1985 Wexford County Council election
An election to Wexford County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.
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All 21 seats to Wexford County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the area of Wexford County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 11 | +1 | 19,652 | 46.32% | ||
Fine Gael | 6 | -1 | 11,998 | 28.28% | ||
Labour | 1 | -1 | 3,540 | 8.34% | ||
Independent | 3 | +1 | 5,697 | 13.43% | ||
Totals | 21 | - | 42,428 | 100% | — |
Results by Electoral Area
Enniscorthy
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | John BrowneTD* | 2,265 | |||||||
Fine Gael | Ivan YatesTD | 1,770 | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Sinnott* | 1,589 | 1,723 | ||||||
Independent | Seán Doyle | 1,137 | 1,256 | 1,264 | 1,355 | 1,586 | 1,619 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Hugh Dunne | 1,048 | 1,271 | 1,273 | 1,317 | 1,355 | 1,395 | ||
Fine Gael | Jack Bolger | 944 | 960 | 981 | 997 | 1,090 | 1,739 | ||
Fine Gael | Thomas Neville | 803 | 808 | 823 | 834 | 875 | |||
Labour | Andy Doyle | 503 | 541 | 547 | 578 | ||||
Workers' Party | Richard Synott | 144 | 151 | 152 | |||||
Independent | George Mullaly | 91 | 98 | 99 | |||||
Electorate: 16,743 Valid: 10,294 (62.56%) Spoilt: 181 Quota: 1,716 Turnout: 10,475 |
Gorey
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Lorcan Allen* | 2,554 | |||||
Fine Gael | Francis D'Arcy* | 1,742 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Rory Murphy* | 1,252 | 1,415 | 1,477 | 1,643 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Joe Murphy | 1,242 | 1,709 | ||||
Fine Gael | Jim Gahan | 1,120 | 1,152 | 1,170 | 1,384 | ||
Fine Gael | Deirdre Bolger* | 1,065 | 1,166 | 1,227 | 1,478 | ||
Labour | Bobby Ireton | 467 | 525 | 566 | |||
Labour | Thomas Davitt | 384 | 402 | 413 | |||
Independent | Michael O'Connor | 248 | 283 | ||||
Electorate: 16,743 Valid: 10,294 (62.56%) Spoilt: 181 Quota: 1,716 Turnout: 10,475 |
New Ross
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Hugh ByrneTD* | 2,325 | |||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Curtis* | 1,497 | 1,774 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Jim Walsh* | 1,417 | 1,522 | 1,583 | 1,612 | 1,755 | |||||
Fine Gael | John T. Browne* | 1,150 | 1,182 | 1,184 | 1,225 | 1,247 | 1,251 | 1,487 | 1,615 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Seamus Whelan | 967 | 1,150 | 1,216 | 1,244 | 1,275 | 1,305 | 1,398 | 1,494 | ||
Fine Gael | Louise Hennessy | 597 | 613 | 615 | 657 | 706 | 716 | 940 | 1,107 | ||
Fine Gael | John Hayes | 579 | 616 | 621 | 637 | 655 | 659 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Jim Dwyer | 455 | 469 | 473 | 516 | ||||||
Labour | Denis North* | 445 | 462 | 463 | 580 | 691 | 724 | 778 | |||
Labour | Michael O'Brien | 190 | 195 | 196 | |||||||
Workers' Party | Ingrid O'Brien | 142 | 147 | 147 | |||||||
Independent | John O'Brien | 23 | 25 | 25 | |||||||
Electorate: 16,227 Valid: 9,787 (61.54%) Spoilt: 199 Quota: 1,632 Turnout: 9,986 |
Wexford
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||||
Fine Gael | Avril DoyleTD* | 1,518 | 1,529 | 1,544 | 1,555 | 1,568 | 1,580 | 1,618 | 1,636 | 1,756 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Gus Byrne* | 1,449 | 1,485 | 1,500 | 1,516 | 1,547 | 1,564 | 1,610 | 1,617 | 1,652 | 1,711 | 1,897 | ||||||
Independent | Padge Reck | 1,229 | 1,239 | 1,258 | 1,295 | 1,359 | 1,387 | 1,490 | 1,508 | 1,523 | 1,650 | 1,711 | 1,717 | 1,927 | ||||
Labour | Senator Brendan Howlin | 1,137 | 1,144 | 1,156 | 1,170 | 1,208 | 1,222 | 1,266 | 1,454 | 1,482 | 1,602 | 1,634 | 1,646 | 1,738 | 1,772 | |||
Independent | Leo Carthy* | 959 | 970 | 982 | 990 | 1,005 | 1,018 | 1,030 | 1,109 | 1,220 | 1,256 | 1,279 | 1,283 | 1,338 | 1,367 | 1,736 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Tommy Howlin* | 787 | 796 | 807 | 818 | 823 | 841 | 851 | 873 | 935 | 948 | 1,061 | 1,130 | 1,157 | 1,165 | 1,285 | ||
Fine Gael | Toddy Moore | 710 | 712 | 714 | 718 | 724 | 727 | 732 | 767 | 844 | 863 | 870 | 872 | 888 | 895 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Robert Lambert | 674 | 675 | 678 | 682 | 687 | 695 | 698 | 720 | 735 | 743 | 920 | 966 | 985 | 987 | 1,024 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Sean O'Gorman | 586 | 588 | 603 | 615 | 623 | 628 | 649 | 651 | 658 | 669 | |||||||
Independent | Thomas Doyle | 534 | 538 | 552 | 561 | 563 | 570 | 574 | 577 | |||||||||
Workers' Party | Michael Enright | 480 | 484 | 486 | 505 | 525 | 564 | 578 | 583 | 588 | ||||||||
Labour | Joan Fennelly | 414 | 416 | 416 | 417 | 424 | 432 | 436 | ||||||||||
Independent | Philip Kelly | 384 | 385 | 389 | 407 | 445 | 556 | 578 | 589 | 601 | 709 | 729 | 733 | |||||
Independent | John Roche* | 322 | 325 | 329 | 336 | 351 | 358 | |||||||||||
Sinn Féin | Sean Finn | 320 | 323 | 327 | 341 | 351 | ||||||||||||
Independent | Jimmy Hayes | 287 | 291 | 293 | 308 | |||||||||||||
Independent | Desmond McCabe | 208 | 211 | 214 | ||||||||||||||
Independent | Jim O'Dowd | 154 | 157 | |||||||||||||||
Independent | Olive Brennan | 121 | ||||||||||||||||
Electorate: 20,731 Valid: 12,273 (60.19%) Spoilt: 202 Quota: 1,754 Turnout: 12,479 |
External links
- 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.
- Official website
- irishelectionliterature
Preceded by 1979 Wexford County Council election |
Wexford County Council elections | Succeeded by 1991 Wexford County Council election |
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