Part of the 1985 Irish local elections
1985 Clare County Council election
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← 1979 | 20 June 1985 | 1991 → |
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All 32 seats on Clare County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour | Seats won | 17 | 8 | 2 | Seat change | 0 | -1 | 0 | | | Fourth party | | | | | Party | Independent | | Seats won | 5 | | Seat change | +2 | | |
Map showing the area of Clare County Council |
Council control before election Fianna Fáil | Council control after election Fianna Fáil | |
An election to Clare County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 32 councillors were elected from six 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.[1]
Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| Fianna Fáil | 17 | 0 | 23,382 | 53.52 | |
| Fine Gael | 8 | -1 | 10,232 | 23.42 | |
| Labour | 2 | 0 | 2,256 | 5.16 | |
| Independent | 5 | +2 | 7,629 | 17.46 | |
Totals | 32 | +1 | 43,393 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Ennis
Ennis: 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Independent | Tommy Brennan | | 1,007 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Frank Barrett | | 827 | 845 | 864 | 892 | 917 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Bobby Burke | | 673 | 693 | 716 | 741 | 777 | 825 |
| Fine Gael | Michael Howard* | | 627 | 648 | 679 | 772 | 1,044 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Peter Considine | | 606 | 627 | 642 | 661 | 691 | 742 |
| Fine Gael | Angela Coughlan | | 334 | 345 | 368 | 422 | | |
| Labour | Flan Honan | | 228 | 238 | 280 | | | |
| Workers' Party | Dermot Hayes | | 186 | 194 | | | | |
Electorate: 8,261 Valid: 4,488 (55.11%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 898 Turnout: 4,553 |
Ennistymon
Ennistymon: 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tony Killeen | | 1,284 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Frank Henchy* | | 1,120 | 1,127 | 1,134 | 1,472 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Enda Mulkere | | 1,029 | 1,052 | 1,060 | 1,081 | 1,128 | 1,135 | 1,440 |
| Labour | Martin Lafferty* | | 1,027 | 1,036 | 1,043 | 1,216 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Nagle* | | 932 | 951 | 955 | 1,009 | 1,057 | 1,086 | 1,730 |
| Fianna Fáil | Jack Lynch* | | 887 | 946 | 956 | 994 | 1,044 | 1,062 | |
| Fine Gael | Bill Slattery | | 645 | 649 | 652 | | | | |
| Independent | Joseph Meehan | | 47 | 48 | | | | | |
Electorate: 9,782 Valid: 6,971 (71.72%) Spoilt: 45 Quota: 1,162 Turnout: 7,016 |
Killaloe
Killaloe: 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Independent | John Minogue* | | 1,545 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Colm Wiley* | | 1,385 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Gorman | | 1,295 | 1,360 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Bugler* | | 1,208 | 1,266 | 1,497 | | |
| Fine Gael | Tony McMahon* | | 1,197 | 1,221 | 1,248 | 1,278 | 1,286 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Begley | | 1,038 | 1,044 | 1,131 | 1,150 | 1,201 |
| Fianna Fáil | Harry Brannn* | | 885 | 900 | 1,251 | 1,361 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Eoin Maloney | | 726 | 777 | | | |
Electorate: 13,372 Valid: 9,279 (69.89%) Spoilt: 367 Quota: 1,326 Turnout: 9,346 |
Kilrush
Kilrush: 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Fianna Fáil | P.J. Kelly | | 1,099 | 1,106 | 1,203 | 1,219 | 1,220 | 1,275 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Bill Chambers | | 1,084 | 1,108 | 1,234 | 1,280 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Madeleine Taylor-Quinn TD* | | 955 | 1,079 | 1,091 | 1,213 | 1,217 | 1,301 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Jackie Keane* | | 872 | 923 | 1,039 | 1,059 | 1,061 | 1,081 | 1,085 | 1,452 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Keating* | | 820 | 846 | 877 | 998 | 1,006 | 1,135 | 1,143 | 1,249 | |
| Independent | William O'Looney | | 756 | 771 | 772 | 803 | 804 | 991 | 1,021 | 1,090 | 1,157 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Flynn | | 562 | 584 | 625 | 660 | 666 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Foran* | | 556 | 585 | 594 | 693 | 700 | 816 | 819 | 866 | 901 |
| Independent | Sean Maloney | | 551 | 585 | 589 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Sean Ryan | | 547 | 607 | 682 | 726 | 730 | 771 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Timmy McMahon | | 514 | 519 | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Annette Burke | | 410 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 11,784 Valid: 8,726 (74.54%) Spoilt: 58 Quota: 1,247 Turnout: 8,784 |
Miltown-Malbay
Miltown-Malbay: 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Independent | P.J. Burke* | | 1,408 | | | | | |
| Independent | Christy Curtin* | | 1,249 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | James Breen | | 1,038 | 1,082 | 1,102 | 1,128 | 1,147 | 1,320 |
| Fianna Fáil | Flan Garvey | | 974 | 1,010 | 1,024 | 1,044 | 1,053 | 1,133 |
| Fine Gael | Donal Carey TD* | | 883 | 908 | 929 | 1,175 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Haulie Daly | | 756 | 767 | 788 | 794 | 798 | 830 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Hillery | | 617 | 668 | 672 | 752 | 792 | 1,165 |
| Fianna Fáil | Timothy Sexton | | 603 | 657 | 659 | 707 | 736 | |
| Fine Gael | P.J. Meade | | 404 | 436 | 447 | | | |
| Independent | Basil Minihane | | 65 | 69 | | | | |
| Independent | Frank McTigue | | 36 | 39 | | | | |
Electorate: 11,177 Valid: 8,033 (72.42%) Spoilt: 61 Quota: 1,148 Turnout: 8,094 |
Shannon
Shannon: 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat McMahon* | | 1,103 | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Patricia McCarthy* | | 1,001 | 1,006 | 1,026 | 1,074 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Sean Driscoll | | 977 | 991 | 1,002 | 1,015 | 1,103 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | PJ Cunningham | | 568 | 586 | 631 | 632 | 648 | 662 | 705 | 769 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Hillery | | 544 | 561 | 577 | 593 | 636 | 666 | 702 | 863 | 1,267 |
| Fine Gael | Sonny Scanlon | | 419 | 421 | 446 | 519 | 526 | 528 | 790 | 868 | 1,050 |
| Independent | John Murray | | 404 | 407 | 427 | 427 | 540 | 554 | 594 | | |
| Fine Gael | Mary Donnelly | | 382 | 390 | 409 | 440 | 454 | 457 | | | |
| Independent | Brigid Makowski | | 372 | 372 | 380 | 382 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Joan Reddan | | 229 | 231 | 237 | | | | | | |
| Independent | JJ McCabe | | 189 | 191 | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 9,767 Valid: 6,188 (63.36%) Quota: 1,032 |
References
- ^ Local Elections (Specification of Local Election Year) Order 1990 (S.I. No. 104 of 1990). Signed on 30 April 1990. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
External links
- Official website[permanent dead link]
- irishelectionliterature
- "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. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2019.