1985 Offaly County Council election

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1985 Offaly County Council election
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 197920 June 1985 1991  

All 21 seats on Offaly County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent
Seats won1263
Seat change+2-3+2

 Fourth party
 
Party Labour
Seats won0
Seat change-1

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

Council control after election

Fianna Fail

An election to Offaly County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four 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]

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Results by party

PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 12+213,28049.78
Fine Gael 6-38,67332.48
Independent 3+23,30412.37
Labour 0-11,0904.08
Totals21-24,722100.00

Results by local electoral area

Birr

Birr- 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Fianna Fáil Pat Moylan 1,0491,059 1,059 1,088 1,171   
Fianna Fáil Michelle Hoolan835840 909 924 940 941 971 994
Fine Gael Tom Enright TD*827883 955 982 1,182   
Fianna Fáil Joe Dooley*788806 810 875 908 910 1,030 1,086
Fine Gael Joe Clear*724734 807 822 887 908 1,318 
Fianna Fáil Seamus Loughnane*680709 718 781 788 795 838 865
Fine Gael Percy Clendennen*523540 564 595 685 723   
Fine Gael Padraig Horan447482 515 538     
Sinn Féin Patrick Grogan299308 308      
Fine Gael Patrick Collison289293       
Labour Fred Ryan214       
Electorate: 9,040  Valid: 6,675 (74.99%)  Spoilt: 104  Quota: 1,113  Turnout: 6,779  

    Edenderry

    Edenderry: 5 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Fianna Fáil Ger Connolly TD*1,787    
    Fine Gael Michael Fox*843864 876 1,015 1,029
    Independent James Flanagan*772868 884 1,095 
    Fine Gael Donal Dunne*753794 837 925 941
    Fianna Fáil Patrick Gorman*7301,088   
    Fianna Fáil Paddy Scully*724872 893 977 994
    Fine Gael Paul O'Kelly321349 352   
    Independent Eileen O'Connor211243 266   
    Independent Eugene Mulligan141156    
    Electorate: 10,162  Valid: 6,282 (62.99%)  Spoilt: 119  Quota: 1,048  Turnout: 6,401  

      Ferbane

      Ferbane- 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234
      Fianna Fáil Eamon Dooley*1,223   
      Fine Gael Connie Hanniffy*1,075   
      Fianna Fáil Tom Feighery*8941,075  
      Fianna Fáil Patrick Mahon723773 786 953
      Fine Gael Bernard Corcoran*700740 840 936
      Fine Gael Attracta Dooley552557 608 703
      Independent Seamus Boland442453 472  
      Electorate: 8,741  Valid: 5,673 (65.7%)  Spoilt: 70  Quota: 946  Turnout: 5,743  

        Tullamore

        Tullamore: 6 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789101112131415
        Fianna Fáil Brian Cowen TD*1,844              
        Fianna Fáil John Flanagan8321,046 1,054 1,067 1,130 1,155         
        Independent Johnny Butterfield*812830 840 849 856 872 873 899 917 953 987 1,054 1,118 1,289 
        Fine Gael Frank Feery*672782 787 800 803 809 809 819 832 876 969 1,015 1,029 1,047 1,057
        Independent Thomas Dolan526645 646 657 669 675 675 678 686 691 698 720 742 824 861
        Fianna Fáil Patrick Mitchell452480 482 483 513 515 515 523 603 647 668 694 945 991 999
        Independent May Keeley400412 414 430 435 455 455 497 524 537 552 625 650   
        Fine Gael Ian Lee353356 366 367 377 385 385 400 413 492 679 716 789 837 851
        Fianna Fáil Michael Lynam336405 407 414 427 427 427 430 494 500 516 545    
        Fine Gael Peter Kelly301305 308 312 322 327 327 338 344       
        Fine Gael Bernadette Owens293297 303 305 309 327 327 348 366 436      
        Labour Laurence Byrne*259273 280 306 310 342 343 438 455 471 490     
        Fianna Fáil Miriam O'Callaghan209238 243 247 285 296 296 315        
        Labour Ernest McGuire191196 216 241 245 294 294         
        Labour Vincent Wynter184186 208 216 217           
        Fianna Fáil Ann Mansoor164200 204 206            
        Labour Seán O'Brien125127              
        Labour John O'Dwyer117139 149             
        Electorate: 12,194  Valid: 8,070 (67.55%)  Spoilt: 167  Quota: 1,153  Turnout: 8,237  

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