1991 Clare County Council election

1991 Clare County Council election

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All 32 seats on Clare County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 17 8 1 Seat change 0 0 -1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Progressive Democrats Independent Seats won 1 5 Seat change +1 0
Map showing the area of Clare County Council
Council control before election Fianna Fáil Council control after election Fianna Fáil

An election to Clare County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 32 councillors were elected from six 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

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	17	0	21,062	48.54
	Fine Gael	8	0	9,370	21.59
	Labour	1	-1	3,171	7.31
	Progressive Democrats	1	+1	2,627	6.05
	Independent	5	0	6,701	15.44
Totals		32	0	43,393	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Ennis

Ennis - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	Tommy Brennan*	22.3%	1,212
	Fianna Fáil	Raymond Greene	17.3%	942	966	990	1,039	1,120
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Considine	12.9%	702	722	735	749	870	932	1,026	1,056	1,266
	Progressive Democrats	Frankie Neylon	11.0%	599	619	633	653	688	738	940	942
	Labour	Michael Corley	10.5%	569	585	599	630	648	694
	Fine Gael	Anna Mulqueen	8.2%	445	461	477	491	499	735	969	970	1,288
	Fine Gael	Michael Howard*	7.2%	391	405	418	436	446
	Fianna Fáil	Josie Nevin	4.8%	263	270	274	287
	Sinn Féin	Tony McCarthy	3.5%	190	196	207
	Independent	Frank Kenny	2.2%	118	120
Electorate: 10,739  Valid: 5,431 (50.57%)  Spoilt: 39  Quota: 1,087  Turnout: 5,470 (50.94%)

Ennistymon

Ennistymon - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Killeen *	21.1%	1,355
	Fine Gael	Frank Henchy*	9.43	1,258
	Labour	Martin Lafferty*	17.7%	1,142
	Fianna Fáil	Enda Mulkere*	17.5%	1,128
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Nagle*	15.3%	985	1,221
	Progressive Democrats	Noel Moran	4.8%	307	332	361
	Fine Gael	Paddy O'Connor	4.0%	260	281	437
Electorate: 9,891  Valid: 6,435 (65.06%)  Spoilt: 43  Quota: 1,073  Turnout: 6,478 (65.49%)

Killaloe

Killaloe - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Wiley*	13.9%	1,377	1,429
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Mannion	11.0%	1,094	1,112	1,186	1,225	1,226	1,255	1,666
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Begley	10.8%	1,071	1,112	1,269	1,286	1,290	1,370	1,477
	Fine Gael	Patrick Bugler*	10.3%	1,019	1,036	1,055	1,257	1,258	1,387	1,431
	Fine Gael	Tony McMahon*	10.1%	999	1,010	1,085	1,176	1,176	1,189	1,270	1,399	1,419
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Gorman*	10.1%	998	1,007	1,007	1,101	1,101	1,194	1,218	1,250	1,260
	Labour	Brendan Hayes	7.3%	723	762	802	821	823	831
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Hayes	6.6%	657	677	728	776	779
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Torpey	6.2%	617	625	656	785	786	1,116	1,158	1,180	1,195
	Fine Gael	Eugene Conlon	5.7%	566	571	578
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Givinan	5.3%	524	542
	Sinn Féin	Tony Foley	2.7%	272
Electorate: 13,913  Valid: 9,917 (71.28%)  Spoilt: 69  Quota: 1,417  Turnout: 9,986 (71.77%)

Kilrush

Kilrush - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Kelly*	13.5%	1,080	1,080	1,117	1,135	1,161
	Fine Gael	Jackie Keane*	13.4%	1,072	1,073	1,189
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Prendeville	12.3%	987	992	995	1,047	1,298
	Fianna Fáil	Bill Chambers*	12.0%	963	964	978	1,041	1,122	1,151
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Keane	11.5%	924	927	939	976	1,024	1,035	1,048	1,052	1,061
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Keating*	10.9%	877	877	886	923	972	993	1,019	1,044	1,049
	Fine Gael	Madeleine Taylor-Quinn TD*	10.5%	845	848	898	974	1,144	1,234
	Independent	William O'Looney*	7.5%	603	612	617	691
	Independent	Mossie Horgan	4.7%	380	391	398
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Brien	3.2%	257	257
	Independent	John O'Shea	0.4%	35
Electorate: 11,610  Valid: 8,023 (69.10%)  Spoilt: 66  Quota: 1,147  Turnout: 8,089 (69.67%)

Miltown-Malbay

Miltown-Malbay - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Christy Curtin*	19.7%	1,416
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hillery*	15.8%	1,132
	Independent	P.J. Burke*	15.1%	1,085
	Fianna Fáil	James Breen *	14.9%	1,072
	Fine Gael	Donal Carey TD*	11.8%	848	936	947	960	971	1,102
	Fianna Fáil	Flan Garvey*	8.2%	592	719	785	807	828	861	959
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Hanrahan	7.6%	549	580	595	601	611	652	674
	Labour	Peadar McNamara	3.6%	256	299	302	310	313
	Fine Gael	Dick Pilkington	3.2%	229	330	341	351	352	376
Electorate: 10,040  Valid: 7,179 (71.5%)  Spoilt: 42  Quota: 1,026  Turnout: 7,221 (71.92%)

Shannon

Shannon - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent	Patricia McCarthy*	15.0%	963	985	1,020	1,073
	Fianna Fáil	Pat McMahon*	14.7%	941	947	948	949	982	1,029	1,040	1,222
	Fine Gael	Sonny Scanlon*	10.6%	678	680	709	715	764	771	980	1,109
	Independent	Brigid Makowski	8.5%	545	608	621	632	638	688	699	726	734	955	1,004
	Fianna Fáil	Pat O'Loughlin	8.4%	540	542	543	546	600	634	652	691	733	769
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Hillery*	7.7%	496	502	507	524	531	625	672	748	788	924	1,329
	Labour	Tom O'Shaughnessy	7.5%	481	497	511	528	544	584	612	669	686
	Progressive Democrats	Tom Casey	7.1%	453	457	465	534	557	572	600
	Fine Gael	Mary Cusack	5.2%	336	338	380	380	383	388
	Fianna Fáil	Geraldine Lambert	4.5%	290	297	300	305	310
	Independent	J.J. McCabe	3.2%	204	204	206	208
	Progressive Democrats	Mary McGrath	2.7%	174	177	187
	Fine Gael	Dermot Hammond	2.6%	167	169
	Independent	Peter Flanagan	2.2%	140
Electorate: 10,717  Valid: 6,408 (59.79%)  Spoilt: 20  Quota: 1,069  Turnout: 6,428 (59.98%)

References

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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