1985 Offaly County Council election

Part of the 1985 Irish local elections April 2022 1985 Offaly County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1979 Offaly County Council election 1979 1991 Offaly County Council election 1991 All 21 seats on Offaly County Council 20 June 1985 Fianna Fáil 12 +2 Fine Gael 6 -3 Independent politician (Ireland) 3 +2 Labour Party (Ireland) 0 -1 Offaly in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Offaly County Council Council control 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.Local Elections (Specification of Local Election Year) Order 1990 1990 104 si 30 April 1990 Results by party PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% Fianna Fáil12+213,28049.78 Fine Gael6-38,67332.48 Independent politician (Ireland)3+23,30412.37 Labour Party (Ireland)0-11,0904.08Totals21-24,722100.00— Results by local electoral area Birr Birr- 5 seats 8 Fianna Fáil Pat Moylan 1,049 1,059 1,059 1,088 1,171       Fianna Fáil Michelle Hoolan 835 840 909 924 940 941 971 994 Fine Gael Tom Enright TD* 827 883 955 982 1,182       Fianna Fáil Joe Dooley* 788 806 810 875 908 910 1,030 1,086 Fine Gael Joe Clear* 724 734 807 822 887 908 1,318   Fianna Fáil Seamus Loughnane* 680 709 718 781 788 795 838 865 Fine Gael Percy Clendennen* 523 540 564 595 685 723     Fine Gael Padraig Horan 447 482 515 538         Sinn Féin Patrick Grogan 299 308 308           Fine Gael Patrick Collison 289 293             Labour Party (Ireland) Fred Ryan 214               8 9,040 6,675 (74.99%) 104 1,113 6,779 Edenderry Edenderry: 5 seats 5 Fianna Fáil Ger Connolly TD* 1,787         Fine Gael Michael Fox* 843 864 876 1,015 1,029 Independent politician (Ireland) James Flanagan* 772 868 884 1,095   Fine Gael Donal Dunne* 753 794 837 925 941 Fianna Fáil Patrick Gorman* 730 1,088       Fianna Fáil Paddy Scully* 724 872 893 977 994 Fine Gael Paul O'Kelly 321 349 352     Independent politician (Ireland) Eileen O'Connor 211 243 266     Independent politician (Ireland) Eugene Mulligan 141 156       5 10,162 6,282 (62.99%) 119 1,048 6,401 Ferbane Ferbane- 5 seats 4 Fianna Fáil Eamon Dooley* 1,223       Fine Gael Connie Hanniffy* 1,075       Fianna Fáil Tom Feighery* 894 1,075     Fianna Fáil Patrick Mahon 723 773 786 953 Fine Gael Bernard Corcoran* 700 740 840 936 Fine Gael Attracta Dooley 552 557 608 703 Independent politician (Ireland) Seamus Boland 442 453 472   4 8,741 5,673 (65.7%) 70 946 5,743 Tullamore Tullamore: 6 seats 15 Fianna Fáil Brian Cowen TD* 1,844                             Fianna Fáil John Flanagan 832 1,046 1,054 1,067 1,130 1,155                   Independent politician (Ireland) Johnny Butterfield* 812 830 840 849 856 872 873 899 917 953 987 1,054 1,118 1,289   Fine Gael Frank Feery* 672 782 787 800 803 809 809 819 832 876 969 1,015 1,029 1,047 1,057 Independent politician (Ireland) Thomas Dolan 526 645 646 657 669 675 675 678 686 691 698 720 742 824 861 Fianna Fáil Patrick Mitchell 452 480 482 483 513 515 515 523 603 647 668 694 945 991 999 Independent politician (Ireland) May Keeley 400 412 414 430 435 455 455 497 524 537 552 625 650     Fine Gael Ian Lee 353 356 366 367 377 385 385 400 413 492 679 716 789 837 851 Fianna Fáil Michael Lynam 336 405 407 414 427 427 427 430 494 500 516 545       Fine Gael Peter Kelly 301 305 308 312 322 327 327 338 344             Fine Gael Bernadette Owens 293 297 303 305 309 327 327 348 366 436           Labour Party (Ireland) Laurence Byrne* 259 273 280 306 310 342 343 438 455 471 490         Fianna Fáil Miriam O'Callaghan 209 238 243 247 285 296 296 315               Labour Party (Ireland) Ernest McGuire 191 196 216 241 245 294 294                 Labour Party (Ireland) Vincent Wynter 184 186 208 216 217                     Fianna Fáil Ann Mansoor 164 200 204 206                       Labour Party (Ireland) Seán O'Brien 125 127                           Labour Party (Ireland) John O'Dwyer 117 139 149                         15 12,194 8,070 (67.55%) 167 1,153 8,237 References External links http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL035931.pdf Department of the Environment, Ireland 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 Department of the Environment 2010-01-28 2019-10-28 Official website irishelectionliterature Offaly Category:Offaly County Council elections