1985 Dublin County Council election in Dublin–Fingal

Part of the 1985 Irish local elections December 2021 December 2021 1985 Dublin County Council election (Dublin–Fingal) Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1979 Dublin County Council election 1979 1991 Dublin County Council election in Fingal 1991 24 seats in the electoral county of Dublin–Fingal within Dublin County Council 20 June 1985 An election to all 24 seats on the council of the electoral county of Dublin–Fingal within Dublin County took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 1985 Irish local elections. Councillors were elected from 6 local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).Local Elections, 1985: Election Results and Transfer of Votes https://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL035931.pdf Department of the Environment 13 December 2021 48–55 This term was extended for a further year, to 1991.Local Elections (Specification of Local Election Year) Order 1990 1990 104 si 30 April 1990 Dublin–Fingal was one of three electoral counties in Dublin County established by the Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985.si 1985 133 Dublin Electoral Counties Order 1985 10 May 1985 13 December 20211985 13 Establishment, membership and election of councils of established electoral counties 7 Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985 3 April 1985 13 December 2021 The councillors elected also sat as members of Dublin County Council, along with those elected for Dublin–Belgard and Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. Results by local electoral area Balbriggan Balbriggan: 5 seats 9 Fianna Fáil Jack Larkin 1,386 1,405 1,450 1,646           Fine Gael Cathal Boland* 1,245 1,272 1,285 1,298 1,300 1,593       Fianna Fáil Sean Gilbride 1,082 1,102 1,142 1,230 1,300 1,336 1,337 1,430 1,493 Fianna Fáil Jim Geraghty 971 979 992 1,105 1,133 1,146 1,147 1,177 1,405 Labour Party (Ireland) Ken Farrell 942 968 998 1,008 1,008 1,019 1,021 1,365 1,596 Independent politician (Ireland) Catherine Cusack 640 705 748 763 763 794 796 840   Fine Gael Bill Reynolds* 636 644 653 742 748 854 899 959 1,070 Fine Gael Patricia Gallen 588 614 633 646 648         Fianna Fáil John Maxwell 540 547 570             Labour Party (Ireland) Joe Davis 536 563 649 661 664 779 786     Sinn Féin Briege Tuite 363 394               Green Alliance Trevor Sargent 227                 Independent politician (Ireland) Kay Hanratty 50                 9 17,776 9,206 (52.6%) 149 1,535 9,351 Castleknock Castleknock: 4 seats 9 Fine Gael Jim Fay* 922 928 944 987 1,016 1,163       Fianna Fáil Ned Ryan 882 884 886 890 898 909 909 1,247   Fianna Fáil Tom Boland 834 838 841 847 870 880 880 1,187   Fianna Fáil Teresa Watters 752 754 760 772 794 825 826     Independent politician (Ireland) Seán Lyons 714 718 761 794 916 935 939 1,015 1,098 Fine Gael Tom Samfey 561 564 568 593 615 834 865 925 962 Fine Gael Jennifer Payne 361 364 379 425 452         Workers' Party (Ireland) Eamonn Lynskey 219 226 249 304           Labour Party (Ireland) Ita Kavanagh 175 210 234             Green Alliance John Garvey 141 143               Labour Party (Ireland) Bill Hughes 69                 9 11,887 5,630 (47.79%) 51 1,127 5,681 Howth Howth: 4 seats 9 Fine Gael Michael Joe Cosgrave* 1,536                 Fianna Fáil Liam Creaven 912 920 927 941 990 1,129 1,177 1,528   Independent politician (Ireland) Noel Peers 759 770 812 909 1,148 1,218 1,265 1,303 1,309 Fianna Fáil Eilis Rickard 663 673 680 698 737 919 939 1,224 1,351 Fianna Fáil Tom Kavanagh 651 655 659 675 701 775 783     Fine Gael Joan Maher 608 679 741 780 812 840 1,240 1,314 1,322 Fianna Fáil Eugene Rudden 479 484 488 497 527         Fine Gael Muriel O Tiarnaigh 467 490 511 521 541 553       Independent politician (Ireland) Paul Arnold 364 373 397 476           Workers' Party (Ireland) Eugene O'Leary 263 266 322             Labour Party (Ireland) Tony Dermody 230 235               9 14,314 6,932 (48.9%) 68 1,387 7,000 Malahide Malahide: 4 seats 7 Fianna Fáil G.V. Wright 1,724             Labour Party (Ireland) Bernie Malone* 1,091 1,123 1,222 1,245 1,385 1,690   Fine Gael Nora Owen* 905 931 953 980 1,394     Fianna Fáil Vincent Hughes 760 792 827 910 1,002 1,060 1,127 Fine Gael Tom Houlihan 678 681 702 707       Fianna Fáil Pat Dunne* 674 800 823 974 993 1,133 1,218 Independent politician (Ireland) Michael Howard 557 592 679 712 743     Fianna Fáil Linda Rafferty 253 325 337         Green Alliance Colm O Caomhanaigh 161 165           Independent politician (Ireland) Joe McDermott 147 150           7 12,671 6,950 (55.12%) 35 1,391 6,985 Mulhuddart Mulhuddart: 3 seats 7 Fianna Fáil Jim Fahey 1,203             Fianna Fáil Marian McGennis 755 767 788 841 1,027 1,082 1,129 Workers' Party (Ireland) Ollie Lunney 693 740 764 813 990 1,039 1,043 Fine Gael Marian Sheehan 582 604 779 1,098 1,293     Independent politician (Ireland) Seán Lyons 521 540 576 626       Fine Gael Tom Reynolds 414 425 483         Fine Gael Liam Skelly 303 322           Labour Party (Ireland) Michael Martin 135             7 10,480 4,606 (44.35%) 42 1,152 4,648 Swords Swords: 4 seats 4 Fianna Fáil Ray Burke 2,335       Labour Party (Ireland) Seán Ryan* 1,308       Fianna Fáil Cyril Gallagher* 739 1,229 1,316   Fine Gael Anne Devitt 652 701 788 1,258 Fine Gael Paddy Donovan 504 532 592   Workers' Party (Ireland) Shane McManus 416 449     Fianna Fáil Oliver Dennis 727 849 950 1,014 4 13,877 6,336 (46.26%) 83 1,268 6,419 External links IrelandElection.com irishelectionliterature References Dublin Fingal Category:History of County Dublin Category:Dublin County Council elections