Elections to Lisburn 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 28 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 ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Downshire |bgcolor="40BFF5"|46.7 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |41.6 |3 |11.7 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Dunmurry Cross |bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.8 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |18.1 |1 |7.8 |1 |13.3 |1 |22.8 |2 |7.2 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Killultagh |bgcolor="40BFF5"|53.2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |27.3 |2 |7.7 |0 |11.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Lisburn Town |39.1 |4 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|43.0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |17.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |7 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |42.8 |13 |32.1 |8 |11.0 |3 |6.6 |2 |5.7 |2 |1.8 |0 |28
District results
Downshire
1985: 3 x UUP, 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Dunmurry Cross
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Killultagh
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Lisburn Town
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
References