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
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |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
District results
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
References