Elections to Carrickfergus Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 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 ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Carrick Castle |29.3 |2 |29.6 |1 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|31.7 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|1 |9.4 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Kilroot |bgcolor="40BFF5"|43.6 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |25.9 |1 |22.0 |1 |0.0 |0 |8.5 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Knockagh Monument |bgcolor="40BFF5"|27.5 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |25.8 |1 |21.4 |1 |0.0 |0 |25.3 |1 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |33.7 |7 |27.0 |3 |24.9 |3 |3.0 |1 |11.4 |1 |15
District results
Carrick Castle
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP
Kilroot
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
Knockagh Monument
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
References