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
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seat change - -
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
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
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789
    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
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      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
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        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
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          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
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234
            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
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              123456789
              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
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                1234567
                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
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  1234567
                  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
                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                    12345678
                    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
                      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                      123456789101112
                      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
                        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                        123456789
                        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
                          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                          1234567891011
                          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
                            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                            12345678910111213
                            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
                              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                              123456
                              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
                                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                1234567
                                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
                                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                  12345678
                                  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
                                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                    123456789101112131415
                                    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
                                      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                      12345678
                                      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
                                        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                        123456
                                        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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