1985 Westmeath County Council election

Part of the 1985 Irish local elections

1985 Westmeath County Council election

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

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All 23 seats on Westmeath County Council
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Party  | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour
Seats won  | 13 | 5  | 3
Seat change  | +3 | -4  | \-

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| Fourth party  |
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Party  | Independent |
Seats won  | 2  |
Seat change  | +1  |

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Map showing the area of Westmeath County Council

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| Council control before election

Fianna Fáil

| Council control after election

Fianna Fáil

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An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 23 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]

## Results by party

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

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| Fianna Fáil | 13 | +3 | 13,398 | 48.14 |
| Fine Gael | 5  | -4  | 7,753  | 27.86  |
| Labour | 3  | \-  | 3,557  | 12.78  |
| Independent | 2  | +1  | 2,703  | 9.71  |
Totals | 23 | \-  | 27,831  | 100.00 | —

## Results by local electoral area

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### Athlone

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Athlone: 7 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17
| Fianna Fáil | Mary O'Rourke TD*  |  | 1,876 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Sen. Seán Fallon*  |  | 1,001  | 1,288 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | P.J. Coghill*  |  | 737  | 923  | 945  | 947  | 954  | 956  | 969  | 997  | 1,016  | 1,033  | 1,048  | 1,080  | 1,096  | 1,207 |  |  |
| Independent | Stephen Price |  | 773  | 800  | 804  | 810  | 838  | 843  | 850  | 876  | 888  | 938  | 954  | 996  | 1,083  | 1,355 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Vincent Dooley  |  | 598  | 605  | 606  | 606  | 612  | 621  | 637  | 644  | 658  | 667  | 705  | 734  | 747  | 772  | 777  | 795  | 799
| Fine Gael | George Allen*  |  | 592  | 605  | 606  | 606  | 611  | 625  | 668  | 675  | 691  | 717  | 811  | 847  | 867  | 903  | 913  | 962  | 966
| Fine Gael | Brendan McFadden*  |  | 591  | 620  | 626  | 626  | 629  | 665  | 754  | 764  | 822  | 880  | 1,035  | 1,103  | 1,184 |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | John Dillon*  |  | 494  | 515  | 529  | 534  | 546  | 548  | 551  | 560  | 562  | 566  | 572  | 586  | 603  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Oliver Gavin  |  | 319  | 357  | 361  | 367  | 367  | 372  | 376  | 408  | 432  | 502  | 509  | 555  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Padraic Dunne |  | 318  | 404  | 450  | 451  | 455  | 464  | 476  | 494  | 509  | 532  | 559  | 615  | 681  | 755  | 760  | 807  | 842
| Fine Gael | Des Lynch  |  | 293  | 309  | 311  | 311  | 311  | 335  | 388  | 390  | 409  | 430  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Kevin O'Brien  |  | 266  | 276  | 277  | 277  | 277  | 283  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | John Henson  |  | 256  | 278  | 281  | 284  | 295  | 321  | 328  | 371  | 432  | 457  | 483  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | John Keenehan  |  | 248  | 273  | 280  | 282  | 286  | 319  | 324  | 340  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Frank Waters  |  | 241  | 280  | 288  | 290  | 292  | 300  | 315  | 344  | 384  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Tony Hogan  |  | 230  | 242  | 243  | 292  | 302  | 304  | 307  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Neil O'Shea  |  | 161  | 178  | 181  | 181  | 192  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Michael McCallon  |  | 97  | 101  | 101  | 105  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Gerald Farrell  |  | 85  | 88  | 89  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 15,067  Valid: 9,306 (62.88%)  Spoilt: 168  Quota: 1,164  Turnout: 9,474

### Coole

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Coole: 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| Fianna Fáil | Sen. Donie Cassidy |  | 1,284 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | P.J. O'Shaughnessy*  |  | 899  | 959  | 996  | 1,006 |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Bourke |  | 683  | 750  | 753  | 813  | 868  | 868  | 900  | 943
| Fine Gael | Frank McDermott*  |  | 575  | 601  | 684  | 705  | 935  | 936  | 1,351 |
| Fianna Fáil | Molly Cahill  |  | 401  | 510  | 518  | 535  | 538  | 540  | 570  | 625
| Fine Gael | Colm Smyth  |  | 390  | 406  | 429  | 445  | 538  | 540  |  |
| Fine Gael | Michael Leslie*  |  | 327  | 330  | 368  | 419  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Paddy Jordan  |  | 217  | 220  | 234  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Betty Leonard  |  | 211  | 213  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 7,124  Valid: 4,987 (71%)  Spoilt: 71  Quota: 998  Turnout: 5,058

### Kilbeggan

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Kilbeggan: 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Keegan*  |  | 1,013 |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Joe Flanagan*  |  | 868  | 891  | 897  | 899  | 1,325 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Ryan |  | 661  | 686  | 1,055 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Edward Farrell*  |  | 582  | 590  | 599  | 605  |  |
| Fine Gael | Eamon Duignean |  | 580  | 611  | 700  | 732  | 778  | 1,060
| Independent | Gerald Cooney  |  | 551  | 612  | 630  | 652  | 676  | 694
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Whelehan  |  | 515  | 539  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Frank Abbott  |  | 160  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Rene Ennis-Lennon  |  | 30  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 7,410  Valid: 4,960 (69.62%)  Spoilt: 199  Quota: 993  Turnout: 5,159

### Mullingar Lough Owel

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Mullingar Lough Owel: 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| Fianna Fáil | Henry Abbott*  |  | 843  | 844  | 862  | 982 |  |  |
| Labour | Willie Penrose*  |  | 671  | 682  | 721  | 755  | 757  | 796  | 901
| Labour | Sen. Helena McAuliffe-Ennis |  | 652  | 679  | 689  | 719  | 719  | 861  | 915
| Fianna Fáil | Shay Callaghan*  |  | 512  | 517  | 521  | 529  | 600  | 884  | 902
| Fianna Fáil | Tommy Wright  |  | 408  | 413  | 421  | 511  | 530  |  |
| Fine Gael | John Keegan*  |  | 387  | 455  | 560  | 569  | 570  | 580  | 895
| Fine Gael | Shay Boyhan  |  | 380  | 418  | 534  | 545  | 547  | 554  |
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Nolan  |  | 356  | 359  | 365  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Declan Fagan  |  | 277  | 312  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | John Delemara  |  | 195  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 7,356  Valid: 4,681 (64.49%)  Spoilt: 63  Quota: 937  Turnout: 4,744

### Mullingar Urban

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Mullingar Urban: 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Labour | Mick Dollard |  | 907 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Camillus Glynn*  |  | 773  | 793 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Frank McIntyre |  | 357  | 384  | 388  | 406  | 456  | 563  | 601  | 829 |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Hynes |  | 353  | 361  | 364  | 366  | 453  | 518  | 536  | 622  | 643
| Labour | Jack Coleman*  |  | 348  | 392  | 293  | 403  | 435  | 476  | 523  |  |
| Independent | Eddie Byrne  |  | 272  | 282  | 284  | 288  | 304  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Frank Wallace  |  | 271  | 273  | 274  | 315  | 322  | 350  | 544  | 612  | 640
| Fine Gael | Denis Burke  |  | 269  | 273  | 274  | 296  | 305  | 328  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Kathleen Campbell  |  | 141  | 146  | 147  | 149  |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Billy Cleary  |  | 105  | 108  | 108  | 108  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Mary Mahon  |  | 101  | 105  | 105  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 6,654  Valid: 3,897 (59.15%)  Spoilt: 39  Quota: 780  Turnout: 3,936

## 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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