1985 Kildare County Council election
20 June 1985
All 25 seats on Kildare County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 10 7 5
Seat change +1 -1 +1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Workers' Party Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change +1 +1 +1
Map showing the area of Kildare County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Kildare County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 1985 Irish local elections. 25 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

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 10 +1 17,205 42.91
Fine Gael 7 -1 9,294 23.18
Labour 5 +1 8,563 21.36
Workers' Party 1 +1 1,035 2.58
Sinn Féin 1 +1 875 2.18
Independent 1 +1 3,125 7.79
Totals 25 +4 40,335 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Athy

Athy: 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Labour Joseph Bermingham TD* 1,572              
Fianna Fáil Martin Miley* 1,102 1,115 1,162 1,186 1,515      
Sinn Féin Paddy Wright 875 907 944 988 1,071 1,085 1,105 1,126
Fine Gael Reggie Lalor 767 798 872 989 1,066 1,077 1,585  
Fianna Fáil Lenore O'Rourke-Glynn 571 585 655 671        
Fine Gael Rainsford Hendy 565 575 614 694 704 706    
Fianna Fáil Robert Byrne 555 564 613 697 806 927 982 1,063
Labour Michael Cullen* 434 515 559          
Independent Jack McKenna 203 207            
Fianna Fáil Megan Maguire 191 201            
Electorate: 11,921   Valid: 6,835 (58.46%)   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 1,367   Turnout: 6,969  

    Celbridge

    Celbridge: 5 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789
    Labour Emmet Stagg* 2,784                
    Fianna Fáil Gerry Brady 1,045 1,226 1,229 1,241 1,245 1,567      
    Fine Gael Bernard Durkan TD* 1,001 1,296 1,309 1,571          
    Fine Gael Jim Gallagher* 729 836 846 908 1,100 1,135 1,150 1,257 1,280
    Workers' Party Colm Purcell 722 1,226 1,282 1,293 1,299 1,331 1,340 1,413  
    Independent Finbarr Kelly 575 614 626 627 627 690 807 1,250 1,275
    Fianna Fáil Paul Kelly 537 601 606 609 610 639 700    
    Fianna Fáil Mairead Byrne 411 508 516 538 541        
    Fine Gael Jim Condra 285 380 387            
    Independent Micheal O'Connell 100 137              
    Electorate: 15,118   Valid: 8,189 (54.59%)   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 1,365   Turnout: 8,242  

      Clane

      Clane: 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      Fine Gael Sean Reilly* 1,511              
      Fianna Fáil Liam Doyle 1,019 1,026 1,038 1,062 1,129 1,238 1,340 2,038
      Fianna Fáil Austin Groome* 1,011 1,017 1,050 1,111 1,147 1,623    
      Fianna Fáil P.J. Sheridan 817 833 841 851 922 991 1,131  
      Fianna Fáil Michael Fitzpatrick 715 729 767 787 806      
      Labour Jim Reilly 545 553 609 776 1,092 1,137 1,154 1,230
      Labour Joe McBride 434 441 658 732        
      Labour Peggy Fox 393 402            
      Fine Gael Noel Duffy 372 452 473          
      Electorate: 11,132   Valid: 6,817 (61.94%)   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 1,364   Turnout: 6,895  

        Kildare

        Kildare: 5 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789
        Fianna Fáil Jimmy O'Loughlin* 1,158 1,168 1,176 1,200          
        Fianna Fáil Paddy Aspell* 1,088 1,090 1,135 1,156 1,389        
        Fianna Fáil Seán Ó Fearghail 825 832 840 853 1,042 1,107 1,128 1,159 1,584
        Fine Gael Michael McWey* 677 736 908 956 1,017 1,036 1,434    
        Labour Kieran Coleman 641 659 671 880 929 939 1,009 1,121 1,200
        Fianna Fáil Ted Rooney 622 626 634 644          
        Fianna Fáil Denis Mahon 534 588 593 751 815 911 967 1,003  
        Labour Con Carr 522 576 591            
        Fine Gael Margot Conlon 424 509 602 665 677 680      
        Fine Gael Trudy Jeffers 346 376              
        Fine Gael Billy Cleary 333                
        Electorate: 13,776   Valid: 7,170 (52.66%)   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 1,196   Turnout: 7,255  

          Naas

          Naas: 7 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456789101112131415
          Fianna Fáil Paddy Power* 1,788                            
          Fianna Fáil John O'Neill* 1,293 1,400                          
          Independent Patsy Lawlor* 1,253 1,270 1,330 1,331 1,388                    
          Labour Sen. Timmy Conway* 774 786 808 808 841 854 926 1,023 1,024 1,042 1,225 1,332 1,485    
          Fine Gael Michael Nolan, Snr* 734 746 750 751 757 793 957 966 966 977 1,133 1,334 1,423    
          Fine Gael Billy Hillis 637 643 647 647 655 659 745 754 754 820 841 1,003 1,033 1,063 1,120
          Fianna Fáil Mary Robinson 523 616 628 634 647 676 688 718 718 883 913 935 986 1,003  
          Fianna Fáil Paddy Behan 523 578 603 605 644 655 669 758 759 936 965 1,009 1,093 1,113 1,715
          Fianna Fáil Peter Kavanagh 493 531 538 541 547 559 564 581 581            
          Labour Colm Feeney 464 471 478 479 492 546 559 582 582 594          
          Fine Gael John Malone 458 483 494 494 505 510                  
          Fine Gael Pat O'Reilly 455 458 475 475 511 513 603 625 625 633 646        
          Independent Norman Croke 429 433 441 441 461 551 562 654 654 665 713 723      
          Independent Evelyn Bracken 416 422 443 443 497 526 533                
          Workers' Party Dan O'Sullivan 313 317 322 322 330                    
          Independent Donal Corcoran 287 292 322 322                      
          Independent Michael Lawlor 246 254                          
          Electorate: 20,849   Valid: 11,086 (53.91%)   Spoilt: 154   Quota: 1,386   Turnout: 11,240  

            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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