# 1985 Westmeath County Council election

An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 23 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.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 13 | +3 | 13,398 | 48.14 | |
| | Fine Gael | 5 | -4 | 7,753 | 27.86 | |
| | Labour | 3 | - | 3,557 | 12.78 | |
| | Independent | 2 | +1 | 2,703 | 9.71 | |
| Totals | Totals | 23 | - | 27,831 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Athlone

Athlone: 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary O'Rourke TD* | | 1,876 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sen. Seán Fallon* | | 1,001 | 1,288 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. Coghill* | | 737 | 923 | 945 | 947 | 954 | 956 | 969 | 997 | 1,016 | 1,033 | 1,048 | 1,080 | 1,096 | 1,207 | | | |
| | Independent | Stephen Price | | 773 | 800 | 804 | 810 | 838 | 843 | 850 | 876 | 888 | 938 | 954 | 996 | 1,083 | 1,355 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Vincent Dooley | | 598 | 605 | 606 | 606 | 612 | 621 | 637 | 644 | 658 | 667 | 705 | 734 | 747 | 772 | 777 | 795 | 799 |
| | Fine Gael | George Allen* | | 592 | 605 | 606 | 606 | 611 | 625 | 668 | 675 | 691 | 717 | 811 | 847 | 867 | 903 | 913 | 962 | 966 |
| | Fine Gael | Brendan McFadden* | | 591 | 620 | 626 | 626 | 629 | 665 | 754 | 764 | 822 | 880 | 1,035 | 1,103 | 1,184 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Dillon* | | 494 | 515 | 529 | 534 | 546 | 548 | 551 | 560 | 562 | 566 | 572 | 586 | 603 | | | | |
| | Independent | Oliver Gavin | | 319 | 357 | 361 | 367 | 367 | 372 | 376 | 408 | 432 | 502 | 509 | 555 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Padraic Dunne | | 318 | 404 | 450 | 451 | 455 | 464 | 476 | 494 | 509 | 532 | 559 | 615 | 681 | 755 | 760 | 807 | 842 |
| | Fine Gael | Des Lynch | | 293 | 309 | 311 | 311 | 311 | 335 | 388 | 390 | 409 | 430 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Kevin O'Brien | | 266 | 276 | 277 | 277 | 277 | 283 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | John Henson | | 256 | 278 | 281 | 284 | 295 | 321 | 328 | 371 | 432 | 457 | 483 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | John Keenehan | | 248 | 273 | 280 | 282 | 286 | 319 | 324 | 340 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Frank Waters | | 241 | 280 | 288 | 290 | 292 | 300 | 315 | 344 | 384 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Tony Hogan | | 230 | 242 | 243 | 292 | 302 | 304 | 307 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Neil O'Shea | | 161 | 178 | 181 | 181 | 192 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Michael McCallon | | 97 | 101 | 101 | 105 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerald Farrell | | 85 | 88 | 89 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,067 Valid: 9,306 (62.88%) Spoilt: 168 Quota: 1,164 Turnout: 9,474 |||||||||||||||||||||

### Coole

Coole: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sen. Donie Cassidy | | 1,284 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. O'Shaughnessy* | | 899 | 959 | 996 | 1,006 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Thomas Bourke | | 683 | 750 | 753 | 813 | 868 | 868 | 900 | 943 |
| | Fine Gael | Frank McDermott* | | 575 | 601 | 684 | 705 | 935 | 936 | 1,351 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Molly Cahill | | 401 | 510 | 518 | 535 | 538 | 540 | 570 | 625 |
| | Fine Gael | Colm Smyth | | 390 | 406 | 429 | 445 | 538 | 540 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Leslie* | | 327 | 330 | 368 | 419 | | | | |
| | Labour | Paddy Jordan | | 217 | 220 | 234 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Betty Leonard | | 211 | 213 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,124 Valid: 4,987 (71%) Spoilt: 71 Quota: 998 Turnout: 5,058 ||||||||||||

### Kilbeggan

Kilbeggan: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Keegan* | | 1,013 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Flanagan* | | 868 | 891 | 897 | 899 | 1,325 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Ryan | | 661 | 686 | 1,055 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Edward Farrell* | | 582 | 590 | 599 | 605 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Eamon Duigenan | | 580 | 611 | 700 | 732 | 778 | 1,060 |
| | Independent | Gerald Cooney | | 551 | 612 | 630 | 652 | 676 | 694 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Whelehan | | 515 | 539 | | | | |
| | Independent | Frank Abbott | | 160 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Rene Ennis-Lennon | | 30 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,410 Valid: 4,960 (69.62%) Spoilt: 199 Quota: 993 Turnout: 5,159 ||||||||||

### Mullingar Lough Owel

Mullingar Lough Owel: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Henry Abbott* | | 843 | 844 | 862 | 982 | | | |
| | Labour | Willie Penrose* | | 671 | 682 | 721 | 755 | 757 | 796 | 901 |
| | Labour | Sen. Helena McAuliffe-Ennis | | 652 | 679 | 689 | 719 | 719 | 861 | 915 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Shay Callaghan* | | 512 | 517 | 521 | 529 | 600 | 884 | 902 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tommy Wright | | 408 | 413 | 421 | 511 | 530 | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Keegan* | | 387 | 455 | 560 | 569 | 570 | 580 | 895 |
| | Fine Gael | Shay Boyhan | | 380 | 418 | 534 | 545 | 547 | 554 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Nolan | | 356 | 359 | 365 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Declan Fagan | | 277 | 312 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Delemara | | 195 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,356 Valid: 4,681 (64.49%) Spoilt: 63 Quota: 937 Turnout: 4,744 |||||||||||

### Mullingar Urban

Mullingar Urban: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Labour | Mick Dollard | | 907 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Camillus Glynn* | | 773 | 793 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Frank McIntyre | | 357 | 384 | 388 | 406 | 456 | 563 | 601 | 829 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Hynes | | 353 | 361 | 364 | 366 | 453 | 518 | 536 | 622 | 643 |
| | Labour | Jack Coleman* | | 348 | 392 | 293 | 403 | 435 | 476 | 523 | | |
| | Independent | Eddie Byrne | | 272 | 282 | 284 | 288 | 304 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Wallace | | 271 | 273 | 274 | 315 | 322 | 350 | 544 | 612 | 640 |
| | Fine Gael | Denis Burke | | 269 | 273 | 274 | 296 | 305 | 328 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kathleen Campbell | | 141 | 146 | 147 | 149 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Billy Cleary | | 105 | 108 | 108 | 108 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Mahon | | 101 | 105 | 105 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,654 Valid: 3,897 (59.15%) Spoilt: 39 Quota: 780 Turnout: 3,936 |||||||||||||