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1985 Meath County Council election
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Part of the 1985 Irish local elections
April 2022
1985 Meath County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1979 Meath County Council election 1979 1991 Meath County Council election 1991 All 29 seats on Meath County Council 20 June 1985 Fianna Fáil 17 +4 Fine Gael 7 -2 Labour Party (Ireland) 3 -2 Independent politician (Ireland) 2 - Meath in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Meath County Council Council control Council control after election Fianna Fail
An election to Meath County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 29 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 Fáil17+420,67450.62 Fine Gael7-210,30425.23 Labour Party (Ireland)3-24,74611.62 Independent politician (Ireland)2-3,9949.78Totals29-40,842100.00—
Results by local electoral area
Dunshaughlin
Dunshaughlin: 5 seats
11
Fianna Fáil
Mary Wallace*
1,831
Fianna Fáil
Sean Conway*
1,151
1,390
Fine Gael
Mary Sylver*
706
741
744
745
749
768
784
804 816
940
1,290
Fianna Fáil
Tadhg Delaney
695
813
896
906
914
932
982
1,006 1,222
1,261
Labour Party (Ireland)
Brian Fitzgerald
647
672
676
683
734
841
871
927 952
988
1,063
Fine Gael
John Fanning
592
603
607
608
612
632
642
726 731
762
943
Fine Gael
Seamus Lawless
504
523
525
531
562
580
609
620 634
742
Fine Gael
Rosemary Swan
321
329
330
349
356
363
366
372 392
Workers' Party (Ireland)
John King
243
244
245
250
250
258
299
Sinn Féin
Tommy Johnson
224
232
235
241
249
258
Fianna Fáil
Madeline Murphy
172
253
290
300
302
310
339
352
Labour Party (Ireland)
Joe Mannering
161
190
194
194
236
Labour Party (Ireland)
Sean Moran
153
100
Independent politician (Ireland)
Edward McKeever
75
100
11
13,001
7,475 (57.97%)
68
1,246
7,543
Kells
Kells: 7 seats
13
Fianna Fáil
Sen. Michael Lynch*
2,076
Fianna Fáil
Johnny Brady*
1,204
1,454
Fine Gael
John V. Farrelly TD*
1,196
1,215 1,215
1,223
1,232
1,241
1,313
1,323
1,460
Fianna Fáil
Sebastian Rooney*
932
1,026 1,038
1,043
1,047
1,095
1,107
1,302
1,395
Fianna Fáil
Fergus Muldoon*
874
911 930
933
942
950
951
1,000
1,021
1,025 1,036
1,057
1,066
Fine Gael
Tom Bradley*
833
845 848
853
859
862
953
965
1,041
1,080 1,087
1,547
Independent politician (Ireland)
Patrick Andrews*
752
769 770
812
813
829
837
847
882
886 897
931
1,013
Fianna Fáil
Hugh McEnroe*
598
711 748
749
758
780
785
940
987
998 1,009
1,070
1,107
Fine Gael
Val Finnegan
571
656 661
664
731
737
773
781
833
858 863
Labour Party (Ireland)
Tommy Grimes
489
498 498
531
588
641
662
706
Fianna Fáil
John Caffrey
386
442 483
486
490
519
540
Fine Gael
Christine Coburn
261
265 265
270
277
285
Independent politician (Ireland)
John Maguire
206
216 216
217
218
Labour Party (Ireland)
Patsy Clarke
170
202 206
208
Labour Party (Ireland)
Joseph Conlon
106
112 112
13
15,705
10,654 (69.26%)
224
1,332
10,878
Navan
Navan: 7 seats
13
Fianna Fáil
Paddy Fitzsimons*
1,567
Fianna Fáil
Johnny Murtagh*
866
1,052
1,058
1,087
Fianna Fáil
Peter Finnegan*
856
962
964
1,012
1,013
1,022
1,036
1,041
1,085
Fine Gael
James Dorgan*
713
731
734
737
737
763
922
1,105
Fianna Fáil
Jimmy Mangan
635
660
660
682
685
703
708
743
754
756
832
837
842
Fine Gael
Patsy O'Neill
634
642
662
673
674
689
711
847
870
894
996
1,023
1,023
Fianna Fáil
Owen Heaney
553
631
635
653
655
665
673
676
702
703
806
827
832
Independent politician (Ireland)
Patrick Andrews*
536
551
552
575
576
591
610
625
670
671
Labour Party (Ireland)
Brendan Clusker*
533
554
570
597
599
753
784
801
962
964
1,128
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Seamus McDonagh
354
362
367
420
421
439
451
460
Fine Gael
Avril Molloy
335
340
341
345
345
370
439
Fine Gael
Carmel Burke
328
334
335
342
342
358
Sinn Féin
Jimmy Lynch
303
309
311
Labour Party (Ireland)
Sean O'Brien
293
301
331
338
339
Labour Party (Ireland)
Patsy Meehan
93
95
13
16,420
8,599 (53.11%)
122
1,075
8,721
Slane
Slane: 5 seats
10
Independent politician (Ireland)
Gerald Marry
1,635
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Traynor*
784
846
846
849
856
901
940
947 1,335
Fianna Fáil
Robert Doonan*
737
787
788
867
875
884
1,203
1,267
Fine Gael
Tom Kelly*
718
755
758
785
826
1,009
1,014
1,128 1,153
1,173
Independent politician (Ireland)
Jimmy Cudden*
558
654
666
703
732
801
814
841 1,010
1,083
Fianna Fáil
Sean Murray
543
623
630
636
672
679
727
734
Fianna Fáil
Joe Halpin
482
493
495
498
501
503
Fine Gael
Patrick Fullam*
455
497
499
514
578
603
622
892 933
948
Fine Gael
Moyna Doherty
395
411
415
442
477
507
545
Labour Party (Ireland)
Ken Lougheed
376
387
428
434
445
Fine Gael
Liam Smith
240
266
269
276
Independent politician (Ireland)
Paddy Monaghan
202
223
225
Labour Party (Ireland)
Owen Harty
74
82
10
12,161
7,229 (59.96%)
63
1,205
7,292
Trim
Trim: 5 seats
7
Fianna Fáil
Colm Hilliard TD*
1,592
Fianna Fáil
Noel Dempsey TD*
1,538
Labour Party (Ireland)
Frank McLoughlin TD*
1,411
Fine Gael
Willie Carey*
676
700
717
739
910
1,010
1,064
Fine Gael
Peter Higgins
417
442
479
507
645
728
747
Fine Gael
Tom O'Connor
409
426
436
449
Fianna Fáil
Gabriel Cribbin
366
524
673
690
707
730
1,176
Labour Party (Ireland)
Patrick Lowe*
240
268
290
458
487
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Cummins
236
428
583
598
631
693
7
11,359
6,885 (61.58%)
110
1,148
6,995
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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