1985 Cork County Council election

1985 Cork County Council election
All 48 seats on Cork County Council
	Map showing the area of Cork County Council
	Council control after election ; TBD;

An election to Cork County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 48 councillors were elected from eight 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]

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	24	+3	54,692	46.97
	Fine Gael	19	0	44,924	38.58
	Labour	2	-1	5,431	4.66
	Workers' Party	1	0	4,370	3.75
	Independent	2	0	6,388	5.49
Totals		48	+2	116,444	100.00	—

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Michael Creed TD*		3,521
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Callanan*		3,007
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Moynihan TD*		2,921
	Fine Gael	Eddie Lucey*		2,448
	Fine Gael	Denis O'Reilly*		1,952	2,015	2,123	2,134	2,167	2,332	2,363	2,557
	Fine Gael	John Kelleher*		1,947	2,592
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Long*		1,619	1,694	2,005	2,350	2,407	2,419
	Independent	Dermot Ryan		1,105	1,122	1,139	1,150	1,200	1,201	1,203	1,508
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Ring		884	901	1,013	1,145	1,164	1,165	1,167
	Independent	Maurice Hurley		166	187	233	242
Electorate: 28,858 Valid: 19,300 (67.67%) Spoilt: 229 Quota: 2,413 Turnout: 19,529

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Lyons TD*		2,107
	Fine Gael	Tomas Ryan*		1,622	1,669
	Fianna Fáil	Donal O'Connell*		1,363	1,539	1,685
	Fine Gael	George Osborne*		1,240	1,258	1,626
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Granitch		980	1,171	1,307
	Labour	Helen Sheehan		543	565
	Workers' Party	Patrick Corbett		345	357
Electorate: 17,134 Valid: 8,200 (48.32%) Spoilt: 80 Quota: 1,641 Turnout: 8,280

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Barry Cogan*		2,177
	Fianna Fáil	Batt O'Keeffe		1,855
	Fianna Fáil	John Coleman		1,389	1,678	1,750
	Fine Gael	Phil Brown		985	1,008	1,009	1,019	1,075	1,286	1,710
	Fianna Fáil	Joe O'Reilly		978	1,032	1,071	1,133	1,268	1,441	1,468
	Fine Gael	Connell Fanning		926	930	955	1,024	1,056	1,148
	Fine Gael	Braham Brennan		924	961	962	983	1,018	1,195	1,591
	Labour	Paula Desmond		840	891	896	1,172	1,319	1,397	1,541
	Fine Gael	Jim Daly		695	701	702	709	781
	Independent	Mark Hanley		625	638	641	655
	Labour	Gus Desmond		444	452	468
Electorate: 33,220 Valid: 14,021 (42.2%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 2,004 Turnout: 14,120 (42.5%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Frank Crowley TD*		2,477
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Roche*		2,301
	Fianna Fáil	Mike Donegan*		1,842	1,886	1,899	2,124	2,154	2,183	2,186
	Fine Gael	Charles Barry*		1,606	1,752	1,843	1,881	2,281
	Fianna Fáil	J.B. Murphy		1,590	1,655	1,664	1,995	2,227
	Fine Gael	Richard Green		1,360	1,466	1,507	1,525	1,909	1,913	1,965
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence Kelly		1,356	1,468	1,494	1,892	1,952	1,995	1,996
	Fine Gael	Noel Buckley		1,140	1,283	1,323	1,390
	Labour	Michael J. Howard*		1,137	1,185	1,217
	Labour	Danny Buckley	0.6%	760
Electorate: 22,109 Valid: 15,569 (71.09%) Spoilt: 132 Quota: 2,225 Turnout: 15,701

Results by local electoral area

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Mallow: 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Workers' Party	Joe Sherlock*		3,447
	Fianna Fáil	Ned O'Keeffe TD		3,112
	Fianna Fáil	Carey Joyce*		2,728
	Fine Gael	Jim Sarsfield*		1,711	1,764	1,790	1,821	1,837	1,874	1,889	1,997
	Fine Gael	Dick Fitzgerald*		1,675	1,748	1,804	1,814	1,847	1,867	1,884	2,097
	Fine Gael	Paul Bradford		1,347	1,439	1,453	1,456	1,614	1,687	1,749	2,487
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Sheedy		1,298	1,454	1,737	1,866	1,887	2,025	2,234	2,313
	Fine Gael	Michael Broderick*		1,247	1,298	1,316	1,319	1,366	1,483	1,679
	Fianna Fáil	Ted O'Riordan		1,071	1,204	1,310	1,338	1,469	1,561	2,134	2,230
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Fitzpatrick*		1,050	1,143	1,234	1,257	1,308	1,450
	Independent	John O'Keeffe		689	787	815	833	881
	Labour	Tadhg Curtis		463	681	691	694
Electorate: 30,365 Valid: 19,838 (65.81%) Spoilt: 144 Quota: 2,480 Turnout: 19,982

Midleton: 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Michael Hegarty		2,296	2,327
	Independent	Noel Collins*		2,059	2,170	2,367
	Fianna Fáil	Maurice Ahern*		1,885	1,901	1,970	1,973	1,985	2,022	2,067	2,080	2,485
	Fine Gael	Matt Ahern*		1,824	1,841	1,885	1,886	1,886	1,988	2,005	2,205	2,273
	Fianna Fáil	John Brosnan*		1,794	1,807	1,827	1,828	1,828	2,051	2,106	2,119	2,262
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin Foster*		1,703	1,736	1,756	1,757	1,757	1,773	1,950	2,226	2,373
	Fine Gael	Nuala Murphy*		1,055	1,087	1,157	1,160	1,169	1,191	1,224	1,419	1,477
	Fianna Fáil	Micheal Lombard		808	821	852	852	858	869	884	888
	Fine Gael	Stella Meade		657	686	697	702	705	739	858
	Labour	Thomas O Conaill		584	607	613	614	618
	Workers' Party	Leo Owens		578	617	629	630	632	702
	Independent	Donal Wall		505	526
	Green	Sean Bell		355
Electorate: 26,391 Valid: 16,150 (62.02%) Spoilt: 218 Quota: 2,220 Turnout: 16,368

Skibbereen: 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh TD*		3,569
	Fine Gael	John Cal McCarthy*		2,349
	Fianna Fáil	D.F. O'Sullivan*		2,049
	Fine Gael	John L. O'Sullivan*		1,682	2,056
	Labour	Michael Calnan		1,393	1,470	1,529	1,582	1,590	1,616	2,035
	Fianna Fáil	Tom O'Neill*		1,233	1,866	1,892	1,969
	Fine Gael	Mary Burke*		1,089	1,125	1,246	1,277	1,290	1,311	1,860
	Fine Gael	Michael Collins		1,039	1,077	1,234	1,248	1,251	1,264
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Kingston		888	1,306	1,328	1,443	1,510	1,548	1,604
	Sinn Féin	Donnchadh O Sé		371	406	412
Electorate: 22,043 Valid: 15,662 (71.5%) Spoilt: 154 Quota: 1,958 Turnout: 15,816

Schull: 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Denis O'Donovan		1,875
	Fine Gael	P.J. Sheehan TD*		1,638	1,718
	Fine Gael	Michael Harrington*		1,325	1,330	1,338	1,382	1,801
	Independent	Michael Pat Murphy*		1,192	1,227	1,272	1,420	1,478	1,532
	Fine Gael	James Crowley		1,150	1,165	1,179	1,254	1,273	1,302
	Fianna Fáil	Vivian O'Callaghan*		1,125	1,216	1,260	1,345	1,845
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Harrington*		995	1,031	1,060	1,077
	Labour	Corney Murphy*		404	414	437
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Coghlan		183	188
Electorate: 13,403 Valid: 9,887 (70%) Spoilt: 74 Quota: 1,648 Turnout: 9,961