1985 Laois County Council election

Part of the 1985 Irish local elections December 2020 December 2020 1985 Laois County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1979 Laois County Council election 1979 1991 Laois County Council election 1991 All 25 seats on Laois County Council 20 June 1985 Fianna Fáil 14 +3 Fine Gael 9 -3 Labour Party (Ireland) 1 -1 Independent politician (Ireland) 1 +1 Laois in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Laois County Council Council control Council control after election Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil An election to Laois County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 1985 Irish local election. 25 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 Fáil14+311,98950.33 Fine Gael9-38,51335.74 Labour Party (Ireland)1-11,4466.07 Independent politician (Ireland)1+11,8737.86Totals25-23,219100.00— Results by local electoral area Borris-in-Ossory Borris-in-Ossory: 7 seats 10 Fianna Fáil Liam Hyland TD* 1,479                   Independent politician (Ireland) Jimmy Kelly* 837 873                 Fine Gael William Mansfield* 712 744 745 800 845 850 854       Fine Gael Sean Jacob* 589 654 655 657 749 751 835 914     Fine Gael Jim Phelan* 508 528 529 530 571 572 582 664 785 829 Fianna Fáil Fintan Phelan 390 460 466 493 536 537 569 641 735 737 Labour Party (Ireland) Larry Kavanagh 377 395 402 405 500 501 511       Fianna Fáil Paddy Phelan* 369 446 447 527 528 531 651 665 723 725 Fianna Fáil Thomas Fennelly 356 421 423 441 446 447 533 552     Fine Gael Brendan Dunne 349 362 368 373             Fianna Fáil Eddie Kirwan 326 386 387 435 465 470 530 649 821 824 Fianna Fáil Eamon Rafter* 313 411 412 428 433 433         Fianna Fáil Martin Keane 193 260 262               Independent politician (Ireland) Brendan Clear 31 35                 10 9,808 6,829 (70.01%) 38 854 6,867 Emo Emo- 4 seats 5 Fianna Fáil Ray Cribbin 691 700 729 903   Fianna Fáil Michael Nerney* 684 716 741 852   Fine Gael Jim Buggie* 553 624 711 718 725 Labour Party (Ireland) Ned Kelly* 456 593 626 698 747 Fianna Fáil Don Cunningham 377 383 394     Fine Gael Mary Lewis 369 387 495 513 521 Fine Gael John O'Reilly* 296 298       Labour Party (Ireland) Frank Byrne 279         5 6,146 3,705 (60.93%) 40 742 3,745 Luggacurren Luggacurren- 4 seats 7 Fianna Fáil Martin Rohan* 668 674 681 681 712 775 785 Fianna Fáil James Cooney* 649 679 695 708 927     Fianna Fáil Mary Wheatley 556 572 593 610 718 760 862 Fianna Fáil Liam Doran 369 373 386 439       Independent politician (Ireland) William Fleming* 366 408 436 450 455 458   Independent politician (Ireland) John Daly* 363 403 443 458 489 496 683 Fine Gael Sen. Charles McDonald* 338 357 432 649 674 680 755 Fine Gael John Gaffney 267 282 347         Fine Gael John Moran 240 271           Labour Party (Ireland) Tony O'Brien 211             7 5,915 4,027 (63.13%) 41 806 4,068 Portlaoise Portlaoise: 5 seats 6 Fianna Fáil Joe Dunne* 907           Fine Gael Tom Keenan* 750           Fianna Fáil Jerry Lodge* 564 639 669 678 813   Fine Gael William Aird 549 563 581 654 690 763 Fianna Fáil John Hosey* 471 483 490 568 621 674 Fine Gael Joe Carroll* 395 401 413 439 457 552 Independent politician (Ireland) Joe McCormack 256 267 312 329 359   Fianna Fáil Tom Jacob 228 269 278 280     Fine Gael Michael Dea 196 197 213       Labour Party (Ireland) Tom Phelan 123 125         Independent politician (Ireland) Patrick Larkin 20 21         6 7,056 4,459 (63.79%) 42 744 4,501 Tinnahinch Tinnahinch- 5 seats 8 Fianna Fáil John Moloney 1,279               Fine Gael Oliver J. Flanagan TD* 728 779 918           Fine Gael David Goodwin* 485 508 562 624 645 650 898   Fine Gael Michael Lalor* 478 491 506 522 545 555 658 739 Fianna Fáil Seamus McDonald 473 660 685 698 928       Fine Gael Denis Feighery 440 449 488 499 516 522     Fianna Fáil Joe Digan 378 425 447 453 510 616 727 743 Fine Gael Noel Deffew 271 330             Fianna Fáil Donal McCormack 269 358 367 372         8 6,332 4,801 (76.58%) 48 801 4,849 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 Laois Category:Laois County Council elections