1999 Cork Corporation election

An election to Cork City Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 councillors were elected from six local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for a five-year term of office.

1999 Cork Corporation election

← 1991 10 June 1999 2004 →

All 31 seats to Cork City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 12 8 5
Seat change +3 +2 -1

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Progressive Democrats Green Sinn Féin
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change -1 0 +1

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party Independent Workers' Party
Seats won 2 0
Seat change -1 -3

Map showing the area of Cork City Council

Results by party

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Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 12 +3 15,452 36.69
Fine Gael 8 +2 9,257 21.98
Labour 5 -1 6,120 14.53
Progressive Democrats 2 -1 2,739 6.50
Green 1 0 2,128 5.05
Sinn Féin 1 +1 1,798 4.27
Independent 2 -1 3,540 8.41
Workers' Party 0 -3 729 1.73
Totals 31 0 42,112 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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Cork North-Central

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Cork North-Central - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil Noel O'Flynn TD* 22.70 1,620                
Labour Kathleen Lynch* 15.57 1,111 1,179 1,213            
Fine Gael Bernard Allen TD 13.70 978 1,035 1,061 1,066 1,241        
Fianna Fáil Damian Wallace* 13.21 943 1,145 1,177 1,182 1,198        
Independent Con O'Leary* 11.00 785 818 842 842 860 870 873 949 1,025
Labour Joe O'Callaghan* 5.16 368 384 398 405 416 420 422 444 484
Socialist Party Mick Barry 4.89 349 362 381 381 389 393 393 472 516
Sinn Féin Jonathan O'Brien 3.76 268 276 282 284 293 297 297    
Fine Gael June McCarthy 3.70 264 275 283 283 307 336 337 354  
Fine Gael Tom Considine* 3.64 260 267 276 278          
Green Donie O'Leary 2.68 191 206              
Electorate: 15,034   Valid: 7,137 (47.47%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 1,190   Turnout: 7,260 (48.29%)  

Cork North-East

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Cork North-East - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Progressive Democrats Senator Mairin Quill* 21.84 1,222                
Fianna Fáil Tim Brosnan* 16.73 936                
Fine Gael Liam Burke TD* 12.83 718 765 774 774 789 813 1,071    
Fianna Fáil Billy Kelleher TD 12.69 710 785 826 828 859 898 980    
Fine Gael Dara Murphy 8.42 471 519 530 531 547 574      
Labour Frank Nash* 8.08 452 486 504 504 546 637 686 744 761
Labour John Kelleher 7.38 413 444 463 463 524 617 695 758 780
Workers' Party Ted Tynan 4.38 245 258 300 300          
Green Bernadette Walsh 4.06 227 262 303 303 382        
Sinn Féin Michael Nugent 2.97 166 170              
Independent George Harrington 0.64 36                
Electorate: 13,361   Valid: 5,596 (41.88%)   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 933   Turnout: 5,656 (42.33%)  

Cork North-West

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Cork North-West - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Fianna Fáil Dave McCarthy* 16.02 933 945 950 965 980              
Fianna Fáil Tim Falvey* 15,39 896 900 908 940 973              
Fine Gael Colm Burke* 12.81 746 751 770 787 862 878 913 916 1,014      
Labour Michael O'Connell* 8.55 498 503 526 538 553 605 693 694 720 726 790 906
Sinn Féin Don O'Leary 8.42 471 481 488 508 525 540 562 563 590 592 651 709
Workers' Party Jimmy Homan* 5.92 345 349 355 370 388 416 455 457 472 477 506 596
Fianna Fáil Gerry Byrne 5.19 302 303 312 318 327 337 348 349        
Fine Gael Anna Hughes 4.64 270 272 279 286 312 324 352 352 369 387    
Independent Christine O'Brien 4.29 250 257 263 267 269              
Labour George Cummins 4.26 248 251 277 284 298 310            
Green Claire Gould-Fielding 4.24 247 255 261 270 286 354 374 375 397 409 472  
Fine Gael John Devereaux 4.21 245 247 252 259                
Independent Frank Wallace 2.70 157 158 167                  
Labour Declan Walsh 2.47 144 145                    
Independent Brian Cullen 1.10 64                      
Electorate: 13,492   Valid: 5,823 (43.16%)   Spoilt: 101   Quota: 971   Turnout: 5,924 (43.91%)  

Cork South-Central

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Cork South-Central - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Independent Con O'Connell 18.74 1,375                  
Fianna Fáil Seán Martin* 16.51 1,211 1,227                
Fianna Fáil Tom O'Driscoll* 14.04 1,030 1,061 1,080 1,146 1,159 1,187 1,219 1,424    
Fine Gael Senator Denis Cregan* 10.92 801 821 822 842 853 958 1,009 1,054 1,075 1,179
Green Dan Boyle* 10.18 747 763 793 810 868 896 978 1,016 1,040 1,139
Labour John Murray* 8.68 637 656 658 659 676 696 709 731 747 916
Labour Ciarán Lynch 4.98 365 378 384 386 414 430 446 473 487  
Fianna Fáil Anthony Kenneally 4.66 342 347 350 373 384 391 403      
Progressive Democrats Brian Russell 3.12 229 234 237 241 251 264        
Fine Gael Francis Lennox 2.88 211 221 221 229 236          
Fianna Fáil Padraig Treacy 1.95 143 146 150              
Workers' Party Sean McCarthy 1.89 139 148 175 176            
Independent James McBarron 1.44 106 111                
Electorate: 15,242   Valid: 7,336 (48.13%)   Spoilt: 115   Quota: 1,223   Turnout: 7,451 (48.88%)  

Cork South-East

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Cork South-East - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Terry Shannon 14.24 1,289 1,294            
Fine Gael Deirdre Clune 12.66 1,146 1,172 1,190 1,406        
Fianna Fáil Donal Counihan* 12.62 1,143 1,213 1,254 1,275 1,281 1,288 1,371  
Fine Gael Jim Corr* 12.35 1,118 1,153 1,166 1,278 1,365      
Labour Joe O'Flynn* 12.11 1,096 1,108 1,155 1,198 1,206 1,222 1,472  
Progressive Democrats John Minihan 8.91 807 846 857 912 919 936 1,034 1,108
Fianna Fáil Maurice MacCarthy 7.50 679 742 784 799 799 802 883 914
Green Chris O'Leary 6.76 612 630 737 774 778 787    
Fine Gael Brian Sullivan 5.49 497 513 521          
Sinn Féin Kevin Power 3.80 344 350            
Fianna Fáil Sean O'Riordan 2.92 264              
Independent Mark Dillon 0.65 59              
Electorate: 19,743   Valid: 9,054 (45.86%)   Spoilt: 110   Quota: 1,294   Turnout: 9,164 (46.42%)  

Cork South-West

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Cork South-West - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil John Dennehy TD* 24.57 1,849              
Labour Michael Ahern* 10.47 788 833 860 948 1,035 1,156 1,222 1,260
Fine Gael Brian Bermingham* 10.23 770 811 836 862 966 999 1,040 1,063
Fianna Fáil Mary Shields 10.18 766 900 943 980 1,069 1,116 1,498  
Fine Gael P.J. Hourican* 10.12 762 792 815 840 902 954 994 1,011
Sinn Féin Henry Cremin 7.29 549 575 598 644 673      
Independent Patrick Murray* 6.51 490 522 567 642 734 861 917 975
Progressive Democrats Niall O'Keeffe 6.39 481 521 568 610        
Fianna Fáil Michael Sheehy 5.26 396 579 600 627 679 764    
Green Tom O'Sullivan 4.66 351 393 440          
Independent Douglas Rice 4.31 324 345            
Electorate: 16,485   Valid: 7,526 (45.65%)   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 1,255   Turnout: 7,618 (46.21%)  
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