Elections to Coleraine 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
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="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Bann |bgcolor="40BFF5"|51.9 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |21.5 |1 |23.0 |2 |0.0 |0 |3.6 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Coleraine Town |26.9 |2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|41.6 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |4.5 |0 |8.0 |1 |19.0 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|The Skerries |bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |30.2 |2 |9.1 |0 |11.9 |1 |0.6 |0 |7 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |42.9 |10 |30.5 |6 |12.9 |2 |6.2 |2 |7.5 |1 |21
District results
Bann
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
Coleraine Town
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
The Skerries
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
References