1985 Derry City Council election

Elections to Derry City 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
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | IIP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Cityside
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|46.5
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 39.6
 * 3
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 10.0
 * 0
 * 3.9
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Northland
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|53.7
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 5.4
 * 0
 * 15.5
 * 1
 * 11.3
 * 1
 * 10.9
 * 1
 * 3.2
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Rural
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|38.2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 29.3
 * 2
 * 6.4
 * 0
 * 22.9
 * 2
 * 3.2
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Shantallow
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|58.8
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 25.3
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 10.6
 * 0
 * 5.3
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Waterside
 * 18.5
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|42.4
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 6.2
 * 0
 * 24.2
 * 2
 * 3.3
 * 0
 * 5.4
 * 0
 * 6
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 41.9
 * 14
 * 17.3
 * 5
 * 17.1
 * 5
 * 13.1
 * 5
 * 7.2
 * 1
 * 3.4
 * 0
 * 30
 * }
 * 7.2
 * 1
 * 3.4
 * 0
 * 30
 * }
 * }

Cityside
1985: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin

Northland
1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP

Rural
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP

Shantallow
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

Waterside
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP