1985 Limerick City Council election

An election to Limerick City Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 17 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.1

1985 Limerick City Council election

20 June 1985
All 17 seats to Limerick City Council
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Democratic Socialist Seats won 6 5 3 Seat change +1 -1 +3   Party Labour Independent Seats won 1 2 Seat change -3 -
Map showing the area of Limerick City Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	6	+1	7,246	34.25%
	Fianna Fáil	5	-1	5,905	27.91%
	Democratic Socialist	3	+3	3,141	14.85%
	Labour	1	-3	2,477	11.71%
	Independent	2	-	1,474	6.97%
Totals		17	-	21,155	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Limerick Ward 1

Limerick Ward 1 - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Democratic Socialist	Tim O'Driscoll		808	875	907	917	953	983
	Fianna Fáil	John Quinn*		794	836	866	900	1,314
	Fine Gael	Tim Leddin		711	719	784	1,046
	Labour	Frank PrendergastTD*		591	625	663	764	859	948
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Bromell*		579	625	649	664
	Fine Gael	Eileen Silke		544	554	609	769	816	875
	Fine Gael	John O'Sullivan		522	525	606
	Fine Gael	Rosarie Moylan		325	336
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Buckley		104
	Workers' Party	Maria Collins		86
	Labour	Collette Moloney		45
Electorate: 8,841   Valid: 5,109 (58.34%)   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 1,022   Turnout: 5,158

Limerick Ward 2

Limerick Ward 2 - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fine Gael	Gus O'Driscoll*		1,083	1,115
	Democratic Socialist	Jan O'Sullivan		759	770	950	950	1,042	1,088	1,107
	Fine Gael	Kevin Kiely		667	693	719	721	740	874	926	949	950	974	975
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Madden*		649	661	670	672	698	743	800	919	919	1,169
	Labour	Mick Lipper*		582	650	677	684	720	786	801	856	858	921	935
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Kiely*		513	519	525	526	545	558	597	677	678
	Fianna Fáil	Larry Cross		407	408	416	417	448	489	631	686	692	947	1,012
	Fine Gael	Ralph O'Brien		358	360	366	368	378
	Fianna Fáil	John Cronin		344	351	365	365	382	386
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Powell		340	375	381	382	401	406	435
	Sinn Féin	Des Long		588	342	351	354
	Democratic Socialist	Eleanor Goodison		293	304
	Labour	Martin Vaughan		178
	Labour	John Powell		72
Electorate: 11,862   Valid: 6,567 (56.16%)   Spoilt: 95   Quota: 1,095   Turnout: 6,662

Limerick Ward 3

Limerick Ward 3 - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Democratic Socialist	Jim Kemmy*		1,281
	Independent	Joe Harrington		589	667	687	712	801	819	1,019
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Bourke*		489	509	514	558	577	583	597	603	867	918
	Labour	Frank Leddin*		452	501	504	512	525	545	569	585	626	723
	Fine Gael	Ger Fahy		448	471	474	478	491	612	635	641	665	864
	Fine Gael	Peter O'Flaherty		371	396	401	406	417	456	490	502	529
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Flannery		346	375	380	422	432	443	461	465
	Workers' Party	Sean Griffin		290	322	341	347	370	379
	Fine Gael	Shaun Elder		208	226	231	235	239
	Fine Gael	Dan Greaney		177	190	196	203
	Fianna Fáil	Bernie Meade		143	152	152
	Independent	Tom Clancy		76	86
Electorate: 8,632   Valid: 4,870 (57.29%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 975   Turnout: 4,945

Limerick Ward 4

Limerick Ward 4 - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Pat Kennedy*		1,019
	Independent	Win Harrington*		809	825	867	909	969
	Fine Gael	Bobby Byrne*		738	782	898	924
	Labour	Tommy Allen*		557	567	624	639	676
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Connor		536	541	559	678	1,047
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Barry		371	374	385	516
	Fianna Fáil	Clem Casey*		327	331	338
	Fine Gael	Seamus Bermingham		252	267
Electorate: 9,230   Valid: 4,609 (50.51%)   Spoilt: 213   Quota: 922   Turnout: 4,622

External links

• Irishelectionliterature
• Department of the Environment, Ireland (2010-01-28). "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 2019-10-28.