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All 23 seats on Westmeath County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the area of Westmeath County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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 | — |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |