1985 Waterford County Council election

1985 Waterford County Council election

20 June 1985
All 23 seats on Waterford County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 11 10 2 Seat change 0 -1 +1
Map showing the area of Waterford County Council
Council control after election TBD

An election to Waterford County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 23 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.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	11	0	11,255	48.74
	Fine Gael	10	-1	8,790	38.06
	Labour	2	+1	1,776	7.69
Totals		23	0	23,093	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Dungarvan

Dungarvan: 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Fahey TD*		911	931
	Labour	Billy Kyne*		818	843	880	919	1,016
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Kenneally*		739	745	754	778	783	785	832	834	973
	Fine Gael	Garry O'Halloran*		604	612	614	626	629	633	731	731	819	892	898	1,042
	Fine Gael	James Harty*		598	603	655	683	686	686	752	752	797	865	868	1,053
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Whelan		489	497	500	528	542	547	580	581	648	667	691	753	772	788
	Fine Gael	Simon Hanley		472	479	483	483	493	500	549	550	553	610	610
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Riordan		466	474	480	482	503	522	535	535	538	649	649	747	832	903
	Fianna Fáil	Declan Goode*		411	418	438	455	482	505	514	515	560	605	619	672	685	692
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Brien		396	404	406	422	422	422	428	428
	Fine Gael	Jeremiah O'Brien*		367	370	372	374	376	376
	Fine Gael	Richard Walsh		343	352	357	360	385	400	430	430	434
	Labour	Tommy Wade		230	237	249	263
	Sinn Féin	Seamus O Cuilliu		216	220	241
	Workers' Party	Tomas O Ceilleachair		185	197
	Independent	Ned Bluett		116
	Independent	James Coll		46
Electorate: 10,309   Valid: 7,407 (72.68%)   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 926   Turnout: 7,493

Kilmacthomas

Kilmacthomas: 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Cunningham*		939
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran O'Ryan*		933
	Fine Gael	Oliver Coffey*		882
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Fahey		670	720	794	801	913
	Fine Gael	Patrick Coffey*		589	605	618	677	701	715	767
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hennebry*		443	472	492	494	525	570	674
	Sinn Féin	Jackie Whelan		215	221	227	229	238	242
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Fleming		168	199	212	217
Electorate: 8,054   Valid: 4,839 (60.88%)   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 807   Turnout: 4,903

Lismore

Lismore: 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Willie McDonnell*		1,074
	Fianna Fáil	James Quirke*		953
	Fine Gael	James Walsh*		758	871
	Fianna Fáil	Ollie Wilkinson		728	751	781	834
	Fianna Fáil	James Tobin		612	659	715	795
	Labour	Brendan Herlihy		99
	Labour	James Kennedy		92
Electorate: 5,907   Valid: 4,316 (73.84%)   Spoilt: 46   Quota: 864   Turnout: 4,362

Tramore

Tramore: 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Cahill*		878
	Fine Gael	Michael Queally*		784	788	806	810	846
	Fine Gael	John Carey*		769	781	826
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Swift		657	662	667	678	770	795	862
	Fine Gael	Con Casey		544	546	583	586	606	743	880
	Labour	Brian O'Shea		537	554	559	562	579	605	719	723	769	783
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Dunphy*		509	517	522	541	645	654	706	709	724	748
	Fianna Fáil	Geoff Power*		490	492	496	502	549	667	678	683	685	692
	Independent	Maureen O'Carroll		418	427	435	437	445	455
	Fine Gael	Noel McDonagh		371	374	403	404	406
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Griffin		329	335	339	351
	Fine Gael	Bernie Flanagan		169	171
	Workers' Party	Paddy Gallagher		76
Electorate: 11,583   Valid: 6,531 (56.38%)   Quota: 817

External links

• Irishelectionliterature
• Department of the Environment, Ireland (28 January 2010). "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" (PDF). Department of the Environment. Retrieved 28 October 2019.