1985 Derry City Council election
{{Short description|Local govt election in Northern Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{main|Northern Ireland local elections, 1985}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1985 Derry City Council election
| country =
| flag_year =
| flag_image =
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| party_name =
| previous_election = 1981 Londonderry City Council election
| previous_year = 1981
| previous_mps =
| election_date = {{Start date|1985|05|15|df=y}}
| elected_mps =
| next_election = 1989 Derry City Council election
| next_year = 1989
| next_mps =
| seats_for_election= All 30 seats to Derry City Council
| majority_seats = 16
| opinion_polls =
| turnout =
| party1 = Social Democratic and Labour Party
| seats1 = 14
| seat_change1 = {{nochange}} 0
| party2 = Sinn Féin
| seats2 = 5
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 5
| party3 = Democratic Unionist Party
| seats3 = 5
| seat_change3 = {{nochange}} 0
| party4 = Ulster Unionist Party
| seats4 = 5
| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 1
| party5 = Irish Independence Party
| seats5 = 1
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 3
| map_image =
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| map =
| map_caption = Party with the most votes by district.
}}
Elections to Derry City Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.
Election results
{{Election summary begin|title = Derry City Council Election Result 1985{{Cite web|url=https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgderry.htm|title=Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Derry|website=www.ark.ac.uk}}}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|seats = 14
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 46.7
|votes % = 41.9
|votes = 15,264
|plus/minus = {{increase}}0.6
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|seats = 5
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 16.7
|votes % = 17.3
|votes = 6,317
|plus/minus = {{decrease}}1.3
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Sinn Féin
|seats = 5
|gain = 5
|loss = 0
|net = {{increase}}5
|seats % = 16.7
|votes % = 17.1
|votes = 6,218
|plus/minus = New
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|seats = 5
|gain = 1
|loss = 0
|net = {{increase}}1
|seats % = 16.7
|votes % = 13.1
|votes = 4,778
|plus/minus = {{decrease}}2.5
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Irish Independence Party
|seats = 1
|gain = 0
|loss = 3
|net = {{decrease}}3
|seats % = 3.3
|votes % = 7.2
|votes = 2,630
|plus/minus = {{decrease}}6.5
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 2.7
|votes = 971
|plus/minus = {{decrease}}3.7
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 0.7
|votes = 253
|plus/minus = {{increase}}0.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
{{election table|title=Results of the Derry City Council election, 1985
by district|sortable=yes}}
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|Total
Cllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Irish Independence Party}}" | IIP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Cityside
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|46.5
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|0.0
|0
|39.6
|3
|0.0
|0
|10.0
|0
|3.9
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Northland
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|53.7
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|5.4
|0
|15.5
|1
|11.3
|1
|10.9
|1
|3.2
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Rural
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|38.2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|29.3
|2
|6.4
|0
|22.9
|2
|3.2
|0
|0.0
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Shantallow
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|58.8
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
|0.0
|0
|25.3
|1
|0.0
|0
|10.6
|0
|5.3
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Waterside
|18.5
|1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|42.4
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|6.2
|0
|24.2
|2
|3.3
|0
|5.4
|0
|6
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|41.9
|14
|17.3
|5
|17.1
|5
|13.1
|5
|7.2
|1
|3.4
|0
|30
|-
|}
District results
=Cityside=
1985: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin
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|numcounts= 10
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Patrick Devine*
|count1 = 836
|percentage = 12.94%
|count2 = 844
|count3 = 850
|count4 = 851
|count5 = 1,077
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Anne McGuinness
|count1 = 870
|percentage = 13.47%
|count2 = 883
|count3 = 891
|count4 = 909
|count5 = 918
|count6 = 918
|count7 = 981
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Hugh Brady
|count1 = 848
|percentage = 13.12%
|count2 = 857
|count3 = 875
|count4 = 890
|count5 = 893
|count6 = 893.73
|count7 = 967.73
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Mitchel McLaughlin
|count1 = 838
|percentage = 12.97%
|count2 = 850
|count3 = 854
|count4 = 900
|count5 = 908
|count6 = 908
|count7 = 960
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Tony Carlin
|count1 = 701
|percentage = 10.85%
|count2 = 701
|count3 = 708
|count4 = 721
|count5 = 792
|count6 = 835.8
|count7 = 890.26
|count8 = 894.26
|count9 = 914.26
|count10= 920.26
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Pat Ramsey
|count1 = 510
|percentage = 7.89%
|count2 = 513
|count3 = 515
|count4 = 551
|count5 = 643
|count6 = 671.47
|count7 = 698.66
|count8 = 704.66
|count9 = 712.66
|count10= 716.66
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Jim Clifford
|count1 = 499
|percentage = 7.72%
|count2 = 501
|count3 = 513
|count4 = 548
|count5 = 592
|count6 = 662.08
|count7 = 693.08
|count8 = 697.08
|count9 = 702.08
|count10= 703.08
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Irish Independence Party
|candidate = Liam Bradley*
|count1 = 369
|percentage = 5.71%
|count2 = 414
|count3 = 498
|count4 = 539
|count5 = 564
|count6 = 572.03
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = William Keys*
|count1 = 459
|percentage = 7.10%
|count2 = 463
|count3 = 467
|count4 = 492
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)
|candidate = Eamonn Melaugh
|count1 = 253
|percentage = 3.92%
|count2 = 256
|count3 = 277
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Irish Independence Party
|candidate = Samuel Brown
|count1 = 144
|percentage = 2.23%
|count2 = 170
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Irish Independence Party
|candidate = John McChrystal*
|count1 = 134
|percentage = 2.07%
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 10
|electorate = 10,598
|valid = 6,461 (60.96%)
|spoilt = 213
|quota = 924
|turnout = 6,674 (62.97%)
}}
=Northland=
1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Northland - 6 seats
|numcounts= 10
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = John Tierney*
|count1 = 1,417
|percentage = 18.32%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Bernard McFadden
|count1 = 1,066
|percentage = 13.78%
|count2 = 1,074.14
|count3 = 1,079.14
|count4 = 1,190.14
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = David Davis*
|count1 = 874
|percentage = 11.30%
|count2 = 874
|count3 = 874
|count4 = 875
|count5 = 928
|count6 = 1,329
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Leonard Green*
|count1 = 800
|percentage = 10.34%
|count2 = 885.36
|count3 = 893.24
|count4 = 900.56
|count5 = 940
|count6 = 942
|count7 = 952
|count8 = 957
|count9 = 1,220
|count10=
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Anna Gallagher*
|count1 = 706
|percentage = 9.13%
|count2 = 752.42
|count3 = 760.86
|count4 = 772.3
|count5 = 819.96
|count6 = 820.96
|count7 = 831.96
|count8 = 834.96
|count9 = 1,024.16
|count10= 1,100.16
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Irish Independence Party
|candidate = Fergus McAteer*
|count1 = 681
|percentage = 8.81%
|count2 = 699.92
|count3 = 731.8
|count4 = 811.12
|count5 = 821.12
|count6 = 822.12
|count7 = 827.12
|count8 = 875.12
|count9 = 947.66
|count10= 949.16
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = William McCorriston*
|count1 = 595
|percentage = 7.69%
|count2 = 681.68
|count3 = 686.68
|count4 = 691.22
|count5 = 716.88
|count6 = 716.88
|count7 = 723.88
|count8 = 727.88
|count9 = 886.56
|count10= 922.56
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = John Kerr
|count1 = 639
|percentage = 8.26%
|count2 = 682.12
|count3 = 684.78
|count4 = 688.22
|count5 = 714.1
|count6 = 714.1
|count7 = 723.1
|count8 = 723.1
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = John Noble
|count1 = 417
|percentage = 5.39%
|count2 = 417
|count3 = 417
|count4 = 419
|count5 = 425
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Mary Breen
|count1 = 244
|percentage = 3.15%
|count2 = 247.52
|count3 = 248.52
|count4 = 251.52
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = James McKnight
|count1 = 131
|percentage = 1.69%
|count2 = 135.62
|count3 = 135.62
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Irish Independence Party
|candidate = Annie Burke
|count1 = 98
|percentage = 1.27%
|count2 = 100.64
|count3 = 106.64
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Irish Independence Party
|candidate = John McCool
|count1 = 66
|percentage = 0.85%
|count2 = 69.08
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 10
|electorate = 12,243
|valid = 7,734 (63.17%)
|spoilt = 191
|quota = 1,105
|turnout = 7,925 (64.73%)
}}
=Rural=
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Rural - 7 seats
|numcounts= 8
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = John McNickle*
|count1 = 1,004
|percentage = 11.54%
|count2 = 1,016
|count3 = 1,040
|count4 = 1,042
|count5 = 1,146
|count6 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = William Hay*
|count1 = 1,008
|percentage = 11.58%
|count2 = 1,008
|count3 = 1,008
|count4 = 1,048
|count5 = 1,048
|count6 = 1,048
|count7 = 1,390
|count8 =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Ellis Allen
|count1 = 811
|percentage = 9.32%
|count2 = 811
|count3 = 811
|count4 = 841
|count5 = 841
|count6 = 841
|count7 = 1,126
|count8 =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = John Adams
|count1 = 774
|percentage = 8.89%
|count2 = 774
|count3 = 775
|count4 = 1,045
|count5 = 1,048
|count6 = 1,048
|count7 = 1,076
|count8 = 1,174
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Ernest Hamilton
|count1 = 686
|percentage = 7.88%
|count2 = 686
|count3 = 686
|count4 = 853
|count5 = 853
|count6 = 853
|count7 = 928
|count8 = 1,088
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Annie Courtney
|count1 = 965
|percentage = 11.09%
|count2 = 969
|count3 = 1,028
|count4 = 1,029
|count5 = 1,071
|count6 = 1,078.36
|count7 = 1,078.36
|count8 = 1,080.36
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Hugh O'Neill
|count1 = 698
|percentage = 8.02%
|count2 = 702
|count3 = 801
|count4 = 802
|count5 = 875
|count6 = 910.88
|count7 = 915.88
|count8 = 915.88
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = George Peoples*
|count1 = 662
|percentage = 7.61%
|count2 = 667
|count3 = 685
|count4 = 688
|count5 = 744
|count6 = 758.72
|count7 = 759.72
|count8 = 759.72
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Mervyn Lindsay
|count1 = 730
|percentage = 8.39%
|count2 = 731
|count3 = 731
|count4 = 742
|count5 = 742
|count6 = 742
|count7 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Edward McGowan
|count1 = 304
|percentage = 3.49%
|count2 = 516
|count3 = 565
|count4 = 565
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Robert Bond*
|count1 = 530
|percentage = 6.09%
|count2 = 530
|count3 = 532
|count4 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Irish Independence Party
|candidate = Michael Breslin
|count1 = 276
|percentage = 3.17%
|count2 = 285
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Patrick McNaught
|count1 = 254
|percentage = 2.92%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 8
|electorate = 12,752
|valid = 8,702 (68.24%)
|spoilt = 185
|quota = 1,088
|turnout = 8,887 (69.69%)
}}
=Shantallow=
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Shantallow - 5 seats
|numcounts= 8
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = William O'Connell*
|count1 = 1,117
|percentage = 19.83%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Mary Bradley
|count1 = 1,094
|percentage = 19.42%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Noel McKenna
|count1 = 655
|percentage = 11.63%
|count2 = 743.96
|count3 = 772.1
|count4 = 776.4
|count5 = 783.62
|count6 = 883.14
|count7 = 890.28
|count8 = 951.36
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Gerard Doherty
|count1 = 500
|percentage = 8.87%
|count2 = 501.28
|count3 = 504.78
|count4 = 511.38
|count5 = 517.7
|count6 = 520.7
|count7 = 754.14
|count8 = 796.6
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Teresa Coyle
|count1 = 445
|percentage = 7.90%
|count2 = 513.48
|count3 = 615.4
|count4 = 629.12
|count5 = 641.66
|count6 = 704.52
|count7 = 707.94
|count8 = 761.88
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = William McCartney
|count1 = 489
|percentage = 8.68%
|count2 = 490.44
|count3 = 491.7
|count4 = 505
|count5 = 518.14
|count6 = 519.3
|count7 = 686.78
|count8 = 734.22
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Irish Independence Party
|candidate = Robert Hegarty
|count1 = 243
|percentage = 4.31%
|count2 = 246.04
|count3 = 248.14
|count4 = 290.44
|count5 = 474.3
|count6 = 482.76
|count7 = 498.9
|count8 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Susan O'Hagan
|count1 = 435
|percentage = 7.72%
|count2 = 436.12
|count3 = 437.24
|count4 = 439.56
|count5 = 450.86
|count6 = 453.02
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Gerard O'Grady
|count1 = 298
|percentage = 5.29%
|count2 = 302.32
|count3 = 304.56
|count4 = 308.88
|count5 = 316.34
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Irish Independence Party
|candidate = James Nicholl
|count1 = 184
|percentage = 3.27%
|count2 = 187.52
|count3 = 191.02
|count4 = 270.44
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Irish Independence Party
|candidate = Thomas Mullan
|count1 = 174
|percentage = 3.08%
|count2 = 176.72
|count3 = 179.94
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 8
|electorate = 9,401
|valid = 5,634 (59.93%)
|spoilt = 204
|quota = 940
|turnout = 5,838 (62.10%)
}}
=Waterside=
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Waterside - 6 seats
|numcounts= 9
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Gregory Campbell*
|count1 = 2,374
|percentage = 30.05%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Margaret Buchanan*
|count1 = 811
|percentage = 10.27%
|count2 = 1,402.76
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = James Guy*
|count1 = 818
|percentage = 10.35%
|count2 = 920.96
|count3 = 937.04
|count4 = 999.92
|count5 = 1,001.92
|count6 = 1,159.96
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Michael Fegan*
|count1 = 874
|percentage = 11.06%
|count2 = 875.56
|count3 = 875.56
|count4 = 875.56
|count5 = 985.56
|count6 = 1,071.56
|count7 = 1,201.56
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = George Duddy
|count1 = 466
|percentage = 5.90%
|count2 = 532.56
|count3 = 556.56
|count4 = 637.68
|count5 = 638.92
|count6 = 690.48
|count7 = 691.48
|count8 = 693.48
|count9 = 1,136.44
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Annette Hamilton
|count1 = 166
|percentage = 2.10%
|count2 = 560.16
|count3 = 777.84
|count4 = 786.08
|count5 = 786.08
|count6 = 803.16
|count7 = 803.16
|count8 = 803.16
|count9 = 894.12
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Paul O'Donnell
|count1 = 588
|percentage = 7.44%
|count2 = 588.52
|count3 = 588.52
|count4 = 589.52
|count5 = 640.52
|count6 = 674.52
|count7 = 762.52
|count8 = 817.52
|count9 = 820.52
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Robert Ferris*
|count1 = 461
|percentage = 5.84%
|count2 = 508.84
|count3 = 517.48
|count4 = 543.52
|count5 = 544.52
|count6 = 594.52
|count7 = 597.52
|count8 = 597.52
|count9 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Michael Roddy
|count1 = 483
|percentage = 6.11%
|count2 = 483
|count3 = 483
|count4 = 484
|count5 = 535
|count6 = 535
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Robert McCullough
|count1 = 429
|percentage = 5.43%
|count2 = 434.2
|count3 = 434.92
|count4 = 439.92
|count5 = 446.92
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Irish Independence Party
|candidate = Robert Concannon
|count1 = 261
|percentage = 3.30%
|count2 = 262.04
|count3 = 263
|count4 = 263.52
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Andrew McManus
|count1 = 169
|percentage = 2.14%
|count2 = 185.64
|count3 = 187.56
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 9
|electorate = 11,705
|valid = 7,900 (67.49%)
|spoilt = 144
|quota = 1,129
|turnout = 8,044 (68.72%)
}}
References
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{{County Londonderry elections}}
{{1985 United Kingdom local elections}}