1985 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Elections to Newtownabbey Borough 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 25 councillors.

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

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

!Cllrs

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Antrim Line
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|40.5
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2
 * 26.7
 * 2
 * 15.5
 * 1
 * 17.3
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Ballyclare
 * 22.0
 * 1
 * 25.5
 * 1
 * 5.6
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#0077FF"|46.9
 * bgcolor="#0077FF"|3
 * 5
 * align="left"|Doagh Road
 * 34.3
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.8
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 6.4
 * 0
 * 21.5
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Manse Road
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|52.2
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3
 * 32.3
 * 2
 * 11.5
 * 1
 * 4.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Shore Road
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|38.9
 * bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2
 * 32.3
 * 2
 * 12.1
 * 1
 * 16.7
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 37.6
 * 10
 * 30.8
 * 9
 * 10.3
 * 2
 * 21.3
 * 4
 * 25
 * }
 * 10.3
 * 2
 * 21.3
 * 4
 * 25
 * }
 * }

Antrim Line
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

Ballyclare
1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent

Doagh Road
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour

Manse Road
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

Shore Road
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance