Part of the 1985 Irish local elections
1985 Cork Corporation election|
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Map showing the area of Cork City Council |
An election to Cork City Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 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 local electoral area
[edit] Cork North-Central: 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Fine Gael | Bernard Allen TD* | | 1,540 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Bernie Murphy | | 757 | 779 | 792 | 811 | 823 | 848 | 910 | 927 | 1,042 | 1,089 | 1,242 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Paud Black* | | 697 | 728 | 731 | 741 | 746 | 762 | 781 | 873 | 893 | 919 | 975 | 985 |
| Fianna Fáil | David Buckley* | | 688 | 715 | 719 | 731 | 739 | 748 | 764 | 847 | 868 | 902 | 938 | 946 |
| Fianna Fáil | Peter Falvey | | 580 | 599 | 600 | 605 | 612 | 623 | 639 | 739 | 766 | 793 | 853 | 866 |
| Labour | Joe O'Callaghan | | 483 | 513 | 519 | 538 | 549 | 648 | 663 | 676 | 739 | 856 | 992 | 1,012 |
| Independent | Jerry O'Riordan | | 415 | 429 | 433 | 458 | 465 | 500 | 539 | 554 | 608 | 648 | | |
| Workers' Party | Harry Carroll | | 337 | 352 | 360 | 364 | 367 | 378 | 427 | 438 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | John Coleman | | 334 | 340 | 340 | 345 | 346 | 438 | 351 | 357 | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Don O'Leary | | 262 | 268 | 278 | 287 | 289 | 291 | | | | | | |
| Labour | Bertie McSweeney | | 212 | 213 | 225 | 228 | 243 | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Charles Browne | | 171 | 346 | 349 | 365 | 462 | 474 | 485 | 493 | 519 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Richard J. Long | | 140 | 178 | 178 | 180 | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Desmond Walls | | 126 | 135 | 139 | | | | | | | | | |
| Communist | John N. Murphy | | 58 | 61 | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 15,131 Valid: 6,800 (45.81%) Spoilt: 131 Quota: 1,134 Turnout: 6,931 |
Cork North-East: 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Fianna Fáil | Mairin Quill* | | 1,063 | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Bill Nolan* | | 638 | 642 | 650 | 734 | 743 | 754 | 784 | 792 | 1,209 | |
| Workers' Party | John Kelleher | | 609 | 610 | 624 | 634 | 710 | 752 | 785 | 798 | 862 | 888 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tim Brosnan | | 586 | 599 | 623 | 634 | 647 | 734 | 1,087 | | | |
| Independent | Denis A. Tobin | | 559 | 561 | 583 | 593 | 653 | 697 | 753 | 772 | 826 | 853 |
| Labour | Frank Nash | | 553 | 555 | 677 | 693 | 721 | 744 | 780 | 791 | 873 | 998 |
| Fine Gael | Tadhg McAuliffe | | 464 | 465 | 478 | 626 | 633 | 673 | 722 | 737 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat McRory | | 445 | 453 | 460 | 465 | 482 | 632 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Noel O'Flynn | | 385 | 394 | 400 | 404 | 425 | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Anthony Dempsey | | 298 | 298 | 303 | 307 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Mairin Daly | | 277 | 278 | 294 | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Sheila Abbott | | 138 | 139 | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | George McDonnell | | 109 | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 12,666 Valid: 6,124 (48.97%) Spoilt: 164 Quota: 1,021 Turnout: 6,202 |
Cork North-West: 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Fianna Fáil | Dan Wallace TD* | | 1,888 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Liam Burke TD* | | 1,007 | 1,077 | 1,142 | | | | |
| Labour | Gerry O'Sullivan* | | 775 | 828 | 857 | 1,006 | 1,066 | 1,102 | 1,108 |
| Workers' Party | Jimmy Homan | | 690 | 732 | 775 | 805 | 909 | 939 | 941 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tim Falvey | | 574 | 781 | 800 | 817 | 862 | 1,229 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Dave McCarthy | | 521 | 705 | 714 | 727 | 784 | 1,007 | 1,091 |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin A. Harvey | | 514 | 658 | 667 | 694 | 730 | | |
| Sinn Féin | Sean Walsh | | 347 | 366 | 382 | 392 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Con Fitzpatrick | | 277 | 280 | 333 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Sheila McGarry | | 159 | 185 | | | | | |
| Communist | Bill McGarry | | 69 | 72 | | | | | |
Electorate: 14,358 Valid: 6,821 (48.22%) Spoilt: 102 Quota: 1,137 Turnout: 6,923 |
Cork South-Central: 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Fianna Fáil | Pearse Wyse TD | | 1,295 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Denis Cregan* | | 809 | 818 | 823 | 828 | 915 | 924 | 926 | 983 | 993 | 1,064 | 1,119 | 1,121 | 1,191 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Micheál Martin | | 788 | 815 | 818 | 824 | 829 | 840 | 907 | 933 | 1,069 | 1,102 | 1,167 | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Peadar Beecher | | 465 | 467 | 472 | 495 | 497 | 507 | 510 | 512 | 518 | 522 | 572 | 572 | | | |
| Labour | John Murray | | 464 | 469 | 475 | 479 | 482 | 493 | 500 | 503 | 506 | 676 | 737 | 740 | 809 | 988 | 1,000 |
| Workers' Party | Kathleen Lynch | | 412 | 415 | 422 | 434 | 437 | 460 | 469 | 475 | 480 | 515 | 574 | 578 | 748 | 804 | 822 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Finn | | 406 | 440 | 440 | 447 | 451 | 458 | 492 | 499 | 584 | 597 | 643 | 664 | 731 | 787 | 804 |
| Fine Gael | Dan Morrissey* | | 396 | 402 | 403 | 409 | 429 | 435 | 443 | 523 | 533 | 587 | 621 | 623 | 638 | | |
| Labour | Pat Dawson* | | 365 | 369 | 372 | 380 | 392 | 409 | 418 | 432 | 442 | | | | | | |
| Independent | Fred Penney | | 305 | 312 | 324 | 358 | 362 | 420 | 424 | 434 | 443 | 464 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Sean O'Reilly* | | 191 | 226 | 231 | 239 | 243 | 246 | 303 | 307 | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Christopher O'Connor | | 183 | 203 | 206 | 211 | 212 | 219 | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Sarah Madden | | 182 | 183 | 185 | 189 | 212 | 224 | 226 | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | John Cahill* | | 176 | 177 | 177 | 179 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Green | Patrick Cotter | | 162 | 163 | 173 | 187 | 190 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Finbarr O'Connor | | 137 | 140 | 147 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Pat O'Connor | | 70 | 72 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 14,329 Valid: 6,806 (48.49%) Spoilt: 142 Quota: 1,135 Turnout: 6,948 |
Cork South-East: 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Fine Gael | Jim Corr* | | 1,673 | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Sean Beausang* | | 1,241 | | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Chrissie Aherne* | | 999 | 1,017 | 1,080 | 1,098 | 1,105 | 1,124 | 1,183 | 1,350 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Donal Counihan* | | 854 | 878 | 912 | 918 | 921 | 936 | 956 | 1,115 | 1,193 | 1,237 |
| Fine Gael | Ted McCarthy | | 665 | 785 | 793 | 876 | 881 | 905 | 923 | 949 | 1,079 | 1,084 |
| Fianna Fáil | Chris Coughlan | | 622 | 649 | 675 | 680 | 684 | 690 | 710 | 818 | 864 | 941 |
| Fine Gael | John Blair | | 551 | 733 | 741 | 826 | 831 | 855 | 872 | 889 | 1,011 | 1,016 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Lombard* | | 492 | 501 | 531 | 532 | 534 | 571 | 597 | | | |
| Workers' Party | Sean McCarthy | | 346 | 352 | 353 | 357 | 361 | 390 | | | | |
| Labour | Tom O'Sullivan | | 310 | 323 | 330 | 340 | 343 | 511 | 617 | 654 | | |
| Labour | Frank Kerrigan | | 307 | 320 | 323 | 339 | 342 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Philip Travers | | 191 | 241 | 241 | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Ann Hynes | | 181 | 187 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 19,081 Valid: 8,432 (44.79%) Spoilt: 114 Quota: 1,212 Turnout: 8,546 |
Cork South-West: 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Fianna Fáil | John Dennehy* | | 1,448 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Brian Bermingham* | | 892 | 901 | 909 | 914 | 918 | 963 | 994 | 1,307 | | | |
| Independent | Patrick Murray | | 689 | 830 | 860 | 934 | 957 | 992 | 1,221 | 1,328 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Owen Curtin* | | 658 | 741 | 748 | 757 | 776 | 804 | 1,070 | 1,095 | 1,098 | 1,537 | |
| Labour | Toddy O'Sullivan TD* | | 655 | 681 | 719 | 737 | 777 | 837 | 860 | 938 | 947 | 1,020 | 1,047 |
| Fine Gael | Niall Hartnett | | 631 | 636 | 648 | 649 | 650 | 678 | 708 | 834 | 910 | 959 | 999 |
| Fianna Fáil | Jarlath Killilea | | 568 | 613 | 617 | 623 | 653 | 666 | 751 | 767 | 768 | | |
| Fine Gael | Harry Anthony | | 537 | 545 | 549 | 557 | 560 | 589 | 595 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Phil Cummins | | 439 | 477 | 481 | 490 | 506 | 518 | | | | | |
| Green | Sean Dunne | | 331 | 335 | 348 | 362 | 403 | | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | James McBarron | | 214 | 217 | 221 | 239 | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Finbarr O'Connor | | 119 | 122 | 126 | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Noel Dempsey | | 107 | 108 | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 15,555 Valid: 7,288 (47.45%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,215 Turnout: 7,381 |