1991 Offaly County Council election

1991 Offaly County Council election
All 21 seats on Offaly County Council
	Map showing the area of Offaly County Council
	Council control after election; TBD;

Last updated September 08, 2023

An election to Offaly County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 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	10	-2	10,232	41.39
	Fine Gael	6	-	7,699	31.14
	Labour	1	+1	1,686	6.82
	Progressive Democrats	1	+1	1,015	4.11
	Independent	3	-	3,221	13.03
Totals		21	-	24,722	100.0	—

Results by local electoral area

Birr

Birr- 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Tom EnrightTD*	15.5%	924	966	1,076
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Moylan *	13.2%	789	823	898	908	1,010
	Fine Gael	Percy Clendennen	12.4%	742	760	801	820	876	896	904	906
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Loughnane*	11.4%	681	725	794	813	1,037
	Fianna Fáil	Pat McLoughney	11%	658	689	732	740
	Fine Gael	Joe Clear*	11%	657	678	749	759	873	896	904	907
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Dooley*	10.7%	635	688	796	812	999
	Sinn Féin	John Carroll	9.6%	570	601
	Independent	Neayvn Kavanagh	5.1%	304
Electorate: 9,171 Valid: 5,960 (64.99%) Spoilt: 41 Quota: 994 Turnout: 6,001 (65.43%)

Edenderry

Edenderry - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Michael Fox*	15.6%	915	917	937	1,038
	Independent	James Flanagan*	13.6%	795	844	870	910	942	951	1,194	656
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Weir	12.3%	718	718	791	806	894	898	920	926
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Bourke	11.6%	681	701	713	733	746	752	904	982
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Scully*	11.6%	677	678	684	709	728	747	773	781
	Progressive Democrats	Tom O'Connell	9.9%	579	597	608	642	660	673
	Progressive Democrats	Brigid Emerson	7.4%	436	438	506	541	675	685	832	867
	Fine Gael	Jack Dunne	6.2%	361	363	388	425
	Green	Anthony Dolan	5.1%	299	305	333
	Labour	Sean Coughlan	4.9%	289	292
	Independent	William Brereton	1.9%	111
Electorate: 10,007 Valid: 5,861 (58.57%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 977 Turnout: 5,934 (59.3%)

Ferbane

Ferbane- 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Connie Hanniffy*	22.4%	1,183
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Dooley*	18.3%	966
	Independent	Johnny Butterfield*	15.7%	829	886
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Feighery*	12.8%	680	695	804	848
	Fine Gael	Bernard Corcoran*	12.7%	673	840	1,061
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Mahon*	10.3%	544	562	602	608
	Fine Gael	Pat Troy	7.9%	417	460
Electorate: 8,914 Valid: 5,292 (59.37%) Spoilt: 55 Quota: 883 Turnout: 5,347 (59.98%)

Tullamore

Tullamore - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Brian CowenTD*	15%	1,141
	Fianna Fáil	John Flanagan*	12.5%	953	965	981	994	1,018	1,072	1,113
	Independent	Thomas Dolan*	11.1%	844	860	875	879	902	926	950	966	1,013
	Fine Gael	Tommy McKeigue	10.9%	830	854	855	882	913	946	1,057	1,118
	Labour	Pat Gallagher	9.5%	722	742	743	808	842	894	921	1,099
	Fine Gael	Frank Feery*	9.3%	708	712	719	722	724	737	798	810	848
	Fianna Fáil	Miriam O'Callaghan*	9.3%	706	722	729	747	781	797	816	851	1,076
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lynam	5.3%	403	405	408	412	422	430	441	448
	Fine Gael	Kevin Wrafter	3.8%	289	298	299	304	309	310
	Labour	Laurence Byrne	3.3%	250	258	259	270	280
	Labour	Ernest McGuire	2.9%	223	232	233	265	292	360	368
	Labour	Seán O'Brien	2.7%	202	204	204
	Independent	Anne O'Toole	2.5%	193	207	207	219
	Independent	Peadar Keeley	1%	78
	Independent	May Keeley	0.5%	41
	Independent	Nellie Gaffney	0.3%	26	70
Electorate: 12,610 Valid: 7,609 (60.34%) Spoilt: 64 Quota: 1,088 Turnout: 7,673 (60.85%)

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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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