1985 Cork Corporation election

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.

1985 Cork Corporation election

20 June 1985
All 31 seats on Cork City Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 13 8 5 Seat change 0 0 0   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Workers' Party Independent Seats won 2 3 Seat change 0 0
Map showing the area of Cork City Council

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	13	0	17,399	41.16
	Fine Gael	8	0	11,376	26.91
	Labour	5	0	4,478	10.59
	Workers' Party	2	0	2,394	5.66
	Independent	3	0	4,545	10.75
Totals		31	0	42,271	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Cork North-Central

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

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

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

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

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

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

External links

• http://www.corkcity.ie/
• 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.