1985 Kilkenny County Council election

Part of the 1985 Irish local elections October 2020 October 2020 1985 Kilkenny County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1979 Kilkenny County Council election 1979 1991 Kilkenny County Council election 1991 All 26 seats on Kilkenny County Council 20 June 1985 Fianna Fáil 11 - Fine Gael 10 - Labour Party (Ireland) 3 -1 Workers' Party (Ireland) 1 - Independent politician (Ireland) 1 +1 Kilkenny in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Kilkenny County Council Council control Council control after election Fine GaelLabour Party An election to Kilkenny County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 1985 Irish local elections. 26 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 Fáil11-14,72244.77 Fine Gael10-11,63135.37 Labour Party (Ireland)3-13,50910.67 Workers' Party (Ireland)1-1,6445.00 Independent politician (Ireland)1+11,3704.17Totals26-32,886100.00— Results by local electoral area Ballyragget Ballyragget: 5 seats 7 Fine Gael Mary Hilda Cavanagh* 1,078 1,087 1,092 1,274       Fianna Fáil John Murphy* 1,058 1,063 1,097 1,188       Fianna Fáil Martin Fitzpatrick* 959 959 1,009 1,022 1,029 1,115 1,117 Labour Party (Ireland) Dick Brennan* 851 946 1,044 1,067 1,074 1,146 1,149 Fine Gael Thomas Coogan 680 734 776 950 1,043 1,135 1,149 Fianna Fáil Martin Gibbons 660 666 743 799 807 1,109 1,121 Fine Gael Kieran Brennan 529 558 566         Fianna Fáil Patricia Owens 442 464 586 599 601     Fianna Fáil Charles Brennan 432 454           Fine Gael John Brennan 249             7 9,852 6,938 (71.42%) 98 1,157 7,036 Kilkenny Kilkenny: 4 seats 8 Fine Gael Kieran Crotty TD* 1,007 1,056             Fianna Fáil Sen. Michael Lanigan* 838 850 851 860 891 918 990 1,007 Labour Party (Ireland) Seamus Pattison TD* 800 826 834 863 940 974 1,073   Fianna Fáil Michael McGuinness* 753 758 758 772 795 816 881 892 Independent politician (Ireland) John Bolger 559 581 585 603 663 714 869 895 Independent politician (Ireland) John Dalton 298 304 306 361 372 554     Independent politician (Ireland) Ken Coogan 266 269 270 327 333       Workers' Party (Ireland) Noel O'Farrell 198 201 201           Fine Gael Tom Crotty 195 217 243 250         Fine Gael Geraldine Maher 151               8 8,160 5,065 (63.87%) 147 1,014 5,212 Piltown Piltown: 7 seats 9 Fianna Fáil Liam Aylward TD* 1,785                 Fine Gael Dick Dowling TD* 1,212                 Workers' Party (Ireland) Sean Walsh* 1,145                 Fianna Fáil Eamonn Meade* 824 950 952 954 958 967 1,028 1,087   Fine Gael Andy Cotterell* 654 708 754 759 764 840 890 958 991 Fianna Fáil Dermot Kavanagh 544 618 626 630 634 640 643 660 860 Fine Gael John Maher 513 549 566 573 576 651 858 974 988 Fianna Fáil Thomas Walsh 477 579 588 590 611 615 618 635   Fianna Fáil Dick Dunphy* 430 704 708 719 727 771 780 834 1,071 Labour Party (Ireland) Desmond Scahill 326 347 354 441 459 469 505     Fine Gael Mick Wall 315 327 337 344 346 382       Fine Gael Joe Cummins 226 241 272 278 284         Labour Party (Ireland) John Mahon 127 134 138             8 12,979 8,588 (70.14%) 119 1,074 8,707 Thomastown Thomastown: 6 seats 9 Fianna Fáil James Brett* 1,189                 Fianna Fáil Breda Somers 768 790 821 828 834 1,075 1,103 1,114   Fianna Fáil Michael Fenlon* 636 650 670 692 808 920 958 965 993 Labour Party (Ireland) Michael O'Brien* 629 631 729 740 968 1,029 1,184     Fine Gael Billy Ireland* 626 628 643 717 742 789 963 987 1,241 Fianna Fáil John Fennelly* 579 598 622 622 631         Fine Gael Philip Brennan* 571 576 582 634 665 676 797 812 1,086 Fine Gael Tom Maher* 568 576 583 647 650 665 737 751   Fianna Fáil Tom Quinn 553 559 564 627 637 732 762 767 812 Fine Gael Joe Prendergast 463 464 498 614 638 662       Labour Party (Ireland) John Bolger 445 445 479 486           Fine Gael Frank Prendergast 427 428 431             Workers' Party (Ireland) Joe Doyle 301 302               9 11,440 7,755 (68.77%) 122 1,108 7,867 Tullaroan Tullaroan: 4 seats 6 Fine Gael Phil Hogan* 1,377           Fianna Fáil Pat Millea 664 739 766 803 847 889 Fianna Fáil Thomas Brennan* 581 609 646 696 749 827 Fianna Fáil John McGuinness 550 566 614 686 732 761 Fine Gael Margaret Tynan* 414 632 654 765 1,156   Fine Gael Thomas Vaughan 376 478 501 592     Labour Party (Ireland) Luke Boyle 331 356 410       Fianna Fáil Bobby Byrne 247 251         6 7,523 4,540 (60.93%) 44 909 4,584 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 Kilkenny Category:Kilkenny County Council elections