1985 Kerry County Council election

Part of the 1985 Irish local elections May 2021 May 2021 May 2021 1985 Kerry County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1979 Kerry County Council election 1979 1991 Kerry County Council election 1991 All 27 seats on Kerry County Council 20 June 1985 Fianna Fáil 13 1 Fine Gael 7 Labour Party (Ireland) 3 1 Independent politician (Ireland) 4 2 Kerry in Ireland.svg 300px Area of Kerry County Council An election to Kerry County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 27 councillors were elected from five 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 Fáil13 130,01146.72 2.02 Fine Gael7 15,40123.98 4.07 Labour Party (Ireland)3 17,09511.05 1.44 Sinn Féin0 13,3815.26 0.11 Workers' Party (Ireland)0 1,5692.44 0.55 Independent politician (Ireland)4 26,77610.55 2.82Totals27 164,233100.00 Results by local electoral area Killarney Killarney: 6 seats 8 Fianna Fáil John O'Leary TD 2,504 16.64%               Fianna Fáil Tom Fleming* 2,377 15.80%               Fianna Fáil Jackie Healy-Rae* 2,213 14.71%               Labour Party (Ireland) Michael Gleeson* 1,729 11.49% 1,756 1,773 1,780 1,887 2,021 2,159   Fianna Fáil P.J. Cronin* 1,262 8.39% 1,462 1,582 1,609 1,647 1,676 1,802 2,057 Fine Gael Thomas Dennehy 1,070 7.11% 1,083 1,123 1,125 1,231 1,416 1,472 1,574 Fine Gael Christy McSweeney* 1,018 6.77% 1,035 1,055 1,059 1,233 1,474 1,557 1,805 Workers' Party (Ireland) Sean O'Grady 987 6.56% 1,029 1,037 1,044 1,105 1,139 1,343   Independent politician (Ireland) Redmond Sullivan 670 4.45% 699 714 719 741 779     Fine Gael Tom Randles 625 4.15% 635 638 647 712       Fine Gael Paudie O'Connor* 593 3.94% 609 613 615         8 19,651 15,048 (76.58%) 178 (1.17%) 2,150 15,226 (77.48%) Killorglin Killorglin: 6 seats 10 Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue* 2,215 17.00%                   Fine Gael Michael Connor-Scarteen* 1,539 11.81% 1,542 1,543 1,547 1,566 1,637 1,964       Fianna Fáil Thomas Cahill* 1,338 10.27% 1,403 1,425 1,448 1,487 1,530 1,895       Fine Gael Danny Kissane* 1,293 9.93% 1,296 1,319 1,347 1,365 1,505 1,513 1,521 1,577 1,627 Fine Gael Dan Barry 1,231 9.45% 1,304 1,306 1,308 1,346 1,512 1,525 1,532 2,012   Independent politician (Ireland) Michael Ahern 1,122 8.61% 1,135 1,154 1,206 1,267 1,395 1,411 1,419 1,657 1,738 Fianna Fáil Teddy O'Connor* 990 7.60% 1,051 1,063 1,076 1,118 1,168 1,310 1,354 1,468 1,488 Independent politician (Ireland) Michael O'Connell* 925 7.10% 979 989 1,000 1,113 1,219 1,241 1,277     Fianna Fáil Jackie Cahill 890 6.83% 931 938 939 961 981         Labour Party (Ireland) Michael Doyle 717 5.50% 740 748 764 801           Sinn Féin Dave O'Shea 255 1.96% 259 261 270             Sinn Féin Derek McKenna 217 1.67% 228 230 231             Workers' Party (Ireland) Paddy Callaghan 169 1.30% 170 177               Independent politician (Ireland) Dan O'Connor 125 0.96% 127                 10 17,751 13,026 (73.38%) 165 (1.25%) 1,861 13,191 (74.31%) Listowel Listowel- 6 seats 5 Fine Gael Sen. Jimmy Deenihan 3,123 20.27%         Fianna Fáil Dan Kiely* 2,463 15.99%         Fianna Fáil Eamonn Walsh* 1,884 12.23% 2,008 2,127 2,195 2,553 Fianna Fáil Noel Brassil* 1,849 12.00% 1,872 1,910 1,916 2,154 Fine Gael Eamonn Barry 1,731 11.24% 2,216       Labour Party (Ireland) John Joe O'Sullivan 1,694 11.00% 1,764 1,777 2,055 2,130 Sinn Féin Jerry Walsh* 1,473 9.56% 1,562 1,588 1,673 1,747 Fianna Fáil Jack Stack 728 4.73% 795 849 868   Labour Party (Ireland) Con Scanlon 462 3.00% 525 536     5 20,984 15,407 (73.42%) 166 (1.07%) 2,202 15,573 (74.21%) Mid-Kerry Mid-Kerry- 5 seats 7 Fianna Fáil Tom McEllistrim, Jnr TD 2,239 19.89%             Independent politician (Ireland) James Courtney* 1,753 15.57% 1,779 1,912         Fine Gael Michael Begley TD* 1,436 12.75% 1,439 1,463 1,660 1,665 2,369   Independent politician (Ireland) Breandán Mac Gearailt* 1,329 11.80% 1,335 1,401 1,467 1,484 1,547 1,666 Fianna Fáil Thomas Fitzgerald* 1,248 11.08% 1,313 1,358 1,408 1,414 1,439 1,483 Fianna Fáil Michael Long* 961 8.54% 1,150 1,237 1,342 1,346 1,638 1,764 Fine Gael Bobby O'Connell 953 8.46% 977 1,012 1,310 1,313     Labour Party (Ireland) Michael Moynihan TD 784 6.96% 805 873         Sinn Féin Matt Lee 556 4.94% 584           7 15,376 11,259 (73.22%) 106 (0.93%) 1,877 11,365 (73.91%) Tralee Tralee: 4 seats 6 Fianna Fáil Denis Foley TD* 3,101 32.67%           Labour Party (Ireland) Meave Spring 1,709 18.00% 1,872 1,964       Fianna Fáil Ted Fitzgerald 1,142 12.03% 1,575 1,670 1,680 1,808 2,379 Sinn Féin Sean O'Callaghan 880 9.27% 971 1,060 1,071 1,101 1,175 Independent politician (Ireland) John Blennerhassett* 852 8.98% 974 1,059 1,081 1,519 1,686 Fine Gael Sean Shanahan 789 8.31% 827 852 863     Fianna Fáil Pauline Fuller* 607 6.39% 879 904 914 995   Workers' Party (Ireland) Donal Tobin 413 4.35% 496         6 14,535 9,493 (65.31%) 124 (1.29%) 1,899 9,617 (66.16%) 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 https://irishelectionliterature.com/others-project/old-local-election-results/ Old Local Election Results Irish Election Literature 28 October 2011 2019-10-28 Kerry Category:Kerry County Council elections