1985 Galway City Council election

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1985 Galway City Council election
←  20 June 1985 1991 →
All 15 seats to Galway City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Workers' Party
Seats won 6 5 2
Seat change - - -
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Labour Independent
Seats won 1 1
Seat change - -
Galway City in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of Galway City Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Galway City Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.

Results by party[]

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 6 - 5,985 40.59
Fine Gael 5 - 4,283 29.05
Workers' Party 2 - 1,323 8.97
Labour 1 - 1,597 10.83
Independent 1 - 1,556 10.55
Totals 15 - 14,744 100.0 —

Results by Electoral Area[]

North & East Ward[]

North & East Ward - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Fianna Fáil Bridie O'Flaherty* 869                          
Fianna Fáil Máire Geoghegan-QuinnTD 808 816 822 848                    
Fianna Fáil Michael Leahy (politiel Leahy) 796 806 812 855                    
Fine Gael Fintan Coogan 735 737 743 749 753 754 770 870            
Fine Gael Pádraic McCormack 486 487 489 492 492 492 497 523 545 559 595 673 884  
Fianna Fáil Henry O'Connor* 420 427 433 453 472 484 494 500 501 540 601 626 662 671
Workers' Party Liz Hackett 412 413 425 431 431 431 461 482 484 542 589 709 744 754
Fine Gael Pascal Walsh 328 330 331 336 336 336 358 396 403 424 449 487    
Independent Brendan Holland* 317 318 323 327 327 329 339 353 359 410 541 589 660 698
Independent John Francis King* 282 284 303 307 309 309 328 334 336 378        
Labour Peter Kenny 271 271 293 295 295 296 379 390 392 396 420      
Independent Sheila Jordan 224 225 230 234 236 237



       
Fine Gael Marie Dennis 219 221 225 228 229 230 241              
Labour Pat O'Sullivan 199 201 225 225 225 225                
Fianna Fáil Uiris O Ceadegh 125 127 128                      
Labour Paddy Naughton 120 121                        
Electorate: 15,706   Valid: 6,611 (42.51%)   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 827   Turnout: 6,676

South Ward[]

South Ward - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael John Mulholland 844            
Fianna Fáil Martin Connolly* 671 671 705 721 734 766 802
Fianna Fáil Gerry Molloy* 532 533 585 609 656 709 757
Fine Gael Pat McNamara* 525 530 535 564 598 666 781
Labour Noreen Robin 221 222 225 234 250 297  
Independent Gary O Lochlainn 161 162 168 189 237    
Independent Odran O'Leary 154 155 163 179      
Independent John Francis King* 115 115 119        
Fianna Fáil Frances Quigley 113 113          
Electorate: 6,909   Valid: 3,336 (48.72%)   Spoilt: 30   Quota: 835   Turnout: 3,366

West Ward[]

West Ward- 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Workers' Party Jimmy Brick 911              
Fianna Fáil Bobby MolloyTD 638 658 689 704 731 746 951  
Fianna Fáil Michéal Ó hUiginn* 596 604 629 640 667 698 832  
Fine Gael Angela Lynch-Lupton 533 538 540 600 628 650 681 705
Labour Senator Michael D. Higgins* 531 559 563 574 614 783 835  
Fianna Fáil Mary Byrne* 417 426 435 446 476 488    
Fine Gael J.J. McDonagh 390 391 409 496 532 571 607 630
Labour Joe Murray 255 273 277 284 317      
Fine Gael Martin O'Connell 223 227 228          
Independent Tom Browne* 213 226 232 244        
Independent William Lambe 90 94            
Electorate: 11,042   Valid: 4,797 (43.77%)   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 800   Turnout: 4,833

External links[]

  • Irishelectionliterature
  • Department of the Environment, Ireland (2010-01-28). "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 2019-10-28.
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