Westmeath County Council (Athlone)
1985 Local Election

Seats: 7Quota: 1164


 
O'Rourke's
surplus of 712
Fallon's
surplus of 124
Distribution
Farrell's 89
Distribution
McCallon's 105
Distribution
O'Shea's 192
Distribution
O'Brien's 283
Distribution
Hogan's 307
Distribution
Keenehan's 340
Distribution
Waters's 384
Distribution
Lynch's 430
Distribution
Henson's 483
Distribution
Gavin's 555
Distribution
Dillon's 603
Price's
surplus of 20
Coghill's
surplus of 114
McFadden's
surplus of 43
SeatPartyCandidateShareCount 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11Count 12Count 13Count 14Count 15Count 16Count 17
1
Mary O'Rourke (FF)
20.2%
1876
2
Seán Fallon (FF)
10.8%
10011288
(287)
3
Brendan McFadden (FG)
6.4%
591620
(29)
626
(6)
626
(0)
629
(3)
665
(36)
754
(89)
764
(10)
822
(58)
880
(58)
1035
(155)
1103
(68)
1184
(81)
4
Stephen Price (IND)
8.3%
773800
(27)
804
(4)
810
(6)
838
(28)
843
(5)
850
(7)
876
(26)
888
(12)
938
(50)
954
(16)
996
(42)
1083
(87)
1355
(272)
5
P.J. Coghill (FF)
9.3%
867923
(56)
945
(22)
947
(2)
954
(7)
956
(2)
969
(13)
997
(28)
1016
(19)
1033
(17)
1048
(15)
1080
(32)
1096
(16)
1207
(111)
6
George Allen (FG)
6.4%
592605
(13)
606
(1)
606
(0)
611
(5)
625
(14)
668
(43)
675
(7)
691
(16)
717
(26)
811
(94)
847
(36)
867
(20)
903
(36)
913
(10)
962
(49)
966
(4)
7
Padraic Dunne (FF)
3.4%
318404
(86)
450
(46)
451
(1)
455
(4)
464
(9)
476
(12)
494
(18)
509
(15)
532
(23)
559
(27)
615
(56)
681
(66)
755
(74)
760
(5)
807
(47)
842
(35)
Vincent Dooley (FG)
6.4%
598605
(7)
606
(1)
606
(0)
612
(6)
621
(9)
637
(16)
644
(7)
658
(14)
667
(9)
705
(38)
734
(29)
747
(13)
772
(25)
777
(5)
795
(18)
799
(4)
John Dillon (FF)
5.3%
494515
(21)
529
(14)
534
(5)
546
(12)
548
(2)
551
(3)
560
(9)
562
(2)
566
(4)
572
(6)
586
(14)
603
(17)
Oliver Gavin (IND)
3.4%
319357
(38)
361
(4)
367
(6)
367
(0)
372
(5)
376
(4)
408
(32)
432
(24)
502
(70)
509
(7)
555
(46)
John Henson (LAB)
2.8%
256278
(22)
281
(3)
284
(3)
295
(11)
321
(26)
328
(7)
371
(43)
432
(61)
457
(25)
483
(26)
Des Lynch (FG)
3.1%
293309
(16)
311
(2)
311
(0)
311
(0)
335
(24)
388
(53)
390
(2)
409
(19)
430
(21)
Frank Waters (IND)
2.6%
241280
(39)
288
(8)
290
(2)
292
(2)
300
(8)
315
(15)
344
(29)
384
(40)
John Keenehan (LAB)
2.7%
248273
(25)
280
(7)
282
(2)
286
(4)
319
(33)
324
(5)
340
(16)
Tony Hogan (SF)
2.5%
230242
(12)
243
(1)
292
(49)
302
(10)
304
(2)
307
(3)
Kevin O'Brien (FG)
2.9%
266276
(10)
277
(1)
277
(0)
277
(0)
283
(6)
Neil O'Shea (LAB)
1.7%
161178
(17)
181
(3)
181
(0)
192
(11)
Michael McCallon (LAB)
1.0%
97101
(4)
101
(0)
105
(4)
Gerald Farrell (SF)
0.9%
8588
(3)
89
(1)
Electorate: 15067Turnout: 9474Valid: 9306