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1985 Dublin Corporation election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1979 Dublin Corporation election 1979 1991 Dublin Corporation election 1991 All 52 seats on Dublin City Council 20 June 1985 Fianna Fáil 26 0 Fine Gael 13 0 Workers' Party (Ireland) 6 Labour Party (Ireland) 2 Sinn Féin 1 - Independent politician (Ireland) 4 Dublin City in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Dublin City Council Council control Council control after election Fianna FáilWorkers' Party
An election to Dublin City Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 52 councillors were elected from twelve 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 Fáil2669,09241.82 Fine Gael1333,07920.02 Workers' Party (Ireland)615,4799.37 Labour Party (Ireland)214,8258.97 Sinn Féin17,8014.72 Green Party (Ireland)02,7471.66 Democratic Socialist Party (Ireland)01,7821.08 Communist Party of Ireland03880.23 Independent politician (Ireland)420,01312.11Totals52-165,206100.00—
Results by local electoral area
Artane
Artane: 4 seatshttp://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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Fianna Fáil
Seán Haughey
3,956
Labour Party (Ireland)
Michael O'Halloran*
1,803
1,856
1,859
1,875
1,885
1,949
1,977
2,322
2,436
2,635
2,738
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Pat McCartan
1,399
1,439
1,448
1,455
1,474
1,477
1,507
1,530
1,717
1,840
2,138
2,167 2,406
Fianna Fáil
Joan Jones
1,116
1,534
1,535
1,545
1,552
1,561
1,570
1,598
1,662
1,750
1,898
1,903 2,009
Sinn Féin
Terry Hughes
890
928
929
929
940
943
950
957
1,020
1,060
Fianna Fáil
Ita Green*
806
1,442
1,447
1,450
1,453
1,462
1,490
1,551
1,607
1,782
1,915
1,920 2,146
Fine Gael
Richard Bruton TD
784
807
813
831
834
946
978
1,039
1,088
1,282
1,298
1,312
Independent politician (Ireland)
Hannah Barlow Community*
674
698
708
709
721
724
861
921
983
Labour Party (Ireland)
Paddy Bourke
575
590
592
595
599
606
616
Democratic Socialist Party (Ireland)
Philip O'Connor
566
597
603
607
613
614
634
643
Independent politician (Ireland)
William Austin McCoy Community
279
285
297
297
322
326
Fine Gael
Noel Rice
192
196
196
223
223
Independent politician (Ireland)
Fergal Thomas Goulding
100
103
107
108
Fine Gael
Bill Mynes
87
91
91
Green Alliance
Nora Keane
58
61
13
25,974
13,285 (51.76%)
160
2,658
13,445
Ballyfermot
Ballyfermot: 4 seats
13
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Tomás MacGiolla TD*
1,670
1,675
1,706
1,737
1,774 2,224
2,318
2,522
Fianna Fáil
Olga Bennett
1,236
1,238
1,239
1,269
1,324 1,330
1,426
1,452 1,729
1,844
1,848
1,929 2,420
Fianna Fáil
Pat McEntee*
1,125
1,128
1,141
1,154
1,174 1,181
1,197
1,237 1,388
1,522
1,530
1,568
Fianna Fáil
Michael Delaney
1,098
1,099
1,106
1,111
1,132 1,136
1,149
1,174 1,427
1,554
1,560
1,579 2,257
Fine Gael
Charlie McManus*
1,060
1,060
1,066
1,086
1,114 1,121
1,144
1,241 1,267
1,319
1,335
2,202 2,286
Sinn Féin
Jimmy Delaney
1,019
1,021
1,041
1,056
1,069 1,080
1,095
1,125 1,171
Democratic Socialist Party (Ireland)
Michael Conaghan
1,012
1,019
1,027
1,063
1,140 1,149
1,244
1,291 1,333
1,522
1,535
1,622
1,660
Fine Gael
Greg Walsh
944
948
949
977
1,028 1,031
1,132
1,221 1,247
1,275
1,283
Fianna Fáil
John Doran
783
784
785
796
810 819
848
871
Labour Party (Ireland)
Paddy O'Mahony*
496
497
501
509
637 640
667
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Gerard Lynch
482
488
497
507
529
Labour Party (Ireland)
George Butler
478
481
488
506
Independent politician (Ireland)
Brian Patrick McMenamy
468
482
484
539
562 571
Independent politician (Ireland)
Mich O'Mahony
282
286
289
Communist Party of Ireland
John Montgomery
118
120
Green Alliance
Jan Loughney
61
13
28,903
12,332 (43.52%)
246
2,467
12,578
Cabra
Cabra- 3 seats
11
Fianna Fáil
Patrick J. Farry
2,103
2,116
2,125
2,132
2,146
2,180
2,279
2,304
2,494
3,033
Fianna Fáil
Dermot Fitzpatrick*
1,607
1,613
1,626
1,645
1,654
1,682
1,715
1,744
1,866
2,621
2,713
Fianna Fáil
Tom Leonard TD*
1,356
1,363
1,369
1,371
1,379
1,402
1,437
1,455
1,569
Fine Gael
Tony Collis
1,347
1,363
1,382
1,398
1,473
1,507
1,594
2,519
2,607
2,671
2,674
Independent politician (Ireland)
Christy Sherwin*
1,346
1,370
1,415
1,439
1,528
1,659
2,021
2,056
2,525
2,654
2,659
Sinn Féin
Tony O'Flaherty
1,097
1,117
1,126
1,131
1,147
1,274
1,398
1,406
Fine Gael
John Colgan
898
922
934
941
1,008
1,034
1,066
Independent politician (Ireland)
Seán Coultry
636
675
695
710
743
843
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Imelda Dixon
452
462
490
501
584
Labour Party (Ireland)
Martin Giblin
264
270
289
438
Labour Party (Ireland)
Jimmy Kelly
235
245
258
Green Alliance
Brian Torode
199
204
Independent politician (Ireland)
Michael Berney
190
11
25,834
11,730 (46.12%)
184
2,933
11,914
Clontarf
Clontarf: 5 seats
9
Fianna Fáil
Vincent Brady TD*
4,676
Independent politician (Ireland)
Seán D. Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus*
3,200
Fine Gael
Pat Lee
1,870
1,907
1,942
1,972
2,007
2,114
2,235
2,799
2,803
Fianna Fáil
Eugene Timmons*
1,721
2,129
2,162
2,181
2,202
2,296
2,397
2,465
2,511
Fine Gael
Tom Farrell
1,580
1,610
1,639
1,664
1,695
1,805
1,918
2,553
2,566
Fianna Fáil
Joseph Burke
1,443
2,638
2,678
2,705
2,743
2,820
2,998
Fine Gael
Cathy Fay
1,028
1,047
1,085
1,125
1,177
1,278
1,411
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Triona Dooney
803
818
845
875
1,004
1,225
Labour Party (Ireland)
Derek McDowell
583
601
613
795
846
Labour Party (Ireland)
Jo (Josephine) Walsh
355
363
374
Green Alliance
William Hughes Cooke
346
357
397
409
9
39,304
17,605 (45.47%)
257
2,935
17,862
Crumlin
Crumlin- 4 seats
10
Fine Gael
Gay Mitchell TD*
2,962
Fianna Fáil
Ben Briscoe TD*
2,598
2,617
2,623
2,630
2,790
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Eric Byrne
1,536
1,547
1,574
1,623
1,644
1,647
1,736
2,026 2,214
2,384
Fianna Fáil
Andrew J. Callaghan
1,421
1,427
1,431
1,444
1,624
1,685
1,752
1,849 1,930
2,837
Fianna Fáil
Adele Ramsey
1,089
1,100
1,103
1,107
1,247
1,270
1,327
1,437 1,495
Labour Party (Ireland)
Joe Connolly*
1,052
1,063
1,080
1,085
1,096
1,097
1,232
1,265 1,927
2,051
Labour Party (Ireland)
Michael Collins*
818
834
847
858
910
912
1,089
1,151
Sinn Féin
Micheal Mac Conmara
714
717
726
762
770
770
774
Fianna Fáil
Peter Meade
583
587
589
591
Fine Gael
Colm Brangan
474
654
672
672
679
680
Communist Party of Ireland
Brian Joseph Buggle
124
125
134
Green Alliance
Elma Holohan
122
123
10
31,494
13,493 (43.59%)
235
2,699
13,728
Donaghmede
Donaghmede: 5 seats
13
Fianna Fáil
Ned Brennan*
3,513
Fianna Fáil
Liam Fitzgerald TD*
3,306
Fianna Fáil
Ivor Callely
1,401
1,841
2,096
2,113
2,120
2,137
2,149
2,191
2,889
Labour Party (Ireland)
Seán Kenny*
1,317
1,346
1,382
1,390
1,395
1,400
1,436
1,476
1,518
1,533
2,163
2,509
2,741
Fine Gael
Maurice Manning TD
1,069
1,086
1,098
1,109
1,114
1,127
1,264
1,289
1,329
1,344
1,419
1,467
2,416
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Caitríona Ní Chuinneageáin
1,006
1,020
1,028
1,037
1,053
1,083
1,087
1,142
1,177
1,193
1,256
Independent politician (Ireland)
Angela Mulligan
999
1,018
1,036
1,064
1,079
1,140
1,177
1,411
1,476
1,518
1,652
2,122
2,226
Fine Gael
Anto Kerins
970
982
994
997
1,001
1,012
1,252
1,279
1,300
1,310
1,375
1,408
Labour Party (Ireland)
Tom Brennan*
902
937
968
970
974
981
1,022
1,124
1,162
1,181
Fianna Fáil
Brian Monaghan
762
908
1,045
1,050
1,053
1,057
1,064
1,086
Fine Gael
Margaret Hopkins
512
521
528
529
530
541
Independent politician (Ireland)
John Meaney
472
481
493
504
535
585
602
Green Alliance
Hilary McLoughlin
193
196
198
200
222
Independent politician (Ireland)
Barry McGuirk
106
111
114
115
Independent politician (Ireland)
Donal O hUadhaigh
100
103
104
13
35,378
16,628 (47.55%)
146
2,772
16,824
Drumcondra
Drumcondra: 5 seats
15
Fianna Fáil
Noel Ahern
2,282
2,282
2,285
2,292
2,297
2,308
2,314
2,329
2,403
2,490
Fianna Fáil
Michael Barrett TD*
2,261
2,264
2,271
2,274
2,302
2,316
2,330
2,372
2,555
Fianna Fáil
Tim Killeen
1,463
1,466
1,469
1,473
1,475
1,475
1,482
1,508
1,595
1,639
1,681
1,713
1,739
1,888
2,075
Fine Gael
Alice Glenn TD*
1,415
1,416
1,420
1,441
1,446
1,461
1,474
1,522
1,538
1,540
1,544
1,563
2,089
2,124
2,347
Fine Gael
Eddie Nolan
1,023
1,025
1,031
1,043
1,052
1,069
1,076
1,095
1,102
1,103
1,103
1,116
1,435
1,455
1,685
Sinn Féin
Ann O'Sullivan
966
968
972
974
982
996
1,040
1,055
1,068
1,070
1,070
1,100
1,104
Fine Gael
Sen. Luke Belton*
937
937
939
949
954
964
968
983
987
989
994
1,003
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Eamonn O'Brien
888
889
912
915
938
962
1,026
1,047
1,092
1,096
1,097
1,770
1,780
2,117
2,370
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Philomena Donnelly
741
742
749
758
773
813
829
884
896
900
903
Labour Party (Ireland)
Paddy Dunne*
720
720
769
857
869
893
920
993
1,009
1,013
1,015
1,083
1,157
1,242
Fianna Fáil
Kathleen Farrell
443
444
449
451
455
455
475
490
Independent politician (Ireland)
Mollie Bracken-Community
311
312
315
317
339
377
418
Green Alliance
Carolyn Wilson
235
235
237
248
260
Independent politician (Ireland)
Barney Hartnett
232
238
243
243
270
303
Independent politician (Ireland)
Billy Keegan
161
186
187
189
Labour Party (Ireland)
Paul McDonnell
155
155
180
Labour Party (Ireland)
Ina Gould
148
149
Independent politician (Ireland)
Lily Keegan
47
15
36,402
14,428 (40.15%)
186
2,405
14,614
Finglas
Finglas: 4 seats
14
Fianna Fáil
Jim Tunney TD*
3,175
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Proinsias De Rossa TD
2,266
2,329
2,365
2,421
Fianna Fáil
Pat Carey
1,218
1,487
1,500
1,515
1,515
1,532
1,569
1,588
1,616
1,700
1,749
1,841
1,931 2,132
Fine Gael
Mary Flaherty TD*
1,056
1,099
1,110
1,125
1,125
1,152
1,172
1,194
1,241
1,293
1,638
1,772
1,880 1,961
Sinn Féin
Harry Fleming
798
808
812
821
821
826
845
867
881
908
915
952
1,111
Fianna Fáil
Celia Larkin
724
1,024
1,040
1,047
1,047
1,070
1,079
1,099
1,120
1,171
1,184
1,227
1,298 1,459
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Pat Quearney
522
528
530
544
546
589
620
668
691
745
760
867
Fine Gael
Frank Barr
437
444
455
460
460
479
487
500
527
547
Independent politician (Ireland)
Frank Carroll
315
325
334
340
340
353
374
432
448
Labour Party (Ireland)
Diana Robertson*
298
307
309
315
315
322
388
412
547
630
659
Labour Party (Ireland)
Bill Tormey
265
279
282
294
294
314
350
372
Labour Party (Ireland)
Shay Carbin
250
256
260
271
271
280
Green Alliance
Aidan, Michael Meagher
211
215
219
249
249
Democratic Socialist Party (Ireland)
Mary, E. McCamley
204
208
213
Independent politician (Ireland)
Billy Keegan
183
190
235
251
252
295
309
Independent politician (Ireland)
Gerard Doolan
106
109
Independent politician (Ireland)
Frank Clarke
59
61
14
27,997
12,087 (43.91%)
206
2,418
12,293
North Inner City
North Inner City: 5 seats
12
Fianna Fáil
Bertie Ahern TD*
4,316
Independent politician (Ireland)
Tony Gregory TD*
3,766
Fianna Fáil
John Stafford
1,633
1,994
2,146
2,152
2,199
2,206
2,226
2,251
2,302 2,634
Fine Gael
Michael Keating*
1,466
1,538
1,681
1,687
1,701
1,713
1,744
1,775
1,934 1,960
2,603
2,854
Sinn Féin
Christy Burke
1,222
1,268
1,491
1,524
1,538
1,553
1,559
1,664
1,709 1,725
1,739
2,129
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Michael White
820
853
1,061
1,076
1,103
1,162
1,200
1,288
1,389 1,403
1,437
Fine Gael
Kevin Byrne
642
659
707
710
725
741
760
779
830 835
Fianna Fáil
Ernie Beggs
481
1,082
1,186
1,189
1,199
1,204
1,221
1,237
1,269 1,530
1,562
1,729
Labour Party (Ireland)
William Cumiskey*
341
366
413
413
417
427
513
625
Labour Party (Ireland)
Joe Costello
290
300
355
367
371
397
447
Labour Party (Ireland)
Don Buckley
226
240
270
274
279
298
Fianna Fáil
Tony Paul Kett
174
673
716
716
718
724
732
740
765
Green Alliance
Vincent John Murphy
149
151
181
190
207
Independent politician (Ireland)
Brian Skerritt
131
138
178
187
Communist Party of Ireland
Norman Cullen
73
75
86
Independent politician (Ireland)
Michael Joseph Ward
14
16
23
12
35,046
15,744 (45.55%)
219
2,625
15,963
Pembroke
Pembroke: 4 seats
11
Independent politician (Ireland)
Carmencita Hederman-Community*
2,454
2,468
2,497
2,722
Fine Gael
Joe Doyle TD*
2,223
2,232
2,239
2,279
2,298 2,301
2,587
2,693
Fianna Fáil
Seán Moore*
2,139
2,150
2,160
2,181
2,459
2,461
2,476
2,621
3,331
Fine Gael
John McKenna
879
884
892
911
941 943
1,389
1,423
1,477 1,491
2,060
Fianna Fáil
Ellen Gunning (Whelan)
864
873
877
893
1,003 1,005
1,019
1,166
Fianna Fáil
Eoin David Ryan
848
848
856
869
1,122 1,124
1,165
1,211
1,460 1,951
2,172
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Tom Crilly
814
835
861
937
951 958
969
Fine Gael
Cliona O'Tuama
779
782
796
840
867 872
Fianna Fáil
Ciaran J. O'Loughlin
742
744
746
764
Labour Party (Ireland)
Dermot Lacey
632
633
930
995
1,009 1,020
1,060
1,333
1,402 1,441
Green Alliance
Enid O'Dowd
558
562
574
Labour Party (Ireland)
James Connolly Heron
420
421
Independent politician (Ireland)
William Coughlan
87
11
37,400
13,439 (36.37%)
165
2,688
13,604
Rathmines
Rathmines: 4 seats
11
Fine Gael
Sen. Alexis FitzGerald*
2,555
Fianna Fáil
Michael Donnelly
2,133
2,144
2,153
2,193
2,220
2,382
Fine Gael
Michael McShane*
1,042
1,210
1,226
1,271
1,307
1,330
1,331
1,378
1,574
1,732
1,818
Fianna Fáil
Mary Hanafin
890
898
909
923
938
1,069
1,138
1,205
1,275
1,455
2,348
Fianna Fáil
Gerry Kieran
849
852
857
873
882
1,079
1,118
1,139
1,168
1,246
Fine Gael
Edie Wynne
811
880
892
946
956
964
965
1,046
1,294
1,458
1,500
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Anne Cooney
674
677
698
726
795
804
806
930
1,147
Fianna Fáil
Derek Mooney
534
537
542
546
553
Labour Party (Ireland)
Vicki Somers
473
482
508
527
770
778
779
909
Green Party (Ireland)
Maire Mullarney
430
432
486
566
574
575
575
Labour Party (Ireland)
Brendan Byrne*
393
400
425
444
Independent politician (Ireland)
Barry John Community-Hardy
308
310
366
Independent politician (Ireland)
Tonie Walsh
167
167
Independent politician (Ireland)
William Abbey Of The Holy Cross Fitzsimon
60
60
Independent politician (Ireland)
Gabriel Joseph McGovern
22
23
11
34,320
11,341 (33.53%)
165
2,269
11,506
South Inner City
South Inner City: 5 seats
17
Fianna Fáil
Mary Mooney
1,907
1,908
1,910
1,923
1,934 1,959
1,971
2,017
2,060 2,089
2,285
Independent politician (Ireland)
Brendan Lynch*
1,520
1,525
1,528
1,538
1,558
1,593
1,622
1,665
1,703 1,734
1,768
1,773
1,819
2,071
2,152
2,323
Fine Gael
Peter Burke*
1,418
1,420
1,421
1,424
1,436
1,452
1,460
1,484
1,520 1,972
1,984
1,986
1,999
2,047
2,082
2,357
Sinn Féin
John Crabbe
1,095
1,095
1,110
1,118
1,126
1,134
1,160
1,164
1,173 1,178
1,192
1,195
1,223
1,406
1,429
1,492
1,507
Fianna Fáil
Michael Mulcahy
892
893
894
900
902
903
913
937
944 954
1,126
1,169
1,180
1,205
1,929
1,990
2,025
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Andy Smith
781
782
797
803
812
818
843
850
882 897
909
913
1,413
1,513
1,559
1,765
1,822
Fianna Fáil
Des Smith
745
745
748
750
754
761
777
783
790 803
1,021
1,062
1,073
1,102
Fianna Fáil
Aindrias Ó Caoimh*
680
681
681
682
683
683
686
692
699 706
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Eddie Naughton
625
628
635
641
654
664
677
689
723 729
734
734
Fine Gael
Anne O'Regan
619
620
621
627
640
649
657
668
689
Independent politician (Ireland)
John Whacker Humphrey
603
608
611
649
676 728
777
783
802 809
818
821
869
Labour Party (Ireland)
Mary Freehill*
602
603
606
620
660
679
697
785
1,004 1,072
1,082
1,083
1,104
1,155
1,188
Labour Party (Ireland)
Tony Ryder
386
386
389
396
399
406
426
506
Labour Party (Ireland)
Jim Mooney
348
349
350
356
359
370
375
Independent politician (Ireland)
William Ormonde
237
238
241
248
256
266
Independent politician (Ireland)
Larry P. Dillon
202
202
204
214
230
Green Alliance
Thérése Cronin
185
185
196
197
Independent politician (Ireland)
Christy Doyle
151
151
151
Communist Party of Ireland
Michael Wall
73
74
Independent politician (Ireland)
Desmond Hunter
25
17
34,715
13,094 (38.57%)
294
2,183
13,388
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://opac.oireachtas.ie/knowvation/app/consolidatedSearch/#search/v=grid,c=1,q=qs%3D%5Blocal%20elections%5D%2CqueryType%3D%5B16%5D,sm=s,l=library3_lib
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