1985 Lisburn Borough Council election

Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 28 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Downshire
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|46.7
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 41.6
 * 3
 * 11.7
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Dunmurry Cross
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.8
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 18.1
 * 1
 * 7.8
 * 1
 * 13.3
 * 1
 * 22.8
 * 2
 * 7.2
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Killultagh
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|53.2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
 * 27.3
 * 2
 * 7.7
 * 0
 * 11.8
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Lisburn Town
 * 39.1
 * 4
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|43.0
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 17.9
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 42.8
 * 13
 * 32.1
 * 8
 * 11.0
 * 3
 * 6.6
 * 2
 * 5.7
 * 2
 * 1.8
 * 0
 * 28
 * }
 * 2
 * 1.8
 * 0
 * 28
 * }
 * }

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

Dunmurry Cross
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

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

Lisburn Town
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance