1985 Wicklow County Council election

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1985 Wicklow County Council election
←  20 June 1985 1991 →
All 24 seats to Wicklow County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 13 5 4
Seat change +6 -3 -
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Workers' Party Independent
Seats won 1 1
Seat change - -
Wicklow in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of Wicklow County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 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 13 +6 14,930 40.48
Fine Gael 5 -3 9,834 26.66
Labour 4 - 6,711 18.20
Workers' Party 1 - 2,343 6.35
Independent 1 - 2,709 7.35
Totals 24 +3 36,882 100.0 —

Results by Electoral Area[]

Arklow[]

Arklow - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Fianna Fáil Dr. Bill O'Connell* 1,382                      
Fine Gael Vincent Blake* 1,128 1,134 1,135 1,157 1,166 1,291 1,354          
Fianna Fáil Pat Doran 950 951 953 958 961 972 973 973 991 999 1,071 1,092
Labour Kevin Ryan* 863 887 888 889 910 933 941 945 963 1,020 1,040 1,042
Fianna Fáil Thomas Keenan* 822 839 845 849 861 953 961 964 999 1,049 1,124 1,168
Fianna Fáil John Sweeney* 628 628 651 665 705 712 767 768 904 997 1,420  
Fianna Fáil Tom Clandillon 605 647 663 689 726 727 754 754 848 921    
Labour Sean Wolohan 560 567 577 602 715 730 790 792 918 1,035 1,189 1,242
Independent Denis Kinsella* 443 443 450 477 512 525 561 564        
Fine Gael Philip Doyle 339 359 360 382 393              
Fine Gael Oliver Merrigan 338 338 342 380 396 441 571 612 664      
Fine Gael Margo Weadick* 320 321 325 389 411 437            
Labour Paddy Kavanagh 311 319 324 344                
Fine Gael Billy Briggs 278 279 281                  
Labour James Quigley 88                      
Electorate: 13,219   Valid: 9,095 (69.81%)   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 1,300   Turnout: 9,228

Baltinglass[]

Baltinglass - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Godfrey TimminsTD* 1,397              
Fianna Fáil James Miley* 1,158 1,162 1,163 1,174 1,195 1,244 1,338 1,456
Fianna Fáil Hugh O'Keeffe 888 895 897 910 921 934 994 1,154
Labour Tommy Cullen 663 668 676 685 703 716 768  
Fine Gael Pascal Deering* 501 524 527 539 571 731 775 978
Sinn Féin Gerry O'Neill 315 316 317 322 340 353    
Fine Gael Donal McEvoy 254 261 263 270 271      
Workers' Party Maura Green 117 117 117 121        
Independent Michael Scanlon 74 75 81          
Independent Daniel Buckley 26 26            
Electorate: 8,047   Valid: 5,393 (67.91%)   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 1,349   Turnout: 5,465

Bray[]

Bray - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Workers' Party Liz McManus 1,213                  
Labour John Byrne* 1,098 1,105 1,110 1,160            
Fianna Fáil Ciarán Murphy* 1,073 1,081 1,087 1,099 1,126 1,129        
Fianna Fáil Michael Lawlor 798 801 802 808 832 832 834 849 878 1,046
Fianna Fáil Michael Ledwidge 721 725 728 742 753 756 767 811 831 1,052
Fine Gael Mark Mortell 550 554 555 566 578 579 721 774 1,028 1,074
Fine Gael Jane Murphy* 514 520 522 533 539 541 633 718 813 864
Fianna Fáil Pat Vance 487 491 496 504 527 529 549 590 614  
Fine Gael Michael Conlon 375 379 382 400 408 410 463 506    
Fine Gael Pat McHugh 345 348 350 355 358 359        
Labour Barbara Hyland 266 270 275 299 341 360 381      
Workers' Party Dermot Tobin 182 200 256 263            
Labour Nancy Mahony 174 176 178              
Workers' Party Kathy Reen 87 106                
Electorate: 16,600   Valid: 7,883 (48.46%)   Spoilt: 162   Quota: 1,127   Turnout: 8,045

Greystones[]

Greystones - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Johnny Fox* 1,823          
Fine Gael George Jones* 1,113 1,186 1,213 1,346    
Fine Gael John Leeson* 907 977 1,025 1,064 1,100 1,229
Fianna Fáil Dick Roche 744 1,032 1,050 1,116 1,123 1,337
Independent Jack Murnane 548 585 598 677 693  
Workers' Party John McManus* 516 565 616 758 778 964
Labour Charlie Keddy 448 472 553      
Labour Tom Mulligan 214 249        
Electorate: 11,899   Valid: 6,333 (53.78%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 1,267   Turnout: 6,399

Wicklow[]

Wicklow - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Fianna Fáil Joe Jacob 918 938 945 1,011 1,023 1,068 1,081 1,201 1,507      
Labour Paddy Kavanagh 773 794 826 903 994 1,012 1,111 1,178 1,200 1,203 1,331 1,364
Independent Susan Phillips 756 786 810 829 832 861 923 955 994 1,000 1,189 1,215
Fianna Fáil John Giff* 680 692 735 745 753 764 818 908 1,241 1,350 1,495  
Labour Frank Hynes* 664 677 692 715 826 834 857 973 996 999 1,183 1,203
Fianna Fáil John Byrne 648 657 663 666 671 687 705 853        
Independent Francis Doyle 617 651 704 724 746 768 813 854 888 902    
Fianna Fáil Seamus Power 605 612 613 614 678 689 691          
Fine Gael Harry Cullen* 578 585 589 611 622 860 1,049 1,070 1,119 1,127 1,184 1,186
Fine Gael Nora Fitzpatrick 466 466 495 497 501 536            
Fine Gael Andy Cullen 411 414 415 429 441              
Labour James Gregory* 329 341 345 359                
Labour Jimmy O'Shaughnessy 260 280 281                  
Independent Robert Kearns 245 257                    
Workers' Party Colm Kirwan 228                      
Electorate: 13,089   Valid: 8,178 (63.28%)   Spoilt: 105   Quota: 1,364   Turnout: 8,283

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 Wicklow County Council election
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