 = 893
|percentage = 11.43%
|count2 = 921.88
|count3 = 958.78
|count4 = 962.62
|count5 = 968.56
|count6 = 983.56
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Ellen Gray*
|count1 = 604
|percentage = 7.73%
|count2 = 673.16
|count3 = 725.36
|count4 = 733.36
|count5 = 802
|count6 = 884.95
|count7 = 926.44
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Derek Middleton
|count1 = 422
|percentage = 5.40%
|count2 = 441
|count3 = 446.85
|count4 = 448.45
|count5 = 455.71
|count6 = 463.97
|count7 = 743.85
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = William Moreland
|count1 = 288
|percentage = 3.69%
|count2 = 313.84
|count3 = 323.74
|count4 = 325.02
|count5 = 334.26
|count6 = 352.44
|count7 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent Unionist
|candidate = Cecil Moore
|count1 = 133
|percentage = 1.70%
|count2 = 189.24
|count3 = 213.54
|count4 = 218.02
|count5 = 225.94
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 7
|electorate = 14,751
|valid = 7,815 (52.98%)
|spoilt = 220
|quota = 977
|turnout = 8,035 (54.47%)
}}
=Castlereagh East=
1985: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Castlereagh East - 7 seats
|numcounts= 9
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Denny Vitty*
|count1 = 2,317
|percentage = 34.06%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = William Ward*
|count1 = 1,154
|percentage = 16.96%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = John Boyle*
|count1 = 150
|percentage = 2.20%
|count2 = 1,105.71
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = William Abraham
|count1 = 745
|percentage = 10.95%
|count2 = 778.39
|count3 = 875.11
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Matthew Anderson*
|count1 = 489
|percentage = 7.19%
|count2 = 652.8
|count3 = 674.64
|count4 = 894.96
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Addie Morrow*
|count1 = 699
|percentage = 10.27%
|count2 = 710.97
|count3 = 728.65
|count4 = 729.45
|count5 = 729.6
|count6 = 730.14
|count7 = 761.03
|count8 = 862.03
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Ronald Jackson
|count1 = 270
|percentage = 3.97%
|count2 = 297.09
|count3 = 421.89
|count4 = 424.45
|count5 = 425.35
|count6 = 444.13
|count7 = 454.95
|count8 = 517.48
|count9 = 702.48
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Albert Johnston
|count1 = 184
|percentage = 2.70%
|count2 = 414.58
|count3 = 432.52
|count4 = 448.68
|count5 = 487.23
|count6 = 488.37
|count7 = 501.11
|count8 = 574.3
|count9 = 606.3
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Melissa Jeffers
|count1 = 346
|percentage = 5.09%
|count2 = 351.67
|count3 = 352.97
|count4 = 353.29
|count5 = 353.35
|count6 = 353.47
|count7 = 382.73
|count8 = 474.38
|count9 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Ian Kirkpatrick
|count1 = 193
|percentage = 2.84%
|count2 = 203.08
|count3 = 209.32
|count4 = 209.32
|count5 = 209.35
|count6 = 209.47
|count7 = 220.47
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent Unionist
|candidate = Michael Brooks
|count1 = 127
|percentage = 1.87%
|count2 = 140.86
|count3 = 146.84
|count4 = 147.64
|count5 = 148.03
|count6 = 148.69
|count7 = 154.95
|count8 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
|candidate = James Bate
|count1 = 58
|percentage = 0.85%
|count2 = 59.26
|count3 = 59.52
|count4 = 60
|count5 = 60.03
|count6 = 60.15
|count7 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
|candidate = William Gunning
|count1 = 44
|percentage = 0.65%
|count2 = 45.89
|count3 = 47.97
|count4 = 47.97
|count5 = 47.97
|count6 = 47.97
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Northern Ireland Labour Party
|candidate = William Copley
|count1 = 27
|percentage = 0.40%
|count2 = 27
|count3 = 27.78
|count4 = 27.78
|count5 = 27.84
|count6 = 27.9
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 9
|electorate = 14,584
|valid = 6,803 (46.65%)
|spoilt = 183
|quota = 851
|turnout = 6,986 (47.90%)
}}
=Castlereagh South=
1985: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Castlereagh South - 7 seats
|numcounts= 8
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Ernest Harper*
|count1 = 1,369
|percentage = 16.35%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = William Clulow*
|count1 = 1,253
|percentage = 14.96%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = James Clarke
|count1 = 1,160
|percentage = 13.85%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = John Glass*
|count1 = 1,055
|percentage = 12.60%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = David Andrews
|count1 = 992
|percentage = 11.85%
|count2 = 996.6
|count3 = 1,000.12
|count4 = 1,001.83
|count5 = 1,009.24
|count6 = 1,076.24
|count7 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Frederick Kane*
|count1 = 758
|percentage = 9.05%
|count2 = 769.73
|count3 = 786.53
|count4 = 876.89
|count5 = 902.04
|count6 = 912.72
|count7 = 1,017.04
|count8 = 1,068.04
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Myreve Chambers
|count1 = 416
|percentage = 4.97%
|count2 = 653.59
|count3 = 692.79
|count4 = 697.74
|count5 = 727.07
|count6 = 728.76
|count7 = 736.86
|count8 = 1,056.39
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Peggy Hanna
|count1 = 456
|percentage = 5.45%
|count2 = 456
|count3 = 456.48
|count4 = 456.66
|count5 = 457.05
|count6 = 462.23
|count7 = 635.32
|count8 = 639.32
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Mark Robinson
|count1 = 316
|percentage = 3.77%
|count2 = 371.2
|count3 = 491.2
|count4 = 494.53
|count5 = 535.63
|count6 = 537.95
|count7 = 545.27
|count8 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Edward McMillan
|count1 = 298
|percentage = 3.56%
|count2 = 298.69
|count3 = 299.81
|count4 = 300.08
|count5 = 300.08
|count6 = 404.33
|count7 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Ernest Crockett
|count1 = 188
|percentage = 2.25%
|count2 = 188.92
|count3 = 189.88
|count4 = 190.96
|count5 = 191.96
|count6 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent Unionist
|candidate = William Stevenson
|count1 = 113
|percentage = 1.35%
|count2 = 114.38
|count3 = 126.22
|count4 = 126.76
|count5 =
|count6 =
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 8
|electorate = 15,485
|valid = 8,374 (54.08%)
|spoilt = 161
|quota = 1,047
|turnout = 8,535 (55.12%)
}}
References
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{{County Down elections}}
{{1985 United Kingdom local elections}}