1985 South Tipperary County Council election

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1985 South Tipperary County Council election
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 197920 June 1985 1991  

All 26 seats on South Tipperary County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won1483
Seat change+30-1

 Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won1
Seat change-2

South Tipperary in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of South Tipperary County Council

Council control after election

Fianna Fail

An election to South Tipperary County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 26 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 14+316,53743.78
Fine Gael 8010,93228.94
Labour 3-14,51811.96
Independent 1-23,7739.99
Totals26-37,772100.00

Results by local electoral area

Cahir

Cahir: 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
Fianna Fáil Sean Byrne TD*1,447        
Fianna Fáil John Brennan*9471,049 1,063 1,071 1,094 1,146   
Fine Gael Theresa Ahearn *905921 948 959 969 1,006 1,016 1,148 
Fianna Fáil Con Donovan*847943 949 980 989 1,000 1,011 1,069 1,111
Fine Gael Sean Sampson*663680 683 687 705 720 722 869 1,049
Fianna Fáil Mattie McGrath 588659 676 681 699 735 741 757 795
Fine Gael John Arrigan364378 379 390 407 415 418   
Labour Eamonn Shine257263 267 280 302 418 425 443  
Labour John O'Leary246253 268 285 296     
Sinn Féin Jimmy Maher138141 144 160      
Independent Joe Meaney116121 130       
Independent Jim Cooney98105        
Electorate: 9,700  Valid: 6,616 (69.04)  Spoilt: 83  Quota: 1,103  Turnout: 6,697  

    Cashel

    Cashel: 5 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Fianna Fáil Dr. Seán McCarthy TD*1,486      
    Fine Gael Jack Crowe*1,1161,142 1,209    
    Fine Gael John Ryan*766776 780 806 890 1,019 1,164
    Fianna Fáil Timmy Hammersley*743787 801 919 928 1,083 1,217
    Independent John Bergin637653 679 702 754 772  
    Fianna Fáil Denis McInerney*620725 785 855 882 1,016 1,202
    Fine Gael Tom Wood572590 660 667 813 824 1,012
    Fianna Fáil John O'Grady394421 424 477 482   
    Fine Gael Patrick Downey312315 332 338    
    Workers' Party Sean Hill299306      
    Fianna Fáil Kitty Barry291314 324     
    Electorate: 9,788  Valid: 7,236 (74.58%)  Spoilt: 64  Quota: 1,207  Turnout: 7,300  

      Clonmel

      Clonmel: 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Independent Sean Treacy TD *2,172    
      Fianna Fáil Noel Davern 1,0411,141 1,163 1,228 1,302
      Fianna Fáil Tom Ambrose*9501,038 1,058 1,119 1,243
      Fine Gael Johnny Kehoe842920 938 1,240 1,292
      Fianna Fáil Brendan Cronin763869 878 916 1,034
      Labour Sean Lyons*683984 1,040 1,109 1,328
      WUA Seamus Healy 535667 682 719  
      Fine Gael Terence Darmody*518579 594   
      Labour Mary-Ann Burke132165    
      Electorate: 10,807  Valid: 7,636 (71.21%)  Spoilt: 60  Quota: 1,273  Turnout: 7,696  

        Fethard

        Fethard: 6 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789
        Fianna Fáil Ned Meagher1,464        
        Labour Ned Brennan*1,1351,162 1,231 1,237 1,305    
        Fine Gael John Holohan*930944 950 952 956 969 1,351  
        Fianna Fáil Dick Tobin*908961 973 992 1,016 1,088 1,106 1,108 1,416
        Fine Gael Jimmy Hogan785786 790 843 953 1,082 1,168 1,184 1,205
        Fianna Fáil Denis Bourke*759773 779 810 863 991 998 998 1,270
        Fine Gael Sean Clancy653663 672 673 676 687    
        Fianna Fáil Joe Aherne644677 687 691 698 734 763 765  
        Fine Gael James Murphy*630631 635 651 676 701 785 812 842
        Sinn Féin Eddie O'Doherty461463 492 524 592     
        Labour David Drohan*367367 369 401      
        Independent Dick Joy215215 217 380      
        Workers' Party Michael Langton178181        
        Electorate: 12,778  Valid: 9,127 (72.34%)  Spoilt: 87  Quota: 1,304  Turnout: 9,244  

          Tipperary

          Tipperary: 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Labour Michael Ferris *1,564      
          Fianna Fáil William Ryan*1,0801,127 1,140 1,184 1,221  
          Fine Gael Michael Fitzgerald*854920 955 981 1,154 1,591 
          Fianna Fáil Josephine Quinlan*830865 877 928 954 1,021 1,094
          Fianna Fáil Michael Maguire735774 788 832 861 1,049 1,136
          Workers' Party Christy Kinahan636680 748 850 881 896 916
          Fine Gael P.J. Maher*607633 640 646 786   
          Fine Gael Denis Leahy415441 452 465    
          Sinn Féin Finbarr Kissane302324 342     
          Labour Paddy Cummins134200      
          Electorate: 10,716  Valid: 7,157 (67.7%)  Spoilt: 98  Quota: 1,193  Turnout: 7,255  

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            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 .