1985 Cork City Council election

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1985 Cork City Council election
←  20 June 1985 1991 →
All 31 seats to Cork City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 13 8 5
Seat change - - -
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Workers' Party Independent
Seats won 2 3
Seat change - -
Cork City in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of Cork City Council

An election to Cork City Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.

Results by party[]

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 13 - 17,399 41.16
Fine Gael 8 - 11,376 26.91
Labour 5 - 4,478 10.59
Workers' Party 2 - 2,394 5.66
Independent 3 - 4,545 10.75
Totals 31 - 42,271 100.0 —

Results by Electoral Area[]

Cork North-Central[]

Cork North-Central - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Fine Gael Bernard AllenTD* 1,540                      
Independent Bernie Murphy 757 779 792 811 823 848 910 927 1,042 1,089 1,242  
Fianna Fáil Paud Black* 697 728 731 741 746 762 781 873 893 919 975 985
Fianna Fáil David Buckley* 688 715 719 731 739 748 764 847 868 902 938 946
Fianna Fáil Peter Falvey 580 599 600 605 612 623 639 739 766 793 853 866
Labour Joe O'Callaghan 483 513 519 538 549 648 663 676 739 856 992 1,012
Independent Jerry O'Riordan 415 429 433 458 465 500 539 554 608 648    
Workers' Party Harry Carroll 337 352 360 364 367 378 427 438        
Fianna Fáil John Coleman 334 340 340 345 346 438 351 357        
Sinn Féin Don O'Leary 262 268 278 287 289 291            
Labour Bertie McSweeney 212 213 225 228 243              
Fine Gael Charles Browne 171 346 349 365 462 474 485 493 519      
Fine Gael Richard J. Long 140 178 178 180                
Independent Desmond Walls 126 135 139                  
Communist Party John N. Murphy 58 61                    
Electorate: 15,131   Valid: 6,800 (45.81%)   Spoilt: 131   Quota: 1,134   Turnout: 6,931

Cork North-East[]

Cork North-East - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fianna Fáil Mairin Quill* 1,063                  
Fine Gael Bill Nolan* 638 642 650 734 743 754 784 792 1,209  
Workers' Party John Kelleher 609 610 624 634 710 752 785 798 862 888
Fianna Fáil Tim Brosnan 586 599 623 634 647 734 1,087      
Independent Denis A. Tobin 559 561 583 593 653 697 753 772 826 853
Labour Frank Nash 553 555 677 693 721 744 780 791 873 998
Fine Gael Tadhg McAuliffe 464 465 478 626 633 673 722 737    
Fianna Fáil Pat McRory 445 453 460 465 482 632        
Fianna Fáil Noel O'Flynn 385 394 400 404 425          
Sinn Féin Anthony Dempsey 298 298 303 307            
Fine Gael Mairin Daly 277 278 294              
Labour Sheila Abbott 138 139                
Labour George McDonnell 109                  
Electorate: 12,666   Valid: 6,124 (48.97%)   Spoilt: 164   Quota: 1,021   Turnout: 6,202

Cork North-West[]

Cork North-West - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Dan WallaceTD*   1,888            
Fine Gael Liam BurkeTD* 1,007 1,077 1,142        
Labour Gerry O'Sullivan* 775 828 857 1,006 1,066 1,102 1,108
Workers' Party Jimmy Homan 690 732 775 805 909 939 941
Fianna Fáil Tim Falvey 574 781 800 817 862 1,229  
Fianna Fáil Dave McCarthy 521 705 714 727 784 1,007 1,091
Fianna Fáil Martin A. Harvey 514 658 667 694 730    
Sinn Féin Sean Walsh 347 366 382 392      
Fine Gael Con Fitzpatrick 277 280 333        
Fine Gael Sheila McGarry 159 185          
Communist Party Bill McGarry 69 72          
Electorate: 14,358   Valid: 6,821 (48.22%)   Spoilt: 102   Quota: 1,137   Turnout: 6,923

Cork South-Central[]

Cork South-Central - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Fianna Fáil Pearse WyseTD 1,295                            
Fine Gael Denis Cregan* 809 818 823 828 915 924 926 983 993 1,064 1,119 1,121 1,191    
Fianna Fáil Micheál Martin 788 815 818 824 829 840 907 933 1,069 1,102 1,167        
Sinn Féin Peadar Beecher 465 467 472 495 497 507 510 512 518 522 572 572      
Labour John Murray 464 469 475 479 482 493 500 503 506 676 737 740 809 988 1,000
Workers' Party Kathleen Lynch 412 415 422 434 437 460 469 475 480 515 574 578 748 804 822
Fianna Fáil Michael Finn 406 440 440 447 451 458 492 499 584 597 643 664 731 787 804
Fine Gael Dan Morrissey* 396 402 403 409 429 435 443 523 533 587 621 623 638    
Labour Pat Dawson* 365 369 372 380 392 409 418 432 442            
Independent Fred Penney 305 312 324 358 362 420 424 434 443 464          
Fianna Fáil Sean O'Reilly* 191 226 231 239 243 246 303 307              
Fianna Fáil Christopher O'Connor 183 203 206 211 212 219                  
Fine Gael Sarah Madden 182 183 185 189 212 224 226                
Fine Gael John Cahill* 176 177 177 179                      
Green Patrick Cotter 162 163 173 187 190                    
Fianna Fáil Finbarr O'Connor 137 140 147                        
Independent Pat O'Connor 70 72                          
Electorate: 14,329   Valid: 6,806 (48.49%)   Spoilt: 142   Quota: 1,135   Turnout: 6,948

Cork South-East[]

Cork South-East - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fine Gael Jim Corr* 1,673                  
Independent Sean Beausang* 1,241                  
Fianna Fáil Chrissie Aherne* 999 1,017 1,080 1,098 1,105 1,124 1,183 1,350    
Fianna Fáil Donal Counihan* 854 878 912 918 921 936 956 1,115 1,193 1,237
Fine Gael Ted McCarthy 665 785 793 876 881 905 923 949 1,079 1,084
Fianna Fáil Chris Coughlan 622 649 675 680 684 690 710 818 864 941
Fine Gael John Blair 551 733 741 826 831 855 872 889 1,011 1,016
Fianna Fáil Michael Lombard* 492 501 531 532 534 571 597      
Workers' Party Sean McCarthy 346 352 353 357 361 390        
Labour Tom O'Sullivan 310 323 330 340 343 511 617 654    
Labour Frank Kerrigan 307 320 323 339 342          
Fine Gael Philip Travers 191 241 241              
Fianna Fáil Ann Hynes 181 187                
Electorate: 19,081   Valid: 8,432 (44.79%)   Spoilt: 114   Quota: 1,212   Turnout: 8,546

Cork South-West[]

Cork South-West - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fianna Fáil John Dennehy* 1,448                    
Fine Gael Brian Bermingham* 892 901 909 914 918 963 994 1,307      
Independent Patrick Murray 689 830 860 934 957 992 1,221 1,328      
Fianna Fáil Owen Curtin* 658 741 748 757 776 804 1,070 1,095 1,098 1,537  
Labour Toddy O'SullivanTD* 655 681 719 737 777 837 860 938 947 1,020 1,047
Fine Gael Niall Hartnett 631 636 648 649 650 678 708 834 910 959 999
Fianna Fáil Jarlath Killilea 568 613 617 623 653 666 751 767 768    
Fine Gael Harry Anthony 537 545 549 557 560 589 595        
Fianna Fáil Phil Cummins 439 477 481 490 506 518          
Green Sean Dunne 331 335 348 362 403            
Sinn Féin James McBarron 214 217 221 239              
Independent Finbarr O'Connor 119 122 126                
Labour Noel Dempsey 107 108                  
Electorate: 15,555   Valid: 7,288 (47.45%)   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 1,215   Turnout: 7,381

External links[]

  • http://www.corkcity.ie/
  • irishelectionliterature
  • Department of the Environment, Ireland (28 January 2010). "Local elections, 1985 : election results and transfer of votes in respect of each county, and county borough council : and election statistics relating to all local authorities" (PDF). Department of the Environment. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
Preceded by
 Succeeded by
1991 Cork City Council election
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