1985 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Elections to Newry and Mourne District 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="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | IIP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Crotlieve
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 18.0
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6.9
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 20.9
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Newry Town
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|45.0
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 12.6
 * 1
 * 19.3
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 15.3
 * 1
 * 7.8
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Slieve Gullion
 * 44.8
 * 3
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#008800"|47.5
 * bgcolor="#008800"|2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 4.6
 * 0
 * 3.1
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|The Fews
 * 30.9
 * 2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.0
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 18.9
 * 1
 * 7.9
 * 1
 * 0.8
 * 0
 * 6.5
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|The Mournes
 * 26.6
 * 1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 12.8
 * 1
 * 26.4
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 40.9
 * 14
 * 20.2
 * 7
 * 18.5
 * 5
 * 7.8
 * 2
 * 4.2
 * 1
 * 8.4
 * 1
 * 30
 * }
 * 1
 * 8.4
 * 1
 * 30
 * }
 * }

Crotlieve
1985: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Newry Town
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x IIP, 1 x UUP

Slieve Gullion
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

The Fews
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP

The Mournes
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin