Part of the 1985 Irish local elections
1985 Kildare County Council election|
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Map showing the area of Kildare County Council |
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An election to Kildare County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 1985 Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from five 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[edit]
Results by local electoral area[edit]
Athy: 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Labour | Joseph Bermingham TD* | | 1,572 | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Miley* | | 1,102 | 1,115 | 1,162 | 1,186 | 1,515 | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Paddy Wright | | 875 | 907 | 944 | 988 | 1,071 | 1,085 | 1,105 | 1,126 |
| Fine Gael | Reggie Lalor | | 767 | 798 | 872 | 989 | 1,066 | 1,077 | 1,585 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Lenore O'Rourke-Glynn | | 571 | 585 | 655 | 671 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Rainsford Hendy | | 565 | 575 | 614 | 694 | 704 | 706 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Robert Byrne | | 555 | 564 | 613 | 697 | 806 | 927 | 982 | 1,063 |
| Labour | Michael Cullen* | | 434 | 515 | 559 | | | | | |
| Independent | Jack McKenna | | 203 | 207 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Megan Maguire | | 191 | 201 | | | | | | |
Electorate: 11,921 Valid: 6,835 (58.46%) Spoilt: 134 Quota: 1,367 Turnout: 6,969 |
Celbridge[edit]
Celbridge: 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Labour | Emmet Stagg* | | 2,784 | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Gerry Brady | | 1,045 | 1,226 | 1,229 | 1,241 | 1,245 | 1,567 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Bernard Durkan TD* | | 1,001 | 1,296 | 1,309 | 1,571 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Jim Gallagher* | | 729 | 836 | 846 | 908 | 1,100 | 1,135 | 1,150 | 1,257 | 1,280 |
| Workers' Party | Colm Purcell | | 722 | 1,226 | 1,282 | 1,293 | 1,299 | 1,331 | 1,340 | 1,413 | |
| Independent | Finbarr Kelly | | 575 | 614 | 626 | 627 | 627 | 690 | 807 | 1,250 | 1,275 |
| Fianna Fáil | Paul Kelly | | 537 | 601 | 606 | 609 | 610 | 639 | 700 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mairead Byrne | | 411 | 508 | 516 | 538 | 541 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Jim Condra | | 285 | 380 | 387 | | | | | | |
| Independent | Micheal O'Connell | | 100 | 137 | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 15,118 Valid: 8,189 (54.59%) Spoilt: 53 Quota: 1,365 Turnout: 8,242 |
Clane: 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Fine Gael | Sean Reilly* | | 1,511 | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Liam Doyle | | 1,019 | 1,026 | 1,038 | 1,062 | 1,129 | 1,238 | 1,340 | 2,038 |
| Fianna Fáil | Austin Groome* | | 1,011 | 1,017 | 1,050 | 1,111 | 1,147 | 1,623 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | P.J. Sheridan | | 817 | 833 | 841 | 851 | 922 | 991 | 1,131 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Fitzpatrick | | 715 | 729 | 767 | 787 | 806 | | | |
| Labour | Jim Reilly | | 545 | 553 | 609 | 776 | 1,092 | 1,137 | 1,154 | 1,230 |
| Labour | Joe McBride | | 434 | 441 | 658 | 732 | | | | |
| Labour | Peggy Fox | | 393 | 402 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Noel Duffy | | 372 | 452 | 473 | | | | | |
Electorate: 11,132 Valid: 6,817 (61.94%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,364 Turnout: 6,895 |
Kildare[edit]
Kildare: 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Fianna Fáil | Jimmy O'Loughlin* | | 1,158 | 1,168 | 1,176 | 1,200 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Aspell* | | 1,088 | 1,090 | 1,135 | 1,156 | 1,389 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Ó Fearghail | | 825 | 832 | 840 | 853 | 1,042 | 1,107 | 1,128 | 1,159 | 1,584 |
| Fine Gael | Michael McWey* | | 677 | 736 | 908 | 956 | 1,017 | 1,036 | 1,434 | | |
| Labour | Kieran Coleman | | 641 | 659 | 671 | 880 | 929 | 939 | 1,009 | 1,121 | 1,200 |
| Fianna Fáil | Ted Rooney | | 622 | 626 | 634 | 644 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Denis Mahon | | 534 | 588 | 593 | 751 | 815 | 911 | 967 | 1,003 | |
| Labour | Con Carr | | 522 | 576 | 591 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Margot Conlon | | 424 | 509 | 602 | 665 | 677 | 680 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Trudy Jeffers | | 346 | 376 | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Billy Cleary | | 333 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 13,776 Valid: 7,170 (52.66%) Spoilt: 85 Quota: 1,196 Turnout: 7,255 |
Naas: 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Power* | | 1,788 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | John O'Neill* | | 1,293 | 1,400 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Patsy Lawlor* | | 1,253 | 1,270 | 1,330 | 1,331 | 1,388 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Sen. Timmy Conway* | | 774 | 786 | 808 | 808 | 841 | 854 | 926 | 1,023 | 1,024 | 1,042 | 1,225 | 1,332 | 1,485 | | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Nolan, Snr* | | 734 | 746 | 750 | 751 | 757 | 793 | 957 | 966 | 966 | 977 | 1,133 | 1,334 | 1,423 | | |
| Fine Gael | Billy Hillis | | 637 | 643 | 647 | 647 | 655 | 659 | 745 | 754 | 754 | 820 | 841 | 1,003 | 1,033 | 1,063 | 1,120 |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Robinson | | 523 | 616 | 628 | 634 | 647 | 676 | 688 | 718 | 718 | 883 | 913 | 935 | 986 | 1,003 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Behan | | 523 | 578 | 603 | 605 | 644 | 655 | 669 | 758 | 759 | 936 | 965 | 1,009 | 1,093 | 1,113 | 1,715 |
| Fianna Fáil | Peter Kavanagh | | 493 | 531 | 538 | 541 | 547 | 559 | 564 | 581 | 581 | | | | | | |
| Labour | Colm Feeney | | 464 | 471 | 478 | 479 | 492 | 546 | 559 | 582 | 582 | 594 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | John Malone | | 458 | 483 | 494 | 494 | 505 | 510 | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Pat O'Reilly | | 455 | 458 | 475 | 475 | 511 | 513 | 603 | 625 | 625 | 633 | 646 | | | | |
| Independent | Norman Croke | | 429 | 433 | 441 | 441 | 461 | 551 | 562 | 654 | 654 | 665 | 713 | 723 | | | |
| Independent | Evelyn Bracken | | 416 | 422 | 443 | 443 | 497 | 526 | 533 | | | | | | | | |
| Workers' Party | Dan O'Sullivan | | 313 | 317 | 322 | 322 | 330 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Donal Corcoran | | 287 | 292 | 322 | 322 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Michael Lawlor | | 246 | 254 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 20,849 Valid: 11,086 (53.91%) Spoilt: 154 Quota: 1,386 Turnout: 11,240 |
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