1991 Cork County Council election

1991 Cork County Council election
All 48 seats on Cork County Council
	Map showing the area of Cork County Council
	Council control after election ; TBD;

An election to Cork County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 48 councillors were elected from eight 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%	±%
	Fine Gael	20	+1	41,742	35.4
	Fianna Fáil	19	-5	43,211	36.7
	Labour	4	+2	7,246	6.2
	Progressive Democrats	1	+1	6,463	5.5
	Workers' Party	1	0	5,097	4.3
	Independent	3	+1	11,205	9.5
Totals		48	0	117,899	100.0	—

Results by local electoral area edit

Bandon edit

Bandon - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fine Gael	Michael Creed TD*	17.1%	3,267
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Callanan*	14.6%	2,797
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Moynihan*	13.2%	2,519
	Fine Gael	Eddie Lucey*	12.3%	2,347	2,489
	Fine Gael	Kevin Murphy*	12%	2,301	2,327	2,376	2,377	2,433
	Fine Gael	Frank Metcalfe	7.1%	1,366	1,730	1,735	1,739	1,748	1,778	1,842	1,917	2,088	2,438
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Long*	5.2%	1,004	1,061	1,150	1,228	1,231	1,261	1,286	1,301	1,401	1,587	1,588	1,607
	Fianna Fáil	Alan Coleman	4.8%	916	923	1,091	1,106	1,121	1,244	1,248	1,403	1,497	1,585	1,596	1,614
	Green	Paula Giles	3.6%	695	724	759	763	787	858	864	964
	Progressive Democrats	Jerry Kelleher	3.5%	672	905	910	932	936	951	965	1,123	1,294
	Progressive Democrats	John Kevin Coleman*	3.2%	605	613	648	650	661	712	718
	Independent	Dermot Ryan	2.4%	468	473	481	482	499
	Independent	Frank Collins	0.9%	170	175	187	188
Electorate: 30,218 Valid: 19,127 (63.3%) Spoilt: 172 Quota: 2,391 Turnout: 19,289 (63.8%)

Cork North edit

Cork North - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Tomas Ryan*	16.9%	1,569	1,604	1,698	1,741	2,554
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Fleming*	13.5%	1,253	1,285	1,357	1,676	1,759	1,860
	Fianna Fáil	Annette McNamara	12.3%	1,137	1,202	1,297	1,469	1,516	1,576
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Joyce	10.5%	975	1,007	1,153	1,482	1,524	1,563
	Fianna Fáil	Donal O'Connell*	10.5%	968	986	1,086
	Fine Gael	George Osborne*	10.3%	953	990	1,143	1,223
	Labour	Sheila O'Sullivan	9.8%	912	1,155	1,378	1,454	1,591	1,856
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Burns	9.5%	884	972
	Workers' Party	Patrick Corbett	3.8%	353
	Green	Thomas Hyland	2.8%	257
Electorate: 19,771 Valid: 9,261 (46.8%) Spoilt: 64 Quota: 1,853 Turnout: 9,325 (47.2%)

Cork South edit

Cork South - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Batt O'Keeffe*	22%	3,081
	Fianna Fáil	Barry Cogan*	11.5%	1,614	1,906	1,918	1,935	1,965	2,001	2,400
	Labour	Paula Desmond*	8.5%	1,195	1,230	1,238	1,488	1,700	1,773	1,842	1,873	1,979	2,427
	Fine Gael	Sylvester Cotter	6.9%	968	982	1,033	1,043	1,061	1,203	1,257	1,267	1,608	1,665	1,707
	Independent	Kevin Meaney	6.9%	966	996	1,010	1,024	1,174	1,204	1,290	1,320	1,367
	Fine Gael	Braham Brennan*	6.8%	953	967	1,019	1,027	1,055	1,100	1,161	1,177	1,423	1,639	1,718
	Fine Gael	Barry O'Mahony	5.9%	827	877	1,003	1,026	1,048	1,065	1,074	1,077
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Buwalda-Wagner	5.6%	785	915	920	928	943	967
	Progressive Democrats	Derry Canty	5.4%	757	931	1,029	1,184	1,213	1,562	1,616	1,625	1,748	1,867	1,918
	Progressive Democrats	Peter Kelly	5.2%	725	740	749	759	808
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Connole	4.7%	656	850	854	860	922	981	1,158	1,378	1,426	1,513	1,538
	Workers' Party	Con O'Mahony	4.4%	613	633	647	691
	Labour	Tony Lancaster	3.4%	475	524	578
	Fine Gael	Liam Ward	2.9%	406	466
Electorate: 33,220 Valid: 14,021 (42.2%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 2,004 Turnout: 14,120 (42.5%)

Kanturk edit

Kanturk - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Frank Crowley TD*	16.7%	2,610
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Roche*	13.2%	2,067	2,071	2,096	2,162	2,307
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence Kelly TD*	10.8%	1,689	1,693	1,729	1,762	1,811	2,417
	Fine Gael	Billy Biggane	10.6%	1,652	1,662	1,715	1,735	2,068	2,371
	Fianna Fáil	J.B. Murphy*	10%	1,555	1,557	1,568	1,749	1,828	2,058	2,222
	Fine Gael	Gerard Murphy	9.5%	1,480	1,480	1,543	1,673	2,153	2,198	2,212
	Fianna Fáil	Mike Donegan*	8.8%	1,377	1,395	1,405	1,418	1,439
	Labour	Bill Cashin	8.5%	1,327	1,358	1,414	1,495	1,623	1,724	1,733
	Fine Gael	Charles Barry*	7.5%	1,168	1,173	1,284	1,325
	Progressive Democrats	Sean O'Riordan	3.8%	593	601	616
	Workers' Party	Dan Curtin	0.6%	89
Electorate: 22,012 Valid: 15,604 (70.9%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 2,230 Turnout: 15,693 (71.3%)

Mallow edit

Mallow - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Fianna Fáil	Ned O'Keeffe TD*	17.5%	3,419
	Fine Gael	Paul Bradford TD*	14.1%	2,761
	Workers' Party	Joe Sherlock TD*	13.6%	2,650
	Fianna Fáil	Carey Joyce*	8.4%	1,633	2,041	2,052	2,058	2,142	2,158	2,218	2,247	2,266	2,393	2,517
	Fine Gael	Conor O'Callaghan	6.7%	1,313	1,430	1,473	1,479	1,507	1,522	1,543	1,685	1,748	1,885	1,908	2,086	2,089	2,159	2,262
	Fine Gael	Aileen Pyne	6.7%	1,306	1,335	1,388	1,396	1,461	1,490	1,604	1,612	1,650	1,740	1,956	2,519
	Fianna Fáil	Ted O'Riordan	4.1%	806	943	968	989	994	1,038	1,051	1,058	1,085	1,177	1,191	1,201	1,212	1,214	1,492
	Fine Gael	Michael Lane	4.1%	794	813	876	878	886	892	912	915	988	1,023	1,035
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Kelleher	4%	780	867	877	886	895	906	911	915	1,108	1,165	1,171	1,189	1,197	1,198	1,288
	Independent	Tom Conroy	3.4%	667	684	711	741	748	863	919	930	981	1,045	1,110	1,127	1,132	1,135
	Independent	Michael Broderick	3.4%	655	676	710	725	731	752	780	785
	Progressive Democrats	Naoise Leamy	3.1%	603	638	653	664	752	772	803	821	886
	Workers' Party	Tadhg O'Donovan	2.9%	557	569	571	601	615	636	687	900	910	928
	Workers' Party	John Fitzgerald	2.3%	453	508	510	535	540	563	590
	Green	Jim Bartley	2.1%	410	423	429	435	468	511
	Labour	Tadhg Curtis	1.9%	372	381	404	439	442
	Progressive Democrats	John Guinevan	1.9%	372	378	383	385
Electorate: 31,117 Valid: 19,540 (62.8%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 2,443 Turnout: 19,658 (63.2%)

Midleton edit

Midleton - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Independent	Paddy Hegarty	16.4%	2,552
	Independent	Noel Collins*	13.3%	2,059	2,113	2,120	2,171	2,182	2,201	2,288
	Fianna Fáil	Maurice Ahern*	10.5%	1,639	1,660	1,665	1,692	1,697	1,701	1,734	1,754	1,765	1,817	1,865	1,922	2,267
	Fine Gael	Matt Ahern*	10%	1,559	1,618	1,624	1,632	1,634	1,638	1,669	1,675	1,733	1,773	1,825	2,106	2,167
	Fine Gael	Michael Hegarty*	9%	1,402	1,449	1,454	1,465	1,469	1,477	1,525	1,533	1,542	1,576	1,640	1,950	2,005
	Fianna Fáil	John Brosnan*	7.3%	1,131	1,159	1,165	1,165	1,169	1,170	1,197	1,200	1,298	1,341	1,393	1,408	1,637
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin Foster*	6.8%	1,062	1,072	1,105	1,107	1,125	1,175	1,183	1,184	1,188	1,200	1,326	1,338
	Labour	John Mulvihill*	6.5%	1,003	1,025	1,052	1,068	1,147	1,272	1,300	1,304	1,351	1,450	1,554	1,592	1,958
	Fine Gael	George Jeffrey	4.9%	768	797	805	806	810	815	850	855	858	860	915
	Independent	William Kidney	2.8%	441	453	473	478	483	508	515	518	541
	Independent	Bob Bickerdike	2.4%	371	385	387	391	401	434	441	442
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Joy	2.3%	362	372	383	391	396	400
	Green	Sean Bell	2.3%	350	361	370	375	394	411	460	468	560	603
	Independent	Maurice Quinlan	1.9%	288	293	314	315	351
	Workers' Party	Leo Owens	1.3%	196	199	202	239
	Workers' Party	Tom Cashman	1.2%	186	189	189
	Independent	Jack Twomey	1.1%	167	171
Electorate: 28,321 Valid: 15,536 (54.9%) Spoilt: 128 Quota: 2,220 Turnout: 15,664 (55.3%)

Skibbereen edit

Skibbereen - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	John Cal McCarthy*	15.3%	2,346
	Fianna Fáil	Donal O'Rourke*	11.6%	1,768	1,803	1,836	1,855	1,865	2,094
	Fianna Fáil	D.F. O'Sullivan*	11%	1,688	1,703	1,780	1,806	1,943
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Sullivan	9.4%	1,440	1,577	1,610	1,621	1,641	1,889	1,890	1,973
	Labour	Michael Calnan*	9.1%	1,387	1,411	1,443	1,549	1,592	1,636	1,638	1,651	1,655	1,982
	Fianna Fáil	Tom O'Neill*	8%	1,231	1,247	1,272	1,360	1,378	1,440	1,446	1,480	1,492	1,682
	Fine Gael	Tadhg O'Donovan	7.7%	1,179	1,227	1,240	1,260	1,379	1,485	1,496	1,506	1,512	1,991
	Fine Gael	Michael Collins	6.9%	1,058	1,123	1,131	1,250	1,268	1,308	1,308	1,312	1,313
	Progressive Democrats	Ray O'Neill	5.9%	901	952	977	1,013	1,067
	Green	Mary O'Donnell	5.4%	828	845	917	959	1,119	1,302	1,311	1,344	1,358	1,424
	Independent	John Collins	3.6%	544	549	618	636
	Independent	Donal Lehane	3.2%	497	508	522
	Sinn Féin	Donnchadh O Sé	1.9%	294	301
	Sinn Féin	Seamus de Burca	0.9%	144	145
Electorate: 22,677 Valid: 15,305 (67.5%) Spoilt: 120 Quota: 1,914 Turnout: 15,425 (68%)

Schull edit

Schull - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	P.J. Sheehan TD*	19.4%	1,840
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Denis O'Donovan*	19.2%	1,827
	Independent	Michael Pat Murphy*	14.3%	1,360	1,452	1,502	1,637
	Fine Gael	Michael Harrington*	13.2%	1,256	1,298	1,305	1,369	1,842
	Fianna Fáil	Vivian O'Callaghan*	10.8%	1,022	1,036	1,131	1,245	1,518
	Fine Gael	John P. O'Shea	9%	853	935	965	1,151	1,177
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Harrington	8.5%	812	817	851	890
	Labour	Matt Kingston	6%	575	589	609
Electorate: 13,584 Valid: 9,505 (70%) Spoilt: 86 Quota: 1,591 Turnout: 9,591 (70.6%)

References edit

^ 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.

External links edit

[1] 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.

[2] 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.

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