# 1985 Cork Corporation election

An election to Cork City Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 councillors were elected from six 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 | 0 | 17,399 | 41.16 | |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | 0 | 11,376 | 26.91 | |
| | Labour | 5 | 0 | 4,478 | 10.59 | |
| | Workers' Party | 2 | 0 | 2,394 | 5.66 | |
| | Independent | 3 | 0 | 4,545 | 10.75 | |
| Totals | Totals | 31 | 0 | 42,271 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Cork North-Central

Cork North-Central: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Bernard Allen TD* | | 1,540 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Bernie Murphy | | 757 | 779 | 792 | 811 | 823 | 848 | 910 | 927 | 1,042 | 1,089 | 1,242 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paud Black* | | 697 | 728 | 731 | 741 | 746 | 762 | 781 | 873 | 893 | 919 | 975 | 985 |
| | Fianna Fáil | David Buckley* | | 688 | 715 | 719 | 731 | 739 | 748 | 764 | 847 | 868 | 902 | 938 | 946 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Falvey | | 580 | 599 | 600 | 605 | 612 | 623 | 639 | 739 | 766 | 793 | 853 | 866 |
| | Labour | Joe O'Callaghan | | 483 | 513 | 519 | 538 | 549 | 648 | 663 | 676 | 739 | 856 | 992 | 1,012 |
| | Independent | Jerry O'Riordan | | 415 | 429 | 433 | 458 | 465 | 500 | 539 | 554 | 608 | 648 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Harry Carroll | | 337 | 352 | 360 | 364 | 367 | 378 | 427 | 438 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Coleman | | 334 | 340 | 340 | 345 | 346 | 438 | 351 | 357 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Don O'Leary | | 262 | 268 | 278 | 287 | 289 | 291 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Bertie McSweeney | | 212 | 213 | 225 | 228 | 243 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Charles Browne | | 171 | 346 | 349 | 365 | 462 | 474 | 485 | 493 | 519 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Richard J. Long | | 140 | 178 | 178 | 180 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Desmond Walls | | 126 | 135 | 139 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Communist | John N. Murphy | | 58 | 61 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,131 Valid: 6,800 (45.81%) Spoilt: 131 Quota: 1,134 Turnout: 6,931 ||||||||||||||||

### Cork North-East

Cork North-East: 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mairin Quill* | | 1,063 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Bill Nolan* | | 638 | 642 | 650 | 734 | 743 | 754 | 784 | 792 | 1,209 | |
| | Workers' Party | John Kelleher | | 609 | 610 | 624 | 634 | 710 | 752 | 785 | 798 | 862 | 888 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tim Brosnan | | 586 | 599 | 623 | 634 | 647 | 734 | 1,087 | | | |
| | Independent | Denis A. Tobin | | 559 | 561 | 583 | 593 | 653 | 697 | 753 | 772 | 826 | 853 |
| | Labour | Frank Nash | | 553 | 555 | 677 | 693 | 721 | 744 | 780 | 791 | 873 | 998 |
| | Fine Gael | Tadhg McAuliffe | | 464 | 465 | 478 | 626 | 633 | 673 | 722 | 737 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat McRory | | 445 | 453 | 460 | 465 | 482 | 632 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel O'Flynn | | 385 | 394 | 400 | 404 | 425 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Anthony Dempsey | | 298 | 298 | 303 | 307 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mairin Daly | | 277 | 278 | 294 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Sheila Abbott | | 138 | 139 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | George McDonnell | | 109 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,666 Valid: 6,124 (48.97%) Spoilt: 164 Quota: 1,021 Turnout: 6,202 ||||||||||||||

### Cork North-West

Cork North-West: 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 | Dan Wallace TD* | | 1,888 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Burke TD* | | 1,007 | 1,077 | 1,142 | | | | |
| | Labour | Gerry O'Sullivan* | | 775 | 828 | 857 | 1,006 | 1,066 | 1,102 | 1,108 |
| | Workers' Party | Jimmy Homan | | 690 | 732 | 775 | 805 | 909 | 939 | 941 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tim Falvey | | 574 | 781 | 800 | 817 | 862 | 1,229 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dave McCarthy | | 521 | 705 | 714 | 727 | 784 | 1,007 | 1,091 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin A. Harvey | | 514 | 658 | 667 | 694 | 730 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Walsh | | 347 | 366 | 382 | 392 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Con Fitzpatrick | | 277 | 280 | 333 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Sheila McGarry | | 159 | 185 | | | | | |
| | Communist | Bill McGarry | | 69 | 72 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,358 Valid: 6,821 (48.22%) Spoilt: 102 Quota: 1,137 Turnout: 6,923 |||||||||||

### Cork South-Central

Cork South-Central: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pearse Wyse TD | | 1,295 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Denis Cregan* | | 809 | 818 | 823 | 828 | 915 | 924 | 926 | 983 | 993 | 1,064 | 1,119 | 1,121 | 1,191 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Micheál Martin | | 788 | 815 | 818 | 824 | 829 | 840 | 907 | 933 | 1,069 | 1,102 | 1,167 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Peadar Beecher | | 465 | 467 | 472 | 495 | 497 | 507 | 510 | 512 | 518 | 522 | 572 | 572 | | | |
| | Labour | John Murray | | 464 | 469 | 475 | 479 | 482 | 493 | 500 | 503 | 506 | 676 | 737 | 740 | 809 | 988 | 1,000 |
| | Workers' Party | Kathleen Lynch | | 412 | 415 | 422 | 434 | 437 | 460 | 469 | 475 | 480 | 515 | 574 | 578 | 748 | 804 | 822 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Finn | | 406 | 440 | 440 | 447 | 451 | 458 | 492 | 499 | 584 | 597 | 643 | 664 | 731 | 787 | 804 |
| | Fine Gael | Dan Morrissey* | | 396 | 402 | 403 | 409 | 429 | 435 | 443 | 523 | 533 | 587 | 621 | 623 | 638 | | |
| | Labour | Pat Dawson* | | 365 | 369 | 372 | 380 | 392 | 409 | 418 | 432 | 442 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Fred Penney | | 305 | 312 | 324 | 358 | 362 | 420 | 424 | 434 | 443 | 464 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean O'Reilly* | | 191 | 226 | 231 | 239 | 243 | 246 | 303 | 307 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Christopher O'Connor | | 183 | 203 | 206 | 211 | 212 | 219 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Sarah Madden | | 182 | 183 | 185 | 189 | 212 | 224 | 226 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Cahill* | | 176 | 177 | 177 | 179 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Patrick Cotter | | 162 | 163 | 173 | 187 | 190 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Finbarr O'Connor | | 137 | 140 | 147 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Pat O'Connor | | 70 | 72 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,329 Valid: 6,806 (48.49%) Spoilt: 142 Quota: 1,135 Turnout: 6,948 |||||||||||||||||||

### Cork South-East

Cork South-East: 6 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Corr* | | 1,673 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Sean Beausang* | | 1,241 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Chrissie Aherne* | | 999 | 1,017 | 1,080 | 1,098 | 1,105 | 1,124 | 1,183 | 1,350 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Donal Counihan* | | 854 | 878 | 912 | 918 | 921 | 936 | 956 | 1,115 | 1,193 | 1,237 |
| | Fine Gael | Ted McCarthy | | 665 | 785 | 793 | 876 | 881 | 905 | 923 | 949 | 1,079 | 1,084 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Chris Coughlan | | 622 | 649 | 675 | 680 | 684 | 690 | 710 | 818 | 864 | 941 |
| | Fine Gael | John Blair | | 551 | 733 | 741 | 826 | 831 | 855 | 872 | 889 | 1,011 | 1,016 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Lombard* | | 492 | 501 | 531 | 532 | 534 | 571 | 597 | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Sean McCarthy | | 346 | 352 | 353 | 357 | 361 | 390 | | | | |
| | Labour | Tom O'Sullivan | | 310 | 323 | 330 | 340 | 343 | 511 | 617 | 654 | | |
| | Labour | Frank Kerrigan | | 307 | 320 | 323 | 339 | 342 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Philip Travers | | 191 | 241 | 241 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ann Hynes | | 181 | 187 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,081 Valid: 8,432 (44.79%) Spoilt: 114 Quota: 1,212 Turnout: 8,546 ||||||||||||||

### Cork South-West

Cork South-West: 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 | John Dennehy* | | 1,448 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Brian Bermingham* | | 892 | 901 | 909 | 914 | 918 | 963 | 994 | 1,307 | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick Murray | | 689 | 830 | 860 | 934 | 957 | 992 | 1,221 | 1,328 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Owen Curtin* | | 658 | 741 | 748 | 757 | 776 | 804 | 1,070 | 1,095 | 1,098 | 1,537 | |
| | Labour | Toddy O'Sullivan TD* | | 655 | 681 | 719 | 737 | 777 | 837 | 860 | 938 | 947 | 1,020 | 1,047 |
| | Fine Gael | Niall Hartnett | | 631 | 636 | 648 | 649 | 650 | 678 | 708 | 834 | 910 | 959 | 999 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jarlath Killilea | | 568 | 613 | 617 | 623 | 653 | 666 | 751 | 767 | 768 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Harry Anthony | | 537 | 545 | 549 | 557 | 560 | 589 | 595 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Phil Cummins | | 439 | 477 | 481 | 490 | 506 | 518 | | | | | |
| | Green | Sean Dunne | | 331 | 335 | 348 | 362 | 403 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | James McBarron | | 214 | 217 | 221 | 239 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Finbarr O'Connor | | 119 | 122 | 126 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Noel Dempsey | | 107 | 108 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,555 Valid: 7,288 (47.45%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,215 Turnout: 7,381 |||||||||||||||