1985 Offaly County Council election

Part of the 1985 Irish local elections

1985 Offaly County Council election

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All 21 seats on Offaly County Council
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Party  | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Independent
Seats won  | 12 | 6  | 3
Seat change  | +2 | -3  | +2

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| Fourth party  |
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Party  | Labour |
Seats won  | 0  |
Seat change  | -1  |

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Map showing the area of Offaly County Council

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|  | Council control after election

Fianna Fail

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An election to Offaly 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

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

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| Fianna Fáil | 12 | +2 | 13,280 | 49.78 |
| Fine Gael | 6  | -3  | 8,673  | 32.48  |
| Independent | 3  | +2  | 3,304  | 12.37  |
| Labour | 0  | -1  | 1,090  | 4.08  |
Totals | 21 | \-  | 24,722  | 100.00 | —

## Results by local electoral area

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### Birr

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Birr- 5 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| Fianna Fáil | Pat Moylan |  | 1,049  | 1,059  | 1,059  | 1,088  | 1,171 |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Michelle Hoolan |  | 835  | 840  | 909  | 924  | 940  | 941  | 971  | 994
| Fine Gael | Tom Enright TD*  |  | 827  | 883  | 955  | 982  | 1,182 |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Dooley*  |  | 788  | 806  | 810  | 875  | 908  | 910  | 1,030  | 1,086
| Fine Gael | Joe Clear*  |  | 724  | 734  | 807  | 822  | 887  | 908  | 1,318 |
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus Loughnane*  |  | 680  | 709  | 718  | 781  | 788  | 795  | 838  | 865
| Fine Gael | Percy Clendennen*  |  | 523  | 540  | 564  | 595  | 685  | 723  |  |
| Fine Gael | Padraig Horan  |  | 447  | 482  | 515  | 538  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Patrick Grogan  |  | 299  | 308  | 308  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Collison  |  | 289  | 293  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Fred Ryan  |  | 214  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 9,040  Valid: 6,675 (74.99%)  Spoilt: 104  Quota: 1,113  Turnout: 6,779

### Edenderry

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Edenderry: 5 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
| Fianna Fáil | Ger Connolly TD*  |  | 1,787 |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Michael Fox*  |  | 843  | 864  | 876  | 1,015  | 1,029
| Independent | James Flanagan*  |  | 772  | 868  | 884  | 1,095 |
| Fine Gael | Donal Dunne*  |  | 753  | 794  | 837  | 925  | 941
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Gorman*  |  | 730  | 1,088 |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Scully*  |  | 724  | 872  | 893  | 977  | 994
| Fine Gael | Paul O'Kelly  |  | 321  | 349  | 352  |  |
| Independent | Eileen O'Connor  |  | 211  | 243  | 266  |  |
| Independent | Eugene Mulligan  |  | 141  | 156  |  |  |
Electorate: 10,162  Valid: 6,282 (62.99%)  Spoilt: 119  Quota: 1,048  Turnout: 6,401

### Ferbane

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Ferbane- 5 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4
| Fianna Fáil | Eamon Dooley*  |  | 1,223 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Connie Hanniffy*  |  | 1,075 |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Feighery*  |  | 894  | 1,075 |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Mahon |  | 723  | 773  | 786  | 953
| Fine Gael | Bernard Corcoran*  |  | 700  | 740  | 840  | 936
| Fine Gael | Attracta Dooley  |  | 552  | 557  | 608  | 703
| Independent | Seamus Boland  |  | 442  | 453  | 472  |
Electorate: 8,741  Valid: 5,673 (65.7%)  Spoilt: 70  Quota: 946  Turnout: 5,743

### Tullamore

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Tullamore: 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Cowen TD*  |  | 1,844 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | John Flanagan |  | 832  | 1,046  | 1,054  | 1,067  | 1,130  | 1,155 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Johnny Butterfield*  |  | 812  | 830  | 840  | 849  | 856  | 872  | 873  | 899  | 917  | 953  | 987  | 1,054  | 1,118  | 1,289 |
| Fine Gael | Frank Feery*  |  | 672  | 782  | 787  | 800  | 803  | 809  | 809  | 819  | 832  | 876  | 969  | 1,015  | 1,029  | 1,047  | 1,057
| Independent | Thomas Dolan |  | 526  | 645  | 646  | 657  | 669  | 675  | 675  | 678  | 686  | 691  | 698  | 720  | 742  | 824  | 861
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Mitchell |  | 452  | 480  | 482  | 483  | 513  | 515  | 515  | 523  | 603  | 647  | 668  | 694  | 945  | 991  | 999
| Independent | May Keeley  |  | 400  | 412  | 414  | 430  | 435  | 455  | 455  | 497  | 524  | 537  | 552  | 625  | 650  |  |
| Fine Gael | Ian Lee  |  | 353  | 356  | 366  | 367  | 377  | 385  | 385  | 400  | 413  | 492  | 679  | 716  | 789  | 837  | 851
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Lynam  |  | 336  | 405  | 407  | 414  | 427  | 427  | 427  | 430  | 494  | 500  | 516  | 545  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Peter Kelly  |  | 301  | 305  | 308  | 312  | 322  | 327  | 327  | 338  | 344  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Bernadette Owens  |  | 293  | 297  | 303  | 305  | 309  | 327  | 327  | 348  | 366  | 436  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Laurence Byrne*  |  | 259  | 273  | 280  | 306  | 310  | 342  | 343  | 438  | 455  | 471  | 490  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Miriam O'Callaghan  |  | 209  | 238  | 243  | 247  | 285  | 296  | 296  | 315  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Ernest McGuire  |  | 191  | 196  | 216  | 241  | 245  | 294  | 294  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Vincent Wynter  |  | 184  | 186  | 208  | 216  | 217  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Ann Mansoor  |  | 164  | 200  | 204  | 206  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Seán O'Brien  |  | 125  | 127  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | John O'Dwyer  |  | 117  | 139  | 149  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 12,194  Valid: 8,070 (67.55%)  Spoilt: 167  Quota: 1,153  Turnout: 8,237

## References

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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

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* 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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