1985 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

Elections to Carrickfergus 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
!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="" | PUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Carrick Castle
 * 29.3
 * 2
 * 29.6
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|31.7
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|1
 * 9.4
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Kilroot
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|43.6
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 25.9
 * 1
 * 22.0
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 8.5
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Knockagh Monument
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|27.5
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 25.8
 * 1
 * 21.4
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 25.3
 * 1
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 33.7
 * 7
 * 27.0
 * 3
 * 24.9
 * 3
 * 3.0
 * 1
 * 11.4
 * 1
 * 15
 * }
 * 11.4
 * 1
 * 15
 * }
 * }

Carrick Castle
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP

Kilroot
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP

Knockagh Monument
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist