1920 Wicklow County Council election

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The 1920 Wicklow County Council election was held on Friday, 4 June 1920.

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Council results

PartySeats±Seats %VotesVotes %±%
Sinn Féin 14New
Lab-Sinn Féin3
Farmers' Association2
Irish Nationalist 1
Independent 0
Totals20Steady2.svg100.08,287100%Steady2.svg

Results by electoral division

Arklow

Arklow - 6 seats [1] [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789101112
Sinn Féin Felix O'Rafferty575
Sinn Féin James Byrne560elected
Sinn Féin William Grainger403- elected
Labour-Sinn FéinWilliam Doyle422- - elected
Sinn Féin Andrew Kinsella311- - - elected
Farmers' AssociationDaniel Condren255- - - - elected
Independent Arthur Bernard Brennan197
Farmers' AssociationRobert Wynne Coates242
Farmers' AssociationJohn Valentine Cahan168
Farmers' AssociationGeorge Thomas Hopkins118
Farmers' AssociationTobias Kinsella157
Sinn Féin Daniel New271
Independent Edmond C. Walsh27
Electorate: -  Valid: 3,766  Spoilt: 229  Quota: 539  Turnout: 3,983  

    Baltinglass

    Baltinglass - 4 seats [2] [3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Sinn Féin Patrick Healyuncontested
    Daniel McEvoyuncontested
    Fine Gael John Joseph Metcalfeuncontested
    Sinn Féin Edward O'Neilluncontested
    Quota: 

      Bray

      Bray - 5 seats [2] [1]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Sinn Féin Joseph Campbell488
      Labour-Sinn FéinJohn Redmond408
      Sinn Féin Patrick Murphy307- elected
      Sinn Féin Joseph Lynch284elected
      Irish Nationalist Martin Langton276- - elected
      Irish Nationalist John Storey122
      Electorate: -  Valid: 1,885  Spoilt: 171  Quota: 315  Turnout: 2,056 (slightly over 50%)  

        Wicklow

        Wicklow - 5 seats [2] [4]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678910
        Sinn Féin Robert Childers Barton [lower-alpha 1] 643
        Labour-Sinn Féin James Everett 588
        David H. Haskins231
        Sinn Féin Dulcibella Barton [lower-alpha 2] 226
        Sinn Féin Christopher M. Byrne [lower-alpha 3] 221- - - 440
        Farmers' AssociationWilliam Byrne206- - - - - - - - elected
        Sinn Féin Bernard Kelly179- - - - - - - - elected
        James Byrne120
        John Fleming97
        Andrew Halpin86
        Wilfred Tighe21
        Richard Wilson 18
        Electorate: -  Valid: 2,636  Spoilt: 277  Quota: 440  Turnout: 2,913  

          Notes

          1. Barton, who was also MP for West Wicklow, was imprisoned in Portland Prison at the time of the election.
          2. Dulcibella Barton withdrew from the election, although she withdrew too late for her name to be removed from voting papers.
          3. Byrne was at the time on the run.

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          References

          1. 1 2 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001874/19200605/105/0005 (subscription required)
          2. 1 2 3 4 "Notice of Result of Elections: Wicklow County Council; Election of county councillors for the above in the year 1920". Wicklow County Council. 4 June 1920.
          3. Description of four as "Sinn Feiners"
          4. "The Elections: Wicklow County Electoral Area". Wicklow People. 12 June 1920.