1985 Louth County Council election

An election to Louth County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

1985 Louth County Council election

20 June 1985
All 26 seats to Louth County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party Seats won 11 8 2 Seat change - - -   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Sinn Féin Independent Seats won 1 3 Seat change - -
Map showing the area of Louth County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	11	-
	Fine Gael	8
	Labour Party	2	-
	Sinn Féin	1	-
	Independent	3	-
Totals		26	-			—

Results by Electoral Area

Ardee

Ardee - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fianna Fáil	Nicholas McCabe*		1,035	1,097	1,111	1,114	1,128	1,195
	Fine Gael	Bernard Markey*		985	1,079	1,240
	Independent	Hugh D. Conlon*		692	777	805	811	932	1,112	1,173	1,179
	Fianna Fáil	John McConville		730	731	745	747	869	899	1,036	1,041
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Sharkey*		610	649	651	651	660	686
	Fine Gael	Thomas McGrory*		591	596	766	817	881	928	978	980
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Keenan		587	656	661	662	674	726	963	972
	Sinn Féin	Jackie McGahon		521	546	546	562	598
	Fine Gael	Daniel Woods		426	437
	Labour Party	Terry Butterly		425	455	473	475
	Independent	Val Kerr		259
	Labour Party	Sean Reilly		119
Electorate: 10,697   Valid: 7,040   Spoilt: 80   Quota: 1,174   Turnout: 7,120 (66.56%)

Carlingford

Carlingford - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Sinn Féin	Arthur Morgan		875	886	918	1,012	1,034	1,112	1,133
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Savage*		786	873	991	1,305
	Independent	Miceal O'Donnell*		796	827	870	938	981	1,092	1,148
	Fine Gael	Terry Brennan		668	767	775	805	814	1,302
	Fine Gael	Tommy Elmore*		654	718	744	766	770
	Fianna Fáil	Phil McArdle		469	515	580
	Fianna Fáil	John Mills		293	261	299
	Fine Gael	Thomas Mulholland		203
	Labour Party	Jackie Callan		70
Electorate: 6,804   Valid: 4,896   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 1,225   Turnout: 4,958 (72.88%)

Drogheda Rural

Drogheda Rural - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour Party	Michael BellTD*		949	1,038
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Mulroy		801	812	822	865	1,092
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Murphy		635	649	653	673	763	858	902
	Fine Gael	Tommy Donegan		564	579	589	672	715	716	1,096
	Fianna Fáil	Tomas O hEochaidh		519	526	537	559	646	676	707
	Fianna Fáil	Ben Devine		485	491	497	506
	Fine Gael	Patrick Carr		374	387	399	519	542	543
	Fine Gael	Ray Dempsey		316	330	338
	Labour Party	Tom Moran		180
Electorate: 8,999   Valid: 4,823 (53.59%)   Quota: 965   Turnout:

Drogheda Urban

Drogheda Urban - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Godfrey*		922	936	978	1,011	1,111	1,156	1,329
	Fianna Fáil	Aloysious Farrell*		730	733	759	769	794	821	1,151	1,205
	Fine Gael	Fergus O'Dowd*		730	738	801	833	870	1,182
	Fianna Fáil	Finian Brannigan		632	637	670	695	739	762
	Fianna Fáil	Con O'Brien		619	625	652	688	755	792	894	943
	Labour Party	Peter Moore		597	612	632	839	898	951	1,004	1,021
	Fine Gael	Paddy Buckley*		472	476	498	520	535
	Sinn Féin	Hugh McShane		411	428	440	456
	Labour Party	Peter Hughes		374	386	402
	Independent	Tom Burke		274	279
	Workers' Party	John McKenna		103
Electorate: 10,090   Valid: 5,864 (58.12%)   Quota: 1,173   Turnout:

Dundalk Rural

Dundalk Rural - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Filgate*		1,473
	Fine Gael	Senator Joseph Lennon*		1,297
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Ahern*		1,078	1,182	1,186	1,198
	Sinn Féin	Frank Duffy		880	891	894	921	957	1,004	1,047
	Fine Gael	John McGuinness*		746	760	806	824	924	1,399
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Farrell*		643	767	775	786	836	924	1,059
	Fine Gael	Martin Brennan		581	595	632	641	752
	Labour Party	Frank Carney		318	327	331	376
	Workers' Party	Pat Rooney		146	149	150
Electorate: 12,620   Valid: 7,162   Spoilt: 175   Quota: 1,194   Turnout: 7,337 (58.14%)

Dundalk Urban

Dundalk Urban - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Bellew*		1,358
	Fine Gael	Brendan McGahonTD*		1,305
	Sinn Féin	Fra Browne*		1,114	1,139	1,153
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Keelan		604	689	692	700	711	826	859	1,038
	Independent	Neil McCann		583	592	609	654	692	719	807	1,013
	Fianna Fáil	Pearse O'Hanrahan		563	599	608	615	632	740	776	874
	Independent	Martin Bellew*		508	522	534	568	603	629	752
	Fine Gael	Joe Gallagher		299	305	391	403	429	436
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Kinch		266	295	299	303	308
	Labour Party	Frank Corrigan		130	134	138	161
	Workers' Party	Tim Morgan		126	126	131
	Green Alliance	Fiona Murphy		40	40	41
Electorate: 12,330   Valid: 6,896   Spoilt: 223   Quota: 1,150   Turnout: 7,119 (57.74%)

External links

• Official website
• 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.

Preceded by 1979 Louth County Council election

Louth County Council elections

Succeeded by 1991 Louth County Council election