1985 Westmeath County Council election

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1985 Westmeath County Council election
←  20 June 1985 1991 →
All 23 seats to Westmeath County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 13 5 3
Seat change +3 -4 -
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 2
Seat change +1
Westmeath in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of Westmeath County Council
Council control before election

Fianna Fáil

 Council control after election

Fianna Fáil

An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for an eight-year term of office.

Results by party[]

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 13 +3 13,398 48.14
Fine Gael 5 -4 7,753 27.86
Labour 3 - 3,557 12.78
Independent 2 +1 2,703 9.71
Totals 23 - 27,831 100.0 —

Results by Electoral Area[]

Athlone[]

Athlone - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Fianna Fáil Mary O'RourkeTD* 1,876                                
Fianna Fáil Senator Seán Fallon* 1,001 1,288                              
Fianna Fáil P.J. Coghill* 737 923 945 947 954 956 969 997 1,016 1,033 1,048 1,080 1,096 1,207      
Independent Stephen Price 773 800 804 810 838 843 850 876 888 938 954 996 1,083 1,355      
Fine Gael Vincent Dooley 598 605 606 606 612 621 637 644 658 667 705 734 747 772 777 795 799
Fine Gael George Allen* 592 605 606 606 611 625 668 675 691 717 811 847 867 903 913 962 966
Fine Gael Brendan McFadden* 591 620 626 626 629 665 754 764 822 880 1,035 1,103 1,184        
Fianna Fáil John Dillon* 494 515 529 534 546 548 551 560 562 566 572 586 603        
Independent Oliver Gavin 319 357 361 367 367 372 376 408 432 502 509 555          
Fianna Fáil Padraic Dunne 318 404 450 451 455 464 476 494 509 532 559 615 681 755 760 807 842
Fine Gael Des Lynch 293 309 311 311 311 335 388 390 409 430            
Fine Gael Kevin O'Brien 266 276 277 277 277 283                      
Labour John Henson 256 278 281 284 295 321 328 371 432 457 483            
Labour John Keenehan 248 273 280 282 286 319 324 340                  
Independent Frank Waters 241 280 288 290 292 300 315 344 384                
Sinn Féin Tony Hogan 230 242 243 292 302 304 307                    
Labour Neil O'Shea 161 178 181 181 192                        
Labour Michael McCallon 97 101 101 105                          
Sinn Féin Gerald Farrell 85 88 89                            
Electorate: 15,067   Valid: 9,306 (62.88%)   Spoilt: 168   Quota: 1,164   Turnout: 9,474

Coole[]

Coole - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Senator Donie Cassidy 1,284              
Fianna Fáil P.J. O'Shaughnessy* 899 959 996 1,006        
Fianna Fáil Thomas Bourke 683 750 753 813 868 868 900 943
Fine Gael Frank McDermott* 575 601 684 705 935 936 1,351  
Fianna Fáil Molly Cahill 401 510 518 535 538 540 570 625
Fine Gael Colm Smyth 390 406 429 445 538 540    
Fine Gael Michael Leslie* 327 330 368 419        
Labour Paddy Jordan 217 220 234          
Fine Gael Betty Leonard 211 213            
Electorate: 7,124   Valid: 4,987 (71%)   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 998   Turnout: 5,058

Kilbeggan[]

Kilbeggan - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Seán Keegan* 1,013          
Fine Gael Joe Flanagan* 868 891 897 899 1,325  
Fianna Fáil Michael Ryan 661 686 1,055      
Fine Gael Edward Farrell* 582 590 599 605    
Fine Gael Eamon Duignean 580 611 700 732 778 1,060
Independent Gerald Cooney 551 612 630 652 676 694
Fianna Fáil Patrick Whelehan 515 539        
Independent Frank Abbott 160          
Independent Rene Ennis-Lennon 30          
Electorate: 7,410   Valid: 4,960 (69.62%)   Spoilt: 199   Quota: 993   Turnout: 5,159

Mullingar Lough Owel[]

Mullingar Lough Owel - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Henry Abbott* 843 844 862 982      
Labour Willie Penrose* 671 682 721 755 757 796 901
Labour Senator Helena McAuliffe-Ennis 652 679 689 719 719 861 915
Fianna Fáil Shay Callaghan* 512 517 521 529 600 884 902
Fianna Fáil Tommy Wright 408 413 421 511 530    
Fine Gael John Keegan* 387 455 560 569 570 580 895
Fine Gael Shay Boyhan 380 418 534 545 547 554  
Fianna Fáil Patrick Nolan 356 359 365        
Fine Gael Declan Fagan 277 312          
Fine Gael John Delemara 195            
Electorate: 7,356   Valid: 4,681 (64.49%)   Spoilt: 63   Quota: 937   Turnout: 4,744

Mullingar Urban[]

Mullingar Urban - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour Mick Dollard 907                
Fianna Fáil Camillus Glynn* 773 793              
Independent Frank McIntyre 357 384 388 406 456 563 601 829  
Fianna Fáil Martin Hynes 353 361 364 366 453 518 536 622 643
Labour Jack Coleman* 348 392 293 403 435 476 523    
Independent Eddie Byrne 272 282 284 288 304        
Fine Gael Frank Wallace 271 273 274 315 322 350 544 612 640
Fine Gael Denis Burke 269 273 274 296 305 328      
Fianna Fáil Kathleen Campbell 141 146 147 149          
Sinn Féin Billy Cleary 105 108 108 108          
Fine Gael Mary Mahon 101 105 105            
Electorate: 6,654   Valid: 3,897 (59.15%)   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 780   Turnout: 3,936

External links[]

  • 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.
  • Official website
  • irishelectionliterature
Preceded by
 Succeeded by
1991 Westmeath County Council election
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