1991 Louth County Council election

1991 Louth County Council election
All 26 seats on Louth County Council
	Map showing the area of Louth County Council
	Council control after election; TBD;

Last updated November 15, 2023

An election to Louth County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 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]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	12	0	13,370	37.03
	Fine Gael	6	-2	7,655	21.20
	Labour	2	0	4,346	12.04
	Progressive Democrats	2	+2	1,643	4.55
	Sinn Féin	1	0	2,556	7.08
	Independent	3	0	6,532	18.09
Totals		26	0	36,103	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Ardee

Ardee - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	John McConville*	12.4%	820	821	827	905	938	1,000	1,029	1,072
	Fine Gael	Bernard Markey *	12.3%	812	840	853	862	901	928	1,090	1,095
	Fianna Fáil	Nicholas McCabe*	11.8%	781	796	812	924	1,160
	Independent	Hugh D. Conlon*	10.5%	692	707	771	852	860	958	1,095	1,097
	Fine Gael	Thomas McGrory*	10.2%	672	674	697	725	727	798	859	859
	Progressive Democrats	Finnan McCoy	9.3%	613	655	683	689	755	785	890	901
	Independent	Dessie Taaffe	8.8%	578	609	655	660	676	708
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Keenan	5.8%	380	392	410	433
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy McShane	5.2%	344	347	368
	Sinn Féin	Jackie McGahon	5.1%	333	346
	Labour	Terry Butterly	5%	332	339	436	448	455
	Labour	Gerry Halpenny	3.2%	213
	Independent	Josephine Doherty	0.3%	23
Electorate: 11,626 Valid: 6,593 (56.7%) Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,099 Turnout: 6,662 (57.3%)

Carlingford

Carlingford - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Miceal O'Donnell*	26%	1,226
	Fine Gael	Terry Brennan *	21%	989	994	1,069	1,139	1,541
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Savage*	16.7%	786	815	878	931	1,033	1,178
	Fine Gael	Tommy Elmore	12.6%	592	595	638	680
	Sinn Féin	Arthur Morgan	12.4%	582	587	616	707	803	879
	Independent	Peter Mulligan	5.9%	279	281	313
	Progressive Democrats	Don Johnston	5.5%	258	261
Electorate: 7,253 Valid: 4,712 (64.97%) Spoilt: 38 Quota: 1,179 Turnout: 4,750 (65.49%)

Drogheda Rural

Drogheda Rural - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Michael Bell TD*	25.8%	1,309
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Mulroy *	18.9%	958	1,003	1,056
	Fine Gael	Oliver Tully	8.7%	443	459	480	483	618	632	652	708	1,016
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Coyle	7.8%	397	411	442	455	466	497	615	654	715
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Godfrey	7.1%	358	387	411	423	437	504	621	714	782
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Taaffe	6.3%	317	321	341	344	360	364
	Fine Gael	Patrick Carr	6%	306	330	341	344	443	500	515	577
	Fine Gael	Daniel Woods	5.7%	291	300	311	312
	Independent	June Carroll-Holcroft	5.4%	272	285	328	332	344	393	424
	Independent	Tomas O hEochaidh	4.8%	245	254
	Labour	Pat Burke	3.3%	169	301	318	321	328
Electorate: 9,865 Valid: 5,065 (51.34%) Spoilt: 62 Quota: 1,014 Turnout: 5,127 (51.97%)

Drogheda Urban

Drogheda Urban - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Labour	Betty Bell	17.7%	989	994	1,025	1,040	1,071	1,080	1,112	1,150
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Murphy*	12.4%	689	698	702	706	721	769	795	819	879	1,080	1,188
	Labour	Patsy Kirwan	9.1%	510	516	542	553	561	570	588	605	642	692
	Fine Gael	Fergus O'Dowd *	8.3%	461	467	469	484	505	520	563	702	751	817	894	903	913
	Independent	Tommy Byrne	8.2%	456	461	470	488	506	516	563	651	707	753	864	886	897
	Fianna Fáil	Con O'Brien	8%	448	448	450	453	457	561	591	604	645	773	893	933	936
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Collins	7.6%	422	425	430	433	442	489	517	530	569
	Sinn Féin	Ken O'Heiligh	6.7%	372	382	384	387	415	418	434	442
	Fine Gael	Eugene Byrne	5.7%	317	319	328	347	352	354	362
	Fianna Fáil	Matt Nolan	4.5%	251	253	255	256	257
	Independent	Finian Brannigan	4.3%	242	244	247	255	265	270
	Independent	Donnchadha MacRagnaill	2.7%	149	156	158	164
	Progressive Democrats	Rosemary Coyle	2%	113	114	119
	Labour	Joe Shields	1.7%	97	99
	Independent	John Reilly	1.1%	62
Electorate: 10,615 Valid: 5,579 (52.56%) Spoilt: 71 Quota: 1,116 Turnout: 5,639 (53.12%)

Dundalk Rural

Dundalk Rural - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Ahern TD*	21.2%	1,550
	Fianna Fáil	Declan Breathnach	12%	875	982	1,023	1,063	1,095	1,152	1,355
	Fine Gael	Jim Lennon*	11.1%	807	815	819	915	1,009	1,066	1,084	1,087	1,133
	Progressive Democrats	Jim Cousins	9%	659	684	697	718	807	951	1,048	1,068	1,088
	Sinn Féin	Frank Duffy	8.2%	602	618	639	645	668	709	729	734
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Reilly	7.8%	571	590	606	644	652	664	789	895	971
	Fine Gael	John McGuinness*	7.3%	530	589	601	620	710	784	828	832	887
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy McEvoy	6.1%	448	481	536	545	560	582
	Labour	Frank Carney	5.8%	422	432	446	473	503
	Fine Gael	Stephen Burns	4.9%	358	373	384	394
	Independent	Dessie Taaffe	3.9%	286	289	319
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Kenny	2.1%	150	185
	Independent	Josephine Doherty	0.6%	42	44
Electorate: 13,563 Valid: 7,300 (53.82%) Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,217 Turnout: 7,376 (54.38%)

Dundalk Urban

Dundalk Urban - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Independent	Thomas Bellew *	18.9%	1,295
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Keelan*	11%	753	766	775	843	847	851	873	902	1,015	1,069	1,113	1,423
	Fine Gael	Conor McGahon	9.9%	680	694	745	759	784	820	938	967	996	1,072	1,153
	Sinn Féin	Seán Kenna	9.7%	667	675	676	686	729	749	757	829	839	857	898	923	940
	Independent	Neil McCann*	7%	482	500	524	535	549	581	610	626	659	711	786	865	919
	Independent	Martin Bellew	6.1%	419	440	447	454	478	504	537	640	658	749	838	899	945
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Lennon	5%	344	349	353	383	391	405	414	418	544	592	623
	Independent	Jimmy Callan	4.5%	308	324	329	331	362	374	388	412	435
	Labour	Patrick Brennan	4.4%	305	315	319	320	326	382	406	434	446	471
	Fianna Fáil	Pearse O'Hanrahan	4.4%	304	310	310	346	357	367	373	381
	Independent	Paddy Bellew	3.9%	266	283	285	289	299	318	350
	Fine Gael	John Carroll	3.7%	253	259	299	302	304	317
	Workers' Party	Peter Short	3.5%	237	241	242	247	259
	Republican Sinn Féin	Paddy Kerr	2.9%	199	203	204	207
	Fianna Fáil	Derek Watters	2.9%	198	202	202
	Fine Gael	Joe Gallagher	2.1%	144	150
Electorate: 12,373 Valid: 6,854 (55.39%) Spoilt: 64 Quota: 1,143 Turnout: 6,918 (55.91%)

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References

↑ 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 .
↑ 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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[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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