1985 Waterford Corporation election

1985 Waterford Corporation election
← 1979 20 June 1985 1991 →
All 15 seats on Waterford City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Workers' Party
Seats won 5 4 2
Seat change 0 0 0
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Waterford People's Party Independent
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change 0 +1 0
Map showing the area of Waterford City Council

An election to all 15 seats on Waterford City Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 1985 Irish local elections. Councillors were elected from three 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

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Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 5 0 4,347 30.18
Fine Gael 4 0 3,309 22.97
Workers' Party 2 0 1,488 10.33
Waterford People's Party 1 Increase1 1,405 9.75
Labour 2 0 1,346 9.35
Independent 1 0 2,269 15.75
Totals 15 0 14,403 100.00 —

Waterford People's Party was a localised split in the Workers' Party. It was not a registered political party.

Results by local electoral area

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Waterford No. 1

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Waterford No. 1: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fianna Fáil Patrick Power* 776 785 795 815 904          
Fine Gael Hilary Quinlan 727 794 801 823 845          
Fine Gael James Brett 612 665 668 679 688 690 702 765 768 802
Workers' Party Davy Walsh* 455 459 605 660 668 675 756 826 829 848
Independent Martin Cullen 350 364 376 411 432 435 475 546 547 598
Fianna Fáil Tony Roche 335 344 350 362 410 438 471 506 511 773
Fianna Fáil Larry Dower 315 323 325 334 336 392 412 443 444  
Labour George Wadding 275 287 295 313 333 337 353      
Sinn Féin Noel Ryan 273 273 278 292 296 298        
Fianna Fáil Ann O'Rourke 236 243 251 271            
Waterford People's Party Mick Dunphy 222 227 236              
Workers' Party Billy McCarthy 217 219                
Fine Gael Ann Raleigh 193                  
Electorate: 8,788   Valid: 4,986 (57.31%)   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 832   Turnout: 5,036  

Waterford No. 2

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Waterford No. 2: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Independent Davy Daniels* 937                
Fine Gael Sen. Katharine Bulbulia 658 664 677 701 730 778 866    
Labour Liam Curham* 634 663 681 749 789 826 899    
Fianna Fáil Brendan Kenneally 547 555 569 594 706 754 801 820 826
Fine Gael Stephen Rogers* 518 524 535 560 579 644 725 742 759
Fianna Fáil Donal Ormonde TD 498 504 511 540 609 663 720 734 737
Independent Richard Jones* 297 307 323 345 363 416      
Waterford People's Party Joe Falvey 294 305 318            
Fine Gael Mary Griffin 290 300 305 323          
Independent Frank King 286 293 300 328 340        
Workers' Party Dick McGrath 116                
Electorate: 8,368   Valid: 5,035 (60.4%)   Spoilt: 19   Quota: 840   Turnout: 5,054  

Waterford No. 3

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Waterford No. 3: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Waterford People's Party Martin O'Regan* 889                  
Fianna Fáil Tom Browne* 653 665 672 678 698 705 731      
Workers' Party Paddy Gallagher* 546 594 604 610 622 739        
Fianna Fáil Brian Swift* 471 499 508 513 519 527 552 595 772  
Labour Brian O'Shea 437 450 453 460 477 485 506 585 610 625
Fine Gael Maurice Cummins* 398 407 408 440 510 512 540 570 594 614
Fianna Fáil Paddy Kenneally 226 230 232 234 241 242 267 276    
Independent Paudie Burke 188 202 211 215 220 230 257      
Independent William Jones 164 169 175 178 182 188        
Workers' Party Martin Kennedy 154 162 167 168 171          
Fine Gael Gerry O'Mahoney 110 113 116 144            
Fine Gael Mary O'Halloran 93 96 96              
Independent John Lanigan 43 58                
Independent Paud Sweeney 4 6                
Electorate: 8,263   Valid: 4,382 (53.41%)   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 731   Turnout: 4,413  

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.
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  • 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.
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