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1985 Dublin County Council election
← 1979 20 June 1985 1991 →
All 26 seats to Dublin County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seat change - -
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Workers' Party of Ireland Independent
Map showing the area of Dublin County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Dublin County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. councillors were elected from electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office. This was the penultimate election to Dublin County Council.

Results by party

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Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Labour
Workers' Party of Ireland
Independent
Totals - 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Fingal Council Area

Balbriggan

Balbriggan - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil Jack Larkin 1,386 1,405 1,450 1,646          
Fine Gael Cathal Boland* 1,245 1,272 1,285 1,298 1,300 1,593      
Fianna Fáil Sean Gilbride 1,082 1,102 1,142 1,230 1,300 1,336 1,337 1,430 1,493
Fianna Fáil Jim Geraghty 971 979 992 1,105 1,133 1,146 1,147 1,177 1,405
Labour Ken Farrell 942 968 998 1,008 1,008 1,019 1,021 1,365 1,596
Independent Catherine Cusack 640 705 748 763 763 794 796 840  
Fine Gael Bill Reynolds* 636 644 653 742 748 854 899 959 1,070
Fine Gael Patricia Gallen 588 614 633 646 648        
Fianna Fáil John Maxwell 540 547 570            
Labour Joe Davis 536 563 649 661 664 779 786    
Sinn Féin Briege Tuite 363 394              
Green Trevor Sargent 227                
Independent Kay Hanratty 50                
Electorate: 17,776   Valid: 9,206 (52.6%)   Spoilt: 149   Quota: 1,535   Turnout: 9,351  

Castleknock

Castleknock - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fine Gael Jim Fay* 922 928 944 987 1,016 1,163      
Fianna Fáil Ned Ryan 882 884 886 890 898 909 909 1,247  
Fianna Fáil Tom Boland 834 838 841 847 870 880 880 1,187  
Fianna Fáil Teresa Watters 752 754 760 772 794 825 826    
Independent Seán Lyons 714 718 761 794 916 935 939 1,015 1,098
Fine Gael Tom Samfey 561 564 568 593 615 834 865 925 962
Fine Gael Jennifer Payne 361 364 379 425 452        
Workers' Party of Ireland Eamonn Lynskey 219 226 249 304          
Labour Ita Kavanagh 175 210 234            
Green John Garvey 141 143              
Labour Bill Hughes 69                
Electorate: 11,887   Valid: 5,630 (47.79%)   Spoilt: 51   Quota: 1,127   Turnout: 5,681  

Howth

Howth - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fine Gael Michael Joe CosgraveTD* 1,536                
Fianna Fáil Liam Creaven 912 920 927 941 990 1,129 1,177 1,528  
Independent Noel Peers 759 770 812 909 1,148 1,218 1,265 1,303 1,309
Fianna Fáil Eilis Rickard 663 673 680 698 737 919 939 1,224 1,351
Fianna Fáil Tom Kavanagh 651 655 659 675 701 775 783    
Fine Gael Joan Maher 608 679 741 780 812 840 1,240 1,314 1,322
Fianna Fáil Eugene Rudden 479 484 488 497 527        
Fine Gael Muriel O Tiarnaigh 467 490 511 521 541 553      
Independent Paul Arnold 364 373 397 476          
Workers' Party of Ireland Eugene O'Leary 263 266 322            
Labour Tony Dermody 230 235              
Electorate: 14,314   Valid: 6,932 (48.9%)   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 1,387   Turnout: 7,000  

Malahide

Malahide - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil G.V. Wright 1,724            
Labour Bernie Malone* 1,091 1,123 1,222 1,245 1,385 1,690  
Fine Gael Nora OwenTD* 905 931 953 980 1,394    
Fianna Fáil Vincent Hughes 760 792 827 910 1,002 1,060 1,127
Fine Gael Tom Houlihan 678 681 702 707      
Fianna Fáil Pat Dunne* 674 800 823 974 993 1,133 1,218
Independent Michael Howard 557 592 679 712 743    
Fianna Fáil Linda Rafferty 253 325 337        
Green Colm O Caomhanaigh 161 165          
Independent Joe McDermott 147 150          
Electorate: 12,671   Valid: 6,950 (55.12%)   Spoilt: 35   Quota: 1,391   Turnout: 6,985  

Mulhuddart

Mulhuddart - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Jim Fahey 1,203            
Fianna Fáil Marian McGennis 755 767 788 841 1,027 1,082 1,129
Workers' Party of Ireland Ollie Lunney 693 740 764 813 990 1,039 1,043
Fine Gael Marian Sheehan 582 604 779 1,098 1,293    
Independent Seán Lyons 521 540 576 626      
Fine Gael Tom Reynolds 414 425 483        
Fine Gael Liam Skelly 303 322          
Labour Michael Martin 135            
Electorate: 10,480   Valid: 4,606 (44.35%)   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 1,152   Turnout: 4,648  

Swords

Swords - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fianna Fáil Ray BurkeTD 2,335      
Labour Seán Ryan* 1,308      
Fianna Fáil Cyril Gallagher* 739 1,229 1,316  
Fine Gael Anne Devitt 652 701 788 1,258
Fine Gael Paddy Donovan 504 532 592  
Workers' Party of Ireland Shane McManus 416 449    
Fianna Fáil Oliver Dennis 727 849 950 1,014
Electorate: 13,877   Valid: 6,336 (46.26%)   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 1,268   Turnout: 6,419  

South Dublin Council Area

Clondalkin

Clondalkin - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil Mary HarneyTD* 2,098                
Fianna Fáil Colm McGrath 1,111 1,210 1,227 1,232 1,304 1,332 1,375 1,420 1,560
Fine Gael Therese Ridge 631 646 660 695 751 846 901 1,541 1,660
Fianna Fáil Noel Hayes 618 768 780 789 823 882 974 994 1,204
Fine Gael Leon Hennessy 597 613 626 635 667 730 773    
Sinn Féin Hugh Boyle 573 582 593 604 640 687 932 946  
Workers' Party of Ireland Anne Finnegan 481 487 499 532 579 681      
Independent Paul Price 296 305 322 334          
Labour Eugene Fitzsimons 289 294 360 501 522        
Labour Robert Dowds 219 223 263            
Labour Declan O Broin 197 204              
Electorate: 15,983   Valid: 7,110 (44.97%)   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 1,778   Turnout: 7,188  

Greenhills

Greenhills - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Chris Flood 2,183            
Fine Gael Senator Larry McMahon* 768 822 862 880 993 1,030 1,465
Workers' Party of Ireland Terry Delaney 742 782 852 864 994 1,190 1,262
Independent Gerry Jago 588 726 781 793 851 917 952
Fine Gael Therese McGarry 516 543 558 564 654 659  
Sinn Féin Cliona Nic Mhurchu 489 501 527 532 555    
Fianna Fáil Padraig Lynch 443 841 877 1,179 1,225 1,314 1,370
Labour Kevin Forsyth 429 450 494 512      
Fianna Fáil Richard Raymond 227 362 386        
Independent Sammy Macken 220 233          
Green Patricia Greene 100 103          
Electorate: 14,967   Valid: 6,705 (45.41%)   Spoilt: 94   Quota: 1,342   Turnout: 6,797  

Lucan

Lucan - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Liam LawlorTD* 1,827            
Fianna Fáil Finbarr Hanrahan 1,091 1,126 1,145 1,182 1,643 1,715 1,937
Fine Gael Brian Fleming* 1,067 1,071 1,087 1,243 1,322 1,593 1,714
Fine Gael Peter Brady 991 996 1,008 1,029 1,034 1,169 1,294
Workers' Party of Ireland Michael Finnegan 992 905 981 1,038 1,058 1,129  
Labour Michael Gannon* 887 894 929 1,129 1,155 1,223 1,578
Fine Gael Tommy Morris 601 603 609 653 673    
Fianna Fáil Dave McSweeney 562 589 602 644      
Labour Michael Brennan 556 557 579        
Green Joseph Harden 147 148          
Communist Jean Roche 77 77          
Electorate: 17,496   Valid: 8,708 (50.29%)   Spoilt: 90   Quota: 1,742   Turnout: 8,798  

Rathfarnam

Rathfarnam - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Seamus BrennanTD 1,957              
Fine Gael Alan ShatterTD* 1,611              
Fine Gael Mary Muldoon 867 899 920 1,038 1,133 1,759    
Fianna Fáil Ann Ormonde 741 964 965 1,002 1,041 1,060 1,108 1,756
Fianna Fáil Stephen Riney 668 756 757 780 819 833 858  
Independent Tom Sharkey 541 557 559 641 873 915 1,037 1,150
Fine Gael Anne D'Alton 506 519 536 619 725      
Green Fiona Garland 465 475 476 582        
Labour Marie Woods 460 471 475          
Electorate: 16,535   Valid: 7,816 (47.55%)   Spoilt: 46   Quota: 1,564   Turnout: 7,862  

Tallaght-Oldbawn

Tallaght-Oldbawn - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Fianna Fáil John Hannon 1,146 1,150 1,160 1,179 1,199 1,231 1,278 1,308 1,383 1,781    
Fianna Fáil Jim Barry 848 851 863 890 899 913 951 1,016 1,263 1,633    
Fianna Fáil Sean Basquille 782 785 791 803 824 881 893 923 978      
Sinn Féin Stan Clarke 608 615 620 650 656 668 698 870        
Fine Gael Breda Cass 582 593 608 624 741 837 904 947 990 1,082 1,162 1,184
Fine Gael Jim Higgins 504 511 525 556 714 783 895 980 1,070 1,112 1,144 1,157
Workers' Party of Ireland Brian McCabe 381 401 414 494 501 560 632          
Fine Gael Seamus Murphy 348 361 370 382                
Democratic Socialist Eamonn Maloney 308 323 331                  
Independent Mary Kearney 306 329 337 395 411 437            
Labour Tony Deegan 255 262 362 390 404              
Labour Anne Kinsella 189 202                    
Green Freda O'Neill 131                      
Electorate: 14,687   Valid: 6,388 (44.1%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,598   Turnout: 6,477  

Tallaght-Rathcoole

Tallaght-Rathcoole- 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil Seán WalshTD* 1,139 1,141 1,156 1,163 1,256 1,293 1,374 1,434 1,533
Labour Mervyn TaylorTD* 944 960 996 1,030 1,054 1,348 1,726    
Workers' Party of Ireland Pat Rabbitte 917 925 991 1,003 1,039 1,065 1,087 1,135 1,547
Sinn Féin John Noonan 794 796 837 852 882 922 948 961  
Fianna Fáil Charlie O'Connor 722 727 738 746 937 954 990 1,017 1,141
Labour Austin Nolan 473 480 489 492 501        
Fine Gael Brid Hayes 439 445 448 605 610 674      
Fianna Fáil Mary Morton 361 364 396 399          
Fine Gael Frank Farrell 238 240 242            
Independent Stephen Mahon 225 229              
Green Kate O'Brien 57                
Electorate: 12,980   Valid: 6,309 (49.18%)   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,578   Turnout: 6,383  

Terenure

Terenure- 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fine Gael Stanley Laing* 2,017                    
Fianna Fáil Sean Ardagh 1,356 1,362 1,371 1,417 1,440 1,466 1,495 1,513 1,789    
Fianna Fáil Seamus McGowan 1,120 1,128 1,133 1,195 1,230 1,253 1,305 1,325 1,639 2,372  
Fianna Fáil Gerry Mullally 858 866 871 906 916 925 937 965 1,074    
Independent Seamus Ashe 760 765 809 871 885 1,048 1,127 1,149 1,202 1,256 1,395
Fianna Fáil Sonny Knowles 724 728 735 766 772 789 854 872      
Fine Gael Martin Lynch 708 824 853 865 909 929 978 1,627 1,662 1,770  
Fine Gael Declan Ryan* 612 676 694 704 771 787 851        
Labour Eamonn Walsh 583 589 600 614 720 802 1,172 1,220 1,252 1,281 1,335
Labour Tom Murtagh 549 554 562 576 679 760          
Workers' Party of Ireland Shay Kelly 388 390 437 453 475            
Labour Katherine Maguire 385 402 425 442              
Independent Michael J. Stokes 310 315 335                
Green Denis Deasy 228 232                  
Electorate: 23,022   Valid: 10,598 (46.46%)   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 1,767   Turnout: 10,695  

Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Council Area

Ballybrack

Ballybrack - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Fine Gael Donal Marren 1,226 1,245 1,269 1,276 1,293 1,383 1,435 1,791          
Fianna Fáil Richard Conroy 1,191 1,194 1,204 1,316 1,348 1,362 1,403 1,415 1,419 1,671      
Fianna Fáil Owen Hammond 859 861 864 960 1,014 1,024 1,062 1,090 1,096 1,393 1,540 1,641  
Workers' Party of Ireland Eamon Gilmore 848 866 899 902 1,043 1,057 1,100 1,108 1,111 1,170 1,297 1,301 1,314
Labour Frank Smyth 763 859 892 897 935 964 997 1,043 1,061 1,102 1,267 1,270 1,279
Fianna Fáil David Kane 607 612 620 690 713 723 749 756 758        
Fine Gael Steve Nalty 605 610 618 624 628 653 727            
Independent Pat O'Reilly 561 567 609 617 663 671 851 911 923 954      
Fine Gael Barbara Culleton 554 558 580 590 592 865 937 1,123 1,306 1,332 1,566    
Independent Joan Callaghan 483 497 531 539 560 585              
Fine Gael Jim Ansbro 469 479 491 492 501                
Sinn Féin Mick O'Brien 454 456 461 465                  
Fianna Fáil Mary Gray 322 324 331                    
Green Philip Kearney 245 248                      
Labour Tim Wilson 165                        
Independent Victor Boyhan 25                        
Electorate: 20,774   Valid: 9,377 (45.46%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 1,563   Turnout: 9,443  

Blackrock

Blackrock - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael John H. Dockrell* 1,328 1,340 1,379 1,456 1,475 1,705
Fianna Fáil Paddy Madigan 1,121 1,149 1,185 1,233 1,435 1,526
Fine Gael Aine Elliot* 1,119 1,127 1,213 1,288 1,316 1,632
Fianna Fáil Anne Brady* 1,113 1,130 1,185 1,220 1,661  
Fianna Fáil Michael Cotter 693 715 745 767    
Fine Gael William O'Grady 663 688 734 774 789  
Labour Niamh Bhreathnach 577 618 757 1,080 1,111 1,190
Labour Kevin Cronin 548 589 651      
Green Betty Reeves 476 564        
Workers' Party of Ireland Eamonn Daly 312          
Electorate: 18,849   Valid: 7,950 (42.59%)   Spoilt: 77   Quota: 1,591   Turnout: 8,027  

Clonskeagh

Clonskeagh - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Tom Hand* 1,784            
Fianna Fáil Seamus Brock 1,165 1,179 1,197 1,253 1,282 1,330 1,599
Fine Gael Gina Menzies 888 1,037 1,055 1,073 1,200 1,510 1,573
Fianna Fáil Pól MacMurchú 800 806 812 820 839 871 1,254
Fianna Fáil Paul McNulty 662 672 677 690 732 765  
Green Ingrid Masterson 370 375 377 433      
Workers' Party of Ireland Gerry Nolan 249 254 267        
Labour Peter Nolan 246 254 346 440 578    
Labour Willie Byrne 149 157          
Electorate: 14,231   Valid: 6,313 (44.85%)   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 1,579   Turnout: 6,383  

Dundrum

Dundrum - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt* 2,509              
Fianna Fáil Tony Fox 782 1,205 1,219 1,302 1,374 1,393 2,058  
Labour Frank Buckley* 730 786 853 898 1,130 1,213 1,264 1,358
Fine Gael Mary Elliott 662 707 744 749 815 1,109 1,211 1,290
Fine Gael Austin Corcoran 642 699 724 735 760 985 1,051 1,113
Fine Gael Myles Tierney* 564 616 631 634 672      
Fianna Fáil Trevor Matthews 505 845 859 883 932 962    
Workers' Party of Ireland Eamonn O Liadhain 435 460 520 615        
Sinn Féin Don Begley 313 331 342          
Green Murrough Lacy 201 207            
Independent Gabriel McGovern 59 65            
Electorate: 15,568   Valid: 7,402 (47.9%)   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 1,481   Turnout: 7,457  

Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Fine Gael Liam T. CosgraveTD 2,456                            
Fianna Fáil Betty Coffey 1,110 1,119 1,125 1,132 1,151 1,160 1,198 1,211 1,362 1,387 1,403 1,424 1,435 1,791 1,873
Sinn Féin Kevin Fitzpatrick 1,063 1,070 1,077 1,080 1,086 1,098 1,112 1,235 1,266 1,307 1,321 1,342 1,345 1,387 1,483
Fianna Fáil Bill Harvey* 1,057 1,061 1,066 1,074 1,080 1,093 1,097 1,134 1,249 1,306 1,331 1,345 1,353 1,887 1,993
Fine Gael Brendan Henderson* 857 951 958 966 984 998 1,023 1,037 1,057 1,160 1,503 2,243      
Fianna Fáil Adrian Hardiman 854 859 865 867 870 877 887 905 1,052 1,074 1,080 1,098 1,111    
Labour Jane Dillon-Byrne* 700 715 727 760 787 837 932 994 1,007 1,179 1,238 1,310 1,408 1,471 2,041
Labour Eric Doyle* 663 679 684 701 707 723 755 814 831 974 1,001 1,052 1,133 1,169  
Fine Gael John O'Sullivan 575 623 623 636 648 661 685 696 699 735          
Labour Jack Loughran* 524 531 534 564 566 584 600 670 683            
Fine Gael Elizabeth Gregan 503 508 510 510 515 518 529 552              
Fine Gael Mark Crimmins 435 642 646 650 679 687 725 741 766 784 998        
Workers' Party of Ireland Aidan Kendrick 406 409 415 416 423 471 520                
Green Theresa Butterfield 287 289 305 310 357 401                  
Democratic Socialist Christy Hudson 241 242 250 254 263                    
Independent Victor Boyhan 202 202 212 212                      
Labour Philip Murphy 134 136 136                        
Independent Ubi Dwyer 101 102                          
Electorate: 27,482   Valid: 12,168 (44.72%)   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 2,029   Turnout: 12,291  

Glencullen

Glencullen - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Edward McDonald 1,271 1,275 1,290 1,351 1,499 1,516 2,036  
Fianna Fáil Jimmy Murphy 1,042 1,040 1,066 1,072 1,117 1,159 1,407 1,742
Fine Gael Sam Carroll* 881 888 931 1,009 1,066 1,423 1,551 1,563
Fianna Fáil Larry Butler 855 856 877 891 932 962    
Fine Gael Jim Gildea 827 834 867 974 1,037 1,401 1,432 1,436
Fine Gael Joseph Curry 684 686 731 794 840      
Workers' Party of Ireland Denis O'Callaghan 419 423 485 581        
Labour Justin Kilcullen 357 430 478          
Green Alison Badrian 296 298            
Labour Roger Cole 105              
Electorate: 14,499   Valid: 6,737 (46.83%)   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 1,685   Turnout: 6,790  

Stillorgan

Stillorgan - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Eithne Fitzgerald* 1,328 1,352 1,411 1,464 1,513 1,735
Fianna Fáil Paddy Hickey* 1,228 1,243 1,266 1,268 1,458 1,505
Fianna Fáil Don Lydon 1,211 1,234 1,276 1,293 1,557 1,638
Fine Gael Olivia Mitchell 1,013 1,035 1,073 1,356 1,393 1,489
Fine Gael Donal Lowry 942 957 1,002 1,190 1,210 1,266
Fianna Fáil Carmel Ryan 546 558 591 598    
Fine Gael Chris O'Malley 537 543 571      
Green Joseph Thornton 429 472 607 617 638  
Independent Fred O'Brien 391 442        
Independent M. MacFeorais 219          
Electorate: 17,976   Valid: 7,844 (43.91%)   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 1,569   Turnout: 7,894  
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