Part of the 1985 Irish local elections
1985 Wicklow County Council election|
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Map showing the area of Wicklow County Council |
| Council control after election Fianna Fail | |
An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 24 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.[1]
Results by party[edit]
Results by local electoral area[edit]
Arklow: 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Fianna Fáil | Dr. Bill O'Connell* | | 1,382 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Vincent Blake* | | 1,128 | 1,134 | 1,135 | 1,157 | 1,166 | 1,291 | 1,354 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat Doran | | 950 | 951 | 953 | 958 | 961 | 972 | 973 | 973 | 991 | 999 | 1,071 | 1,092 |
| Labour | Kevin Ryan* | | 863 | 887 | 888 | 889 | 910 | 933 | 941 | 945 | 963 | 1,020 | 1,040 | 1,042 |
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Keenan* | | 822 | 839 | 845 | 849 | 861 | 953 | 961 | 964 | 999 | 1,049 | 1,124 | 1,168 |
| Fianna Fáil | John Sweeney* | | 628 | 628 | 651 | 665 | 705 | 712 | 767 | 768 | 904 | 997 | 1,420 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Clandillon | | 605 | 647 | 663 | 689 | 726 | 727 | 754 | 754 | 848 | 921 | | |
| Labour | Sean Wolohan | | 560 | 567 | 577 | 602 | 715 | 730 | 790 | 792 | 918 | 1,035 | 1,189 | 1,242 |
| Independent | Denis Kinsella* | | 443 | 443 | 450 | 477 | 512 | 525 | 561 | 564 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Philip Doyle | | 339 | 359 | 360 | 382 | 393 | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Oliver Merrigan | | 338 | 338 | 342 | 380 | 396 | 441 | 571 | 612 | 664 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Margo Weadick* | | 320 | 321 | 325 | 389 | 411 | 437 | | | | | | |
| Labour | Paddy Kavanagh | | 311 | 319 | 324 | 344 | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Billy Briggs | | 278 | 279 | 281 | | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | James Quigley | | 88 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 13,219 Valid: 9,095 (69.81%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,300 Turnout: 9,228 |
Baltinglass[edit]
Baltinglass: 3 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Fine Gael | Godfrey Timmins TD* | | 1,397 | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | James Miley* | | 1,158 | 1,162 | 1,163 | 1,174 | 1,195 | 1,244 | 1,338 | 1,456 |
| Fianna Fáil | Hugh O'Keeffe | | 888 | 895 | 897 | 910 | 921 | 934 | 994 | 1,154 |
| Labour | Tommy Cullen | | 663 | 668 | 676 | 685 | 703 | 716 | 768 | |
| Fine Gael | Pascal Deering* | | 501 | 524 | 527 | 539 | 571 | 731 | 775 | 978 |
| Sinn Féin | Gerry O'Neill | | 315 | 316 | 317 | 322 | 340 | 353 | | |
| Fine Gael | Donal McEvoy | | 254 | 261 | 263 | 270 | 271 | | | |
| Workers' Party | Maura Green | | 117 | 117 | 117 | 121 | | | | |
| Independent | Michael Scanlon | | 74 | 75 | 81 | | | | | |
| Independent | Daniel Buckley | | 26 | 26 | | | | | | |
Electorate: 8,047 Valid: 5,393 (67.91%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,349 Turnout: 5,465 |
Bray: 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Workers' Party | Liz McManus | | 1,213 | | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | John Byrne* | | 1,098 | 1,105 | 1,110 | 1,160 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Ciarán Murphy* | | 1,073 | 1,081 | 1,087 | 1,099 | 1,126 | 1,129 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Lawlor | | 798 | 801 | 802 | 808 | 832 | 832 | 834 | 849 | 878 | 1,046 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Ledwidge | | 721 | 725 | 728 | 742 | 753 | 756 | 767 | 811 | 831 | 1,052 |
| Fine Gael | Mark Mortell | | 550 | 554 | 555 | 566 | 578 | 579 | 721 | 774 | 1,028 | 1,074 |
| Fine Gael | Jane Murphy* | | 514 | 520 | 522 | 533 | 539 | 541 | 633 | 718 | 813 | 864 |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat Vance | | 487 | 491 | 496 | 504 | 527 | 529 | 549 | 590 | 614 | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Conlon | | 375 | 379 | 382 | 400 | 408 | 410 | 463 | 506 | | |
| Fine Gael | Pat McHugh | | 345 | 348 | 350 | 355 | 358 | 359 | | | | |
| Labour | Barbara Hyland | | 266 | 270 | 275 | 299 | 341 | 360 | 381 | | | |
| Workers' Party | Dermot Tobin | | 182 | 200 | 256 | 263 | | | | | | |
| Labour | Nancy Mahony | | 174 | 176 | 178 | | | | | | | |
| Workers' Party | Kathy Reen | | 87 | 106 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 16,600 Valid: 7,883 (48.46%) Spoilt: 162 Quota: 1,127 Turnout: 8,045 |
Greystones[edit]
Greystones: 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Fianna Fáil | Johnny Fox* | | 1,823 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | George Jones* | | 1,113 | 1,186 | 1,213 | 1,346 | | |
| Fine Gael | John Leeson* | | 907 | 977 | 1,025 | 1,064 | 1,100 | 1,229 |
| Fianna Fáil | Dick Roche | | 744 | 1,032 | 1,050 | 1,116 | 1,123 | 1,337 |
| Independent | Jack Murnane | | 548 | 585 | 598 | 677 | 693 | |
| Workers' Party | John McManus* | | 516 | 565 | 616 | 758 | 778 | 964 |
| Labour | Charlie Keddy | | 448 | 472 | 553 | | | |
| Labour | Tom Mulligan | | 214 | 249 | | | | |
Electorate: 11,899 Valid: 6,333 (53.78%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,267 Turnout: 6,399 |
Wicklow[edit]
Wicklow: 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Jacob | | 918 | 938 | 945 | 1,011 | 1,023 | 1,068 | 1,081 | 1,201 | 1,507 | | | |
| Labour | Paddy Kavanagh | | 773 | 794 | 826 | 903 | 994 | 1,012 | 1,111 | 1,178 | 1,200 | 1,203 | 1,331 | 1,364 |
| Independent | Susan Phillips | | 756 | 786 | 810 | 829 | 832 | 861 | 923 | 955 | 994 | 1,000 | 1,189 | 1,215 |
| Fianna Fáil | John Giff* | | 680 | 692 | 735 | 745 | 753 | 764 | 818 | 908 | 1,241 | 1,350 | 1,495 | |
| Labour | Frank Hynes* | | 664 | 677 | 692 | 715 | 826 | 834 | 857 | 973 | 996 | 999 | 1,183 | 1,203 |
| Fianna Fáil | John Byrne | | 648 | 657 | 663 | 666 | 671 | 687 | 705 | 853 | | | | |
| Independent | Francis Doyle | | 617 | 651 | 704 | 724 | 746 | 768 | 813 | 854 | 888 | 902 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus Power | | 605 | 612 | 613 | 614 | 678 | 689 | 691 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Harry Cullen* | | 578 | 585 | 589 | 611 | 622 | 860 | 1,049 | 1,070 | 1,119 | 1,127 | 1,184 | 1,186 |
| Fine Gael | Nora Fitzpatrick | | 466 | 466 | 495 | 497 | 501 | 536 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Andy Cullen | | 411 | 414 | 415 | 429 | 441 | | | | | | | |
| Labour | James Gregory* | | 329 | 341 | 345 | 359 | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Jimmy O'Shaughnessy | | 260 | 280 | 281 | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Robert Kearns | | 245 | 257 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Workers' Party | Colm Kirwan | | 228 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 13,089 Valid: 8,178 (63.28%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 1,364 Turnout: 8,283 |
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