1985 Sligo County Council election

An election to Sligo County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.

1985 Sligo County Council election

20 June 1985
All 25 seats to Sligo County Council
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent Socialist Seats won 11 9 1 Seat change +1 -2 -   Party Labour Independent Seats won 1 3 Seat change +1
Map showing the area of Sligo County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	11	+1	12,670	45.6%
	Fine Gael	9	-2	10,538	37.93%
	Independent Socialist	1	-	1,197	4.31%
	Labour	1	-	789	2.84%
	Independent	3	+1	2,269	8.17%
Totals		25	-	26,689	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Ballymote

Ballymote - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	Tommy Lavin*		943	950	1,056
	Fine Gael	Leo Conlon*		908	917	944	956	1,144
	Independent	Patrick Carty		749	775	779	780	806	809	813	913	944	968
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Deignan*		712	715	719	720	785	802	890	960	1,059
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Conlon*		632	635	636	676	670	698	725	762	801	816
	Fianna Fáil	John Sherlock		608	690	698	699	707	708	740	855	886	901
	Fine Gael	Tony McLoughlin*		607	625	639	645	699	750	753	904	1,096
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Shannon*		565	568	574	577	580	580	736	828	971	988
	Fianna Fáil	Josie Devaney		548	554	559	560	564	568	608
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Scanlon		495	498	524	530	535	535
	Fine Gael	Eddie Cogan		411	413	433	437
	Fine Gael	John Perry		378	389	442	461	504	543	707	726
	Fine Gael	Neil Henry		270	278
	Independent	Kevin Lee		180
Electorate: 10,372   Valid: 8,006 (77.82%)   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 1,001   Turnout: 8,071

Dromore

Dromore - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Paul Conmy*		1,236
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Conway*		952
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus O'Dowd		780	886	917
	Fianna Fáil	Syl Mulligan		575	584	595	700
	Fine Gael	Peter Kivlehan*		512	647	650	1,021
	Fine Gael	Sean Tempany		531	545	548
Electorate: 6,186   Valid: 4,518 (73.84%)   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 904   Turnout: 4,568

Drumcliffe

Drumcliffe - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Willie Farrell*		927	927	935	975
	Fine Gael	Joe Leonard		747	751	768	791	794	796	927	951
	Fine Gael	Ita Fox*		695	700	723	728	777	777	819	854	898	1,193
	Fianna Fáil	John Mulrooney*		556	558	561	574	638	646	662	692	815	861	881
	Independent	Michael Carroll		509	511	520	537	542	544	551	678	699	748	823
	Fianna Fáil	Danny McHugh		443	445	457	466	509	510	521	555	683	726	754
	Fine Gael	Matt Lyons*		391	393	403	406	409	410	442	477	500
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin Gilbride		324	327	329	335	356	361	380	394
	Labour	Stephen McDonagh		269	280	309	326	334	335	354
	Fine Gael	John Watters		256	256	259	303	305	313
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie McGowan		204	205	205	206
	Independent Socialist	John Harrison		175	191	200
	Labour	Anne Gilmartin		121	129
	Independent Socialist	Pat Fallon		62
Electorate: 9,142   Valid: 5,679 (63.5%)   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 947   Turnout: 5,805

Sligo

Sligo - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent Socialist	Declan Bree*		960
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McManus*		847
	Fine Gael	Peter Henry		451	468	472	564	585	616	943
	Fianna Fáil	Hugh Glynn		412	429	441	451	475	572	617	648
	Labour	Tommy Higgins*		399	444	449	468	573	622	682	779
	Fine Gael	Imelda Allingham		387	399	401	474	494	506
	Fianna Fáil	Bill Monaghan		365	389	410	428	478	652	684	712
	Fianna Fáil	Roddy McGuinn		355	373	384	390	434
	Sinn Féin	Seán MacManus		321	349	351	357
	Fine Gael	Paul Dunleavy		223	236	238
Electorate: 7,969   Valid: 4,720 (60.48%)   Spoilt: 100   Quota: 787   Turnout: 4,820

Tubbercurry

Tubbercurry - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Matt Brennan TD*		1,090
	Independent	Margaret Gormley*		831	845	912	940	1,011
	Fine Gael	Joe Cawley*		710	741	756	824	1,094
	Fianna Fáil	Aidan Colleary		645	685	756	942	1,030
	Fine Gael	Gerry Murray*		503	505	618	629	691
	Fine Gael	Tommy O'Hara		447	452	455	526
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Walsh		331	345	386
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Taylor		304	315
Electorate: 5,914   Valid: 4,861 (82.97%)   Spoilt: 46   Quota: 973   Turnout: 4,907

External links

• Official website
• Irishelectionliterature
• 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.