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1985 Meath County Council election
← 1979 20 June 1985 1991 →
All 29 seats on Meath County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 17 7 3
Seat change +4 -2 -2
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 2
Seat change -
Map showing the area of Meath County Council
Council control after election

Fianna Fail

An election to Meath County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 29 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 17 +4 20,674 50.62
Fine Gael 7 -2 10,304 25.23
Labour 3 -2 4,746 11.62
Independent 2 - 3,994 9.78
Totals 29 - 40,842 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Dunshaughlin

Dunshaughlin: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fianna Fáil Mary Wallace* 1,831                    
Fianna Fáil Sean Conway* 1,151 1,390                  
Fine Gael Mary Sylver* 706 741 744 745 749 768 784 804 816 940 1,290
Fianna Fáil Tadhg Delaney 695 813 896 906 914 932 982 1,006 1,222 1,261  
Labour Brian Fitzgerald 647 672 676 683 734 841 871 927 952 988 1,063
Fine Gael John Fanning 592 603 607 608 612 632 642 726 731 762 943
Fine Gael Seamus Lawless 504 523 525 531 562 580 609 620 634 742  
Fine Gael Rosemary Swan 321 329 330 349 356 363 366 372 392    
Workers' Party John King 243 244 245 250 250 258 299        
Sinn Féin Tommy Johnson 224 232 235 241 249 258          
Fianna Fáil Madeline Murphy 172 253 290 300 302 310 339 352      
Labour Joe Mannering 161 190 194 194 236            
Labour Sean Moran 153 100                  
Independent Edward McKeever 75 100                  
Electorate: 13,001   Valid: 7,475 (57.97%)   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 1,246   Turnout: 7,543  

Kells

Kells: 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Fianna Fáil Sen. Michael Lynch* 2,076                        
Fianna Fáil Johnny Brady* 1,204 1,454                      
Fine Gael John V. Farrelly TD* 1,196 1,215 1,215 1,223 1,232 1,241 1,313 1,323 1,460        
Fianna Fáil Sebastian Rooney* 932 1,026 1,038 1,043 1,047 1,095 1,107 1,302 1,395        
Fianna Fáil Fergus Muldoon* 874 911 930 933 942 950 951 1,000 1,021 1,025 1,036 1,057 1,066
Fine Gael Tom Bradley* 833 845 848 853 859 862 953 965 1,041 1,080 1,087 1,547  
Independent Patrick Andrews* 752 769 770 812 813 829 837 847 882 886 897 931 1,013
Fianna Fáil Hugh McEnroe* 598 711 748 749 758 780 785 940 987 998 1,009 1,070 1,107
Fine Gael Val Finnegan 571 656 661 664 731 737 773 781 833 858 863    
Labour Tommy Grimes 489 498 498 531 588 641 662 706          
Fianna Fáil John Caffrey 386 442 483 486 490 519 540            
Fine Gael Christine Coburn 261 265 265 270 277 285              
Independent John Maguire 206 216 216 217 218                
Labour Patsy Clarke 170 202 206 208                  
Labour Joseph Conlon 106 112 112                    
Electorate: 15,705   Valid: 10,654 (69.26%)   Spoilt: 224   Quota: 1,332   Turnout: 10,878  

Navan

Navan: 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Fianna Fáil Paddy Fitzsimons* 1,567                        
Fianna Fáil Johnny Murtagh* 866 1,052 1,058 1,087                  
Fianna Fáil Peter Finnegan* 856 962 964 1,012 1,013 1,022 1,036 1,041 1,085        
Fine Gael James Dorgan* 713 731 734 737 737 763 922 1,105          
Fianna Fáil Jimmy Mangan 635 660 660 682 685 703 708 743 754 756 832 837 842
Fine Gael Patsy O'Neill 634 642 662 673 674 689 711 847 870 894 996 1,023 1,023
Fianna Fáil Owen Heaney 553 631 635 653 655 665 673 676 702 703 806 827 832
Independent Patrick Andrews* 536 551 552 575 576 591 610 625 670 671      
Labour Brendan Clusker* 533 554 570 597 599 753 784 801 962 964 1,128    
Workers' Party Seamus McDonagh 354 362 367 420 421 439 451 460          
Fine Gael Avril Molloy 335 340 341 345 345 370 439            
Fine Gael Carmel Burke 328 334 335 342 342 358              
Sinn Féin Jimmy Lynch 303 309 311                    
Labour Sean O'Brien 293 301 331 338 339                
Labour Patsy Meehan 93 95                      
Electorate: 16,420   Valid: 8,599 (53.11%)   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 1,075   Turnout: 8,721  

Slane

Slane: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Independent Gerald Marry 1,635                  
Fianna Fáil Patrick Traynor* 784 846 846 849 856 901 940 947 1,335  
Fianna Fáil Robert Doonan* 737 787 788 867 875 884 1,203 1,267    
Fine Gael Tom Kelly* 718 755 758 785 826 1,009 1,014 1,128 1,153 1,173
Independent Jimmy Cudden* 558 654 666 703 732 801 814 841 1,010 1,083
Fianna Fáil Sean Murray 543 623 630 636 672 679 727 734    
Fianna Fáil Joe Halpin 482 493 495 498 501 503        
Fine Gael Patrick Fullam* 455 497 499 514 578 603 622 892 933 948
Fine Gael Moyna Doherty 395 411 415 442 477 507 545      
Labour Ken Lougheed 376 387 428 434 445          
Fine Gael Liam Smith 240 266 269 276            
Independent Paddy Monaghan 202 223 225              
Labour Owen Harty 74 82                
Electorate: 12,161   Valid: 7,229 (59.96%)   Spoilt: 63   Quota: 1,205   Turnout: 7,292  

Trim

Trim: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Colm Hilliard TD* 1,592            
Fianna Fáil Noel Dempsey TD* 1,538            
Labour Frank McLoughlin TD* 1,411            
Fine Gael Willie Carey* 676 700 717 739 910 1,010 1,064
Fine Gael Peter Higgins 417 442 479 507 645 728 747
Fine Gael Tom O'Connor 409 426 436 449      
Fianna Fáil Gabriel Cribbin 366 524 673 690 707 730 1,176
Labour Patrick Lowe* 240 268 290 458 487    
Fianna Fáil Patrick Cummins 236 428 583 598 631 693  
Electorate: 11,359   Valid: 6,885 (61.58%)   Spoilt: 110   Quota: 1,148   Turnout: 6,995  

References

  1. ^ 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
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=1985_Meath_County_Council_election&oldid=1185286781"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1985 Meath County Council election
← 1979 20 June 1985 1991 →
All 29 seats on Meath County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 17 7 3
Seat change +4 -2 -2
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 2
Seat change -
Map showing the area of Meath County Council
Council control after election

Fianna Fail

An election to Meath County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 29 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 17 +4 20,674 50.62
Fine Gael 7 -2 10,304 25.23
Labour 3 -2 4,746 11.62
Independent 2 - 3,994 9.78
Totals 29 - 40,842 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Dunshaughlin

Dunshaughlin: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fianna Fáil Mary Wallace* 1,831                    
Fianna Fáil Sean Conway* 1,151 1,390                  
Fine Gael Mary Sylver* 706 741 744 745 749 768 784 804 816 940 1,290
Fianna Fáil Tadhg Delaney 695 813 896 906 914 932 982 1,006 1,222 1,261  
Labour Brian Fitzgerald 647 672 676 683 734 841 871 927 952 988 1,063
Fine Gael John Fanning 592 603 607 608 612 632 642 726 731 762 943
Fine Gael Seamus Lawless 504 523 525 531 562 580 609 620 634 742  
Fine Gael Rosemary Swan 321 329 330 349 356 363 366 372 392    
Workers' Party John King 243 244 245 250 250 258 299        
Sinn Féin Tommy Johnson 224 232 235 241 249 258          
Fianna Fáil Madeline Murphy 172 253 290 300 302 310 339 352      
Labour Joe Mannering 161 190 194 194 236            
Labour Sean Moran 153 100                  
Independent Edward McKeever 75 100                  
Electorate: 13,001   Valid: 7,475 (57.97%)   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 1,246   Turnout: 7,543  

Kells

Kells: 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Fianna Fáil Sen. Michael Lynch* 2,076                        
Fianna Fáil Johnny Brady* 1,204 1,454                      
Fine Gael John V. Farrelly TD* 1,196 1,215 1,215 1,223 1,232 1,241 1,313 1,323 1,460        
Fianna Fáil Sebastian Rooney* 932 1,026 1,038 1,043 1,047 1,095 1,107 1,302 1,395        
Fianna Fáil Fergus Muldoon* 874 911 930 933 942 950 951 1,000 1,021 1,025 1,036 1,057 1,066
Fine Gael Tom Bradley* 833 845 848 853 859 862 953 965 1,041 1,080 1,087 1,547  
Independent Patrick Andrews* 752 769 770 812 813 829 837 847 882 886 897 931 1,013
Fianna Fáil Hugh McEnroe* 598 711 748 749 758 780 785 940 987 998 1,009 1,070 1,107
Fine Gael Val Finnegan 571 656 661 664 731 737 773 781 833 858 863    
Labour Tommy Grimes 489 498 498 531 588 641 662 706          
Fianna Fáil John Caffrey 386 442 483 486 490 519 540            
Fine Gael Christine Coburn 261 265 265 270 277 285              
Independent John Maguire 206 216 216 217 218                
Labour Patsy Clarke 170 202 206 208                  
Labour Joseph Conlon 106 112 112                    
Electorate: 15,705   Valid: 10,654 (69.26%)   Spoilt: 224   Quota: 1,332   Turnout: 10,878  

Navan

Navan: 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Fianna Fáil Paddy Fitzsimons* 1,567                        
Fianna Fáil Johnny Murtagh* 866 1,052 1,058 1,087                  
Fianna Fáil Peter Finnegan* 856 962 964 1,012 1,013 1,022 1,036 1,041 1,085        
Fine Gael James Dorgan* 713 731 734 737 737 763 922 1,105          
Fianna Fáil Jimmy Mangan 635 660 660 682 685 703 708 743 754 756 832 837 842
Fine Gael Patsy O'Neill 634 642 662 673 674 689 711 847 870 894 996 1,023 1,023
Fianna Fáil Owen Heaney 553 631 635 653 655 665 673 676 702 703 806 827 832
Independent Patrick Andrews* 536 551 552 575 576 591 610 625 670 671      
Labour Brendan Clusker* 533 554 570 597 599 753 784 801 962 964 1,128    
Workers' Party Seamus McDonagh 354 362 367 420 421 439 451 460          
Fine Gael Avril Molloy 335 340 341 345 345 370 439            
Fine Gael Carmel Burke 328 334 335 342 342 358              
Sinn Féin Jimmy Lynch 303 309 311                    
Labour Sean O'Brien 293 301 331 338 339                
Labour Patsy Meehan 93 95                      
Electorate: 16,420   Valid: 8,599 (53.11%)   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 1,075   Turnout: 8,721  

Slane

Slane: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Independent Gerald Marry 1,635                  
Fianna Fáil Patrick Traynor* 784 846 846 849 856 901 940 947 1,335  
Fianna Fáil Robert Doonan* 737 787 788 867 875 884 1,203 1,267    
Fine Gael Tom Kelly* 718 755 758 785 826 1,009 1,014 1,128 1,153 1,173
Independent Jimmy Cudden* 558 654 666 703 732 801 814 841 1,010 1,083
Fianna Fáil Sean Murray 543 623 630 636 672 679 727 734    
Fianna Fáil Joe Halpin 482 493 495 498 501 503        
Fine Gael Patrick Fullam* 455 497 499 514 578 603 622 892 933 948
Fine Gael Moyna Doherty 395 411 415 442 477 507 545      
Labour Ken Lougheed 376 387 428 434 445          
Fine Gael Liam Smith 240 266 269 276            
Independent Paddy Monaghan 202 223 225              
Labour Owen Harty 74 82                
Electorate: 12,161   Valid: 7,229 (59.96%)   Spoilt: 63   Quota: 1,205   Turnout: 7,292  

Trim

Trim: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Colm Hilliard TD* 1,592            
Fianna Fáil Noel Dempsey TD* 1,538            
Labour Frank McLoughlin TD* 1,411            
Fine Gael Willie Carey* 676 700 717 739 910 1,010 1,064
Fine Gael Peter Higgins 417 442 479 507 645 728 747
Fine Gael Tom O'Connor 409 426 436 449      
Fianna Fáil Gabriel Cribbin 366 524 673 690 707 730 1,176
Labour Patrick Lowe* 240 268 290 458 487    
Fianna Fáil Patrick Cummins 236 428 583 598 631 693  
Electorate: 11,359   Valid: 6,885 (61.58%)   Spoilt: 110   Quota: 1,148   Turnout: 6,995  

References

  1. ^ 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
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=1985_Meath_County_Council_election&oldid=1185286781"

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