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1985 Wicklow County Council election
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Part of the 1985 Irish local elections
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1985 Wicklow County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1979 Wicklow County Council election 1979 1991 Wicklow County Council election 1991 All 24 seats on Wicklow County Council 20 June 1985 Fianna Fáil 13 +6 Fine Gael 5 -3 Labour Party (Ireland) 4 0 Workers' Party (Ireland) 1 0 Independent politician (Ireland) 1 0 Wicklow in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Wicklow County Council Council control Council control after election Fianna Fail
An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 24 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+614,93040.48 Fine Gael5-39,83426.66 Labour Party (Ireland)4-6,71118.20 Workers' Party (Ireland)1-2,3436.35 Independent politician (Ireland)1-2,7097.35Totals24+336,882100.00—
Results by local electoral area
Arklow
Arklow: 6 seats
12
Fianna Fáil
Dr. Bill O'Connell*
1,382
Fine Gael
Vincent Blake*
1,128
1,134
1,135
1,157
1,166
1,291
1,354
Fianna Fáil
Pat Doran
950
951
953
958
961
972
973 973
991 999 1,071
1,092
Labour Party (Ireland)
Kevin Ryan*
863
887
888
889
910
933
941 945
963 1,020 1,040
1,042
Fianna Fáil
Thomas Keenan*
822
839
845
849
861
953
961 964
999 1,049 1,124
1,168
Fianna Fáil
John Sweeney*
628
628
651
665
705
712
767 768
904 997 1,420
Fianna Fáil
Tom Clandillon
605
647
663
689
726
727
754 754
848 921
Labour Party (Ireland)
Sean Wolohan
560
567
577
602
715
730
790 792
918 1,035 1,189
1,242
Independent politician (Ireland)
Denis Kinsella*
443
443
450
477
512
525
561 564
Fine Gael
Philip Doyle
339
359
360
382
393
Fine Gael
Oliver Merrigan
338
338
342
380
396
441
571 612
664
Fine Gael
Margo Weadick*
320
321
325
389
411
437
Labour Party (Ireland)
Paddy Kavanagh
311
319
324
344
Fine Gael
Billy Briggs
278
279
281
Labour Party (Ireland)
James Quigley
88
12
13,219
9,095 (69.81%)
123
1,300
9,228
Baltinglass
Baltinglass: 3 seats
8
Fine Gael
Godfrey Timmins TD*
1,397
Fianna Fáil
James Miley*
1,158
1,162
1,163
1,174
1,195
1,244
1,338 1,456
Fianna Fáil
Hugh O'Keeffe
888
895
897
910
921
934
994 1,154
Labour Party (Ireland)
Tommy Cullen
663
668
676
685
703
716
768
Fine Gael
Pascal Deering*
501
524
527
539
571
731
775 978
Sinn Féin
Gerry O'Neill
315
316
317
322
340
353
Fine Gael
Donal McEvoy
254
261
263
270
271
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Maura Green
117
117
117
121
Independent politician (Ireland)
Michael Scanlon
74
75
81
Independent politician (Ireland)
Daniel Buckley
26
26
8
8,047
5,393 (67.91%)
72
1,349
5,465
Bray
Bray: 6 seats
10
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Liz McManus
1,213
Labour Party (Ireland)
John Byrne*
1,098
1,105
1,110
1,160
Fianna Fáil
Ciarán Murphy*
1,073
1,081
1,087
1,099
1,126
1,129
Fianna Fáil
Michael Lawlor
798
801
802
808
832
832
834
849
878
1,046
Fianna Fáil
Michael Ledwidge
721
725
728
742
753
756
767
811
831
1,052
Fine Gael
Mark Mortell
550
554
555
566
578
579
721
774
1,028
1,074
Fine Gael
Jane Murphy*
514
520
522
533
539
541
633
718
813
864
Fianna Fáil
Pat Vance
487
491
496
504
527
529
549
590
614
Fine Gael
Michael Conlon
375
379
382
400
408
410
463
506
Fine Gael
Pat McHugh
345
348
350
355
358
359
Labour Party (Ireland)
Barbara Hyland
266
270
275
299
341
360
381
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Dermot Tobin
182
200
256
263
Labour Party (Ireland)
Nancy Mahony
174
176
178
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Kathy Reen
87
106
10
16,600
7,883 (48.46%)
162
1,127
8,045
Greystones
Greystones: 4 seats
6
Fianna Fáil
Johnny Fox*
1,823
Fine Gael
George Jones*
1,113
1,186
1,213
1,346
Fine Gael
John Leeson*
907
977
1,025
1,064
1,100
1,229
Fianna Fáil
Dick Roche
744
1,032
1,050
1,116
1,123
1,337
Independent politician (Ireland)
Jack Murnane
548
585
598
677
693
Workers' Party (Ireland)
John McManus*
516
565
616
758
778
964
Labour Party (Ireland)
Charlie Keddy
448
472
553
Labour Party (Ireland)
Tom Mulligan
214
249
6
11,899
6,333 (53.78%)
66
1,267
6,399
Wicklow
Wicklow: 5 seats
12
Fianna Fáil
Joe Jacob
918
938
945
1,011
1,023
1,068
1,081
1,201
1,507
Labour Party (Ireland)
Paddy Kavanagh
773
794
826
903
994
1,012
1,111
1,178
1,200
1,203
1,331
1,364
Independent politician (Ireland)
Susan Phillips
756
786
810
829
832
861
923
955
994
1,000
1,189
1,215
Fianna Fáil
John Giff*
680
692
735
745
753
764
818
908
1,241
1,350
1,495
Labour Party (Ireland)
Frank Hynes*
664
677
692
715
826
834
857
973
996
999
1,183
1,203
Fianna Fáil
John Byrne
648
657
663
666
671
687
705
853
Independent politician (Ireland)
Francis Doyle
617
651
704
724
746
768
813
854
888
902
Fianna Fáil
Seamus Power
605
612
613
614
678
689
691
Fine Gael
Harry Cullen*
578
585
589
611
622
860
1,049
1,070
1,119
1,127
1,184
1,186
Fine Gael
Nora Fitzpatrick
466
466
495
497
501
536
Fine Gael
Andy Cullen
411
414
415
429
441
Labour Party (Ireland)
James Gregory*
329
341
345
359
Labour Party (Ireland)
Jimmy O'Shaughnessy
260
280
281
Independent politician (Ireland)
Robert Kearns
245
257
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Colm Kirwan
228
12
13,089
8,178 (63.28%)
105
1,364
8,283
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
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