1985 Dublin County Council election

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.

1985 Dublin County Council election

20 June 1985
All 26 seats to Dublin County Council
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seat change - -   Party Workers' Party Independent
Map showing the area of Dublin County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

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

Results by Electoral 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 Alliance	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	Eamonn Lynskey		219	226	249	304
	Labour	Ita Kavanagh		175	210	234
	Green Alliance	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	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 Alliance	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	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	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

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	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	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 Alliance	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	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 Alliance	Joseph Harden		147	148
	Communist Party	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 Alliance	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	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 Alliance	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	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 Alliance	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	Shay Kelly		388	390	437	453	475
	Labour	Katherine Maguire		385	402	425	442
	Independent	Michael J. Stokes		310	315	335
	Green Alliance	Denis Deasy		228	232
Electorate: 23,022   Valid: 10,598 (46.46%)   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 1,767   Turnout: 10,695

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	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 Alliance	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 Alliance	Betty Reeves		476	564
	Workers' Party	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 Alliance	Ingrid Masterson		370	375	377	433
	Workers' Party	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	Eamonn O Liadhain		435	460	520	615
	Sinn Féin	Don Begley		313	331	342
	Green Alliance	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	Aidan Kendrick		406	409	415	416	423	471	520
	Green Alliance	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	Denis O'Callaghan		419	423	485	581
	Labour	Justin Kilcullen		357	430	478
	Green Alliance	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 Alliance	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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