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1985 North Tipperary County Council election
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Part of the 1985 Irish local elections
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1985 North Tipperary County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1979 North Tipperary County Council election 1979 1991 North Tipperary County Council election 1991 All 21 seats on North Tipperary County Council 20 June 1985 Fianna Fáil 12 +3 Fine Gael 6 -2 Labour Party (Ireland) 1 -2 Independent politician (Ireland) 2 +1 North Tipperary in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of North Tipperary County Council Council control Council control after election
An election to North Tipperary 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+315,81852.78 Fine Gael6-28,73629.15 Labour Party (Ireland)1-23,78412.63 Independent politician (Ireland)2+11,6495.50Totals21-28,588100.00—
Results by local electoral area
Borrisokane
Borrisokane: 4 seats
5
Fianna Fáil
Jim Casey
1,089
1,094
1,120
1,174
Fianna Fáil
Michael Hough*
966
975
1,028
1,068
1,284
Fianna Fáil
Tony McKenna*
876
888
931
957
1,325
Fine Gael
Liam Whyte*
742
762
838
1,077
1,115
Fianna Fáil
John Carroll
616
662
712
729
Fine Gael
Paddy Brennan
518
553
599
757
785
Fine Gael
Gerard Darcy
461
502
554
Labour Party (Ireland)
Jim Hough
288
409
Labour Party (Ireland)
Maureen Carmody
277
5
7,793
5,833 (75.66%)
54
63
5,896
Nenagh-Newport
Nenagh-Newport: 7 seats
11
Labour Party (Ireland)
John Ryan TD*
1,243
1,270
1,295
Fianna Fáil
Mairead Ryan
1,183
1,194
1,328
Fianna Fáil
Tom Harrington*
1,056
1,066
1,130
1,161
1,182
1,190
1,191 1,438
Independent politician (Ireland)
Joseph O'Connor*
946
949
959
1,034
1,090
1,092
1,093 1,130
1,133
1,287
Fianna Fáil
John Sheehy*
792
793
843
865
928
945
948 1,055
1,112
1,523
Fine Gael
Tom Ryan
770
773
775
860
899
899
899 916
917
1,005 1,030
Fine Gael
Tom Berkery*
739
751
757
815
953
954
955 1,007
1,013
1,046 1,062
Fianna Fáil
Ger Ryan*
690
693
718
782
789
792
792 852
909
Fine Gael
Willie Kennedy
688
715
726
739
836
837
838 1,010
1,041
1,065 1,077
Fianna Fáil
Jacksie Ryan
677
680
717
727
767
780
785
Fine Gael
Martin O'Sullivan
495
496
547
561
Fianna Fáil
Ned Foley
429
430
Labour Party (Ireland)
Frank Lewis*
419
446
451
Labour Party (Ireland)
Mary Brosnan
133
11
13,646
10,260 (76.13%)
129
1,283
10,389
Roscrea-Templemore
Roscrea-Templemore: 5 seats
7
Fianna Fáil
Sen. Michael Smith*
1,948
Fianna Fáil
Seán Mulrooney
1,071
1,344
Fianna Fáil
John Egan*
1,035
1,337
Fine Gael
Denis Ryan*
834
895
935
954
969 1,303
Fine Gael
Denis Meagher
700
755
763
796
846 924 1,026
Fine Gael
John Butler
679
703
710
747 783 840 873
Labour Party (Ireland)
Tommy Shanahan*
560
603
651
659 731
Labour Party (Ireland)
Kevin Devaney
178
200
204
217
7
9,696
7,005 (73.08%)
81
1,168
7,086
Thurles
Thurles: 5 seats
5
Fianna Fáil
Jane Hanafin*
1,751
Fine Gael
Michael Lowry*
1,542
Fianna Fáil
Harry Ryan*
978
1,140
1,193
Independent politician (Ireland)
Frank Dwan*
703
826
870
878 1,156
Labour Party (Ireland)
Andrew Callinan
686
747
795
807
Fianna Fáil
Larry Looby
661
879
916
930 1,061
Fine Gael
Mae Quinn
568
609
805
818 1,020
6
10,297
6,871 (67.55%)
85
1,146
6,956
References
External links
irishelectionliterature
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
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Category:North Tipperary County Council elections