Part of the 1985 Irish local elections
1985 Mayo County Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png)
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← 1979 | 20 June 1985 | 1991 → |
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All 31 seats on Mayo County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Independent | Seats won | 15 | 14 | 2 | Seat change | - | -2 | +2 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Mayo_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Mayo_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Mayo County Council |
| Council control after election TBD | |
An election to Mayo County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 31 councillors were elected from six 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 | 15 | - | 31,615 | 52.61 | |
| Fine Gael | 14 | -2 | 23,402 | 38.94 | |
| Independent | 2 | +2 | 3,814 | 6.35 | |
Totals | 31 | - | 60,097 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Ballina
Ballina: 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Fianna Fáil | Sean Calleary TD* | | 2,240 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Padraic Bourke* | | 1,605 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Eddie Staunton* | | 1,386 | 1,450 | 1,740 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Frank Devaney* | | 1,351 | 1,385 | 1,612 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Stephen Molloy | | 1,192 | 1,328 | 1,348 | 1,355 | 1,374 | 1,393 |
| Fine Gael | John Kelly* | | 1,089 | 1,144 | 1,387 | 1,568 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Bridie Greavey* | | 1,046 | 1,366 | 1,416 | 1,423 | 1,466 | 1,518 |
| Fine Gael | Ernie Caffrey | | 827 | 924 | | | | |
Electorate: 15,882 Valid: 10,736 (68.01%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 1,534 Turnout: 10,801 |
Castlebar
Castlebar: 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Independent | Frank Durcan* | | 2,053 | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Padraig Flynn TD* | | 1,790 | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Enda Kenny TD* | | 1,480 | 1,563 | 1,574 | 1,594 | 1,753 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Paddy Burke* | | 1,242 | 1,276 | 1,286 | 1,345 | 1,382 | 1,384 | 1,897 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Richard Morrin* | | 991 | 1,045 | 1,066 | 1,103 | 1,212 | 1,239 | 1,284 | 1,490 |
| Fianna Fáil | Kevin O'Toole | | 863 | 869 | 870 | 938 | 955 | 957 | 969 | 1,330 |
| Fine Gael | Henry Kenny | | 640 | 687 | 694 | 699 | 745 | 748 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Al McDonnell | | 598 | 606 | 611 | 737 | 750 | 756 | 769 | |
| Labour | Johnny Mee | | 389 | 439 | 491 | 510 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | David Kelly | | 338 | 350 | 351 | | | | | |
| Labour | Michael Kilcoyne | | 112 | 121 | | | | | | |
Electorate: 14,250 Valid: 10,496 (74.21%) Spoilt: 79 Quota: 1,750 Turnout: 10,575 |
Claremorris
Claremorris- 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Fianna Fáil | P.J. Morley TD* | | 1,783 | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Martin Finn* | | 1,725 | 1,765 | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Jim Higgins TD* | | 1,717 | 1,799 | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Raftery* | | 1,423 | 1,428 | 1,428 | 1,428 | 1,428 | 1,440 | 1,444 | 1,496 | 1,604 |
| Fianna Fáil | Jack Heneghan* | | 1,406 | 1,413 | 1,413 | 1,415 | 1,415 | 1,421 | 1,448 | 1,641 | 1,667 |
| Fianna Fáil | Sean Fitzpatrick* | | 1,074 | 1,081 | 1,083 | 1,097 | 1,100 | 1,184 | 1,509 | 1,745 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat McHugh | | 962 | 1,012 | 1,020 | 1,033 | 1,049 | 1,073 | 1,125 | 1,257 | 1,319 |
| Fine Gael | Jim Mannion | | 892 | 949 | 967 | 968 | 975 | 1,132 | 1,134 | 1,255 | 1,648 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Mellett | | 749 | 753 | 755 | 760 | 761 | 777 | 814 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Charlton | | 674 | 676 | 677 | 692 | 692 | 700 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Madeline Maloney | | 636 | 648 | 660 | 662 | 663 | 850 | 1,006 | 1,025 | |
| Fine Gael | Pa Connolly | | 467 | 521 | 547 | 548 | 551 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Edward T. Griffith | | 294 | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Griffith | | 36 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 18,829 Valid: 13,838 (69.41%) Spoilt: 107 Quota: 1,730 Turnout: 13,945 |
Killala
Killala: 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tim Quinn* | | 1,490 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Padraig Cosgrove | | 1,269 | 1,453 | |
| Fine Gael | John Noel Carey* | | 1,182 | 1,671 | |
| Fianna Fáil | David O'Connor* | | 1,085 | 1,103 | 1,111 |
| Fine Gael | Vinnie Munnelly* | | 982 | 1,055 | 1,349 |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Lavelle | | 834 | | |
Electorate: 9,434 Valid: 6,842 (73.22%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,369 Turnout: 6,908 |
Swinford
Swinford: 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Fianna Fáil | Padraig Gavin* | | 1,967 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Patsy Dunne* | | 1,289 | 1,486 | | | |
| Fine Gael | John Flannery* | | 1,153 | 1,176 | 1,221 | 1,394 | 1,399 |
| Fianna Fáil | Oliver Flannery | | 1,019 | 1,153 | 1,319 | 1,389 | 1,390 |
| Fine Gael | Sean McEvoy* | | 910 | 972 | 1,023 | 1,491 | |
| Fine Gael | John McNicholas | | 698 | 750 | 789 | | |
| Sinn Féin | Joe McHale | | 388 | 402 | | | |
Electorate: 10,977 Valid: 7,424 (65.23%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 1,485 Turnout: 7,528 |
Westport
Westport: 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Fianna Fáil | Sen. Martin J. O'Toole* | | 2,191 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Frank Chambers* | | 1,538 | 1,637 | 1,663 | 1,731 | 1,816 | |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Durcan | | 1,492 | 1,540 | 1,679 | 1,740 | 2,367 | |
| Fine Gael | Pat Kilbane* | | 1,407 | 1,411 | 1,424 | 1,425 | 1,564 | 1,896 |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat Conway* | | 1,309 | 1,325 | 1,327 | 1,444 | 1,460 | 1,465 |
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus Hughes | | 1,124 | 1,261 | 1,304 | 1,399 | 1,551 | 1,642 |
| Fine Gael | Ted McHale* | | 1,011 | 1,044 | 1,127 | 1,148 | | |
| Sinn Féin | Mary McGing | | 377 | 392 | 407 | | | |
| Fine Gael | John Morahan | | 285 | 357 | | | | |
Electorate: 13,881 Valid: 10,761 (78.28%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 1,794 Turnout: 10,866 |
References
- ^ 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
- Official website[permanent dead link]
- 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.