1985 Belfast City Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
1985 Belfast City Council election
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All 51 seats to Belfast City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP DUP Alliance
Seats won 14 11 8
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 4 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin SDLP Ind. Unionist
Seats won 7 6 2
Seat change Increase 7 Steady 0 Increase 1
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Party Workers' Party PUP Protestant Unionist
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0 Increase 1
Lord Mayor before election

Alfie Ferguson
UUP

Lord Mayor

John Carson
UUP

Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.

The UUP became the largest party, overtaking the DUP and John Carson became the Lord Mayor.