1985 Galway City Council election

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| <- 1979 | 20 June 1985 | 1991 ->

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All 15 seats to Galway City Council
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Party  | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Workers' Party
Seats won  | 6  | 5  | 2
Seat change  | \-  | \-  | \-

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party
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Party  | Labour | Independent
Seats won  | 1  | 1
Seat change  | \-  | \-

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Map showing the area of Galway City Council

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|  | Council control after election

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An election to Galway City Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.

## Contents

* 1 Results by party
* 2 Results by Electoral Area
* 2.1 North & East Ward
* 2.2 South Ward
* 2.3 West Ward
* 3 External links

## Results by party[edit]

Party  | Seats  | ±  | First Pref. votes  | FPv%  | ±%

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| Fianna Fáil | 6  | \-  | 5,985  | 40.59  |
| Fine Gael | 5  | \-  | 4,283  | 29.05  |
| Workers' Party | 2  | \-  | 1,323  | 8.97  |
| Labour | 1  | \-  | 1,597  | 10.83  |
| Independent | 1  | \-  | 1,556  | 10.55  |
Totals | 15 | \-  | 14,744  | 100.0  | —

## Results by Electoral Area[edit]

### North & East Ward[edit]

North & East Ward - 7 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
| Fianna Fáil | Bridie O'Flaherty*  |  | 869 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Máire Geoghegan-QuinnTD |  | 808  | 816  | 822  | 848 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Leahy (politiel Leahy) |  | 796  | 806  | 812  | 855 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Fintan Coogan |  | 735  | 737  | 743  | 749  | 753  | 754  | 770  | 870 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Pádraic McCormack |  | 486  | 487  | 489  | 492  | 492  | 492  | 497  | 523  | 545  | 559  | 595  | 673  | 884 |
| Fianna Fáil | Henry O'Connor*  |  | 420  | 427  | 433  | 453  | 472  | 484  | 494  | 500  | 501  | 540  | 601  | 626  | 662  | 671
| Workers' Party | Liz Hackett |  | 412  | 413  | 425  | 431  | 431  | 431  | 461  | 482  | 484  | 542  | 589  | 709  | 744  | 754
| Fine Gael | Pascal Walsh  |  | 328  | 330  | 331  | 336  | 336  | 336  | 358  | 396  | 403  | 424  | 449  | 487  |  |
| Independent | Brendan Holland*  |  | 317  | 318  | 323  | 327  | 327  | 329  | 339  | 353  | 359  | 410  | 541  | 589  | 660  | 698
| Independent | John Francis King*  |  | 282  | 284  | 303  | 307  | 309  | 309  | 328  | 334  | 336  | 378  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Peter Kenny  |  | 271  | 271  | 293  | 295  | 295  | 296  | 379  | 390  | 392  | 396  | 420  |  |  |
| Independent | Sheila Jordan  |  | 224  | 225  | 230  | 234  | 236  | 237

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| Fine Gael | Marie Dennis  |  | 219  | 221  | 225  | 228  | 229  | 230  | 241  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Pat O'Sullivan  |  | 199  | 201  | 225  | 225  | 225  | 225  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Uiris O Ceadegh  |  | 125  | 127  | 128  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Paddy Naughton  |  | 120  | 121  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 15,706  Valid: 6,611 (42.51%)  Spoilt: 65  Quota: 827  Turnout: 6,676

### South Ward[edit]

South Ward - 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| Fine Gael | John Mulholland |  | 844 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Connolly*  |  | 671  | 671  | 705  | 721  | 734  | 766  | 802
| Fianna Fáil | Gerry Molloy*  |  | 532  | 533  | 585  | 609  | 656  | 709  | 757
| Fine Gael | Pat McNamara*  |  | 525  | 530  | 535  | 564  | 598  | 666  | 781
| Labour | Noreen Robin  |  | 221  | 222  | 225  | 234  | 250  | 297  |
| Independent | Gary O Lochlainn  |  | 161  | 162  | 168  | 189  | 237  |  |
| Independent | Odran O'Leary  |  | 154  | 155  | 163  | 179  |  |  |
| Independent | John Francis King*  |  | 115  | 115  | 119  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Frances Quigley  |  | 113  | 113  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 6,909  Valid: 3,336 (48.72%)  Spoilt: 30  Quota: 835  Turnout: 3,366

### West Ward[edit]

West Ward- 5 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| Workers' Party | Jimmy Brick |  | 911 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Bobby MolloyTD |  | 638  | 658  | 689  | 704  | 731  | 746  | 951 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michéal Ó hUiginn*  |  | 596  | 604  | 629  | 640  | 667  | 698  | 832 |
| Fine Gael | Angela Lynch-Lupton |  | 533  | 538  | 540  | 600  | 628  | 650  | 681  | 705
| Labour | Senator Michael D. Higgins*  |  | 531  | 559  | 563  | 574  | 614  | 783  | 835 |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Byrne*  |  | 417  | 426  | 435  | 446  | 476  | 488  |  |
| Fine Gael | J.J. McDonagh  |  | 390  | 391  | 409  | 496  | 532  | 571  | 607  | 630
| Labour | Joe Murray  |  | 255  | 273  | 277  | 284  | 317  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Martin O'Connell  |  | 223  | 227  | 228  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Tom Browne*  |  | 213  | 226  | 232  | 244  |  |  |  |
| Independent | William Lambe  |  | 90  | 94  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 11,042  Valid: 4,797 (43.77%)  Spoilt: 36  Quota: 800  Turnout: 4,833

## External links[edit]

* Irishelectionliterature
* 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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