1985 Kildare County Council election

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1985 Kildare County Council election
←  20 June 1985 1991 →
All 25 seats to Kildare County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 10 7 5
Seat change +1 -1 +1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Workers' Party Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change +1 +1 +1
Kildare in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of Kildare County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Kildare County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.

Results by party[]

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 10 +1 17,205 42.91
Fine Gael 7 -1 9,294 23.18
Labour 5 +1 8,563 21.36
Workers' Party 1 +1 1,035 2.58
Sinn Féin 1 +1 875 2.18
Independent 1 +1 3,125 7.79
Totals 25 +4 40,335 100.0 —

Results by Electoral Area[]

Athy[]

Athy - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Joseph BerminghamTD* 1,572              
Fianna Fáil Martin Miley* 1,102 1,115 1,162 1,186 1,515      
Sinn Féin Paddy Wright 875 907 944 988 1,071 1,085 1,105 1,126
Fine Gael Reggie Lalor 767 798 872 989 1,066 1,077 1,585  
Fianna Fáil Lenore O'Rourke-Glynn 571 585 655 671        
Fine Gael Rainsford Hendy 565 575 614 694 704 706    
Fianna Fáil Robert Byrne 555 564 613 697 806 927 982 1,063
Labour Michael Cullen* 434 515 559          
Independent Jack McKenna 203 207            
Fianna Fáil Megan Maguire 191 201            
Electorate: 11,921   Valid: 6,835 (58.46%)   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 1,367   Turnout: 6,969

Celbridge[]

Celbridge - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour Emmet Stagg* 2,784                
Fianna Fáil Gerry Brady 1,045 1,226 1,229 1,241 1,245 1,567      
Fine Gael Bernard DurkanTD* 1,001 1,296 1,309 1,571          
Fine Gael Jim Gallagher* 729 836 846 908 1,100 1,135 1,150 1,257 1,280
Workers' Party Colm Purcell 722 1,226 1,282 1,293 1,299 1,331 1,340 1,413  
Independent Finbarr Kelly 575 614 626 627 627 690 807 1,250 1,275
Fianna Fáil Paul Kelly 537 601 606 609 610 639 700    
Fianna Fáil Mairead Byrne 411 508 516 538 541        
Fine Gael Jim Condra 285 380 387            
Independent Micheal O'Connell 100 137              
Electorate: 15,118   Valid: 8,189 (54.59%)   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 1,365   Turnout: 8,242

Clane[]

Clane - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Sean Reilly* 1,511              
Fianna Fáil Liam Doyle 1,019 1,026 1,038 1,062 1,129 1,238 1,340 2,038
Fianna Fáil Austin Groome* 1,011 1,017 1,050 1,111 1,147 1,623    
Fianna Fáil P.J. Sheridan 817 833 841 851 922 991 1,131  
Fianna Fáil Michael Fitzpatrick 715 729 767 787 806      
Labour Jim Reilly 545 553 609 776 1,092 1,137 1,154 1,230
Labour Joe McBride 434 441 658 732        
Labour Peggy Fox 393 402            
Fine Gael Noel Duffy 372 452 473          
Electorate: 11,132   Valid: 6,817 (61.94%)   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 1,364   Turnout: 6,895

Kildare[]

Kildare - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil Jimmy O'Loughlin* 1,158 1,168 1,176 1,200          
Fianna Fáil Paddy Aspell* 1,088 1,090 1,135 1,156 1,389        
Fianna Fáil Seán Ó Fearghail 825 832 840 853 1,042 1,107 1,128 1,159 1,584
Fine Gael Michael McWey* 677 736 908 956 1,017 1,036 1,434    
Labour Kieran Coleman 641 659 671 880 929 939 1,009 1,121 1,200
Fianna Fáil Ted Rooney 622 626 634 644          
Fianna Fáil Denis Mahon 534 588 593 751 815 911 967 1,003  
Labour Con Carr 522 576 591            
Fine Gael Margot Conlon 424 509 602 665 677 680      
Fine Gael Trudy Jeffers 346 376              
Fine Gael Billy Cleary 333                
Electorate: 13,776   Valid: 7,170 (52.66%)   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 1,196   Turnout: 7,255

Naas[]

Naas - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Fianna Fáil Paddy Power* 1,788                            
Fianna Fáil John O'Neill* 1,293 1,400                          
Independent Patsy Lawlor* 1,253 1,270 1,330 1,331 1,388                    
Labour Senator Timmy Conway* 774 786 808 808 841 854 926 1,023 1,024 1,042 1,225 1,332 1,485    
Fine Gael Michael Nolan, Snr* 734 746 750 751 757 793 957 966 966 977 1,133 1,334 1,423    
Fine Gael Billy Hillis 637 643 647 647 655 659 745 754 754 820 841 1,003 1,033 1,063 1,120
Fianna Fáil Mary Robinson 523 616 628 634 647 676 688 718 718 883 913 935 986 1,003  
Fianna Fáil Paddy Behan 523 578 603 605 644 655 669 758 759 936 965 1,009 1,093 1,113 1,715
Fianna Fáil Peter Kavanagh 493 531 538 541 547 559 564 581 581            
Labour Colm Feeney 464 471 478 479 492 546 559 582 582 594          
Fine Gael John Malone 458 483 494 494 505 510                  
Fine Gael Pat O'Reilly 455 458 475 475 511 513 603 625 625 633 646        
Independent Norman Croke 429 433 441 441 461 551 562 654 654 665 713 723      
Independent Evelyn Bracken 416 422 443 443 497 526 533                
Workers' Party Dan O'Sullivan 313 317 322 322 330                    
Independent Donal Corcoran 287 292 322 322                      
Independent Michael Lawlor 246 254                          
Electorate: 20,849   Valid: 11,086 (53.91%)   Spoilt: 154   Quota: 1,386   Turnout: 11,240

External links[]

  • 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.
  • Official website[permanent dead link]
  • irishelectionliterature
Preceded by
 Succeeded by
1991 Kildare County Council election
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