Part of the 1985 Irish local elections
1985 Clare County Council election|
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Map showing the area of Clare County Council |
Council control before election Fianna Fáil | Council control after election Fianna Fáil | |
An election to Clare County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 32 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[edit]
Results by local electoral area[edit]
Ennistymon[edit]
Ennistymon: 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tony Killeen | | 1,284 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Frank Henchy* | | 1,120 | 1,127 | 1,134 | 1,472 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Enda Mulkere | | 1,029 | 1,052 | 1,060 | 1,081 | 1,128 | 1,135 | 1,440 |
| Labour | Martin Lafferty* | | 1,027 | 1,036 | 1,043 | 1,216 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Nagle* | | 932 | 951 | 955 | 1,009 | 1,057 | 1,086 | 1,730 |
| Fianna Fáil | Jack Lynch* | | 887 | 946 | 956 | 994 | 1,044 | 1,062 | |
| Fine Gael | Bill Slattery | | 645 | 649 | 652 | | | | |
| Independent | Joseph Meehan | | 47 | 48 | | | | | |
Electorate: 9,782 Valid: 6,971 (71.72%) Spoilt: 45 Quota: 1,162 Turnout: 7,016 |
Killaloe[edit]
Killaloe: 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Independent | John Minogue* | | 1,545 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Colm Wiley* | | 1,385 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Gorman | | 1,295 | 1,360 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Bugler* | | 1,208 | 1,266 | 1,497 | | |
| Fine Gael | Tony McMahon* | | 1,197 | 1,221 | 1,248 | 1,278 | 1,286 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Begley | | 1,038 | 1,044 | 1,131 | 1,150 | 1,201 |
| Fianna Fáil | Harry Brannn* | | 885 | 900 | 1,251 | 1,361 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Eoin Maloney | | 726 | 777 | | | |
Electorate: 13,372 Valid: 9,279 (69.89%) Spoilt: 367 Quota: 1,326 Turnout: 9,346 |
Kilrush[edit]
Kilrush: 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Fianna Fáil | P.J. Kelly | | 1,099 | 1,106 | 1,203 | 1,219 | 1,220 | 1,275 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Bill Chambers | | 1,084 | 1,108 | 1,234 | 1,280 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Madeleine Taylor-Quinn TD* | | 955 | 1,079 | 1,091 | 1,213 | 1,217 | 1,301 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Jackie Keane* | | 872 | 923 | 1,039 | 1,059 | 1,061 | 1,081 | 1,085 | 1,452 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Keating* | | 820 | 846 | 877 | 998 | 1,006 | 1,135 | 1,143 | 1,249 | |
| Independent | William O'Looney | | 756 | 771 | 772 | 803 | 804 | 991 | 1,021 | 1,090 | 1,157 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Flynn | | 562 | 584 | 625 | 660 | 666 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Foran* | | 556 | 585 | 594 | 693 | 700 | 816 | 819 | 866 | 901 |
| Independent | Sean Maloney | | 551 | 585 | 589 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Sean Ryan | | 547 | 607 | 682 | 726 | 730 | 771 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Timmy McMahon | | 514 | 519 | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Annette Burke | | 410 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 11,784 Valid: 8,726 (74.54%) Spoilt: 58 Quota: 1,247 Turnout: 8,784 |
Miltown-Malbay[edit]
Miltown-Malbay: 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Independent | P.J. Burke* | | 1,408 | | | | | |
| Independent | Christy Curtin* | | 1,249 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | James Breen | | 1,038 | 1,082 | 1,102 | 1,128 | 1,147 | 1,320 |
| Fianna Fáil | Flan Garvey | | 974 | 1,010 | 1,024 | 1,044 | 1,053 | 1,133 |
| Fine Gael | Donal Carey TD* | | 883 | 908 | 929 | 1,175 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Haulie Daly | | 756 | 767 | 788 | 794 | 798 | 830 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Hillery | | 617 | 668 | 672 | 752 | 792 | 1,165 |
| Fianna Fáil | Timothy Sexton | | 603 | 657 | 659 | 707 | 736 | |
| Fine Gael | P.J. Meade | | 404 | 436 | 447 | | | |
| Independent | Basil Minihane | | 65 | 69 | | | | |
| Independent | Frank McTigue | | 36 | 39 | | | | |
Electorate: 11,177 Valid: 8,033 (72.42%) Spoilt: 61 Quota: 1,148 Turnout: 8,094 |
Shannon[edit]
Shannon: 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat McMahon* | | 1,103 | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Patricia McCarthy* | | 1,001 | 1,006 | 1,026 | 1,074 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Sean Driscoll | | 977 | 991 | 1,002 | 1,015 | 1,103 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | PJ Cunningham | | 568 | 586 | 631 | 632 | 648 | 662 | 705 | 769 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Hillery | | 544 | 561 | 577 | 593 | 636 | 666 | 702 | 863 | 1,267 |
| Fine Gael | Sonny Scanlon | | 419 | 421 | 446 | 519 | 526 | 528 | 790 | 868 | 1,050 |
| Independent | John Murray | | 404 | 407 | 427 | 427 | 540 | 554 | 594 | | |
| Fine Gael | Mary Donnelly | | 382 | 390 | 409 | 440 | 454 | 457 | | | |
| Independent | Brigid Makowski | | 372 | 372 | 380 | 382 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Joan Reddan | | 229 | 231 | 237 | | | | | | |
| Independent | JJ McCabe | | 189 | 191 | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 9,767 Valid: 6,188 (63.36%) Quota: 1,032 |
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