1985 Galway City Council election

An election to Galway City Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.

1985 Galway City Council election

20 June 1985
All 15 seats to Galway City Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Workers' Party Seats won 6 5 2 Seat change - - -   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Labour Party Independent Seats won 1 1 Seat change - -
Map showing the area of Galway City Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	6	-	5,985	40.59%
	Fine Gael	5	-	4,283	29.05%
	Workers' Party	2	-	1,323	8.97%
	Labour Party	1	-	1,597	10.83%
	Independent	1	-	1,556	10.55%
Totals		15	-	14,744	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

North & East Ward

North & East Ward - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13	Count 14
	Fianna Fáil	Bridie O'Flaherty*		869
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Geoghegan-QuinnTD		808	816	822	848
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Leahy*		796	806	812	855
	Fine Gael	Fintan Coogan		735	737	743	749	753	754	770	870
	Fine Gael	Pádraic McCormack		486	487	489	492	492	492	497	523	545	559	595	673	884
	Fianna Fáil	Henry O'Connor*		420	427	433	453	472	484	494	500	501	540	601	626	662	671
	Workers' Party	Liz Hackett		412	413	425	431	431	431	461	482	484	542	589	709	744	754
	Fine Gael	Pascal Walsh		328	330	331	336	336	336	358	396	403	424	449	487
	Independent	Brendan Holland*		317	318	323	327	327	329	339	353	359	410	541	589	660	698
	Independent	John Francis King*		282	284	303	307	309	309	328	334	336	378
	Labour Party	Peter Kenny		271	271	293	295	295	296	379	390	392	396	420
	Independent	Sheila Jordan		224	225	230	234	236	237	247	253	254
	Fine Gael	Marie Dennis		219	221	225	228	229	230	241
	Labour Party	Pat O'Sullivan		199	201	225	225	225	225
	Fianna Fáil	Muiris O Ceidigh		125	127	128
	Labour Party	Paddy Naughton		120	121
Electorate: 15,706   Valid: 6,611 (42.51%)   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 827   Turnout: 6,676

South Ward

South Ward - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fine Gael	John Mulholland		844
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Connolly*		671	671	705	721	734	766	802
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Molloy*		532	533	585	609	656	709	757
	Fine Gael	Pat McNamara*		525	530	535	564	598	666	781
	Labour Party	Noreen Robinson		221	222	225	234	250	297
	Independent	Gary O Lochlainn		161	162	168	189	237
	Independent	Odran O'Leary		154	155	163	179
	Independent	John Francis King*		115	115	119
	Fianna Fáil	Frances Quigley		113	113
Electorate: 6,909   Valid: 3,336 (48.72%)   Spoilt: 30   Quota: 835   Turnout: 3,366

West Ward

West Ward- 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Workers' Party	Jimmy Brick		911
	Fianna Fáil	Bobby MolloyTD		638	658	689	704	731	746	951
	Fianna Fáil	Michéal Ó hUiginn*		596	604	629	640	667	698	832
	Fine Gael	Angela Lynch-Lupton		533	538	540	600	628	650	681	705
	Labour Party	Senator Michael D. Higgins*		531	559	563	574	614	783	835
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Byrne*		417	426	435	446	476	488
	Fine Gael	J.J. McDonagh		390	391	409	496	532	571	607	630
	Labour Party	Joe Murray		255	273	277	284	317
	Fine Gael	Martin O'Connell		223	227	228
	Independent	Tom Browne*		213	226	232	244
	Independent	William Lambe		90	94
Electorate: 11,042   Valid: 4,797 (43.77%)   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 800   Turnout: 4,833

External links

• Irishelectionliterature
• Department of the Environment, Ireland (2010-01-28). "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 2019-10-28.