1985 Cork City Council election

An election to Cork City Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.

1985 Cork City Council election
20 June 1985
All 31 seats to Cork City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 13 8 5
Seat change - - -
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Workers' Party Independent
Seats won 2 3
Seat change - -
Map showing the area of Cork City Council

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 13 - 17,399 41.16%
Fine Gael 8 - 11,376 26.91%
Labour 5 - 4,478 10.59%
Workers' Party 2 - 2,394 5.66%
Independent 3 - 4,545 10.75%
Totals 31 - 42,271 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Cork North-Central
Cork North-Central - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789101112
Fine Gael Bernard AllenTD* 1,540                      
Independent Bernie Murphy 757 779 792 811 823 848 910 927 1,042 1,089 1,242  
Fianna Fáil Paud Black* 697 728 731 741 746 762 781 873 893 919 975 985
Fianna Fáil David Buckley* 688 715 719 731 739 748 764 847 868 902 938 946
Fianna Fáil Peter Falvey 580 599 600 605 612 623 639 739 766 793 853 866
Labour Joe O'Callaghan 483 513 519 538 549 648 663 676 739 856 992 1,012
Independent Jerry O'Riordan 415 429 433 458 465 500 539 554 608 648    
Workers' Party Harry Carroll 337 352 360 364 367 378 427 438        
Fianna Fáil John Coleman 334 340 340 345 346 438 351 357        
Sinn Féin Don O'Leary 262 268 278 287 289 291            
Labour Bertie McSweeney 212 213 225 228 243              
Fine Gael Charles Browne 171 346 349 365 462 474 485 493 519      
Fine Gael Richard J. Long 140 178 178 180                
Independent Desmond Walls 126 135 139                  
Communist Party John N. Murphy 58 61                    
Electorate: 15,131   Valid: 6,800 (45.81%)   Spoilt: 131   Quota: 1,134   Turnout: 6,931

    Cork North-East
    Cork North-East - 5 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678910
    Fianna Fáil Mairin Quill* 1,063                  
    Fine Gael Bill Nolan* 638 642 650 734 743 754 784 792 1,209  
    Workers' Party John Kelleher 609 610 624 634 710 752 785 798 862 888
    Fianna Fáil Tim Brosnan 586 599 623 634 647 734 1,087      
    Independent Denis A. Tobin 559 561 583 593 653 697 753 772 826 853
    Labour Frank Nash 553 555 677 693 721 744 780 791 873 998
    Fine Gael Tadhg McAuliffe 464 465 478 626 633 673 722 737    
    Fianna Fáil Pat McRory 445 453 460 465 482 632        
    Fianna Fáil Noel O'Flynn 385 394 400 404 425          
    Sinn Féin Anthony Dempsey 298 298 303 307            
    Fine Gael Mairin Daly 277 278 294              
    Labour Sheila Abbott 138 139                
    Labour George McDonnell 109                  
    Electorate: 12,666   Valid: 6,124 (48.97%)   Spoilt: 164   Quota: 1,021   Turnout: 6,202

      Cork North-West
      Cork North-West - 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Fianna Fáil Dan WallaceTD*   1,888            
      Fine Gael Liam BurkeTD* 1,007 1,077 1,142        
      Labour Gerry O'Sullivan* 775 828 857 1,006 1,066 1,102 1,108
      Workers' Party Jimmy Homan 690 732 775 805 909 939 941
      Fianna Fáil Tim Falvey 574 781 800 817 862 1,229  
      Fianna Fáil Dave McCarthy 521 705 714 727 784 1,007 1,091
      Fianna Fáil Martin A. Harvey 514 658 667 694 730    
      Sinn Féin Sean Walsh 347 366 382 392      
      Fine Gael Con Fitzpatrick 277 280 333        
      Fine Gael Sheila McGarry 159 185          
      Communist Party Bill McGarry 69 72          
      Electorate: 14,358   Valid: 6,821 (48.22%)   Spoilt: 102   Quota: 1,137   Turnout: 6,923

        Cork South-Central
        Cork South-Central - 5 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789101112131415
        Fianna Fáil Pearse WyseTD 1,295                            
        Fine Gael Denis Cregan* 809 818 823 828 915 924 926 983 993 1,064 1,119 1,121 1,191    
        Fianna Fáil Micheál Martin 788 815 818 824 829 840 907 933 1,069 1,102 1,167        
        Sinn Féin Peadar Beecher 465 467 472 495 497 507 510 512 518 522 572 572      
        Labour John Murray 464 469 475 479 482 493 500 503 506 676 737 740 809 988 1,000
        Workers' Party Kathleen Lynch 412 415 422 434 437 460 469 475 480 515 574 578 748 804 822
        Fianna Fáil Michael Finn 406 440 440 447 451 458 492 499 584 597 643 664 731 787 804
        Fine Gael Dan Morrissey* 396 402 403 409 429 435 443 523 533 587 621 623 638    
        Labour Pat Dawson* 365 369 372 380 392 409 418 432 442            
        Independent Fred Penney 305 312 324 358 362 420 424 434 443 464          
        Fianna Fáil Sean O'Reilly* 191 226 231 239 243 246 303 307              
        Fianna Fáil Christopher O'Connor 183 203 206 211 212 219                  
        Fine Gael Sarah Madden 182 183 185 189 212 224 226                
        Fine Gael John Cahill* 176 177 177 179                      
        Green Patrick Cotter 162 163 173 187 190                    
        Fianna Fáil Finbarr O'Connor 137 140 147                        
        Independent Pat O'Connor 70 72                          
        Electorate: 14,329   Valid: 6,806 (48.49%)   Spoilt: 142   Quota: 1,135   Turnout: 6,948

          Cork South-East
          Cork South-East - 6 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678910
          Fine Gael Jim Corr* 1,673                  
          Independent Sean Beausang* 1,241                  
          Fianna Fáil Chrissie Aherne* 999 1,017 1,080 1,098 1,105 1,124 1,183 1,350    
          Fianna Fáil Donal Counihan* 854 878 912 918 921 936 956 1,115 1,193 1,237
          Fine Gael Ted McCarthy 665 785 793 876 881 905 923 949 1,079 1,084
          Fianna Fáil Chris Coughlan 622 649 675 680 684 690 710 818 864 941
          Fine Gael John Blair 551 733 741 826 831 855 872 889 1,011 1,016
          Fianna Fáil Michael Lombard* 492 501 531 532 534 571 597      
          Workers' Party Sean McCarthy 346 352 353 357 361 390        
          Labour Tom O'Sullivan 310 323 330 340 343 511 617 654    
          Labour Frank Kerrigan 307 320 323 339 342          
          Fine Gael Philip Travers 191 241 241              
          Fianna Fáil Ann Hynes 181 187                
          Electorate: 19,081   Valid: 8,432 (44.79%)   Spoilt: 114   Quota: 1,212   Turnout: 8,546

            Cork South-West
            Cork South-West - 5 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234567891011
            Fianna Fáil John Dennehy* 1,448                    
            Fine Gael Brian Bermingham* 892 901 909 914 918 963 994 1,307      
            Independent Patrick Murray 689 830 860 934 957 992 1,221 1,328      
            Fianna Fáil Owen Curtin* 658 741 748 757 776 804 1,070 1,095 1,098 1,537  
            Labour Toddy O'SullivanTD* 655 681 719 737 777 837 860 938 947 1,020 1,047
            Fine Gael Niall Hartnett 631 636 648 649 650 678 708 834 910 959 999
            Fianna Fáil Jarlath Killilea 568 613 617 623 653 666 751 767 768    
            Fine Gael Harry Anthony 537 545 549 557 560 589 595        
            Fianna Fáil Phil Cummins 439 477 481 490 506 518          
            Green Sean Dunne 331 335 348 362 403            
            Sinn Féin James McBarron 214 217 221 239              
            Independent Finbarr O'Connor 119 122 126                
            Labour Noel Dempsey 107 108                  
            Electorate: 15,555   Valid: 7,288 (47.45%)   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 1,215   Turnout: 7,381
              • http://www.corkcity.ie/
              • 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.
              Preceded by
              1979 Cork City Council election              		 Cork City Council elections Succeeded by
              1991 Cork City Council election
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