1985 Limerick City Council election

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1985 Limerick City Council election
←  20 June 1985 1991 →
All 17 seats to Limerick City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Democratic Socialist
Seats won 6 5 3
Seat change +1 -1 +3
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Labour Independent
Seats won 1 2
Seat change -3 -
Limerick City in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of Limerick City Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Limerick City Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 17 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.1

Results by party[]

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 6 +1 7,246 34.25
Fianna Fáil 5 -1 5,905 27.91
Democratic Socialist 3 +3 3,141 14.85
Labour 1 -3 2,477 11.71
Independent 2 - 1,474 6.97
Totals 17 - 21,155 100.0 —

Results by Electoral Area[]

Limerick Ward 1[]

Limerick Ward 1 - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Democratic Socialist Tim O'Driscoll 808 875 907 917 953 983
Fianna Fáil John Quinn* 794 836 866 900 1,314  
Fine Gael Tim Leddin 711 719 784 1,046    
Labour Frank PrendergastTD* 591 625 663 764 859 948
Fianna Fáil Tony Bromell* 579 625 649 664    
Fine Gael Eileen Silke 544 554 609 769 816 875
Fine Gael John O'Sullivan 522 525 606      
Fine Gael Rosarie Moylan 325 336        
Fianna Fáil Joe Buckley 104          
Workers' Party Maria Collins 86          
Labour Collette Moloney 45          
Electorate: 8,841   Valid: 5,109 (58.34%)   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 1,022   Turnout: 5,158

Limerick Ward 2[]

Limerick Ward 2 - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fine Gael Gus O'Driscoll* 1,083 1,115                  
Democratic Socialist Jan O'Sullivan 759 770 950 950 1,042 1,088 1,107        
Fine Gael Kevin Kiely 667 693 719 721 740 874 926 949 950 974 975
Fianna Fáil Paddy Madden* 649 661 670 672 698 743 800 919 919 1,169  
Labour Mick Lipper* 582 650 677 684 720 786 801 856 858 921 935
Fianna Fáil Paddy Kiely* 513 519 525 526 545 558 597 677 678    
Fianna Fáil Larry Cross 407 408 416 417 448 489 631 686 692 947 1,012
Fine Gael Ralph O'Brien 358 360 366 368 378            
Fianna Fáil John Cronin 344 351 365 365 382 386          
Fianna Fáil Daniel Powell 340 375 381 382 401 406 435        
Sinn Féin Des Long 588 342 351 354              
Democratic Socialist Eleanor Goodison 293 304                  
Labour Martin Vaughan 178                    
Labour John Powell 72                    
Electorate: 11,862   Valid: 6,567 (56.16%)   Spoilt: 95   Quota: 1,095   Turnout: 6,662

Limerick Ward 3[]

Limerick Ward 3 - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Democratic Socialist Jim Kemmy* 1,281                  
Independent Joe Harrington 589 667 687 712 801 819 1,019      
Fianna Fáil Jack Bourke* 489 509 514 558 577 583 597 603 867 918
Labour Frank Leddin* 452 501 504 512 525 545 569 585 626 723
Fine Gael Ger Fahy 448 471 474 478 491 612 635 641 665 864
Fine Gael Peter O'Flaherty 371 396 401 406 417 456 490 502 529  
Fianna Fáil Jimmy Flannery 346 375 380 422 432 443 461 465    
Workers' Party Sean Griffin 290 322 341 347 370 379        
Fine Gael Shaun Elder 208 226 231 235 239          
Fine Gael Dan Greaney 177 190 196 203            
Fianna Fáil Bernie Meade 143 152 152              
Independent Tom Clancy 76 86                
Electorate: 8,632   Valid: 4,870 (57.29%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 975   Turnout: 4,945

Limerick Ward 4[]

Limerick Ward 4 - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fine Gael Pat Kennedy* 1,019        
Independent Win Harrington* 809 825 867 909 969
Fine Gael Bobby Byrne* 738 782 898 924  
Labour Tommy Allen* 557 567 624 639 676
Fianna Fáil John O'Connor 536 541 559 678 1,047
Fianna Fáil Billy Barry 371 374 385 516  
Fianna Fáil Clem Casey* 327 331 338    
Fine Gael Seamus Bermingham 252 267      
Electorate: 9,230   Valid: 4,609 (50.51%)   Spoilt: 213   Quota: 922   Turnout: 4,622

External links[]

  • 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 Limerick City Council election
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