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1985 Cork County Council election
← 1979 20 June 1985 1991 →
All 48 seats on Cork County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 24 19 2
Seat change +3 0 -1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Workers' Party Independent
Seats won 1 2
Seat change 0 0
Map showing the area of Cork County Council
Council control after election

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An election to Cork County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 48 councillors were elected from eight 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 24 +3 54,692 46.97
Fine Gael 19 0 44,924 38.58
Labour 2 -1 5,431 4.66
Workers' Party 1 0 4,370 3.75
Independent 2 0 6,388 5.49
Totals 48 +2 116,444 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Bandon

Bandon: 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Michael Creed TD* 3,521              
Fianna Fáil Peter Callanan* 3,007              
Fianna Fáil Donal Moynihan TD* 2,921              
Fine Gael Eddie Lucey* 2,448              
Fine Gael Denis O'Reilly* 1,952 2,015 2,123 2,134 2,167 2,332 2,363 2,557
Fine Gael John Kelleher* 1,947 2,592            
Fianna Fáil Jim Long* 1,619 1,694 2,005 2,350 2,407 2,419    
Independent Dermot Ryan 1,105 1,122 1,139 1,150 1,200 1,201 1,203 1,508
Fianna Fáil Michael Ring 884 901 1,013 1,145 1,164 1,165 1,167  
Independent Maurice Hurley 166 187 233 242        
Electorate: 28,858   Valid: 19,300 (67.67)   Spoilt: 229   Quota: 2,413   Turnout: 19,529  

Cork North

Cork North: 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fianna Fáil Denis Lyons TD* 2,107    
Fine Gael Tomas Ryan* 1,622 1,669  
Fianna Fáil Donal O'Connell* 1,363 1,539 1,685
Fine Gael George Osborne* 1,240 1,258 1,626
Fianna Fáil Michael Granitch 980 1,171 1,307
Labour Helen Sheehan 543 565  
Workers' Party Patrick Corbett 345 357  
Electorate: 17,134   Valid: 8,200 (48.32%)   Spoilt: 80   Quota: 1,641   Turnout: 8,280  

Cork South

Cork South: 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Barry Cogan* 2,177            
Fianna Fáil Batt O'Keeffe 1,855            
Fianna Fáil John Coleman 1,389 1,678 1,750        
Fine Gael Phil Brown 985 1,008 1,009 1,019 1,075 1,286 1,710
Fianna Fáil Joe O'Reilly 978 1,032 1,071 1,133 1,268 1,441 1,468
Fine Gael Connell Fanning 926 930 955 1,024 1,056 1,148  
Fine Gael Braham Brennan 924 961 962 983 1,018 1,195 1,591
Labour Paula Desmond 840 891 896 1,172 1,319 1,397 1,541
Fine Gael Jim Daly 695 701 702 709 781    
Independent Mark Hanley 625 638 641 655      
Labour Gus Desmond 444 452 468        
Electorate: 33,220   Valid: 14,021 (42.2%)   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 2,004   Turnout: 14,120 (42.5%)  

Kanturk

Kanturk: 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Frank Crowley TD* 2,477            
Fianna Fáil Jack Roche* 2,301            
Fianna Fáil Mike Donegan* 1,842 1,886 1,899 2,124 2,154 2,183 2,186
Fine Gael Charles Barry* 1,606 1,752 1,843 1,881 2,281    
Fianna Fáil J.B. Murphy 1,590 1,655 1,664 1,995 2,227    
Fine Gael Richard Green 1,360 1,466 1,507 1,525 1,909 1,913 1,965
Fianna Fáil Laurence Kelly 1,356 1,468 1,494 1,892 1,952 1,995 1,996
Fine Gael Noel Buckley 1,140 1,283 1,323 1,390      
Labour Michael J. Howard* 1,137 1,185 1,217        
Labour Danny Buckley 0.6% 760            
Electorate: 22,109   Valid: 15,569 (71.09%)   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 2,225   Turnout: 15,701  

Mallow

Mallow: 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Workers' Party Joe Sherlock* 3,447              
Fianna Fáil Ned O'Keeffe TD 3,112              
Fianna Fáil Carey Joyce* 2,728              
Fine Gael Jim Sarsfield* 1,711 1,764 1,790 1,821 1,837 1,874 1,889 1,997
Fine Gael Dick Fitzgerald* 1,675 1,748 1,804 1,814 1,847 1,867 1,884 2,097
Fine Gael Paul Bradford 1,347 1,439 1,453 1,456 1,614 1,687 1,749 2,487
Fianna Fáil Gerry Sheedy 1,298 1,454 1,737 1,866 1,887 2,025 2,234 2,313
Fine Gael Michael Broderick* 1,247 1,298 1,316 1,319 1,366 1,483 1,679  
Fianna Fáil Ted O'Riordan 1,071 1,204 1,310 1,338 1,469 1,561 2,134 2,230
Fianna Fáil Gerry Fitzpatrick* 1,050 1,143 1,234 1,257 1,308 1,450    
Independent John O'Keeffe 689 787 815 833 881      
Labour Tadhg Curtis 463 681 691 694        
Electorate: 30,365   Valid: 19,838 (65.81%)   Spoilt: 144   Quota: 2,480   Turnout: 19,982  

Midleton

Midleton: 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fine Gael Michael Hegarty 2,296 2,327              
Independent Noel Collins* 2,059 2,170 2,367            
Fianna Fáil Maurice Ahern* 1,885 1,901 1,970 1,973 1,985 2,022 2,067 2,080 2,485
Fine Gael Matt Ahern* 1,824 1,841 1,885 1,886 1,886 1,988 2,005 2,205 2,273
Fianna Fáil John Brosnan* 1,794 1,807 1,827 1,828 1,828 2,051 2,106 2,119 2,262
Fianna Fáil Kevin Foster* 1,703 1,736 1,756 1,757 1,757 1,773 1,950 2,226 2,373
Fine Gael Nuala Murphy* 1,055 1,087 1,157 1,160 1,169 1,191 1,224 1,419 1,477
Fianna Fáil Micheal Lombard 808 821 852 852 858 869 884 888  
Fine Gael Stella Meade 657 686 697 702 705 739 858    
Labour Thomas O Conaill 584 607 613 614 618        
Workers' Party Leo Owens 578 617 629 630 632 702      
Independent Donal Wall 505 526              
Green Sean Bell 355                
Electorate: 26,391   Valid: 16,150 (62.02%)   Spoilt: 218   Quota: 2,220   Turnout: 16,368  

Skibbereen

Skibbereen: 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Joe Walsh TD* 3,569            
Fine Gael John Cal McCarthy* 2,349            
Fianna Fáil D.F. O'Sullivan* 2,049            
Fine Gael John L. O'Sullivan* 1,682 2,056          
Labour Michael Calnan 1,393 1,470 1,529 1,582 1,590 1,616 2,035
Fianna Fáil Tom O'Neill* 1,233 1,866 1,892 1,969      
Fine Gael Mary Burke* 1,089 1,125 1,246 1,277 1,290 1,311 1,860
Fine Gael Michael Collins 1,039 1,077 1,234 1,248 1,251 1,264  
Fianna Fáil Jim Kingston 888 1,306 1,328 1,443 1,510 1,548 1,604
Sinn Féin Donnchadh O Sé 371 406 412        
Electorate: 22,043   Valid: 15,662 (71.5%)   Spoilt: 154   Quota: 1,958   Turnout: 15,816  

Schull

Schull: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Denis O'Donovan 1,875          
Fine Gael P.J. Sheehan TD* 1,638 1,718        
Fine Gael Michael Harrington* 1,325 1,330 1,338 1,382 1,801  
Independent Michael Pat Murphy* 1,192 1,227 1,272 1,420 1,478 1,532
Fine Gael James Crowley 1,150 1,165 1,179 1,254 1,273 1,302
Fianna Fáil Vivian O'Callaghan* 1,125 1,216 1,260 1,345 1,845  
Fianna Fáil Dan Harrington* 995 1,031 1,060 1,077    
Labour Corney Murphy* 404 414 437      
Sinn Féin Thomas Coghlan 183 188        
Electorate: 13,403   Valid: 9,887 (70%)   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,648   Turnout: 9,961  

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.

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