1985 Meath County Council election

An election to Meath County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 29 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended for a further year, to 1991.^[1]

1985 Meath County Council election

← 1979 20 June 1985 1991 →
All 29 seats on Meath County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 17 7 3 Seat change +4 -2 -2   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 2 Seat change -
Map showing the area of Meath County Council
Council control after election Fianna Fail

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	17	+4	20,674	50.62
	Fine Gael	7	-2	10,304	25.23
	Labour	3	-2	4,746	11.62
	Independent	2	-	3,994	9.78
Totals		29	-	40,842	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Dunshaughlin

Dunshaughlin: 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Wallace*		1,831
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Conway*		1,151	1,390
	Fine Gael	Mary Sylver*		706	741	744	745	749	768	784	804	816	940	1,290
	Fianna Fáil	Tadhg Delaney		695	813	896	906	914	932	982	1,006	1,222	1,261
	Labour	Brian Fitzgerald		647	672	676	683	734	841	871	927	952	988	1,063
	Fine Gael	John Fanning		592	603	607	608	612	632	642	726	731	762	943
	Fine Gael	Seamus Lawless		504	523	525	531	562	580	609	620	634	742
	Fine Gael	Rosemary Swan		321	329	330	349	356	363	366	372	392
	Workers' Party	John King		243	244	245	250	250	258	299
	Sinn Féin	Tommy Johnson		224	232	235	241	249	258
	Fianna Fáil	Madeline Murphy		172	253	290	300	302	310	339	352
	Labour	Joe Mannering		161	190	194	194	236
	Labour	Sean Moran		153	100
	Independent	Edward McKeever		75	100
Electorate: 13,001   Valid: 7,475 (57.97%)   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 1,246   Turnout: 7,543

Kells

Kells: 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Fianna Fáil	Sen. Michael Lynch*		2,076
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Brady*		1,204	1,454
	Fine Gael	John V. Farrelly TD*		1,196	1,215	1,215	1,223	1,232	1,241	1,313	1,323	1,460
	Fianna Fáil	Sebastian Rooney*		932	1,026	1,038	1,043	1,047	1,095	1,107	1,302	1,395
	Fianna Fáil	Fergus Muldoon*		874	911	930	933	942	950	951	1,000	1,021	1,025	1,036	1,057	1,066
	Fine Gael	Tom Bradley*		833	845	848	853	859	862	953	965	1,041	1,080	1,087	1,547
	Independent	Patrick Andrews*		752	769	770	812	813	829	837	847	882	886	897	931	1,013
	Fianna Fáil	Hugh McEnroe*		598	711	748	749	758	780	785	940	987	998	1,009	1,070	1,107
	Fine Gael	Val Finnegan		571	656	661	664	731	737	773	781	833	858	863
	Labour	Tommy Grimes		489	498	498	531	588	641	662	706
	Fianna Fáil	John Caffrey		386	442	483	486	490	519	540
	Fine Gael	Christine Coburn		261	265	265	270	277	285
	Independent	John Maguire		206	216	216	217	218
	Labour	Patsy Clarke		170	202	206	208
	Labour	Joseph Conlon		106	112	112
Electorate: 15,705   Valid: 10,654 (69.26%)   Spoilt: 224   Quota: 1,332   Turnout: 10,878

Navan

Navan: 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Fitzsimons*		1,567
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Murtagh*		866	1,052	1,058	1,087
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Finnegan*		856	962	964	1,012	1,013	1,022	1,036	1,041	1,085
	Fine Gael	James Dorgan*		713	731	734	737	737	763	922	1,105
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Mangan		635	660	660	682	685	703	708	743	754	756	832	837	842
	Fine Gael	Patsy O'Neill		634	642	662	673	674	689	711	847	870	894	996	1,023	1,023
	Fianna Fáil	Owen Heaney		553	631	635	653	655	665	673	676	702	703	806	827	832
	Independent	Patrick Andrews*		536	551	552	575	576	591	610	625	670	671
	Labour	Brendan Clusker*		533	554	570	597	599	753	784	801	962	964	1,128
	Workers' Party	Seamus McDonagh		354	362	367	420	421	439	451	460
	Fine Gael	Avril Molloy		335	340	341	345	345	370	439
	Fine Gael	Carmel Burke		328	334	335	342	342	358
	Sinn Féin	Jimmy Lynch		303	309	311
	Labour	Sean O'Brien		293	301	331	338	339
	Labour	Patsy Meehan		93	95
Electorate: 16,420   Valid: 8,599 (53.11%)   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 1,075   Turnout: 8,721

Slane

Slane: 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Independent	Gerald Marry		1,635
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Traynor*		784	846	846	849	856	901	940	947	1,335
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Doonan*		737	787	788	867	875	884	1,203	1,267
	Fine Gael	Tom Kelly*		718	755	758	785	826	1,009	1,014	1,128	1,153	1,173
	Independent	Jimmy Cudden*		558	654	666	703	732	801	814	841	1,010	1,083
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Murray		543	623	630	636	672	679	727	734
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Halpin		482	493	495	498	501	503
	Fine Gael	Patrick Fullam*		455	497	499	514	578	603	622	892	933	948
	Fine Gael	Moyna Doherty		395	411	415	442	477	507	545
	Labour	Ken Lougheed		376	387	428	434	445
	Fine Gael	Liam Smith		240	266	269	276
	Independent	Paddy Monaghan		202	223	225
	Labour	Owen Harty		74	82
Electorate: 12,161   Valid: 7,229 (59.96%)   Spoilt: 63   Quota: 1,205   Turnout: 7,292

Trim

Trim: 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Hilliard TD*		1,592
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Dempsey TD*		1,538
	Labour	Frank McLoughlin TD*		1,411
	Fine Gael	Willie Carey*		676	700	717	739	910	1,010	1,064
	Fine Gael	Peter Higgins		417	442	479	507	645	728	747
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Connor		409	426	436	449
	Fianna Fáil	Gabriel Cribbin		366	524	673	690	707	730	1,176
	Labour	Patrick Lowe*		240	268	290	458	487
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Cummins		236	428	583	598	631	693
Electorate: 11,359   Valid: 6,885 (61.58%)   Spoilt: 110   Quota: 1,148   Turnout: 6,995

References

1. Local Elections (Specification of Local Election Year) Order 1990 (S.I. No. 104 of 1990). Signed on 30 April 1990. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.

External links

• 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.
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• irishelectionliterature