1985 Waterford City Council election
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An election to Waterford 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.
Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 5 | - | 4,347 | 30.18 | ||
Fine Gael | 4 | - | 3,309 | 22.97 | ||
Workers' Party | 2 | - | 1,488 | 10.33 | ||
Labour | 2 | - | 1,346 | 9.35 | ||
Independent | 2 | - | 3,674 | 25.51 | ||
Totals | 15 | - | 14,403 | 100.0 | — |
Results by Electoral Area
Waterford No.1
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Patrick Power* | 776 | 785 | 795 | 815 | 904 | |||||||
Fine Gael | Hilary Quinlan | 727 | 794 | 801 | 823 | 845 | |||||||
Fine Gael | James Brett | 612 | 665 | 668 | 679 | 688 | 690 | 702 | 765 | 768 | 802 | ||
Workers' Party | Davy Walsh* | 455 | 459 | 605 | 660 | 668 | 675 | 756 | 826 | 829 | 848 | ||
Independent | Martin Cullen | 350 | 364 | 376 | 411 | 432 | 435 | 475 | 546 | 547 | 598 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Tony Roche | 335 | 344 | 350 | 362 | 410 | 438 | 471 | 506 | 511 | 773 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Larry Dower | 315 | 323 | 325 | 334 | 336 | 392 | 412 | 443 | 444 | |||
Labour | George Wadding | 275 | 287 | 295 | 313 | 333 | 337 | 353 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Noel Ryan | 273 | 273 | 278 | 292 | 296 | 298 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Ann O'Rourke | 236 | 243 | 251 | 271 | ||||||||
Independent | Mick Dunphy† | 222 | 227 | 236 | |||||||||
Workers' Party | Billy McCarthy | 217 | 219 | ||||||||||
Fine Gael | Ann Raleigh | 193 | |||||||||||
Electorate: 8,788 Valid: 4,986 (57.31%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 832 Turnout: 5,036 |
Waterford No.2
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Independent | Davy Daniels* | 937 | ||||||||||
Fine Gael | Senator Katharine Bulbulia | 658 | 664 | 677 | 701 | 730 | 778 | 866 | ||||
Labour | Liam Curham* | 634 | 663 | 681 | 749 | 789 | 826 | 899 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Brendan Kenneally | 547 | 555 | 569 | 594 | 706 | 754 | 801 | 820 | 826 | ||
Fine Gael | Stephen Rogers* | 518 | 524 | 535 | 560 | 579 | 644 | 725 | 742 | 759 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Donal OrmondeTD | 498 | 504 | 511 | 540 | 609 | 663 | 720 | 734 | 737 | ||
Independent | Richard Jones* | 297 | 307 | 323 | 345 | 363 | 416 | |||||
Independent | Joe Falvey† | 294 | 305 | 318 | ||||||||
Fine Gael | Mary Griffin | 290 | 300 | 305 | 323 | |||||||
Independent | Frank King | 286 | 293 | 300 | 328 | 340 | ||||||
Workers' Party | Dick McGrath | 116 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 8,368 Valid: 5,035 (60.4%) Spoilt: 19 Quota: 840 Turnout: 5,054 |
Waterford No.3
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Independent | Martin O'Regan*† | 889 | |||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Tom Browne* | 653 | 665 | 672 | 678 | 698 | 705 | 731 | |||||
Workers' Party | Paddy Gallagher* | 546 | 594 | 604 | 610 | 622 | 739 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Brian Swift* | 471 | 499 | 508 | 513 | 519 | 527 | 552 | 595 | 772 | |||
Labour | Brian O'Shea | 437 | 450 | 453 | 460 | 477 | 485 | 506 | 585 | 610 | 625 | ||
Fine Gael | Maurice Cummins* | 398 | 407 | 408 | 440 | 510 | 512 | 540 | 570 | 594 | 614 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Paddy Kenneally | 226 | 230 | 232 | 234 | 241 | 242 | 267 | 276 | ||||
Independent | Paudie Burke | 188 | 202 | 211 | 215 | 220 | 230 | 257 | |||||
Independent | William Jones | 164 | 169 | 175 | 178 | 182 | 188 | ||||||
Workers' Party | Martin Kennedy | 154 | 162 | 167 | 168 | 171 | |||||||
Fine Gael | Gerry O'Mahoney | 110 | 113 | 116 | 144 | ||||||||
Fine Gael | Mary O'Halloran | 93 | 96 | 96 | |||||||||
Independent | John Lanigan | 43 | 58 | ||||||||||
Independent | Paud Sweeney | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 8,263 Valid: 4,382 (53.41%) Spoilt: 31 Quota: 731 Turnout: 4,413 |
- † Candidates stood under the banner of the Waterford People's Party, a localised split in the Workers Party branch.
External links
- 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.
Preceded by 1979 Waterford City Council election |
Waterford City Council elections | Succeeded by 1991 Waterford City Council election |