1985 Westmeath County Council election

1985 Westmeath County Council election
All 23 seats on Westmeath County Council
	Map showing the area of Westmeath County Council
Council control before election; Fianna Fáil;	Council control after election; Fianna Fáil;

Last updated November 16, 2023

An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 23 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	13	+3	13,398	48.14
	Fine Gael	5	-4	7,753	27.86
	Labour	3	-	3,557	12.78
	Independent	2	+1	2,703	9.71
Totals		23	-	27,831	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Athlone

Athlone: 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
	Fianna Fáil	Mary O'Rourke TD*		1,876
	Fianna Fáil	Sen. Seán Fallon *		1,001	1,288
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Coghill*		737	923	945	947	954	956	969	997	1,016	1,033	1,048	1,080	1,096	1,207
	Independent	Stephen Price		773	800	804	810	838	843	850	876	888	938	954	996	1,083	1,355
	Fine Gael	Vincent Dooley		598	605	606	606	612	621	637	644	658	667	705	734	747	772	777	795	799
	Fine Gael	George Allen*		592	605	606	606	611	625	668	675	691	717	811	847	867	903	913	962	966
	Fine Gael	Brendan McFadden*		591	620	626	626	629	665	754	764	822	880	1,035	1,103	1,184
	Fianna Fáil	John Dillon*		494	515	529	534	546	548	551	560	562	566	572	586	603
	Independent	Oliver Gavin		319	357	361	367	367	372	376	408	432	502	509	555
	Fianna Fáil	Padraic Dunne		318	404	450	451	455	464	476	494	509	532	559	615	681	755	760	807	842
	Fine Gael	Des Lynch		293	309	311	311	311	335	388	390	409	430
	Fine Gael	Kevin O'Brien		266	276	277	277	277	283
	Labour	John Henson		256	278	281	284	295	321	328	371	432	457	483
	Labour	John Keenehan		248	273	280	282	286	319	324	340
	Independent	Frank Waters		241	280	288	290	292	300	315	344	384
	Sinn Féin	Tony Hogan		230	242	243	292	302	304	307
	Labour	Neil O'Shea		161	178	181	181	192
	Labour	Michael McCallon		97	101	101	105
	Sinn Féin	Gerald Farrell		85	88	89
Electorate: 15,067 Valid: 9,306 (62.88%) Spoilt: 168 Quota: 1,164 Turnout: 9,474

Coole

Coole: 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Sen. Donie Cassidy		1,284
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. O'Shaughnessy*		899	959	996	1,006
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Bourke		683	750	753	813	868	868	900	943
	Fine Gael	Frank McDermott*		575	601	684	705	935	936	1,351
	Fianna Fáil	Molly Cahill		401	510	518	535	538	540	570	625
	Fine Gael	Colm Smyth		390	406	429	445	538	540
	Fine Gael	Michael Leslie*		327	330	368	419
	Labour	Paddy Jordan		217	220	234
	Fine Gael	Betty Leonard		211	213
Electorate: 7,124 Valid: 4,987 (71%) Spoilt: 71 Quota: 998 Turnout: 5,058

Kilbeggan

Kilbeggan: 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Keegan *		1,013
	Fine Gael	Joe Flanagan*		868	891	897	899	1,325
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Ryan		661	686	1,055
	Fine Gael	Edward Farrell*		582	590	599	605
	Fine Gael	Eamon Duignean		580	611	700	732	778	1,060
	Independent	Gerald Cooney		551	612	630	652	676	694
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Whelehan		515	539
	Independent	Frank Abbott		160
	Independent	Rene Ennis-Lennon		30
Electorate: 7,410 Valid: 4,960 (69.62%) Spoilt: 199 Quota: 993 Turnout: 5,159

Mullingar Lough Owel

Mullingar Lough Owel: 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Henry Abbott *		843	844	862	982
	Labour	Willie Penrose *		671	682	721	755	757	796	901
	Labour	Sen. Helena McAuliffe-Ennis		652	679	689	719	719	861	915
	Fianna Fáil	Shay Callaghan*		512	517	521	529	600	884	902
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Wright		408	413	421	511	530
	Fine Gael	John Keegan*		387	455	560	569	570	580	895
	Fine Gael	Shay Boyhan		380	418	534	545	547	554
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Nolan		356	359	365
	Fine Gael	Declan Fagan		277	312
	Fine Gael	John Delemara		195
Electorate: 7,356 Valid: 4,681 (64.49%) Spoilt: 63 Quota: 937 Turnout: 4,744

Mullingar Urban

Mullingar Urban: 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Mick Dollard		907
	Fianna Fáil	Camillus Glynn *		773	793
	Independent	Frank McIntyre		357	384	388	406	456	563	601	829
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Hynes		353	361	364	366	453	518	536	622	643
	Labour	Jack Coleman*		348	392	293	403	435	476	523
	Independent	Eddie Byrne		272	282	284	288	304
	Fine Gael	Frank Wallace		271	273	274	315	322	350	544	612	640
	Fine Gael	Denis Burke		269	273	274	296	305	328
	Fianna Fáil	Kathleen Campbell		141	146	147	149
	Sinn Féin	Billy Cleary		105	108	108	108
	Fine Gael	Mary Mahon		101	105	105
Electorate: 6,654 Valid: 3,897 (59.15%) Spoilt: 39 Quota: 780 Turnout: 3,936

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References

↑ 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

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.
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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 .

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