1985 Dublin County Council election in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown

An election to the electoral county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown within Dublin County to Dublin County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. Councillors were elected from local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote voting for a five-year term of office.^[1] This term was extended for a further year, to 1991.^[2]

Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown was one of three electoral counties in Dublin County established by the Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985.^[3]^[4] The county electoral areas of Ballybrack, Blackrock and Dún Laoghaire served as the relevant electoral areas for the election to the corporation of Dun Laoghaire.

Results by LEA

Ballybrack

Ballybrack: 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Fine Gael	Donal Marren		1,226	1,245	1,269	1,276	1,293	1,383	1,435	1,791
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Conroy		1,191	1,194	1,204	1,316	1,348	1,362	1,403	1,415	1,419	1,671
	Fianna Fáil	Owen Hammond		859	861	864	960	1,014	1,024	1,062	1,090	1,096	1,393	1,540	1,641
	Workers' Party	Eamon Gilmore		848	866	899	902	1,043	1,057	1,100	1,108	1,111	1,170	1,297	1,301	1,314
	Labour	Frank Smyth		763	859	892	897	935	964	997	1,043	1,061	1,102	1,267	1,270	1,279
	Fianna Fáil	David Kane		607	612	620	690	713	723	749	756	758
	Fine Gael	Steve Nalty		605	610	618	624	628	653	727
	Independent	Pat O'Reilly		561	567	609	617	663	671	851	911	923	954
	Fine Gael	Barbara Culleton		554	558	580	590	592	865	937	1,123	1,306	1,332	1,566
	Independent	Joan Callaghan		483	497	531	539	560	585
	Fine Gael	Jim Ansbro		469	479	491	492	501
	Sinn Féin	Mick O'Brien		454	456	461	465
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Gray		322	324	331
	Green	Philip Kearney		245	248
	Labour	Tim Wilson		165
	Independent	Victor Boyhan		25
Electorate: 20,774 Valid: 9,377 (45.46%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,563 Turnout: 9,443

Blackrock

Blackrock: 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	John H. Dockrell*		1,328	1,340	1,379	1,456	1,475	1,705
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Madigan		1,121	1,149	1,185	1,233	1,435	1,526
	Fine Gael	Aine Elliot*		1,119	1,127	1,213	1,288	1,316	1,632
	Fianna Fáil	Anne Brady*		1,113	1,130	1,185	1,220	1,661
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Cotter		693	715	745	767
	Fine Gael	William O'Grady		663	688	734	774	789
	Labour	Niamh Bhreathnach		577	618	757	1,080	1,111	1,190
	Labour	Kevin Cronin		548	589	651
	Green	Betty Reeves		476	564
	Workers' Party	Eamonn Daly		312
Electorate: 18,849 Valid: 7,950 (42.59%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 1,591 Turnout: 8,027

Clonskeagh

Clonskeagh: 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Tom Hand*		1,784
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Brock		1,165	1,179	1,197	1,253	1,282	1,330	1,599
	Fine Gael	Gina Menzies		888	1,037	1,055	1,073	1,200	1,510	1,573
	Fianna Fáil	Pól MacMurchú		800	806	812	820	839	871	1,254
	Fianna Fáil	Paul McNulty		662	672	677	690	732	765
	Green	Ingrid Masterson		370	375	377	433
	Workers' Party	Gerry Nolan		249	254	267
	Labour	Peter Nolan		246	254	346	440	578
	Labour	Willie Byrne		149	157
Electorate: 14,231 Valid: 6,313 (44.85%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,579 Turnout: 6,383

Dundrum

Dundrum: 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Kitt*		2,509
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Fox		782	1,205	1,219	1,302	1,374	1,393	2,058
	Labour	Frank Buckley*		730	786	853	898	1,130	1,213	1,264	1,358
	Fine Gael	Mary Elliott		662	707	744	749	815	1,109	1,211	1,290
	Fine Gael	Austin Corcoran		642	699	724	735	760	985	1,051	1,113
	Fine Gael	Myles Tierney*		564	616	631	634	672
	Fianna Fáil	Trevor Matthews		505	845	859	883	932	962
	Workers' Party	Eamonn O Liadhain		435	460	520	615
	Sinn Féin	Don Begley		313	331	342
	Green	Murrough Lacy		201	207
	Independent	Gabriel McGovern		59	65
Electorate: 15,568 Valid: 7,402 (47.9%) Spoilt: 53 Quota: 1,481 Turnout: 7,457

Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire: 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Fine Gael	Liam T. Cosgrave TD		2,456
	Fianna Fáil	Betty Coffey		1,110	1,119	1,125	1,132	1,151	1,160	1,198	1,211	1,362	1,387	1,403	1,424	1,435	1,791	1,873
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Fitzpatrick		1,063	1,070	1,077	1,080	1,086	1,098	1,112	1,235	1,266	1,307	1,321	1,342	1,345	1,387	1,483
	Fianna Fáil	Bill Harvey*		1,057	1,061	1,066	1,074	1,080	1,093	1,097	1,134	1,249	1,306	1,331	1,345	1,353	1,887	1,993
	Fine Gael	Brendan Henderson*		857	951	958	966	984	998	1,023	1,037	1,057	1,160	1,503	2,243
	Fianna Fáil	Adrian Hardiman		854	859	865	867	870	877	887	905	1,052	1,074	1,080	1,098	1,111
	Labour	Jane Dillon-Byrne*		700	715	727	760	787	837	932	994	1,007	1,179	1,238	1,310	1,408	1,471	2,041
	Labour	Eric Doyle*		663	679	684	701	707	723	755	814	831	974	1,001	1,052	1,133	1,169
	Fine Gael	John O'Sullivan		575	623	623	636	648	661	685	696	699	735
	Labour	Jack Loughran*		524	531	534	564	566	584	600	670	683
	Fine Gael	Elizabeth Gregan		503	508	510	510	515	518	529	552
	Fine Gael	Mark Crimmins		435	642	646	650	679	687	725	741	766	784	998
	Workers' Party	Aidan Kendrick		406	409	415	416	423	471	520
	Green	Theresa Butterfield		287	289	305	310	357	401
	Democratic Socialist	Christy Hudson		241	242	250	254	263
	Independent	Victor Boyhan		202	202	212	212
	Labour	Philip Murphy		134	136	136
	Independent	Ubi Dwyer		101	102
Electorate: 27,482 Valid: 12,168 (44.72%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 2,029 Turnout: 12,291

Glencullen

Glencullen: 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Edward McDonald		1,271	1,275	1,290	1,351	1,499	1,516	2,036
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Murphy		1,042	1,040	1,066	1,072	1,117	1,159	1,407	1,742
	Fine Gael	Sam Carroll*		881	888	931	1,009	1,066	1,423	1,551	1,563
	Fianna Fáil	Larry Butler		855	856	877	891	932	962
	Fine Gael	Jim Gildea		827	834	867	974	1,037	1,401	1,432	1,436
	Fine Gael	Joseph Curry		684	686	731	794	840
	Workers' Party	Denis O'Callaghan		419	423	485	581
	Labour	Justin Kilcullen		357	430	478
	Green	Alison Badrian		296	298
	Labour	Roger Cole		105
Electorate: 14,499 Valid: 6,737 (46.83%) Spoilt: 53 Quota: 1,685 Turnout: 6,790

Stillorgan

Stillorgan: 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Eithne Fitzgerald*		1,328	1,352	1,411	1,464	1,513	1,735
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Hickey*		1,228	1,243	1,266	1,268	1,458	1,505
	Fianna Fáil	Don Lydon		1,211	1,234	1,276	1,293	1,557	1,638
	Fine Gael	Olivia Mitchell		1,013	1,035	1,073	1,356	1,393	1,489
	Fine Gael	Donal Lowry		942	957	1,002	1,190	1,210	1,266
	Fianna Fáil	Carmel Ryan		546	558	591	598
	Fine Gael	Chris O'Malley		537	543	571
	Green	Joseph Thornton		429	472	607	617	638
	Independent	Fred O'Brien		391	442
	Independent	M. MacFeorais		219
Electorate: 17,976 Valid: 7,844 (43.91%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 1,569 Turnout: 7,894

External links

References

^ "Local Elections, 1985: Election Results and Transfer of Votes" (PDF). Department of the Environment. pp. 56–64. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^ 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.
^ Dublin Electoral Counties Order 1985 (S.I. No. 133 of 1985). Signed on 10 May 1985. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 13 December 2021.
^ Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985, s. 13: Establishment, membership and election of councils of established electoral counties (No. 7 of 1985, s. 13). Enacted on 3 April 1985. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 13 December 2021.

[1] "Local Elections, 1985: Election Results and Transfer of Votes" (PDF). Department of the Environment. pp. 56–64. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

[2] 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.

[3] Dublin Electoral Counties Order 1985 (S.I. No. 133 of 1985). Signed on 10 May 1985. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 13 December 2021.

[4] Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985, s. 13: Establishment, membership and election of councils of established electoral counties (No. 7 of 1985, s. 13). Enacted on 3 April 1985. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 13 December 2021.

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