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All 15 seats onGalway City Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the area of Galway City Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An election for all 15 seats on Galway Borough Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the1985 Irish local elections. This was an increase of three seats from the previous election. Councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 3local electoral areas (LEAs) on theelectoral system ofproportional representation by means of thesingle transferable vote (PR-STV).
On 1 January 1986, the borough ofGalway became acounty borough, detached fromCounty Galway.[1]Galway City Council was a successor to the borough council, with all members continuing in office as city councillors.[2]
The term of office was extended for a further year, with the1991 Galway Corporation election taking place as part of the1991 Irish local elections.[3]
| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 6 | 5,985 | 40.59 | |||
| Fine Gael | 5 | 4,283 | 29.05 | |||
| Workers' Party | 2 | 1,323 | 8.97 | |||
| Labour | 1 | 1,597 | 10.83 | |||
| Independent | 1 | 1,556 | 10.55 | |||
| Total | 15 | 14,744 | 100.00 | — | ||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Bridie O'Flaherty* | 869 | |||||||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Máire Geoghegan-Quinn TD | 808 | 816 | 822 | 848 | ||||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Leahy | 796 | 806 | 812 | 855 | ||||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Fintan Coogan | 735 | 737 | 743 | 749 | 753 | 754 | 770 | 870 | ||||||||
| Fine Gael | Pádraic McCormack | 486 | 487 | 489 | 492 | 492 | 492 | 497 | 523 | 545 | 559 | 595 | 673 | 884 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Henry O'Connor* | 420 | 427 | 433 | 453 | 472 | 484 | 494 | 500 | 501 | 540 | 601 | 626 | 662 | 671 | ||
| Workers' Party | Liz Hackett | 412 | 413 | 425 | 431 | 431 | 431 | 461 | 482 | 484 | 542 | 589 | 709 | 744 | 754 | ||
| Fine Gael | Pascal Walsh | 328 | 330 | 331 | 336 | 336 | 336 | 358 | 396 | 403 | 424 | 449 | 487 | ||||
| Independent | Brendan Holland* | 317 | 318 | 323 | 327 | 327 | 329 | 339 | 353 | 359 | 410 | 541 | 589 | 660 | 698 | ||
| Independent | John Francis King* | 282 | 284 | 303 | 307 | 309 | 309 | 328 | 334 | 336 | 378 | ||||||
| Labour | Peter Kenny | 271 | 271 | 293 | 295 | 295 | 296 | 379 | 390 | 392 | 396 | 420 | |||||
| Independent | Sheila Jordan | 224 | 225 | 230 | 234 | 236 | 237 | ||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Marie Dennis | 219 | 221 | 225 | 228 | 229 | 230 | 241 | |||||||||
| Labour | Pat O'Sullivan | 199 | 201 | 225 | 225 | 225 | 225 | ||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Uiris O Ceadegh | 125 | 127 | 128 | |||||||||||||
| Labour | Paddy Naughton | 120 | 121 | ||||||||||||||
| Electorate: 15,706 Valid: 6,611 (42.51%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 827 Turnout: 6,676 | |||||||||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fine Gael | John Mulholland | 844 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Connolly* | 671 | 671 | 705 | 721 | 734 | 766 | 802 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Gerry Molloy* | 532 | 533 | 585 | 609 | 656 | 709 | 757 | ||
| Fine Gael | Pat McNamara* | 525 | 530 | 535 | 564 | 598 | 666 | 781 | ||
| Labour | Noreen Robin | 221 | 222 | 225 | 234 | 250 | 297 | |||
| Independent | Gary O Lochlainn | 161 | 162 | 168 | 189 | 237 | ||||
| Independent | Odran O'Leary | 154 | 155 | 163 | 179 | |||||
| Independent | John Francis King* | 115 | 115 | 119 | ||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Frances Quigley | 113 | 113 | |||||||
| Electorate: 6,909 Valid: 3,336 (48.72%) Spoilt: 30 Quota: 835 Turnout: 3,366 | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Workers' Party | Jimmy Brick | 911 | |||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Bobby Molloy TD | 638 | 658 | 689 | 704 | 731 | 746 | 951 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Michéal Ó hUiginn* | 596 | 604 | 629 | 640 | 667 | 698 | 832 | |||
| Fine Gael | Angela Lynch-Lupton | 533 | 538 | 540 | 600 | 628 | 650 | 681 | 705 | ||
| Labour | Sen.Michael D. Higgins* | 531 | 559 | 563 | 574 | 614 | 783 | 835 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Byrne* | 417 | 426 | 435 | 446 | 476 | 488 | ||||
| Fine Gael | J.J. McDonagh | 390 | 391 | 409 | 496 | 532 | 571 | 607 | 630 | ||
| Labour | Joe Murray | 255 | 273 | 277 | 284 | 317 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Martin O'Connell | 223 | 227 | 228 | |||||||
| Independent | Tom Browne* | 213 | 226 | 232 | 244 | ||||||
| Independent | William Lambe | 90 | 94 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 11,042 Valid: 4,797 (43.77%) Spoilt: 36 Quota: 800 Turnout: 4,833 | |||||||||||
The borough of Galway was divided into the three local electoral areas (LEAs), defined bywards,townlands anddistrict electoral divisions.[4]
| LEA | Electoral divisions | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| No. 1 | The East Ward and the North Ward, and The townlands of:— Coolagh, Curragrean, Doughiska, in the district electoral division of Ballintemple; Ballindooly in the district electoral division of Carrowbrowne; and Ballybaan Beg, Ballybaan More, Ballybrit, Castlegar, Coolagh, Glenanail, Menlough, Merlinpark, Murroogh, Parkmore, Rahylin Glebe, Roscam in the district electoral division of Galway Rural. | 7 |
| No. 2 | The West Ward, and the townlands of:— Ballyburke, Ballymoneen East, Ballymoneen West, Ballynahown East, Barna, Cappagh, Cloonagower, Clybaun, Keeraun, Kimmeenmore, Lenabower, Mincloon, Shanballyduff, Shangort in the district electoral division of Barna; and Ballyagh, Barnacranny, Bushypark, Dangan Lower, Letteragh, Rahoon, in the district electoral division of Galway Rural. | 5 |
| No. 3 | The South Ward, and the townlands of:— Gortnalecka, Knocknacarragh, Pollnarooma West, Rusheen in the district electoral division of Barna. | 3 |