1985 Belfast City Council election

Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.

The UUP became the largest party, overtaking the DUP and John Carson became the Lord Mayor.

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

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Workers' Party !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Balmoral
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|41.7
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 25.5
 * 2
 * 18.5
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 10.4
 * 0
 * 1.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 2.9
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Castle
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|32.7
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 17.1
 * 1
 * 9.6
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 19.6
 * 1
 * 3.4
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 17.6
 * 1
 * 6
 * align="left"|Court
 * 21.6
 * 2
 * 17.9
 * 1
 * 5.1
 * 0
 * 3.5
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 1.3
 * 0
 * 24.2
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#0077FF"|36.1
 * bgcolor="#0077FF"|2
 * 6
 * align="left"|Laganbank
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.0
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 22.1
 * 1
 * 20.8
 * 1
 * 16.9
 * 1
 * 5.6
 * 0
 * 5.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 2.1
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Lower Falls
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 9.4
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#008800"|57.2
 * bgcolor="#008800"|3
 * 23.4
 * 1
 * 9.4
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.6
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Oldpark
 * 17.5
 * 1
 * 11.4
 * 1
 * 3.7
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#008800"|28.5
 * bgcolor="#008800"|2
 * 16.1
 * 1
 * 9.4
 * 1
 * 3.0
 * 0
 * 10.4
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Pottinger
 * 28.9
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|47.5
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 8.3
 * 1
 * 4.6
 * 0
 * 2.8
 * 0
 * 2.4
 * 0
 * 3.2
 * 0
 * 2.3
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Upper Falls
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 2.9
 * 0
 * 7.3
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#008800"|44.1
 * bgcolor="#008800"|2
 * 39.2
 * 2
 * 3.1
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 3.4
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Victoria
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|42.5
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 33.2
 * 2
 * 23.1
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 1.2
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 24.4
 * 14
 * 19.9
 * 11
 * 11.5
 * 8
 * 15.6
 * 7
 * 14.2
 * 6
 * 3.8
 * 1
 * 2.2
 * 1
 * 8.4
 * 3
 * 51
 * }
 * 6
 * 3.8
 * 1
 * 2.2
 * 1
 * 8.4
 * 3
 * 51
 * }
 * }

Balmoral
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

Castle
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

Court
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Protestant Unionist, 1 x Independent Unionist

Laganbank
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

Lower Falls
1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

Oldpark
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Workers' Party

Pottinger
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

Upper Falls
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

Victoria
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance