1985 South Tipperary County Council election

1985 South Tipperary County Council election

20 June 1985
All 26 seats on South Tipperary County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 14 8 3 Seat change +3 0 -1   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 1 Seat change -2
Map showing the area of South Tipperary County Council
Council control after election Fianna Fail

An election to South Tipperary County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five 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	14	+3	16,537	43.78
	Fine Gael	8	0	10,932	28.94
	Labour	3	-1	4,518	11.96
	Independent	1	-2	3,773	9.99
Totals		26	-	37,772	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Cahir

Cahir: 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Byrne TD*		1,447
	Fianna Fáil	John Brennan*		947	1,049	1,063	1,071	1,094	1,146
	Fine Gael	Theresa Ahearn*		905	921	948	959	969	1,006	1,016	1,148
	Fianna Fáil	Con Donovan*		847	943	949	980	989	1,000	1,011	1,069	1,111
	Fine Gael	Sean Sampson*		663	680	683	687	705	720	722	869	1,049
	Fianna Fáil	Mattie McGrath		588	659	676	681	699	735	741	757	795
	Fine Gael	John Arrigan		364	378	379	390	407	415	418
	Labour	Eamonn Shine		257	263	267	280	302	418	425	443
	Labour	John O'Leary		246	253	268	285	296
	Sinn Féin	Jimmy Maher		138	141	144	160
	Independent	Joe Meaney		116	121	130
	Independent	Jim Cooney		98	105
Electorate: 9,700   Valid: 6,616 (69.04%)   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 1,103   Turnout: 6,697

Cashel

Cashel: 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Dr. Seán McCarthy TD*		1,486
	Fine Gael	Jack Crowe*		1,116	1,142	1,209
	Fine Gael	John Ryan*		766	776	780	806	890	1,019	1,164
	Fianna Fáil	Timmy Hammersley*		743	787	801	919	928	1,083	1,217
	Independent	John Bergin		637	653	679	702	754	772
	Fianna Fáil	Denis McInerney*		620	725	785	855	882	1,016	1,202
	Fine Gael	Tom Wood		572	590	660	667	813	824	1,012
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Grady		394	421	424	477	482
	Fine Gael	Patrick Downey		312	315	332	338
	Workers' Party	Sean Hill		299	306
	Fianna Fáil	Kitty Barry		291	314	324
Electorate: 9,788   Valid: 7,236 (74.58%)   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 1,207   Turnout: 7,300

Clonmel

Clonmel: 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Sean Treacy TD*		2,172
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Davern		1,041	1,141	1,163	1,228	1,302
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Ambrose*		950	1,038	1,058	1,119	1,243
	Fine Gael	Johnny Kehoe		842	920	938	1,240	1,292
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Cronin		763	869	878	916	1,034
	Labour	Sean Lyons*		683	984	1,040	1,109	1,328
	Workers and Unemployed	Seamus Healy		535	667	682	719
	Fine Gael	Terence Darmody*		518	579	594
	Labour	Mary-Ann Burke		132	165
Electorate: 10,807   Valid: 7,636 (71.21%)   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 1,273   Turnout: 7,696

Fethard

Fethard: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Ned Meagher		1,464
	Labour	Ned Brennan*		1,135	1,162	1,231	1,237	1,305
	Fine Gael	John Holohan*		930	944	950	952	956	969	1,351
	Fianna Fáil	Dick Tobin*		908	961	973	992	1,016	1,088	1,106	1,108	1,416
	Fine Gael	Jimmy Hogan		785	786	790	843	953	1,082	1,168	1,184	1,205
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Bourke*		759	773	779	810	863	991	998	998	1,270
	Fine Gael	Sean Clancy		653	663	672	673	676	687
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Aherne		644	677	687	691	698	734	763	765
	Fine Gael	James Murphy*		630	631	635	651	676	701	785	812	842
	Sinn Féin	Eddie O'Doherty		461	463	492	524	592
	Labour	David Drohan*		367	367	369	401
	Independent	Dick Joy		215	215	217	380
	Workers' Party	Michael Langton		178	181
Electorate: 12,778   Valid: 9,127 (72.34%)   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 1,304   Turnout: 9,244

Tipperary

Tipperary: 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Michael Ferris*		1,564
	Fianna Fáil	William Ryan*		1,080	1,127	1,140	1,184	1,221
	Fine Gael	Michael Fitzgerald*		854	920	955	981	1,154	1,591
	Fianna Fáil	Josephine Quinlan*		830	865	877	928	954	1,021	1,094
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Maguire		735	774	788	832	861	1,049	1,136
	Workers' Party	Christy Kinahan		636	680	748	850	881	896	916
	Fine Gael	P.J. Maher*		607	633	640	646	786
	Fine Gael	Denis Leahy		415	441	452	465
	Sinn Féin	Finbarr Kissane		302	324	342
	Labour	Paddy Cummins		134	200
Electorate: 10,716   Valid: 7,157 (67.7%)   Spoilt: 98   Quota: 1,193   Turnout: 7,255

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.