1985 Wexford County Council election

1985 Wexford County Council election
All 21 seats on Wexford County Council
	Map showing the area of Wexford County Council
	Council control after election; TBD;

Last updated September 15, 2023

An election to Wexford 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]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	11	+1	19,652	46.32
	Fine Gael	6	-1	11,998	28.28
	Labour	1	-1	3,540	8.34
	Independent	3	+1	5,697	13.43
Totals		21	-	42,428	100.0	—

Results by local electoral area

Enniscorthy

Enniscorthy: 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	John Browne TD*		2,265
	Fine Gael	Ivan Yates TD		1,770
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sinnott*		1,589	1,723
	Independent	Seán Doyle		1,137	1,256	1,264	1,355	1,586	1,619
	Fianna Fáil	Hugh Dunne		1,048	1,271	1,273	1,317	1,355	1,395
	Fine Gael	Jack Bolger		944	960	981	997	1,090	1,739
	Fine Gael	Thomas Neville		803	808	823	834	875
	Labour	Andy Doyle		503	541	547	578
	Workers' Party	Richard Synott		144	151	152
	Independent	George Mullaly		91	98	99
Electorate: 16,743 Valid: 10,294 (62.56%) Spoilt: 181 Quota: 1,716 Turnout: 10,475

Gorey

Gorey: 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Lorcan Allen *		2,554
	Fine Gael	Francis D'Arcy*		1,742
	Fianna Fáil	Rory Murphy*		1,252	1,415	1,477	1,643
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Murphy		1,242	1,709
	Fine Gael	Jim Gahan		1,120	1,152	1,170	1,384
	Fine Gael	Deirdre Bolger*		1,065	1,166	1,227	1,478
	Labour	Bobby Ireton		467	525	566
	Labour	Thomas Davitt		384	402	413
	Independent	Michael O'Connor		248	283
Electorate: 16,743 Valid: 10,294 (62.56%) Spoilt: 181 Quota: 1,716 Turnout: 10,475

New Ross

New Ross: 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Hugh Byrne TD*		2,325
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Curtis*		1,497	1,774
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Walsh *		1,417	1,522	1,583	1,612	1,755
	Fine Gael	John T. Browne*		1,150	1,182	1,184	1,225	1,247	1,251	1,487	1,615
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Whelan		967	1,150	1,216	1,244	1,275	1,305	1,398	1,494
	Fine Gael	Louise Hennessy		597	613	615	657	706	716	940	1,107
	Fine Gael	John Hayes		579	616	621	637	655	659
	Sinn Féin	Jim Dwyer		455	469	473	516
	Labour	Denis North*		445	462	463	580	691	724	778
	Labour	Michael O'Brien		190	195	196
	Workers' Party	Ingrid O'Brien		142	147	147
	Independent	John O'Brien		23	25	25
Electorate: 16,227 Valid: 9,787 (61.54%) Spoilt: 199 Quota: 1,632 Turnout: 9,986

Wexford

Wexford: 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Fine Gael	Avril Doyle TD*		1,518	1,529	1,544	1,555	1,568	1,580	1,618	1,636	1,756
	Fianna Fáil	Gus Byrne*		1,449	1,485	1,500	1,516	1,547	1,564	1,610	1,617	1,652	1,711	1,897
	Independent	Padge Reck		1,229	1,239	1,258	1,295	1,359	1,387	1,490	1,508	1,523	1,650	1,711	1,717	1,927
	Labour	Sen. Brendan Howlin		1,137	1,144	1,156	1,170	1,208	1,222	1,266	1,454	1,482	1,602	1,634	1,646	1,738	1,772
	Independent	Leo Carthy*		959	970	982	990	1,005	1,018	1,030	1,109	1,220	1,256	1,279	1,283	1,338	1,367	1,736
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Howlin*		787	796	807	818	823	841	851	873	935	948	1,061	1,130	1,157	1,165	1,285
	Fine Gael	Toddy Moore		710	712	714	718	724	727	732	767	844	863	870	872	888	895
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Lambert		674	675	678	682	687	695	698	720	735	743	920	966	985	987	1,024
	Fianna Fáil	Sean O'Gorman		586	588	603	615	623	628	649	651	658	669
	Independent	Thomas Doyle		534	538	552	561	563	570	574	577
	Workers' Party	Michael Enright		480	484	486	505	525	564	578	583	588
	Labour	Joan Fennelly		414	416	416	417	424	432	436
	Independent	Philip Kelly		384	385	389	407	445	556	578	589	601	709	729	733
	Independent	John Roche*		322	325	329	336	351	358
	Sinn Féin	Sean Finn		320	323	327	341	351
	Independent	Jimmy Hayes		287	291	293	308
	Independent	Desmond McCabe		208	211	214
	Independent	Jim O'Dowd		154	157
	Independent	Olive Brennan		121
Electorate: 20,731 Valid: 12,273 (60.19%) Spoilt: 202 Quota: 1,754 Turnout: 12,479

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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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