1985 Carlow County Council election

Part of the 1985 Irish local elections September 2023 April 2022 1985 Carlow County Council election Ireland parliamentary no yes 1979 Carlow County Council election 1979 1991 Carlow County Council election 1991 All 21 seats on Carlow County Council 20 June 1985 Fianna Fáil 10 +2 Fine Gael 7 -2 Labour Party (Ireland) 3 0 Independent politician (Ireland) 1 0 Carlow in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Carlow County Council Council control Council control after election Fine Gael/Labour Fine Gael/Labour An election to all 21 seats on Carlow County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 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 Fáil10+27,56744.31 Fine Gael7-25,06129.64 Labour Party (Ireland)303,19118.69 Independent politician (Ireland)109935.81Total21017,077100.00— Results by local electoral area Borris Borris: 4 seats 4 Labour Party (Ireland) Michael Meaney* 1,063       Fianna Fáil Mary Kinsella 598 670 742   Fine Gael Cyril Hughes 500 607 865   Fianna Fáil Liam Murphy* 445 508 567 620 Fianna Fáil Richard O'Driscoll* 434 490 508 522 Fine Gael Margaret Kavanagh* 360 444     4 5,424 3,400 (62.68%) 681 Carlow Carlow: 7 seats 13 Independent politician (Ireland) Michael Kearns 699                         Fine Gael Sen. John Browne* 690                         Fianna Fáil Patrick Carpenter* 618 623 625 630 658 673               Fianna Fáil M. J. Nolan TD* 543 546 547 550 568 574 574 592 642 713       Fianna Fáil Jimmy Murnane 409 411 412 421 433 434 434 441 472 533 552 574 623 Fine Gael Carmel McDonnell* 379 384 392 394 403 429 430 447 454 466 469 522 545 Fine Gael Patrick Governey 367 370 376 380 388 416 421 433 441 461 464 517 533 Fianna Fáil James Brady 308 311 311 316 323 329 330 341 369 386 404 435 504 Sinn Féin Kieran Foley 265 266 266 282 286 297 298 321 326 331 333 361   Labour Party (Ireland) Cecil Whelan 220 223 224 241 243 252 253 278 284 296 300     Fianna Fáil Jim Nolan* 177 178 179 181 192 194 194 204 228         Fianna Fáil James Doyle 170 171 173 175 181 182 182 187           Independent politician (Ireland) George Russell 154 157 157 170 171 174 174             Fianna Fáil T.J. Byrne 111 112 112 113                   Fine Gael Eileen Brophy 107 109 113 115 118                 Workers' Party (Ireland) Margaret O'Brien 91 93 93                     13 10,225 5,308 (53.26%) 138 664 5,446 Muinebheag Muinebheag: 5 seats 11 Labour Party (Ireland) John McNally* 864                     Labour Party (Ireland) Jim Townsend* 727 734 758                 Fianna Fáil Martin Nevin* 492 496 515 517 541 568 578 695 784     Fianna Fáil Tom Nolan 414 418 434 434 448 575 584 641 883     Fine Gael Mary McDonald* 360 361 367 367 401 422 525 564 578 596 607 Fianna Fáil Donie Nolan 318 325 327 327 332 363 376 423       Fianna Fáil Eddie Cullen 288 289 292 292 298 320 331         Fine Gael Kay Brophy 272 273 276 277 302 309           Fine Gael Joe Manning* 250 253 264 265 369 387 529 548 569 588 592 Fianna Fáil Arthur McDonald 247 256 270 270 292             Fine Gael Denis Foley 232 237 250 251               Independent politician (Ireland) John Curran 49                     11 6,439 4,513 (71.28%) 77 753 4,590 Tullow Tullow: 5 seats 5 Fine Gael Michael Deering* 730         Fianna Fáil Arthur Kennedy* 681         Fianna Fáil Bill Bolger* 567 579 599 653   Fianna Fáil John Pender 558 561 568 656   Fine Gael Brendan Brophy* 448 481 484 500 596 Fine Gael Pat O'Toole* 366 394 397 405 535 Labour Party (Ireland) Michael Hickey 317 327 329 346   Fianna Fáil Sean Gallagher 189 190 193     5 TBC 3,856 54 643 3,910 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 websiteJuly 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes irishelectionliterature Carlow Category:Carlow County Council elections