Elections to Newry and Mourne District 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
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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | IIP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Crotlieve |bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|4 |18.0 |2 |0.0 |0 |6.9 |0 |0.0 |0 |20.9 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|Newry Town |bgcolor="#99FF66"|45.0 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|4 |12.6 |1 |19.3 |1 |0.0 |0 |15.3 |1 |7.8 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Slieve Gullion |44.8 |3 |0.0 |0 |bgcolor="#008800"|47.5 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |0.0 |0 |4.6 |0 |3.1 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|The Fews |30.9 |2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |18.9 |1 |7.9 |1 |0.8 |0 |6.5 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|The Mournes |26.6 |1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |12.8 |1 |26.4 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |40.9 |14 |20.2 |7 |18.5 |5 |7.8 |2 |4.2 |1 |8.4 |1 |30
District results
Crotlieve
1985: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Newry Town
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x IIP, 1 x UUP
Slieve Gullion
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
The Fews
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
The Mournes
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
References