1985 North Tipperary County Council election

1985 North Tipperary County Council election

20 June 1985
All 21 seats on North Tipperary County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 12 6 1 Seat change +3 -2 -2   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 2 Seat change +1
Map showing the area of North Tipperary County Council
Council control after election TBD

An election to North Tipperary County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four 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.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	12	+3	15,818	52.78
	Fine Gael	6	-2	8,736	29.15
	Labour	1	-2	3,784	12.63
	Independent	2	+1	1,649	5.50
Totals		21	-	28,588	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Borrisokane

Borrisokane: 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Casey		1,089	1,094	1,120	1,174
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hough*		966	975	1,028	1,068	1,284
	Fianna Fáil	Tony McKenna*		876	888	931	957	1,325
	Fine Gael	Liam Whyte*		742	762	838	1,077	1,115
	Fianna Fáil	John Carroll		616	662	712	729
	Fine Gael	Paddy Brennan		518	553	599	757	785
	Fine Gael	Gerard Darcy		461	502	554
	Labour	Jim Hough		288	409
	Labour	Maureen Carmody		277
Electorate: 7,793   Valid: 5,833 (75.66%)   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 63   Turnout: 5,896

Nenagh-Newport

Nenagh-Newport: 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	John Ryan TD*		1,243	1,270	1,295
	Fianna Fáil	Mairead Ryan		1,183	1,194	1,328
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Harrington*		1,056	1,066	1,130	1,161	1,182	1,190	1,191	1,438
	Independent	Joseph O'Connor*		946	949	959	1,034	1,090	1,092	1,093	1,130	1,133	1,287
	Fianna Fáil	John Sheehy*		792	793	843	865	928	945	948	1,055	1,112	1,523
	Fine Gael	Tom Ryan		770	773	775	860	899	899	899	916	917	1,005	1,030
	Fine Gael	Tom Berkery*		739	751	757	815	953	954	955	1,007	1,013	1,046	1,062
	Fianna Fáil	Ger Ryan*		690	693	718	782	789	792	792	852	909
	Fine Gael	Willie Kennedy		688	715	726	739	836	837	838	1,010	1,041	1,065	1,077
	Fianna Fáil	Jacksie Ryan		677	680	717	727	767	780	785
	Fine Gael	Martin O'Sullivan		495	496	547	561
	Fianna Fáil	Ned Foley		429	430
	Labour	Frank Lewis*		419	446	451
	Labour	Mary Brosnan		133
Electorate: 13,646   Valid: 10,260 (76.13%)   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 1,283   Turnout: 10,389

Roscrea-Templemore

Roscrea-Templemore: 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Sen. Michael Smith*		1,948
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Mulrooney		1,071	1,344
	Fianna Fáil	John Egan*		1,035	1,337
	Fine Gael	Denis Ryan*		834	895	935	954	969	1,303
	Fine Gael	Denis Meagher		700	755	763	796	846	924	1,026
	Fine Gael	John Butler		679	703	710	747	783	840	873
	Labour	Tommy Shanahan*		560	603	651	659	731
	Labour	Kevin Devaney		178	200	204	217
Electorate: 9,696   Valid: 7,005 (73.08%)   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 1,168   Turnout: 7,086

Thurles

Thurles: 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Jane Hanafin*		1,751
	Fine Gael	Michael Lowry*		1,542
	Fianna Fáil	Harry Ryan*		978	1,140	1,193
	Independent	Frank Dwan*		703	826	870	878	1,156
	Labour	Andrew Callinan		686	747	795	807
	Fianna Fáil	Larry Looby		661	879	916	930	1,061
	Fine Gael	Mae Quinn		568	609	805	818	1,020
Electorate: 10,297   Valid: 6,871 (67.55%)   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 1,146   Turnout: 6,956

External links

• 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.