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1985 Kildare County Council election
← 1979 20 June 1985 1991 →
All 25 seats to Kildare County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 10 7 5
Seat change +1 -1 +1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Workers' Party of Ireland Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change +1 +1 +1
Map showing the area of Kildare County Council
Council control after election

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An election to Kildare County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.

Results by party

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Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 10 +1 17,205 42.91%
Fine Gael 7 -1 9,294 23.18%
Labour 5 +1 8,563 21.36%
Workers' Party of Ireland 1 +1 1,035 2.58%
Sinn Féin 1 +1 875 2.18%
Independent 1 +1 3,125 7.79%
Totals 25 +4 40,335 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Athy

Athy - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Joseph BerminghamTD* 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

Celbridge - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Labour Emmet StaggTD* 15.1% 1,449 1,460 1,464 1,488 1,527 1,574 1,677          
Workers' Party of Ireland Catherine Murphy 12.9% 1,242 1,250 1,255 1,263 1,304 1,312 1,340 1,346 1,448 1,472 1,506 1,748
Labour Colm Purcell* 10.1% 965 969 979 986 1,010 1,012 1,031 1,051 1,101 1,131 1,146 1,393
Fine Gael Bernard DurkanTD* 9.6% 923 928 1,024 1,058 1,074 1,258 1,331 1,352 1,429 1,499 1,587 1,745
Fianna Fáil Gerry Brady* 8.5% 817 824 827 854 861 869 894 899 932 1,162 1,607  
Labour John McGinley 8.3% 799 813 814 853 873 875 888 897 931 936 948 981
Independent Finbarr Kelly 6.1% 588 598 611 624 649 654 680 682 847 861 881  
Fianna Fáil Mairead Byrne 5.1% 488 488 489 491 504 522 575 585 592 735    
Fianna Fáil Tim Cotter 5% 480 482 488 488 494 516 546 548 573      
Independent John Colgan 4.7% 447 450 462 475 505 512 539 541        
Progressive Democrats Mairín Hyland 3.9% 372 376 383 386 408 443            
Fine Gael Catherine McGarry 3.3% 314 314 343 343 350              
Green Catherine Power 2.6% 248 251 254 263                
Fine Gael Gerard Gallery 2% 193 194                    
Independent Fred Leavy 1.7% 163 197 198                  
Independent Sean Horan 1.1% 107                      
Electorate: 20,088   Valid: 9,595 (44.92)   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 1,600   Turnout: 9,642 (48%)  

Clane

Clane - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Sean Reilly* 20.8% 1,376          
Fianna Fáil Michael Fitzpatrick 14.1% 935 939 973 992    
Fianna Fáil P.J. Sheridan 14% 926 935 984 1,020 1,296 1,370
Fine Gael Jim Reilly* 13.3% 879 907 1,014 1,073 1,194 1,198
Fianna Fáil Liam Doyle* 11.9% 788 790 862 1,020 1,406  
Labour Michael McCormack 9.8% 647 648 715 1,034 1,130 1,135
Labour Rose Murphy 8.8% 584 588 673      
Progressive Democrats Noel Lyons 4% 262 265        
Green Daragh Davernport 1.7% 112 113        
Green Deirdre O'Sullivan 1.6% 105 106        
Electorate: 12,455   Valid: 6,614 (53.1%)   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 1,323   Turnout: 6,676 (53.6%)  

Kildare

Kildare - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Seán Ó Fearghail* 14.2% 1,012 1,021 1,034 1,050 1,122 1,149 1,211  
Progressive Democrats John Dardis 11.7% 835 873 913 954 999 1,037 1,071 1,137
Fianna Fáil Jimmy O'Loughlin* 11% 786 791 838 889 912 924 938 1,176
Fine Gael Michael McWey* 10.5% 751 757 771 854 884 1,036 1,094 1,179
Labour Jim Keane 9.3% 665 689 702 710 777 808 1,076 1,127
Fianna Fáil Paddy Aspell* 9% 643 658 681 682 801 809 823 918
Fianna Fáil Denis Mahon 7.9% 566 574 580 581 608 749 757  
Labour Mary Kavanagh 5.8% 414 440 453 460 478 503    
Fine Gael Con Carr 5.7% 408 419 420 455 463      
Fianna Fáil Angela Doyle 5.7% 406 427 434 435        
Fine Gael John Joe Murphy 3.2% 230 235 258          
Independent Harry Price 3.1% 221 232            
Green Olive Brady 2.7% 193              
Electorate: 14,895   Valid: 7,130 (47.87%)   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 1,189   Turnout: 7,191 (48.28%)  

Naas

Naas - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Fianna Fáil Paddy Power* 11% 1,146 1,150 1,156 1,163 1,209 1,221 1,235 1,253 1,420          
Independent Patsy Lawlor* 11% 1,145 1,150 1,164 1,171 1,217 1,229 1,265 1,292 1,360          
Fianna Fáil John O'Neill* 9.4% 977 986 986 1,020 1,036 1,039 1,053 1,079 1,109 1,153 1,254 1,269 1,273 1,302
Progressive Democrats Timmy Conway* 9.1% 947 950 962 965 973 997 1,009 1,031 1,074 1,083 1,152 1,227 1,239 1,341
Fine Gael Mary French 7.7% 800 803 809 811 819 822 833 837 852 853 886 1,078 1,089 1,144
Fine Gael Michael Nolan, Snr* 6.9% 717 725 725 750 753 757 780 811 816 816 942 1,081 1,083 1,130
Fianna Fáil Paddy Behan* 6.1% 630 631 639 639 684 696 704 710 786 845 862 882 891 935
Fine Gael Billy Hillis* 5.7% 597 599 602 603 605 669 674 683 689 690 703      
Green Sean English 4.8% 504 510 612 626 630 643 685 707 738 741 824 899 904 1,103
Independent Colm Feeney 4.6% 480 486 496 541 541 542 569 610 612 612        
Labour Norman Croke 4.5% 465 468 471 478 485 545 581 760 780 783 828 846 852  
Fianna Fáil Mary Robinson 4.3% 444 444 453 454 475 479 489 497            
Labour Simon Donohoe 3% 317 324 326 333 333 395 439              
Labour Tom Geoghegan 2.8% 289 290 294 295 297                  
Workers' Party of Ireland Mary Larkin 2.5% 263 272 277 302 304 318                
Fianna Fáil Andy Kelly 2.1% 216 217 217 219                    
Green Peter Sweetman 1.8% 189 193                        
Independent Dan O'Sullivan 1.7% 175 196 203                      
Independent Peter Kennedy 1% 101                          
Electorate: 24,361   Valid: 10,394 (42.67%)   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 1,300   Turnout: 10,477 (43.01%)  
Preceded by
1979 Kildare County Council election 		Kildare County Council elections Succeeded by
1991 Kildare County Council election
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