1985 Wexford County Council election
20 June 1985
All 21 seats on Wexford County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 11 6 1
Seat change +1 -1 -1
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 3
Seat change +1
Map showing the area of Wexford County Council
Council control after election

Fianna Fail

An election to Wexford County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four 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]

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
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 - 42,428 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Enniscorthy

Enniscorthy: 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Fianna Fáil John Browne TD* 2,265          
Fine Gael Ivan Yates TD 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

    Gorey: 5 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234
    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

      New Ross: 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      Fianna Fáil Hugh Byrne TD* 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

        Wexford: 6 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789101112131415
        Fine Gael Avril Doyle TD* 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 Sen. 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  

          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.
          • 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
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