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1985 Dublin County Council election in Dublin–Belgard

An election to the electoral county of Dublin–Belgard within Dublin County to Dublin County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. Councillors were elected from local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote voting for a five-year term of office.This term was extended for a further year, to 1991.[1][2]

1985 Dublin County Council election (Dublin–Belgard)
← 1979 20 June 1985 1991 →
26 seats to the electoral county of Dublin–Belgard within Dublin County Council
Map showing the area of Dublin–Belgard

Dublin–Belgard was one of three electoral counties established by the Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985.[3][4]

Results by local electoral area

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Clondalkin

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Clondalkin: 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil Mary Harney TD* 2,098                
Fianna Fáil Colm McGrath 1,111 1,210 1,227 1,232 1,304 1,332 1,375 1,420 1,560
Fine Gael Therese Ridge 631 646 660 695 751 846 901 1,541 1,660
Fianna Fáil Noel Hayes 618 768 780 789 823 882 974 994 1,204
Fine Gael Leon Hennessy 597 613 626 635 667 730 773    
Sinn Féin Hugh Boyle 573 582 593 604 640 687 932 946  
Workers' Party Anne Finnegan 481 487 499 532 579 681      
Independent Paul Price 296 305 322 334          
Labour Eugene Fitzsimons 289 294 360 501 522        
Labour Robert Dowds 219 223 263            
Labour Declan O Broin 197 204              
Electorate: 15,983   Valid: 7,110 (44.97%)   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 1,778   Turnout: 7,188  

Greenhills

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Greenhills: 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Chris Flood 2,183            
Fine Gael Senator Larry McMahon* 768 822 862 880 993 1,030 1,465
Workers' Party Terry Delaney 742 782 852 864 994 1,190 1,262
Independent Gerry Jago 588 726 781 793 851 917 952
Fine Gael Therese McGarry 516 543 558 564 654 659  
Sinn Féin Cliona Nic Mhurchu 489 501 527 532 555    
Fianna Fáil Padraig Lynch 443 841 877 1,179 1,225 1,314 1,370
Labour Kevin Forsyth 429 450 494 512      
Fianna Fáil Richard Raymond 227 362 386        
Independent Sammy Macken 220 233          
Green Alliance Patricia Greene 100 103          
Electorate: 14,967   Valid: 6,705 (45.41%)   Spoilt: 94   Quota: 1,342   Turnout: 6,797  

Lucan

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Lucan: 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Liam Lawlor TD* 1,827            
Fianna Fáil Finbarr Hanrahan 1,091 1,126 1,145 1,182 1,643 1,715 1,937
Fine Gael Brian Fleming* 1,067 1,071 1,087 1,243 1,322 1,593 1,714
Fine Gael Peter Brady 991 996 1,008 1,029 1,034 1,169 1,294
Workers' Party Michael Finnegan 992 905 981 1,038 1,058 1,129  
Labour Michael Gannon* 887 894 929 1,129 1,155 1,223 1,578
Fine Gael Tommy Morris 601 603 609 653 673    
Fianna Fáil Dave McSweeney 562 589 602 644      
Labour Michael Brennan 556 557 579        
Green Alliance Joseph Harden 147 148          
Communist Jean Roche 77 77          
Electorate: 17,496   Valid: 8,708 (50.29%)   Spoilt: 90   Quota: 1,742   Turnout: 8,798  

Rathfarnam

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Rathfarnam: 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Seamus Brennan TD 1,957              
Fine Gael Alan Shatter TD* 1,611              
Fine Gael Mary Muldoon 867 899 920 1,038 1,133 1,759    
Fianna Fáil Ann Ormonde 741 964 965 1,002 1,041 1,060 1,108 1,756
Fianna Fáil Stephen Riney 668 756 757 780 819 833 858  
Independent Tom Sharkey 541 557 559 641 873 915 1,037 1,150
Fine Gael Anne D'Alton 506 519 536 619 725      
Green Alliance Fiona Garland 465 475 476 582        
Labour Marie Woods 460 471 475          
Electorate: 16,535   Valid: 7,816 (47.55%)   Spoilt: 46   Quota: 1,564   Turnout: 7,862  

Tallaght–Oldbawn

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Tallaght–Oldbawn: 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Fianna Fáil John Hannon 1,146 1,150 1,160 1,179 1,199 1,231 1,278 1,308 1,383 1,781    
Fianna Fáil Jim Barry 848 851 863 890 899 913 951 1,016 1,263 1,633    
Fianna Fáil Sean Basquille 782 785 791 803 824 881 893 923 978      
Sinn Féin Stan Clarke 608 615 620 650 656 668 698 870        
Fine Gael Breda Cass 582 593 608 624 741 837 904 947 990 1,082 1,162 1,184
Fine Gael Jim Higgins 504 511 525 556 714 783 895 980 1,070 1,112 1,144 1,157
Workers' Party Brian McCabe 381 401 414 494 501 560 632          
Fine Gael Seamus Murphy 348 361 370 382                
Democratic Socialist Eamonn Maloney 308 323 331                  
Independent Mary Kearney 306 329 337 395 411 437            
Labour Tony Deegan 255 262 362 390 404              
Labour Anne Kinsella 189 202                    
Green Alliance Freda O'Neill 131                      
Electorate: 14,687   Valid: 6,388 (44.1%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,598   Turnout: 6,477  

Tallaght–Rathcoole

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Tallaght–Rathcoole: 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil Seán Walsh TD* 1,139 1,141 1,156 1,163 1,256 1,293 1,374 1,434 1,533
Labour Mervyn Taylor TD* 944 960 996 1,030 1,054 1,348 1,726    
Workers' Party Pat Rabbitte 917 925 991 1,003 1,039 1,065 1,087 1,135 1,547
Sinn Féin John Noonan 794 796 837 852 882 922 948 961  
Fianna Fáil Charlie O'Connor 722 727 738 746 937 954 990 1,017 1,141
Labour Austin Nolan 473 480 489 492 501        
Fine Gael Brid Hayes 439 445 448 605 610 674      
Fianna Fáil Mary Morton 361 364 396 399          
Fine Gael Frank Farrell 238 240 242            
Independent Stephen Mahon 225 229              
Green Alliance Kate O'Brien 57                
Electorate: 12,980   Valid: 6,309 (49.18%)   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,578   Turnout: 6,383  

Terenure

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Terenure: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fine Gael Stanley Laing* 2,017                    
Fianna Fáil Sean Ardagh 1,356 1,362 1,371 1,417 1,440 1,466 1,495 1,513 1,789    
Fianna Fáil Seamus McGowan 1,120 1,128 1,133 1,195 1,230 1,253 1,305 1,325 1,639 2,372  
Fianna Fáil Gerry Mullally 858 866 871 906 916 925 937 965 1,074    
Independent Seamus Ashe 760 765 809 871 885 1,048 1,127 1,149 1,202 1,256 1,395
Fianna Fáil Sonny Knowles 724 728 735 766 772 789 854 872      
Fine Gael Martin Lynch 708 824 853 865 909 929 978 1,627 1,662 1,770  
Fine Gael Declan Ryan* 612 676 694 704 771 787 851        
Labour Éamonn Walsh 583 589 600 614 720 802 1,172 1,220 1,252 1,281 1,335
Labour Tom Murtagh 549 554 562 576 679 760          
Workers' Party Shay Kelly 388 390 437 453 475            
Labour Katherine Maguire 385 402 425 442              
Independent Michael J. Stokes 310 315 335                
Green Alliance Denis Deasy 228 232                  
Electorate: 23,022   Valid: 10,598 (46.46%)   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 1,767   Turnout: 10,695  
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References

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  1. ^ Local Elections (Specification of Local Election Year) Order 1990 (S.I. No. 104 of 1990). Signed on 30 April 1990. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
  2. ^ "Local Elections, 1985: Election Results and Transfer of Votes" (PDF). Department of the Environment. pp. 36–47. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. ^ Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985, s. 13: Establishment, membership and election of councils of established electoral counties (No. 7 of 1985, s. 13). Enacted on 3 April 1985. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 13 December 2021.
  4. ^ Dublin Electoral Counties Order 1985 (S.I. No. 133 of 1985). Signed on 10 May 1985. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 13 December 2021.
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