Part of the 1985 Irish local elections
1985 Wicklow County Council election
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All 24 seats on Wicklow County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour | Seats won | 13 | 5 | 4 | Seat change | +6 | -3 | 0 | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | | | | Party | Workers' Party | Independent | Seats won | 1 | 1 | Seat change | 0 | 0 | |
Map showing the area of Wicklow County Council |
| Council control after election Fianna Fail | |
An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 24 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.[1]
Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| Fianna Fáil | 13 | +6 | 14,930 | 40.48 | |
| Fine Gael | 5 | -3 | 9,834 | 26.66 | |
| Labour | 4 | - | 6,711 | 18.20 | |
| Workers' Party | 1 | - | 2,343 | 6.35 | |
| Independent | 1 | - | 2,709 | 7.35 | |
Totals | 24 | +3 | 36,882 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Arklow
Arklow: 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Fianna Fáil | Dr. Bill O'Connell* | | 1,382 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Vincent Blake* | | 1,128 | 1,134 | 1,135 | 1,157 | 1,166 | 1,291 | 1,354 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat Doran | | 950 | 951 | 953 | 958 | 961 | 972 | 973 | 973 | 991 | 999 | 1,071 | 1,092 |
| Labour | Kevin Ryan* | | 863 | 887 | 888 | 889 | 910 | 933 | 941 | 945 | 963 | 1,020 | 1,040 | 1,042 |
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Keenan* | | 822 | 839 | 845 | 849 | 861 | 953 | 961 | 964 | 999 | 1,049 | 1,124 | 1,168 |
| Fianna Fáil | John Sweeney* | | 628 | 628 | 651 | 665 | 705 | 712 | 767 | 768 | 904 | 997 | 1,420 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Clandillon | | 605 | 647 | 663 | 689 | 726 | 727 | 754 | 754 | 848 | 921 | | |
| Labour | Sean Wolohan | | 560 | 567 | 577 | 602 | 715 | 730 | 790 | 792 | 918 | 1,035 | 1,189 | 1,242 |
| Independent | Denis Kinsella* | | 443 | 443 | 450 | 477 | 512 | 525 | 561 | 564 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Philip Doyle | | 339 | 359 | 360 | 382 | 393 | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Oliver Merrigan | | 338 | 338 | 342 | 380 | 396 | 441 | 571 | 612 | 664 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Margo Weadick* | | 320 | 321 | 325 | 389 | 411 | 437 | | | | | | |
| Labour | Paddy Kavanagh | | 311 | 319 | 324 | 344 | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Billy Briggs | | 278 | 279 | 281 | | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | James Quigley | | 88 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 13,219 Valid: 9,095 (69.81%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,300 Turnout: 9,228 |
Baltinglass
Baltinglass: 3 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Fine Gael | Godfrey Timmins TD* | | 1,397 | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | James Miley* | | 1,158 | 1,162 | 1,163 | 1,174 | 1,195 | 1,244 | 1,338 | 1,456 |
| Fianna Fáil | Hugh O'Keeffe | | 888 | 895 | 897 | 910 | 921 | 934 | 994 | 1,154 |
| Labour | Tommy Cullen | | 663 | 668 | 676 | 685 | 703 | 716 | 768 | |
| Fine Gael | Pascal Deering* | | 501 | 524 | 527 | 539 | 571 | 731 | 775 | 978 |
| Sinn Féin | Gerry O'Neill | | 315 | 316 | 317 | 322 | 340 | 353 | | |
| Fine Gael | Donal McEvoy | | 254 | 261 | 263 | 270 | 271 | | | |
| Workers' Party | Maura Green | | 117 | 117 | 117 | 121 | | | | |
| Independent | Michael Scanlon | | 74 | 75 | 81 | | | | | |
| Independent | Daniel Buckley | | 26 | 26 | | | | | | |
Electorate: 8,047 Valid: 5,393 (67.91%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,349 Turnout: 5,465 |
Bray
Bray: 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Workers' Party | Liz McManus | | 1,213 | | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | John Byrne* | | 1,098 | 1,105 | 1,110 | 1,160 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Ciarán Murphy* | | 1,073 | 1,081 | 1,087 | 1,099 | 1,126 | 1,129 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Lawlor | | 798 | 801 | 802 | 808 | 832 | 832 | 834 | 849 | 878 | 1,046 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Ledwidge | | 721 | 725 | 728 | 742 | 753 | 756 | 767 | 811 | 831 | 1,052 |
| Fine Gael | Mark Mortell | | 550 | 554 | 555 | 566 | 578 | 579 | 721 | 774 | 1,028 | 1,074 |
| Fine Gael | Jane Murphy* | | 514 | 520 | 522 | 533 | 539 | 541 | 633 | 718 | 813 | 864 |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat Vance | | 487 | 491 | 496 | 504 | 527 | 529 | 549 | 590 | 614 | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Conlon | | 375 | 379 | 382 | 400 | 408 | 410 | 463 | 506 | | |
| Fine Gael | Pat McHugh | | 345 | 348 | 350 | 355 | 358 | 359 | | | | |
| Labour | Barbara Hyland | | 266 | 270 | 275 | 299 | 341 | 360 | 381 | | | |
| Workers' Party | Dermot Tobin | | 182 | 200 | 256 | 263 | | | | | | |
| Labour | Nancy Mahony | | 174 | 176 | 178 | | | | | | | |
| Workers' Party | Kathy Reen | | 87 | 106 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 16,600 Valid: 7,883 (48.46%) Spoilt: 162 Quota: 1,127 Turnout: 8,045 |
Greystones
Greystones: 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Fianna Fáil | Johnny Fox* | | 1,823 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | George Jones* | | 1,113 | 1,186 | 1,213 | 1,346 | | |
| Fine Gael | John Leeson* | | 907 | 977 | 1,025 | 1,064 | 1,100 | 1,229 |
| Fianna Fáil | Dick Roche | | 744 | 1,032 | 1,050 | 1,116 | 1,123 | 1,337 |
| Independent | Jack Murnane | | 548 | 585 | 598 | 677 | 693 | |
| Workers' Party | John McManus* | | 516 | 565 | 616 | 758 | 778 | 964 |
| Labour | Charlie Keddy | | 448 | 472 | 553 | | | |
| Labour | Tom Mulligan | | 214 | 249 | | | | |
Electorate: 11,899 Valid: 6,333 (53.78%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,267 Turnout: 6,399 |
Wicklow
Wicklow: 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Jacob | | 918 | 938 | 945 | 1,011 | 1,023 | 1,068 | 1,081 | 1,201 | 1,507 | | | |
| Labour | Paddy Kavanagh | | 773 | 794 | 826 | 903 | 994 | 1,012 | 1,111 | 1,178 | 1,200 | 1,203 | 1,331 | 1,364 |
| Independent | Susan Phillips | | 756 | 786 | 810 | 829 | 832 | 861 | 923 | 955 | 994 | 1,000 | 1,189 | 1,215 |
| Fianna Fáil | John Giff* | | 680 | 692 | 735 | 745 | 753 | 764 | 818 | 908 | 1,241 | 1,350 | 1,495 | |
| Labour | Frank Hynes* | | 664 | 677 | 692 | 715 | 826 | 834 | 857 | 973 | 996 | 999 | 1,183 | 1,203 |
| Fianna Fáil | John Byrne | | 648 | 657 | 663 | 666 | 671 | 687 | 705 | 853 | | | | |
| Independent | Francis Doyle | | 617 | 651 | 704 | 724 | 746 | 768 | 813 | 854 | 888 | 902 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus Power | | 605 | 612 | 613 | 614 | 678 | 689 | 691 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Harry Cullen* | | 578 | 585 | 589 | 611 | 622 | 860 | 1,049 | 1,070 | 1,119 | 1,127 | 1,184 | 1,186 |
| Fine Gael | Nora Fitzpatrick | | 466 | 466 | 495 | 497 | 501 | 536 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Andy Cullen | | 411 | 414 | 415 | 429 | 441 | | | | | | | |
| Labour | James Gregory* | | 329 | 341 | 345 | 359 | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Jimmy O'Shaughnessy | | 260 | 280 | 281 | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Robert Kearns | | 245 | 257 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Workers' Party | Colm Kirwan | | 228 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 13,089 Valid: 8,178 (63.28%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 1,364 Turnout: 8,283 |
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
- 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.
- Official website[permanent dead link]
- irishelectionliterature