1920 Pembroke Urban District Council election

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The 1920 Pembroke election to the Pembroke Urban District Council took place on Thursday 15 January 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections. [1]

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Four candidates, including Dench (previously a nationalist councillor), and Forsyth (a Protestant Home Ruler, and the incumbent council Chairman) ran on a Ratepayers Association ticket, which was silent on the national question. Along with keeping rates down, the grouping was committed to improved housing accommodation for the working classes, extending facilities to plotholders, better street lighting, the erection of a Free Carnegie Library, improved technical education, and providing wash houses where necessary. [2]

Results by party

PartySeats±CandidatesFirst Pref. votesFPv%±%
Irish Unionist 6Steady2.svg7
Sinn Féin 6Increase2.svg11
Ratepayers 34
Labour 04
Independent 01
Totals15277,487 (70.84%)100%
Source: Irish Independent [3]

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Results by electoral area

* indicates outgoing councillor.

East Ward

East Ward - 7 seats [1] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678910111213
Irish Unionist John Good *19.60667
Sinn Féin James Maguire14.28486
Irish Unionist Charles R. Dunbar *467
Irish Unionist William McMillan-- - - - - - - - 444
Sinn Féin Joseph Curran-- - - - - - - - - - 466
Ratepayers Thomas Ryan-- - - - - - - - - - 426
Sinn Féin Denis Byrne-- - - - - - - - - - - 424
Labour Thomas Doyle-- - - - - - - - - - - 329
Sinn Féin Christopher O'Kelly [lower-alpha 1] -- - - - - - - - - - 302
Ratepayers G. W. Dench, J.P. *-- - - - - - - - 196
Sinn Féin Alice Ginnell -- - - - - - - 179
Labour Helen Sophia Chenevix -- - - - - - 147
Sinn Féin Alfred McGloughlin-- - - - - 118
Independent John O'Brien-- - - - 95
Labour Diarmid Joseph O'Leary-- - 51
Electorate: 4,693  Valid: 3,403  Spoilt: 61  Quota: 426  Turnout: 3,464  

    West Ward

    West Ward - 8 seats [1] [3] [4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Irish Unionist William Beckett *19.27787
    Ratepayers Michael Fannin *16.06656
    Irish Unionist John Wesley Brittain10.40425665
    Irish Unionist George Robert Goodfellow9.50388
    Sinn Féin Mary S. Humphreys9.50388
    Sinn Féin Michael Greene8.69355
    Sinn Féin Bartholomew O'Connor7.91323
    Irish Unionist Sir Gabriel Stokes7.74316
    Sinn Féin Michael Stafford5.70233
    Labour J. Edward Nolan5.56227
    Ratepayers William Mills Forsyth, J.P. *5.02205
    Sinn Féin Fergus O'Connor1.7973- - -
    Electorate: 5,876  Valid: 4,085  Spoilt: 71  Quota: 454  Turnout: 4,156  

      Notes

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      References

      1. 1 2 3 "Municipal elections: Dublin Townships" . Dublin Evening Telegraph. Dublin. 19 January 1920. pp. 1–3.
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