1985 Ards Borough Council election

Elections to Ards 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 20 councillors.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | NILP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UPUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ards Peninsula
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.3
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 27.7
 * 2
 * 10.1
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 13.7
 * 1
 * 17.2
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Ards West
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|42.9
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 39.3
 * 2
 * 17.1
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.7
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Newtownards
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.3
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 25.7
 * 2
 * 10.6
 * 1
 * 16.3
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 3.1
 * 0
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 39.3
 * 8
 * 30.5
 * 6
 * 12.4
 * 3
 * 5.6
 * 1
 * 4.9
 * 1
 * 7.3
 * 1
 * 20
 * }
 * 7.3
 * 1
 * 20
 * }
 * }

Ards Peninsula
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

Ards West
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

Newtownards
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x NILP, 1 x Alliance