1985 Clare County Council election

Part of the 1985 Irish local elections August 2020 August 2020 1985 Clare County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1979 Clare County Council election 1979 1991 Clare County Council election 1991 All 32 seats on Clare County Council 20 June 1985 Fianna Fáil 17 0 Fine Gael 8 -1 Labour Party (Ireland) 2 0 Independent politician (Ireland) 5 +2 Clare in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Clare County Council Council control Council control after election Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil An election to Clare County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 32 councillors were elected from six 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 Fáil17023,38253.52 Fine Gael8-110,23223.42 Labour Party (Ireland)202,2565.16 Independent politician (Ireland)5+27,62917.46Totals32+143,393100.00— Results by local electoral area Ennis Ennis: 4 seats 6 Independent politician (Ireland) Tommy Brennan 1,007           Fianna Fáil Frank Barrett 827 845 864 892 917   Fianna Fáil Bobby Burke 673 693 716 741 777 825 Fine Gael Michael Howard* 627 648 679 772 1,044   Fianna Fáil Peter Considine 606 627 642 661 691 742 Fine Gael Angela Coughlan 334 345 368 422     Labour Party (Ireland) Flan Honan 228 238 280       Workers' Party (Ireland) Dermot Hayes 186 194         6 8,261 4,488 (55.11%) 65 898 4,553 Ennistymon Ennistymon: 5 seats 7 Fianna Fáil Tony Killeen 1,284             Fine Gael Frank Henchy* 1,120 1,127 1,134 1,472       Fianna Fáil Enda Mulkere 1,029 1,052 1,060 1,081 1,128 1,135 1,440 Labour Party (Ireland) Martin Lafferty* 1,027 1,036 1,043 1,216       Fianna Fáil Jimmy Nagle* 932 951 955 1,009 1,057 1,086 1,730 Fianna Fáil Jack Lynch* 887 946 956 994 1,044 1,062   Fine Gael Bill Slattery 645 649 652         Independent politician (Ireland) Joseph Meehan 47 48           7 9,782 6,971 (71.72%) 45 1,162 7,016 Killaloe Killaloe: 6 seats 5 Independent politician (Ireland) John Minogue* 1,545         Fianna Fáil Colm Wiley* 1,385         Fianna Fáil Joe Gorman 1,295 1,360       Fine Gael Patrick Bugler* 1,208 1,266 1,497     Fine Gael Tony McMahon* 1,197 1,221 1,248 1,278 1,286 Fianna Fáil Michael Begley 1,038 1,044 1,131 1,150 1,201 Fianna Fáil Harry Brannn* 885 900 1,251 1,361   Fianna Fáil Eoin Maloney 726 777       5 13,372 9,279 (69.89%) 367 1,326 9,346 Kilrush Kilrush: 6 seats 9 Fianna Fáil P.J. Kelly 1,099 1,106 1,203 1,219 1,220 1,275       Fianna Fáil Bill Chambers 1,084 1,108 1,234 1,280           Fine Gael Madeleine Taylor-Quinn TD* 955 1,079 1,091 1,213 1,217 1,301       Fine Gael Jackie Keane* 872 923 1,039 1,059 1,061 1,081 1,085 1,452   Fianna Fáil Seán Keating* 820 846 877 998 1,006 1,135 1,143 1,249   Independent politician (Ireland) William O'Looney 756 771 772 803 804 991 1,021 1,090 1,157 Fianna Fáil Michael Flynn 562 584 625 660 666         Fianna Fáil Martin Foran* 556 585 594 693 700 816 819 866 901 Independent politician (Ireland) Sean Maloney 551 585 589             Fine Gael Sean Ryan 547 607 682 726 730 771       Fianna Fáil Timmy McMahon 514 519               Fine Gael Annette Burke 410                 9 11,784 8,726 (74.54%) 58 1,247 8,784 Miltown-Malbay Miltown-Malbay: 6 seats 6 Independent politician (Ireland) P.J. Burke* 1,408           Independent politician (Ireland) Christy Curtin* 1,249           Fianna Fáil James Breen 1,038 1,082 1,102 1,128 1,147 1,320 Fianna Fáil Flan Garvey 974 1,010 1,024 1,044 1,053 1,133 Fine Gael Donal Carey TD* 883 908 929 1,175     Fianna Fáil Haulie Daly 756 767 788 794 798 830 Fianna Fáil Michael Hillery 617 668 672 752 792 1,165 Fianna Fáil Timothy Sexton 603 657 659 707 736   Fine Gael P.J. Meade 404 436 447       Independent politician (Ireland) Basil Minihane 65 69         Independent politician (Ireland) Frank McTigue 36 39         6 11,177 8,033 (72.42%) 61 1,148 8,094 Shannon Shannon: 5 seats 9 Fianna Fáil Pat McMahon* 1,103                 Labour Party (Ireland) Patricia McCarthy* 1,001 1,006 1,026 1,074           Fianna Fáil Sean Driscoll 977 991 1,002 1,015 1,103         Fianna Fáil PJ Cunningham 568 586 631 632 648 662 705 769   Fianna Fáil Seán Hillery 544 561 577 593 636 666 702 863 1,267 Fine Gael Sonny Scanlon 419 421 446 519 526 528 790 868 1,050 Independent politician (Ireland) John Murray 404 407 427 427 540 554 594     Fine Gael Mary Donnelly 382 390 409 440 454 457       Independent politician (Ireland) Brigid Makowski 372 372 380 382           Fine Gael Joan Reddan 229 231 237             Independent politician (Ireland) JJ McCabe 189 191               9 9,767 6,188 (63.36%) 1,032 References External links Official websiteJuly 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes irishelectionliterature http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL035931.pdf 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 Clare Category:Clare County Council elections