1991 Wicklow County Council election

An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 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 twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.[1][2]

1991 Wicklow County Council election

← 1985 27 June 1991 1999 →

All 24 seats to Wicklow County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Labour Fine Gael
Seats won 9 5 4
Seat change -4 +1 -1

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Workers' Party Green Independent
Seats won 1 1 4
Seat change 0 +1 +3

Map showing the area of Wicklow County Council

Council control after election

TBD

Results by party edit

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 9 -4 12,521 32.16
Labour 5 +1 7,474 19.20
Fine Gael 4 -1 5,696 14.63
Workers' Party 1 0 2,077 5.33
Green 1 +1 960 2.47
Independent 4 +3 8,221 21.12
Totals 24 - 38,934 100.0

Results by local electoral area edit

Arklow edit

Arklow - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil Dr. Bill O'Connell* 14.1% 1,267 1,311              
Independent Vincent McElheron 13.4% 1,205 1,262 1,268 1,290          
Labour Kevin Ryan 12.02% 1,079 1,084 1,084 1,096 1,138 1,152 1,158 1,352  
Fine Gael Vincent Blake* 11.3% 1,020 1,022 1,022 1,056 1,076 1,101 1,107 1,127 1,140
Fianna Fáil Pat Doran* 10.9% 977 978 978 1,005 1,011 1,016 1,074 1,087 1,090
Fianna Fáil Thomas Keenan* 10.2% 914 921 923 945 972 986 1,132 1,195 1,212
Fine Gael Thomas Honan 7.5% 671 682 688 705 740 847 919 1,143 1,176
Labour Sean Wolohan 6.2% 557 587 589 606 665 712 847    
Fianna Fáil Pat Sweeney* 4.9% 440 449 457 477 488 513      
Progressive Democrats Michael Horsman 2.7% 241 248 248 265 275        
Workers' Party Michael Keogh 2.5% 225 227 227 231          
Independent Catherine Byrne 2.4% 212 218 219            
Independent Denis Kinsella 2.1% 190                
Electorate: 13,865   Valid: 8,998 (64.9%)   Spoilt: 94   Quota: 1,286   Turnout: 9,092 (65.58%)  

Baltinglass edit

Baltinglass - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Jim Ruttle* 31% 1,905            
Fine Gael Godfrey Timmins TD* 19.4% 1,190 1,310 1,346 1,380 1,453 1,854  
Labour Tommy Cullen 17.5% 1,077 1,113 1,169 1,182 1,241 1,333 1,431
Fianna Fáil Hugh O'Keeffe* 11.2% 687 718 730 922 977 1,041 1,140
Fine Gael Pascal Deering 7.5% 460 514 608 653 688    
Sinn Féin Gerry O'Neill 4.9% 302 342 365 377      
Fianna Fáil Ann McGrath 4.3% 266 307 323        
Independent Adrian Williams 3.7% 229 264          
Independent Michael Scanlon 0.4% 27 39          
Electorate: 8,688   Valid: 6,143 (70.71%)   Spoilt: 29   Quota: 1,536   Turnout: 6,172 (71.04%)  

Bray edit

Bray - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Workers' Party Liz McManus* 12.7% 1,047 1,063 1,083 1,194                  
Labour John Byrne* 11.9% 978 979 1,053 1,070 1,070 1,094 1,209            
Fianna Fáil Michael Lawlor* 9.3% 767 769 770 780 781 803 813 816 824 839 933 972 1,167
Fianna Fáil Joe Behan 8.4% 687 691 695 700 700 722 739 741 752 785 844 871 981
Fine Gael Senator Shane Ross 7.8% 642 650 660 665 665 703 715 717 898 965 989 1,011 1,058
Fianna Fáil Noel Keyes 7.3% 602 606 608 629 631 641 653 657 673 690 750 791  
Fianna Fáil Pat Vance* 7% 576 580 585 593 593 618 635 637 656 684 802 841 1,055
Independent Jane Murphy* 7% 574 576 582 592 593 643 666 668 701 776 816 863 929
Fianna Fáil Michael Ledwidge* 4.6% 379 380 381 386 386 404 407 408 420 436      
Sinn Féin Gerry McDonnell 4.5% 371 373 376 393 394 398 410 412 415 442 446    
Green Barry Ahern 3.6% 297 300 310 315 316 329 358 372 396        
Fine Gael Michael Kennedy 3.5% 286 290 293 299 299 330 337 338          
Workers' Party Dermot Tobin 3.1% 259 264 266 302 313 328              
Workers' Party Anne Egan 3.1% 256 256 264                    
Progressive Democrats Ciarán Murphy* 3% 250 291 294 296 297                
Labour Carmel McKenna 3% 153 156                      
Progressive Democrats Michael Noble 1.2% 101                        
Electorate: 18,096   Valid: 8,225 (45.45%)   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 1,176   Turnout: 8,304 (45.89%)  

Greystones edit

Greystones - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil Johnny Fox* 17.2% 1,205 1,215 1,225 1,277 1,306 1,335 1,425    
Fianna Fáil Dick Roche TD* 14.4% 1,008 1,014 1,033 1,042 1,055 1,099 1,169 1,326 1,368
Independent George Jones* 13.6% 955 968 1,011 1,017 1,050 1,161 1,248 1,527  
Independent John Leeson* 13.2% 921 925 946 991 995 1,038 1,053 1,092 1,131
Independent Jack Murnane 9.7% 679 696 713 724 770 818 893    
Green Nuala Ahern 9.5% 663 671 704 735 751 865 989 1,237 1,283
Fine Gael Breda Allen 6.2% 436 440 464 469 474        
Labour Charlie Keddy 5.9% 411 413 420 451 561 606      
Labour Joseph Sweeney 3.4% 241 251 258 271          
Progressive Democrats Joseph Lalor 2.7% 188 190              
Workers' Party Christy Devlin 2.6% 181 213 214            
Workers' Party James Hogan 1.6% 109                
Electorate: 13,644   Valid: 6,997 (51.28%)   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 1,400   Turnout: 7,057 (51.72%)  

Wicklow edit

Wicklow - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Liam Kavanagh TD* 22.5% 1,927              
Fianna Fáil Joe Jacob TD* 16.6% 1,422 1,453            
Independent Susan Phillips* 11.3% 966 1,016 1,017 1,068 1,121 1,226 1,396 1,530
Fianna Fáil Pat Doyle 9.7% 835 845 847 852 855 862 1,025 1,311
Labour Frank Hynes* 8.5% 726 879 885 902 1,058 1,129 1,199 1,277
Fine Gael Mary Miley 7.6% 652 667 671 829 925 954 1,035 1,078
Progressive Democrats John Larkin 6.2% 532 559 559 582 593 612    
Fianna Fáil John Giff* 5.7% 489 538 545 586 599 715 772  
Independent Robert Kearns 4.2% 358 409 410 458 475      
Fine Gael Ollie Lalor 4% 339 382 382          
Labour Joseph O'Shaughnessy 3.8% 325 394 397 411        
Electorate: 14,988   Valid: 8,571 (57.19%)   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 1,429   Turnout: 8,656 (57.75%)  

References 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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