# 1985 Meath County Council election

An election to Meath County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 29 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 | 17 | +4 | 20,674 | 50.62 | |
| | Fine Gael | 7 | -2 | 10,304 | 25.23 | |
| | Labour | 3 | -2 | 4,746 | 11.62 | |
| | Independent | 2 | - | 3,994 | 9.78 | |
| Totals | Totals | 29 | - | 40,842 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Dunshaughlin

Dunshaughlin: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Wallace* | | 1,831 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean Conway* | | 1,151 | 1,390 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Sylver* | | 706 | 741 | 744 | 745 | 749 | 768 | 784 | 804 | 816 | 940 | 1,290 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Delaney | | 695 | 813 | 896 | 906 | 914 | 932 | 982 | 1,006 | 1,222 | 1,261 | |
| | Labour | Brian Fitzgerald | | 647 | 672 | 676 | 683 | 734 | 841 | 871 | 927 | 952 | 988 | 1,063 |
| | Fine Gael | John Fanning | | 592 | 603 | 607 | 608 | 612 | 632 | 642 | 726 | 731 | 762 | 943 |
| | Fine Gael | Seamus Lawless | | 504 | 523 | 525 | 531 | 562 | 580 | 609 | 620 | 634 | 742 | |
| | Fine Gael | Rosemary Swan | | 321 | 329 | 330 | 349 | 356 | 363 | 366 | 372 | 392 | | |
| | Workers' Party | John King | | 243 | 244 | 245 | 250 | 250 | 258 | 299 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Tommy Johnson | | 224 | 232 | 235 | 241 | 249 | 258 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Madeline Murphy | | 172 | 253 | 290 | 300 | 302 | 310 | 339 | 352 | | | |
| | Labour | Joe Mannering | | 161 | 190 | 194 | 194 | 236 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Sean Moran | | 153 | 100 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Edward McKeever | | 75 | 100 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,001 Valid: 7,475 (57.97%) Spoilt: 68 Quota: 1,246 Turnout: 7,543 |||||||||||||||

### Kells

Kells: 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sen. Michael Lynch* | | 2,076 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Johnny Brady* | | 1,204 | 1,454 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John V. Farrelly TD* | | 1,196 | 1,215 | 1,215 | 1,223 | 1,232 | 1,241 | 1,313 | 1,323 | 1,460 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sebastian Rooney* | | 932 | 1,026 | 1,038 | 1,043 | 1,047 | 1,095 | 1,107 | 1,302 | 1,395 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Fergus Muldoon* | | 874 | 911 | 930 | 933 | 942 | 950 | 951 | 1,000 | 1,021 | 1,025 | 1,036 | 1,057 | 1,066 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Bradley* | | 833 | 845 | 848 | 853 | 859 | 862 | 953 | 965 | 1,041 | 1,080 | 1,087 | 1,547 | |
| | Independent | Patrick Andrews* | | 752 | 769 | 770 | 812 | 813 | 829 | 837 | 847 | 882 | 886 | 897 | 931 | 1,013 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Hugh McEnroe* | | 598 | 711 | 748 | 749 | 758 | 780 | 785 | 940 | 987 | 998 | 1,009 | 1,070 | 1,107 |
| | Fine Gael | Val Finnegan | | 571 | 656 | 661 | 664 | 731 | 737 | 773 | 781 | 833 | 858 | 863 | | |
| | Labour | Tommy Grimes | | 489 | 498 | 498 | 531 | 588 | 641 | 662 | 706 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Caffrey | | 386 | 442 | 483 | 486 | 490 | 519 | 540 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Christine Coburn | | 261 | 265 | 265 | 270 | 277 | 285 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Maguire | | 206 | 216 | 216 | 217 | 218 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Patsy Clarke | | 170 | 202 | 206 | 208 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Joseph Conlon | | 106 | 112 | 112 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,705 Valid: 10,654 (69.26%) Spoilt: 224 Quota: 1,332 Turnout: 10,878 |||||||||||||||||

### Navan

Navan: 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Fitzsimons* | | 1,567 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Johnny Murtagh* | | 866 | 1,052 | 1,058 | 1,087 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Finnegan* | | 856 | 962 | 964 | 1,012 | 1,013 | 1,022 | 1,036 | 1,041 | 1,085 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | James Dorgan* | | 713 | 731 | 734 | 737 | 737 | 763 | 922 | 1,105 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Mangan | | 635 | 660 | 660 | 682 | 685 | 703 | 708 | 743 | 754 | 756 | 832 | 837 | 842 |
| | Fine Gael | Patsy O'Neill | | 634 | 642 | 662 | 673 | 674 | 689 | 711 | 847 | 870 | 894 | 996 | 1,023 | 1,023 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Owen Heaney | | 553 | 631 | 635 | 653 | 655 | 665 | 673 | 676 | 702 | 703 | 806 | 827 | 832 |
| | Independent | Patrick Andrews* | | 536 | 551 | 552 | 575 | 576 | 591 | 610 | 625 | 670 | 671 | | | |
| | Labour | Brendan Clusker* | | 533 | 554 | 570 | 597 | 599 | 753 | 784 | 801 | 962 | 964 | 1,128 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Seamus McDonagh | | 354 | 362 | 367 | 420 | 421 | 439 | 451 | 460 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Avril Molloy | | 335 | 340 | 341 | 345 | 345 | 370 | 439 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Carmel Burke | | 328 | 334 | 335 | 342 | 342 | 358 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Jimmy Lynch | | 303 | 309 | 311 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Sean O'Brien | | 293 | 301 | 331 | 338 | 339 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Patsy Meehan | | 93 | 95 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,420 Valid: 8,599 (53.11%) Spoilt: 122 Quota: 1,075 Turnout: 8,721 |||||||||||||||||

### Slane

Slane: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Independent | Gerald Marry | | 1,635 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Traynor* | | 784 | 846 | 846 | 849 | 856 | 901 | 940 | 947 | 1,335 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Robert Doonan* | | 737 | 787 | 788 | 867 | 875 | 884 | 1,203 | 1,267 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Kelly* | | 718 | 755 | 758 | 785 | 826 | 1,009 | 1,014 | 1,128 | 1,153 | 1,173 |
| | Independent | Jimmy Cudden* | | 558 | 654 | 666 | 703 | 732 | 801 | 814 | 841 | 1,010 | 1,083 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean Murray | | 543 | 623 | 630 | 636 | 672 | 679 | 727 | 734 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Halpin | | 482 | 493 | 495 | 498 | 501 | 503 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Fullam* | | 455 | 497 | 499 | 514 | 578 | 603 | 622 | 892 | 933 | 948 |
| | Fine Gael | Moyna Doherty | | 395 | 411 | 415 | 442 | 477 | 507 | 545 | | | |
| | Labour | Ken Lougheed | | 376 | 387 | 428 | 434 | 445 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Smith | | 240 | 266 | 269 | 276 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Paddy Monaghan | | 202 | 223 | 225 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Owen Harty | | 74 | 82 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,161 Valid: 7,229 (59.96%) Spoilt: 63 Quota: 1,205 Turnout: 7,292 ||||||||||||||

### Trim

Trim: 5 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 | Colm Hilliard TD* | | 1,592 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Dempsey TD* | | 1,538 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Frank McLoughlin TD* | | 1,411 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Willie Carey* | | 676 | 700 | 717 | 739 | 910 | 1,010 | 1,064 |
| | Fine Gael | Peter Higgins | | 417 | 442 | 479 | 507 | 645 | 728 | 747 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom O'Connor | | 409 | 426 | 436 | 449 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gabriel Cribbin | | 366 | 524 | 673 | 690 | 707 | 730 | 1,176 |
| | Labour | Patrick Lowe* | | 240 | 268 | 290 | 458 | 487 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Cummins | | 236 | 428 | 583 | 598 | 631 | 693 | |
| Electorate: 11,359 Valid: 6,885 (61.58%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 1,148 Turnout: 6,995 |||||||||||