1985 Dublin County Council election in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown

1985 Dublin County Council election in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
← 1979 20 June 1985 1991 →
28 seats to the electoral county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown within Dublin County Council

An election to the electoral county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown within Dublin County to Dublin County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. Councillors were elected from local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote voting for a five-year term of office.[1] This term was extended for a further year, to 1991.[2]

Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown was one of three electoral counties in Dublin County established by the Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985.[3][4] The county electoral areas of Ballybrack, Blackrock and Dún Laoghaire served as the relevant electoral areas for the election to the corporation of Dun Laoghaire.

Results by LEA

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Ballybrack

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Ballybrack: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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 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

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Blackrock: 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
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 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

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Clonskeagh: 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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 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

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Dundrum: 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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 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

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Dún Laoghaire: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Fine Gael Liam T. Cosgrave TD 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 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

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Glencullen: 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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 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

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Stillorgan: 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
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 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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References

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  1. ^ "Local Elections, 1985: Election Results and Transfer of Votes" (PDF). Department of the Environment. pp. 56–64. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Dublin Electoral Counties Order 1985 (S.I. No. 133 of 1985). Signed on 10 May 1985. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 13 December 2021.
  4. ^ Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985, s. 13: Establishment, membership and election of councils of established electoral counties (No. 7 of 1985, s. 13). Enacted on 3 April 1985. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 13 December 2021.
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