1985 Louth County Council election

An election to Louth County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 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]

1985 Louth County Council election
20 June 1985
All 26 seats on Louth County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 11 8 2
Seat change 0 0 0
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 1 3
Seat change 0 0
Map showing the area of Louth County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 11 0
Fine Gael 8 0
Labour 2 0
Sinn Féin 1 0
Independent 3 0
Totals 26 0 —

Results by local electoral area

Ardee
Ardee: 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil Nicholas McCabe* 1,035 1,097 1,111 1,114 1,128 1,195    
Fine Gael Bernard Markey* 985 1,079 1,240          
Independent Hugh D. Conlon* 692 777 805 811 932 1,112 1,173 1,179
Fianna Fáil John McConville 730 731 745 747 869 899 1,036 1,041
Fianna Fáil Paddy Sharkey* 610 649 651 651 660 686    
Fine Gael Thomas McGrory* 591 596 766 817 881 928 978 980
Fianna Fáil Colm Keenan 587 656 661 662 674 726 963 972
Sinn Féin Jackie McGahon 521 546 546 562 598      
Fine Gael Daniel Woods 426 437            
Labour Terry Butterly 425 455 473 475        
Independent Val Kerr 259              
Labour Sean Reilly 119              
Electorate: 10,697   Valid: 7,040   Spoilt: 80   Quota: 1,174   Turnout: 7,120 (66.56%)  

    Carlingford
    Carlingford: 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Sinn Féin Arthur Morgan 875 886 918 1,012 1,034 1,112 1,133
    Fianna Fáil Peter Savage* 786 873 991 1,305      
    Independent Miceal O'Donnell* 796 827 870 938 981 1,092 1,148
    Fine Gael Terry Brennan 668 767 775 805 814 1,302  
    Fine Gael Tommy Elmore* 654 718 744 766 770    
    Fianna Fáil Phil McArdle 469 515 580        
    Fianna Fáil John Mills 293 261 299        
    Fine Gael Thomas Mulholland 203            
    Labour Jackie Callan 70            
    Electorate: 6,804   Valid: 4,896   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 1,225   Turnout: 4,958 (72.88%)  

      Drogheda Rural
      Drogheda Rural: 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      Labour Michael Bell TD* 949 1,038          
      Fianna Fáil Jimmy Mulroy 801 812 822 865 1,092    
      Fianna Fáil Tommy Murphy 635 649 653 673 763 858 902
      Fine Gael Tommy Donegan 564 579 589 672 715 716 1,096
      Fianna Fáil Tomas O hEochaidh 519 526 537 559 646 676 707
      Fianna Fáil Ben Devine 485 491 497 506      
      Fine Gael Patrick Carr 374 387 399 519 542 543  
      Fine Gael Ray Dempsey 316 330 338        
      Labour Tom Moran 180            
      Electorate: 8,999   Valid: 4,823 (53.59%)   Quota: 965  

        Drogheda Urban
        Drogheda Urban: 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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        Fianna Fáil Frank Godfrey* 922 936 978 1,011 1,111 1,156 1,329  
        Fianna Fáil Aloysious Farrell* 730 733 759 769 794 821 1,151 1,205
        Fine Gael Fergus O'Dowd* 730 738 801 833 870 1,182    
        Fianna Fáil Finian Brannigan 632 637 670 695 739 762    
        Fianna Fáil Con O'Brien 619 625 652 688 755 792 894 943
        Labour Peter Moore 597 612 632 839 898 951 1,004 1,021
        Fine Gael Paddy Buckley* 472 476 498 520 535      
        Sinn Féin Hugh McShane 411 428 440 456        
        Labour Peter Hughes 374 386 402          
        Independent Tom Burke 274 279            
        Workers' Party John McKenna 103              
        Electorate: 10,090   Valid: 5,864 (58.12%)   Quota: 1,173  

          Dundalk Rural
          Dundalk Rural: 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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          Fianna Fáil Eddie Filgate* 1,473            
          Fine Gael Sen. Joseph Lennon* 1,297            
          Fianna Fáil Dermot Ahern* 1,078 1,182 1,186 1,198      
          Sinn Féin Frank Duffy 880 891 894 921 957 1,004 1,047
          Fine Gael John McGuinness* 746 760 806 824 924 1,399  
          Fianna Fáil Joe Farrell* 643 767 775 786 836 924 1,059
          Fine Gael Martin Brennan 581 595 632 641 752    
          Labour Frank Carney 318 327 331 376      
          Workers' Party Pat Rooney 146 149 150        
          Electorate: 12,620   Valid: 7,162   Spoilt: 175   Quota: 1,194   Turnout: 7,337 (58.14%)  

            Dundalk Urban
            Dundalk Urban: 5 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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            Fianna Fáil Thomas Bellew* 1,358              
            Fine Gael Brendan McGahon TD* 1,305              
            Sinn Féin Fra Browne* 1,114 1,139 1,153          
            Fianna Fáil Seamus Keelan 604 689 692 700 711 826 859 1,038
            Independent Neil McCann 583 592 609 654 692 719 807 1,013
            Fianna Fáil Pearse O'Hanrahan 563 599 608 615 632 740 776 874
            Independent Martin Bellew* 508 522 534 568 603 629 752  
            Fine Gael Joe Gallagher 299 305 391 403 429 436    
            Fianna Fáil Eamon Kinch 266 295 299 303 308      
            Labour Frank Corrigan 130 134 138 161        
            Workers' Party Tim Morgan 126 126 131          
            Green Alliance Fiona Murphy 40 40 41          
            Electorate: 12,330   Valid: 6,896   Spoilt: 223   Quota: 1,150   Turnout: 7,119 (57.74%)  

              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.
              • Official website
              • 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.
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