1991 Clare County Council election

1991 Clare County Council election
All 32 seats on Clare County Council
	Map showing the area of Clare County Council
Council control before election; Fianna Fáil;	Council control after election ; Fianna Fáil;

An election to Clare County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 32 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 twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.^[1]^[2]

Results by party edit

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	17	0	21,062	48.54
	Fine Gael	8	0	9,370	21.59
	Labour	1	-1	3,171	7.31
	Progressive Democrats	1	+1	2,627	6.05
	Independent	5	0	6,701	15.44
Totals		32	0	43,393	100.00	—

Ennis - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	Tommy Brennan*	22.3%	1,212
	Fianna Fáil	Raymond Greene	17.3%	942	966	990	1,039	1,120
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Considine	12.9%	702	722	735	749	870	932	1,026	1,056	1,266
	Progressive Democrats	Frankie Neylon	11%	599	619	633	653	688	738	940	942
	Labour	Michael Corley	10.5%	569	585	599	630	648	694
	Fine Gael	Anna Mulqueen	8.2%	445	461	477	491	499	735	969	970	1,288
	Fine Gael	Michael Howard*	7.2%	391	405	418	436	446
	Fianna Fáil	Josie Nevin	4.8%	263	270	274	287
	Sinn Féin	Tony McCarthy	3.5%	190	196	207
	Independent	Frank Kenny	2.2%	118	120
Electorate: 10,739 Valid: 5,431 (50.57%) Spoilt: 39 Quota: 1,087 Turnout: 5,470 (50.94%)

Ennistymon - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Killeen*	21.1%	1,355
	Fine Gael	Frank Henchy*	9.43	1,258
	Labour	Martin Lafferty*	17.7%	1,142
	Fianna Fáil	Enda Mulkere*	17.5%	1,128
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Nagle*	15.3%	985	1,221
	Progressive Democrats	Noel Moran	4.8%	307	332	361
	Fine Gael	Paddy O'Connor	4%	260	281	437
Electorate: 9,891 Valid: 6,435 (65.06%) Spoilt: 43 Quota: 1,073 Turnout: 6,478 (65.49%)

Killaloe - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Wiley*	13.9%	1,377	1,429
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Mannion	11%	1,094	1,112	1,186	1,225	1,226	1,255	1,666
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Begley	10.8%	1,071	1,112	1,269	1,286	1,290	1,370	1,477
	Fine Gael	Patrick Bugler*	10.3%	1,019	1,036	1,055	1,257	1,258	1,387	1,431
	Fine Gael	Tony McMahon*	10.1%	999	1,010	1,085	1,176	1,176	1,189	1,270	1,399	1,419
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Gorman*	10.1%	998	1,007	1,007	1,101	1,101	1,194	1,218	1,250	1,260
	Labour	Brendan Hayes	7.3	723	762	802	821	823	831
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Hayes	6.6%	657	677	728	776	779
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Torpey	6.2%	617	625	656	785	786	1,116	1,158	1,180	1,195
	Fine Gael	Eugene Conlon	5.7%	566	571	578
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Givinan	5.3%	524	542
	Sinn Féin	Tony Foley	2.7%	272
Electorate: 13,913 Valid: 9,917 (71.28%) Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,417 Turnout: 9,986 (71.77%)

Kilrush - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Kelly*	13.5%	1,080	1,080	1,117	1,135	1,161
	Fine Gael	Jackie Keane*	13.4%	1,072	1,073	1,189
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Prendeville	12.3%	987	992	995	1,047	1,298
	Fianna Fáil	Bill Chambers*	12%	963	964	978	1,041	1,122	1,151
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Keane	11.5%	924	927	939	976	1,024	1,035	1,048	1,052	1,061
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Keating*	10.9%	877	877	886	923	972	993	1,019	1,044	1,049
	Fine Gael	Madeleine Taylor-Quinn TD*	10.5%	845	848	898	974	1,144	1,234
	Independent	William O'Looney*	7.5%	603	612	617	691
	Independent	Mossie Horgan	4.7%	380	391	398
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Brien	3.2%	257	257
	Independent	John O'Shea	0.4%	35
Electorate: 11,610 Valid: 8,023 (69.10%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,147 Turnout: 8,089 (69.67%)

Miltown-Malbay - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Christy Curtin*	19.7%	1,416
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hillery*	15.8%	1,132
	Independent	P.J. Burke*	15.1%	1,085
	Fianna Fáil	James Breen*	14.9%	1,072
	Fine Gael	Donal Carey TD*	11.8%	848	936	947	960	971	1,102
	Fianna Fáil	Flan Garvey*	8.2%	592	719	785	807	828	861	959
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Hanrahan	7.6%	549	580	595	601	611	652	674
	Labour	Peadar McNamara	3.6%	256	299	302	310	313
	Fine Gael	Dick Pilkington	3.2%	229	330	341	351	352	376
Electorate: 10,040 Valid: 7,179 (71.5%) Spoilt: 42 Quota: 1,026 Turnout: 7,221 (71.92%)

Shannon - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent	Patricia McCarthy*	15%	963	985	1,020	1,073
	Fianna Fáil	Pat McMahon*	14.7%	941	947	948	949	982	1,029	1,040	1,222
	Fine Gael	Sonny Scanlon*	10.6%	678	680	709	715	764	771	980	1,109
	Independent	Brigid Makowski	8.5%	545	608	621	632	638	688	699	726	734	955	1,004
	Fianna Fáil	Pat O'Loughlin	8.4%	540	542	543	546	600	634	652	691	733	769
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Hillery*	7.7%	496	502	507	524	531	625	672	748	788	924	1,329
	Labour	Tom O'Shaughnessy	7.5%	481	497	511	528	544	584	612	669	686
	Progressive Democrats	Tom Casey	7.1%	453	457	465	534	557	572	600
	Fine Gael	Mary Cusack	5.2%	336	338	380	380	383	388
	Fianna Fáil	Geraldine Lambert	4.5%	290	297	300	305	310
	Independent	J.J. McCabe	3.2%	204	204	206	208
	Progressive Democrats	Mary McGrath	2.7%	174	177	187
	Fine Gael	Dermot Hammond	2.6%	167	169
	Independent	Peter Flanagan	2.2%	140
Electorate: 10,717 Valid: 6,408 (59.79%) Spoilt: 20 Quota: 1,069 Turnout: 6,428 (59.98%)

^ Local Government Act 1994, s. 20: Year of elections to all local authorities (No. 8 of 1994, s. 20). Enacted on 29 April 1994. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
^ Local Government Act 1998, s. 10: Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1994 (No. 16 of 1998, s. 10). Enacted on 29 May 1998. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.