1985 Limerick County Council election

1985 Limerick County Council election

← 1979 20 June 1985 1991  →
All 28 seats on Limerick County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent Seats won 18 10 0 Seat change +3 -1 -1
Map showing the area of Limerick County Council
Council control after election Fianna Fail

An election to Limerick County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 28 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended for a further year, to 1991. ^[1]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	18	+3	27,169	57.59
	Fine Gael	10	-1	17,639	37.39
	Independent	0	-1	1,152	2.44
Totals		28	-	47,180	100.00

Results by local electoral area

Bruff

Bruff: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Michael J. Noonan TD*		1,552
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Collins *		1,381
	Fine Gael	Jim McCarthy		1,234	1,238	1,239	1,275	1,325
	Fine Gael	William O'Brien TD*		1,160	1,185	1,190	1,197	1,231	1,235	1,246	1,246	1,649
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Brennan *		1,110	1,235	1,266	1,281	1,306	1,307	1,461
	Fine Gael	Michael Whelan		1,046	1,051	1,057	1,075	1,161	1,166	1,179	1,180	1,241
	Fine Gael	Tommy Healy		528	531	533	535	545	547	551	555
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Fitzgerald		439	500	515	520	535	535	649	750	783
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Frost		318	334	341	353	370	372
	Labour	Liam Coughlan		232	233	235	277
	Green Alliance	Declan Lehane		175	176	177
Electorate: 15,910  Valid: 9,175 (58.28%)  Spoilt: 97  Quota: 1,311  Turnout: 9,272

Castleconnell

Castleconnell: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Peadar Clohessy *		2,000
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Wade *		1,965
	Fine Gael	Mary Jackman		1,385	1,416	1,447	1,493	1,494	1,872
	Fine Gael	Paddy Hourigan*		1,364	1,386	1,406	1,429	1,430	1,767
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Hickey*		1,216	1,374	1,550
	Fine Gael	Tommy Wallace		832	884	931	954	957
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Gleeson		821	917	1,001	1,043	1,058	1,125	1,202	1,248
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Carroll		809	934	1,023	1,036	1,056	1,098	1,136	1,181
	Independent	John O'Donoghue		175	179	187
Electorate: 16,901  Valid: 10,565 (63.29%)  Spoilt: 131  Quota: 1,510  Turnout: 10,696

Kilmallock

Kilmallock: 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Matt Callaghan*		1,718
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Maguire*		1,516
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Barry*		1,106	1,128	1,144	1,163	1,195	1,562
	Fianna Fáil	William Sampson*		1,075	1,126	1,229	1,354	1,392	1,555
	Fine Gael	Jim Houlihan		872	913	924	1,059	1,062	1,212	1,256	1,267
	Fianna Fáil	John Kelleher		819	824	831	846	856
	Fine Gael	Nicholas Hayes		775	878	908	1,093	1,101	1,154	1,179	1,190
	Fianna Fáil	James Reardon		425	467	533
	Labour	Tom Rea		242	271
Electorate: 12,310  Valid: 8,548 (70.46%)  Spoilt: 99  Quota: 1,425  Turnout: 8,647

Newcastle

Newcastle: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Michael O'Kelly*		1,747
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Healy*		1,431
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Ahern*		1,216	1,425
	Fine Gael	John Kelly*		1,151	1,156	1,257	1,267	1,512
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Cregan*		1,117	1,182	1,208	1,245	1,335	1,383
	Fine Gael	Michael Finucane		1,052	1,061	1,165	1,176	1,244	1,245	1,330
	Fine Gael	Seán Broderick*		979	1065	1,098	1,100	1,222	1,229	1,287
	Fine Gael	John L. O'Sullivan		553	529	533	605	628
	Labour	Patrick Brennan		333	335
Electorate: 13,910  Valid: 9,579 (69.71%)  Spoilt: 118  Quota: 1,369  Turnout: 9,697

Rathkeale

Rathkeale- 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	John Griffin*		1,973
	Fianna Fáil	Maureen Barrett*		1,455	1,522	1,593
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Sheehy*		1,228	1,365	1,390	1,456	1,499	1,539	1,553
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin Sheahan		875	967	990	1,121	1,186	1,226	1,239	1,483
	Fine Gael	Dan Neville		812	854	860	886	1,028	1,193	1,194	1,280
	Fine Gael	Gerry Foley		786	805	812	839	991	1,148	1,151	1,263
	Independent	Margaret O'Shaughnessy		557	581	622	688	710	834	843
	Fine Gael	Jerry Brennan		510	513	571	579	620
	Fine Gael	Tim Kelly		457	469	477	525
	Independent	Joseph McCarthy		366	377	400
	Sinn Féin	Donnchadh O Nuallain		240	249
	Independent	Con Scanlon		54	58
Electorate: 12,557  Valid: 9,313 (75.03%)  Spoilt: 108  Quota: 1,553  Turnout: 9,421

References

1. Local Elections (Specification of Local Election Year) Order 1990 ( S.I. No. 104 of 1990 ). Signed on 30 April 1990. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland .Retrieved from Irish Statute Book .

External links

• Official website
• 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.