1985 Coleraine Borough Council election

Elections to Coleraine 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 21 councillors.

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

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Bann
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|51.9
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
 * 21.5
 * 1
 * 23.0
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 3.6
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Coleraine Town
 * 26.9
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|41.6
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 4.5
 * 0
 * 8.0
 * 1
 * 19.0
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|The Skerries
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
 * 30.2
 * 2
 * 9.1
 * 0
 * 11.9
 * 1
 * 0.6
 * 0
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 42.9
 * 10
 * 30.5
 * 6
 * 12.9
 * 2
 * 6.2
 * 2
 * 7.5
 * 1
 * 21
 * }
 * 7.5
 * 1
 * 21
 * }
 * }

Bann
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

Coleraine Town
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

The Skerries
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance