# 1985 Kildare County Council election

An election to Kildare County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 1985 Irish local elections. 25 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 | 10 | +1 | 17,205 | 42.91 | |
| | Fine Gael | 7 | -1 | 9,294 | 23.18 | |
| | Labour | 5 | +1 | 8,563 | 21.36 | |
| | Workers' Party | 1 | +1 | 1,035 | 2.58 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 1 | +1 | 875 | 2.18 | |
| | Independent | 1 | +1 | 3,125 | 7.79 | |
| Totals | Totals | 25 | +4 | 40,335 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Athy

Athy: 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 |
| | Labour | Joseph Bermingham TD* | | 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 | 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 | Emmet Stagg* | | 2,784 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gerry Brady | | 1,045 | 1,226 | 1,229 | 1,241 | 1,245 | 1,567 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Bernard Durkan TD* | | 1,001 | 1,296 | 1,309 | 1,571 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Gallagher* | | 729 | 836 | 846 | 908 | 1,100 | 1,135 | 1,150 | 1,257 | 1,280 |
| | Workers' Party | Colm Purcell | | 722 | 1,226 | 1,282 | 1,293 | 1,299 | 1,331 | 1,340 | 1,413 | |
| | Independent | Finbarr Kelly | | 575 | 614 | 626 | 627 | 627 | 690 | 807 | 1,250 | 1,275 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paul Kelly | | 537 | 601 | 606 | 609 | 610 | 639 | 700 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mairead Byrne | | 411 | 508 | 516 | 538 | 541 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Condra | | 285 | 380 | 387 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Micheal O'Connell | | 100 | 137 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,118 Valid: 8,189 (54.59%) Spoilt: 53 Quota: 1,365 Turnout: 8,242 |||||||||||||

### Clane

Clane: 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Sean Reilly* | | 1,511 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Doyle | | 1,019 | 1,026 | 1,038 | 1,062 | 1,129 | 1,238 | 1,340 | 2,038 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Austin Groome* | | 1,011 | 1,017 | 1,050 | 1,111 | 1,147 | 1,623 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. Sheridan | | 817 | 833 | 841 | 851 | 922 | 991 | 1,131 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Fitzpatrick | | 715 | 729 | 767 | 787 | 806 | | | |
| | Labour | Jim Reilly | | 545 | 553 | 609 | 776 | 1,092 | 1,137 | 1,154 | 1,230 |
| | Labour | Joe McBride | | 434 | 441 | 658 | 732 | | | | |
| | Labour | Peggy Fox | | 393 | 402 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Noel Duffy | | 372 | 452 | 473 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,132 Valid: 6,817 (61.94%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,364 Turnout: 6,895 ||||||||||||

### Kildare

Kildare: 5 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy O'Loughlin* | | 1,158 | 1,168 | 1,176 | 1,200 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Aspell* | | 1,088 | 1,090 | 1,135 | 1,156 | 1,389 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Ó Fearghail | | 825 | 832 | 840 | 853 | 1,042 | 1,107 | 1,128 | 1,159 | 1,584 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael McWey* | | 677 | 736 | 908 | 956 | 1,017 | 1,036 | 1,434 | | |
| | Labour | Kieran Coleman | | 641 | 659 | 671 | 880 | 929 | 939 | 1,009 | 1,121 | 1,200 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ted Rooney | | 622 | 626 | 634 | 644 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Denis Mahon | | 534 | 588 | 593 | 751 | 815 | 911 | 967 | 1,003 | |
| | Labour | Con Carr | | 522 | 576 | 591 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Margot Conlon | | 424 | 509 | 602 | 665 | 677 | 680 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Trudy Jeffers | | 346 | 376 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Billy Cleary | | 333 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,776 Valid: 7,170 (52.66%) Spoilt: 85 Quota: 1,196 Turnout: 7,255 |||||||||||||

### Naas

Naas: 7 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 | Paddy Power* | | 1,788 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John O'Neill* | | 1,293 | 1,400 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Patsy Lawlor* | | 1,253 | 1,270 | 1,330 | 1,331 | 1,388 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Sen. Timmy Conway* | | 774 | 786 | 808 | 808 | 841 | 854 | 926 | 1,023 | 1,024 | 1,042 | 1,225 | 1,332 | 1,485 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Nolan, Snr* | | 734 | 746 | 750 | 751 | 757 | 793 | 957 | 966 | 966 | 977 | 1,133 | 1,334 | 1,423 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Billy Hillis | | 637 | 643 | 647 | 647 | 655 | 659 | 745 | 754 | 754 | 820 | 841 | 1,003 | 1,033 | 1,063 | 1,120 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Robinson | | 523 | 616 | 628 | 634 | 647 | 676 | 688 | 718 | 718 | 883 | 913 | 935 | 986 | 1,003 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Behan | | 523 | 578 | 603 | 605 | 644 | 655 | 669 | 758 | 759 | 936 | 965 | 1,009 | 1,093 | 1,113 | 1,715 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Kavanagh | | 493 | 531 | 538 | 541 | 547 | 559 | 564 | 581 | 581 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Colm Feeney | | 464 | 471 | 478 | 479 | 492 | 546 | 559 | 582 | 582 | 594 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Malone | | 458 | 483 | 494 | 494 | 505 | 510 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Pat O'Reilly | | 455 | 458 | 475 | 475 | 511 | 513 | 603 | 625 | 625 | 633 | 646 | | | | |
| | Independent | Norman Croke | | 429 | 433 | 441 | 441 | 461 | 551 | 562 | 654 | 654 | 665 | 713 | 723 | | | |
| | Independent | Evelyn Bracken | | 416 | 422 | 443 | 443 | 497 | 526 | 533 | | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Dan O'Sullivan | | 313 | 317 | 322 | 322 | 330 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Donal Corcoran | | 287 | 292 | 322 | 322 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Lawlor | | 246 | 254 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,849 Valid: 11,086 (53.91%) Spoilt: 154 Quota: 1,386 Turnout: 11,240 |||||||||||||||||||