1985 Meath County Council election

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1985 Meath County Council election
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 197920 June 1985 1991  

All 29 seats on Meath County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won1773
Seat change+4-2-2

 Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won2
Seat change-

Meath in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of Meath County Council

Council control after election

Fianna Fail

An election to Meath County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 29 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]

Contents

Results by party

PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 17+420,67450.62
Fine Gael 7-210,30425.23
Labour 3-24,74611.62
Independent 2-3,9949.78
Totals29-40,842100.00

Results by local electoral area

Dunshaughlin

Dunshaughlin: 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567891011
Fianna Fáil Mary Wallace *1,831          
Fianna Fáil Sean Conway*1,1511,390         
Fine Gael Mary Sylver*706741 744 745 749 768 784 804 816 940 1,290
Fianna Fáil Tadhg Delaney695813 896 906 914 932 982 1,006 1,222 1,261 
Labour Brian Fitzgerald 647672 676 683 734 841 871 927 952 988 1,063
Fine Gael John Fanning592603 607 608 612 632 642 726 731 762 943
Fine Gael Seamus Lawless504523 525 531 562 580 609 620 634 742  
Fine Gael Rosemary Swan321329 330 349 356 363 366 372 392   
Workers' Party John King243244 245 250 250 258 299     
Sinn Féin Tommy Johnson224232 235 241 249 258      
Fianna Fáil Madeline Murphy172253 290 300 302 310 339 352    
Labour Joe Mannering161190 194 194 236       
Labour Sean Moran153100          
Independent Edward McKeever75100          
Electorate: 13,001  Valid: 7,475 (57.97%)  Spoilt: 68  Quota: 1,246  Turnout: 7,543  

    Kells

    Kells: 7 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678910111213
    Fianna Fáil Sen. Michael Lynch *2,076            
    Fianna Fáil Johnny Brady *1,2041,454           
    Fine Gael John V. Farrelly TD*1,1961,215 1,215 1,223 1,232 1,241 1,313 1,323 1,460    
    Fianna Fáil Sebastian Rooney*9321,026 1,038 1,043 1,047 1,095 1,107 1,302 1,395    
    Fianna Fáil Fergus Muldoon*874911 930 933 942 950 951 1,000 1,021 1,025 1,036 1,057 1,066
    Fine Gael Tom Bradley*833845 848 853 859 862 953 965 1,041 1,080 1,087 1,547 
    Independent Patrick Andrews*752769 770 812 813 829 837 847 882 886 897 931 1,013
    Fianna Fáil Hugh McEnroe*598711 748 749 758 780 785 940 987 998 1,009 1,070 1,107
    Fine Gael Val Finnegan571656 661 664 731 737 773 781 833 858 863   
    Labour Tommy Grimes489498 498 531 588 641 662 706      
    Fianna Fáil John Caffrey386442 483 486 490 519 540       
    Fine Gael Christine Coburn261265 265 270 277 285        
    Independent John Maguire206216 216 217 218         
    Labour Patsy Clarke170202 206 208          
    Labour Joseph Conlon106112 112           
    Electorate: 15,705  Valid: 10,654 (69.26%)  Spoilt: 224  Quota: 1,332  Turnout: 10,878  
      Navan: 7 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678910111213
      Fianna Fáil Paddy Fitzsimons*1,567            
      Fianna Fáil Johnny Murtagh*8661,052 1,058 1,087         
      Fianna Fáil Peter Finnegan*856962 964 1,012 1,013 1,022 1,036 1,041 1,085    
      Fine Gael James Dorgan*713731 734 737 737 763 922 1,105     
      Fianna Fáil Jimmy Mangan635660 660 682 685 703 708 743 754 756 832 837 842
      Fine Gael Patsy O'Neill634642 662 673 674 689 711 847 870 894 996 1,023 1,023
      Fianna Fáil Owen Heaney553631 635 653 655 665 673 676 702 703 806 827 832
      Independent Patrick Andrews*536551 552 575 576 591 610 625 670 671    
      Labour Brendan Clusker*533554 570 597 599 753 784 801 962 964 1,128  
      Workers' Party Seamus McDonagh354362 367 420 421 439 451 460      
      Fine Gael Avril Molloy335340 341 345 345 370 439       
      Fine Gael Carmel Burke328334 335 342 342 358        
      Sinn Féin Jimmy Lynch303309 311           
      Labour Sean O'Brien293301 331 338 339         
      Labour Patsy Meehan9395            
      Electorate: 16,420  Valid: 8,599 (53.11%)  Spoilt: 122  Quota: 1,075  Turnout: 8,721  

        Slane

        Slane: 5 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678910
        Independent Gerald Marry1,635         
        Fianna Fáil Patrick Traynor*784846 846 849 856 901 940 947 1,335 
        Fianna Fáil Robert Doonan*737787 788 867 875 884 1,203 1,267  
        Fine Gael Tom Kelly*718755 758 785 826 1,009 1,014 1,128 1,153 1,173
        Independent Jimmy Cudden*558654 666 703 732 801 814 841 1,010 1,083
        Fianna Fáil Sean Murray543623 630 636 672 679 727 734   
        Fianna Fáil Joe Halpin482493 495 498 501 503     
        Fine Gael Patrick Fullam*455497 499 514 578 603 622 892 933 948
        Fine Gael Moyna Doherty395411 415 442 477 507 545    
        Labour Ken Lougheed376387 428 434 445      
        Fine Gael Liam Smith240266 269 276       
        Independent Paddy Monaghan202223 225        
        Labour Owen Harty7482         
        Electorate: 12,161  Valid: 7,229 (59.96%)  Spoilt: 63  Quota: 1,205  Turnout: 7,292  

          Trim

          Trim: 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Fianna Fáil Colm Hilliard TD*1,592      
          Fianna Fáil Noel Dempsey TD*1,538      
          Labour Frank McLoughlin TD *1,411      
          Fine Gael Willie Carey*676700 717 739 910 1,010 1,064
          Fine Gael Peter Higgins417442 479 507 645 728 747
          Fine Gael Tom O'Connor409426 436 449    
          Fianna Fáil Gabriel Cribbin366524 673 690 707 730 1,176
          Labour Patrick Lowe*240268 290 458 487   
          Fianna Fáil Patrick Cummins236428 583 598 631 693  
          Electorate: 11,359  Valid: 6,885 (61.58%)  Spoilt: 110  Quota: 1,148  Turnout: 6,995  

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