Elections to Derry City 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
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | IIP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Cityside |bgcolor="#99FF66"|46.5 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |0.0 |0 |39.6 |3 |0.0 |0 |10.0 |0 |3.9 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Northland |bgcolor="#99FF66"|53.7 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |5.4 |0 |15.5 |1 |11.3 |1 |10.9 |1 |3.2 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Rural |bgcolor="#99FF66"|38.2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |29.3 |2 |6.4 |0 |22.9 |2 |3.2 |0 |0.0 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Shantallow |bgcolor="#99FF66"|58.8 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|4 |0.0 |0 |25.3 |1 |0.0 |0 |10.6 |0 |5.3 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Waterside |18.5 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|42.4 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |6.2 |0 |24.2 |2 |3.3 |0 |5.4 |0 |6 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |41.9 |14 |17.3 |5 |17.1 |5 |13.1 |5 |7.2 |1 |3.4 |0 |30
District results
Cityside
1985: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin
Northland
1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP
Rural
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP
Shantallow
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
Waterside
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
References