Elections to Limavady 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 15 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Bellarena |38.9 |2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|47.4 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |0.0 |0 |13.7 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Benbradagh |29.8 |2 |23.1 |1 |bgcolor="#008800"|32.0 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |4.7 |0 |10.4 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Limavady Town |bgcolor="40BFF5"|49.3 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |28.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |10.6 |1 |11.9 |0 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |39.4 |7 |32.9 |4 |10.5 |1 |9.7 |1 |7.5 |0 |15
District results
Bellarena
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
Benbradagh
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
Limavady Town
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
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