1985 Wexford County Council election

Part of the 1985 Irish local elections April 2022 1985 Wexford County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1979 Wexford County Council election 1979 1991 Wexford County Council election 1991 All 21 seats on Wexford County Council 20 June 1985 Fianna Fáil 11 +1 Fine Gael 6 -1 Labour Party (Ireland) 1 -1 Independent politician (Ireland) 3 +1 Wexford in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Wexford County Council Council control Council control after election Fianna Fail An election to Wexford 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 Fáil11+119,65246.32 Fine Gael6-111,99828.28 Labour Party (Ireland)1-13,5408.34 Independent politician (Ireland)3+15,69713.43Totals21-42,428100.00— Results by local electoral area Enniscorthy Enniscorthy: 5 seats 6 Fianna Fáil John Browne TD* 2,265           Fine Gael Ivan Yates TD 1,770           Fianna Fáil Michael Sinnott* 1,589 1,723         Independent politician (Ireland) Seán Doyle 1,137 1,256 1,264 1,355 1,586 1,619 Fianna Fáil Hugh Dunne 1,048 1,271 1,273 1,317 1,355 1,395 Fine Gael Jack Bolger 944 960 981 997 1,090 1,739 Fine Gael Thomas Neville 803 808 823 834 875   Labour Party (Ireland) Andy Doyle 503 541 547 578     Workers' Party (Ireland) Richard Synott 144 151 152       Independent politician (Ireland) George Mullaly 91 98 99       6 16,743 10,294 (62.56%) 181 1,716 10,475 Gorey Gorey: 5 seats 4 Fianna Fáil Lorcan Allen* 2,554       Fine Gael Francis D'Arcy* 1,742       Fianna Fáil Rory Murphy* 1,252 1,415 1,477 1,643 Fianna Fáil Joe Murphy 1,242 1,709     Fine Gael Jim Gahan 1,120 1,152 1,170 1,384 Fine Gael Deirdre Bolger* 1,065 1,166 1,227 1,478 Labour Party (Ireland) Bobby Ireton 467 525 566   Labour Party (Ireland) Thomas Davitt 384 402 413   Independent politician (Ireland) Michael O'Connor 248 283     4 16,743 10,294 (62.56%) 181 1,716 10,475 New Ross New Ross: 5 seats 8 Fianna Fáil Hugh Byrne TD* 2,325               Fianna Fáil Jimmy Curtis* 1,497 1,774             Fianna Fáil Jim Walsh* 1,417 1,522 1,583 1,612 1,755       Fine Gael John T. Browne* 1,150 1,182 1,184 1,225 1,247 1,251 1,487 1,615 Fianna Fáil Seamus Whelan 967 1,150 1,216 1,244 1,275 1,305 1,398 1,494 Fine Gael Louise Hennessy 597 613 615 657 706 716 940 1,107 Fine Gael John Hayes 579 616 621 637 655 659     Sinn Féin Jim Dwyer 455 469 473 516         Labour Party (Ireland) Denis North* 445 462 463 580 691 724 778   Labour Party (Ireland) Michael O'Brien 190 195 196           Workers' Party (Ireland) Ingrid O'Brien 142 147 147           Independent politician (Ireland) John O'Brien 23 25 25           8 16,227 9,787 (61.54%) 199 1,632 9,986 Wexford Wexford: 6 seats 15 Fine Gael Avril Doyle TD* 1,518 1,529 1,544 1,555 1,568 1,580 1,618 1,636 1,756             Fianna Fáil Gus Byrne* 1,449 1,485 1,500 1,516 1,547 1,564 1,610 1,617 1,652 1,711 1,897         Independent politician (Ireland) Padge Reck 1,229 1,239 1,258 1,295 1,359 1,387 1,490 1,508 1,523 1,650 1,711 1,717 1,927     Labour Party (Ireland) Sen. Brendan Howlin 1,137 1,144 1,156 1,170 1,208 1,222 1,266 1,454 1,482 1,602 1,634 1,646 1,738 1,772   Independent politician (Ireland) Leo Carthy* 959 970 982 990 1,005 1,018 1,030 1,109 1,220 1,256 1,279 1,283 1,338 1,367 1,736 Fianna Fáil Tommy Howlin* 787 796 807 818 823 841 851 873 935 948 1,061 1,130 1,157 1,165 1,285 Fine Gael Toddy Moore 710 712 714 718 724 727 732 767 844 863 870 872 888 895   Fianna Fáil Robert Lambert 674 675 678 682 687 695 698 720 735 743 920 966 985 987 1,024 Fianna Fáil Sean O'Gorman 586 588 603 615 623 628 649 651 658 669           Independent politician (Ireland) Thomas Doyle 534 538 552 561 563 570 574 577               Workers' Party (Ireland) Michael Enright 480 484 486 505 525 564 578 583 588             Labour Party (Ireland) Joan Fennelly 414 416 416 417 424 432 436                 Independent politician (Ireland) Philip Kelly 384 385 389 407 445 556 578 589 601 709 729 733       Independent politician (Ireland) John Roche* 322 325 329 336 351 358                   Sinn Féin Sean Finn 320 323 327 341 351                     Independent politician (Ireland) Jimmy Hayes 287 291 293 308                       Independent politician (Ireland) Desmond McCabe 208 211 214                         Independent politician (Ireland) Jim O'Dowd 154 157                           Independent politician (Ireland) Olive Brennan 121                             15 20,731 12,273 (60.19%) 202 1,754 12,479 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 websiteJuly 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes irishelectionliterature Wexford Category:Wexford County Council elections