Elections to North Down 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 24 councillors.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UPUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Abbey |28.2 |2 |17.2 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.3 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |16.3 |1 |2.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"| Ballyholme and Groomsport |bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.8 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |28.5 |2 |22.8 |2 |7.8 |1 |4.1 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Bangor West |bgcolor="40BFF5"|28.5 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |27.7 |2 |19.8 |1 |9.3 |0 |9.6 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|Holywood |bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |30.5 |2 |15.7 |1 |6.5 |0 |12.2 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |32.3 |8 |26.3 |7 |23.3 |6 |9.7 |2 |8.4 |0 |24
District results
Abbey
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP
Ballyholme and Groomsport
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Bangor West
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UPUP
Holywood
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
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