1991 Westmeath County Council election

1991 Westmeath County Council election

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All 23 seats to Westmeath County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 12 6 4 Seat change -1 +1 +1   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 1 Seat change -1
Map showing the area of Westmeath County Council
Council control before election Fianna Fáil Council control after election Fianna Fáil

An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 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	-1	12,247	44.26
	Fine Gael	6	+1	7,561	27.33
	Labour	4	+1	5,063	18.3
	Independent	1	-1	2,415	8.7
Totals		23	-	27,670	100.0	—

Results by local electoral area

Athlone

Athlone - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Seán Fallon *	13%	1,140
	Fine Gael	Brendan McFadden*	9.3%	817	821	831	839	860	906	962	988	1,064	1,070	1,180
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Coghill*	8.4%	737	740	742	746	753	758	762	764	834	882	896	897	912	932	940	981
	Independent	Stephen Price*	7.9%	693	694	713	719	729	736	742	778	792	931	952	956	1,009	1,228
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran Molloy	7.5%	660	668	671	684	701	707	734	766	774	812	846	857	943	959	966	1,033
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran Temple*	6.5%	575	582	583	590	600	621	629	641	647	672	712	729	764	774	782	826
	Fianna Fáil	Egbert Moran	5.3%	463	467	469	477	480	510	517	522	531	591	643	648	662	675	680	782
	Fine Gael	George Allen*	4.7%	415	416	423	424	435	477	480	484	537	581	636	652	664	837	895	998
	Fianna Fáil	George Ledwidth*	4.5%	399	401	407	408	414	416	419	425	432
	Fine Gael	Pauline Coghlan	4.3%	381	382	392	393	394	417	417	422	486	525	545	558	567
	Labour	John Henson	4.3%	377	379	400	410	427	441	507	533	555	563	587	594	646	670	673
	Progressive Democrats	Des Lynch	4.1%	364	365	367	372	377	402	412	425	437	445
	Fine Gael	Vincent Dooley	3.8%	332	333	336	337	352	367	371	379
	Independent	Patsy Beaumont	2.9%	255	257	263	282	327	330	363	450	460	462	484	491
	Fine Gael	Dick O'Brien	2.7%	241	243	244	246
	Independent	Austin Berry	2.7%	234	235	245	285	321	324	337
	Labour	John Keenehan	2.6%	230	231	237	244	250	250
	Independent	Oliver Gavin	2.4%	209	210	217	226
	Independent	John Kearney	1.6%	144	145	147
	Labour	David Dolan	0.9%	82	82
	Independent	Benny Cooney	0.5%	43	43
Electorate: 15,813  Valid: 8,790 (55.59%)  Spoilt: 71  Quota: 1,099  Turnout: 8,861 (56.04%)

Coole

Coole - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Donie Cassidy *	18.3%	897	921	933	1,021
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. O'Shaughnessy*	14.7%	720	725	731	816	857	880	1,000
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Bourke*	12.8%	628	630	714	753	768	870	878
	Fine Gael	Frank McDermott*	12.1%	594	617	644	702	728	764	1,007
	Fine Gael	Phil Brennan	10.3%	504	507	561	578	580	672	748
	Fine Gael	Maura Drum	8.7%	429	435	443	466	470	493
	Labour	Johnnie Penrose	7.8%	381	421	463	469	470
	Fianna Fáil	Molly Cahill	7.6%	372	385	391
	Independent	Kevin Boyhan	5.2%	255	258
	Labour	Johnny McCormack	2.5%	125
Electorate: 7,178  Valid: 4,905 (68.33%)  Spoilt: 45  Quota: 982  Turnout: 4,950 (68.96%)

Kilbeggan

Kilbeggan - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Joe Flanagan*	23.2%	1,124
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Cowley	17.3%	837	841	925	942	1,163
	Labour	Mark Nugent*	16.9%	820	832	874	954	1,188
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Ryan*	13.6%	659	705	718	724	815	866	1,043
	Fianna Fáil	Christo Bradley	10.9%	529	536	547	593
	Fine Gael	Mary Fallon	7%	340	397	440	630	644	678	682
	Fine Gael	Mary Henry	7%	321	345	360
	Fine Gael	Gerald Cooney	4.5%	218	222
Electorate: 7,331  Valid: 4,848 (66.13%)  Spoilt: 54  Quota: 970  Turnout: 4,902 (66.87%)

Mullingar Lough Owel

Mullingar Lough Owel - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Willie Penrose *	24.1%	1,170
	Fianna Fáil	Henry Abbott *	22.6%	1,101
	Fine Gael	John Keegan	16.9%	821	854	864	909	978
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Wright	12.1%	587	619	654	689	700	700	1,043
	Fianna Fáil	Shay Callaghan*	9.1%	444	470	527	568	574	574
	Fine Gael	Frank Wallace	7.6%	371	424	440	455	574	579	624
	Fine Gael	Tommy Moughty	4.3%	210	239	243	247
	Independent	Robert Bagnall	3.3%	160	184	190
Electorate: 8,054  Valid: 4,864 (60.39%)  Spoilt: 40  Quota: 973  Turnout: 4,904 (60.89%)

Mullingar Urban

Mullingar Urban - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Mick Dollard*	39.6%	1,688
	Fianna Fáil	Camillus Glynn *	14.1%	603	674	674	679	700	714	764	874
	Fine Gael	Paul McGrath TD	12.1%	517	578	578	579	615	695	747	836
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Hynes*	11.8%	501	553	554	555	565	576	623	719
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Bourke	6.5%	275	304	304	304	328	349	372
	Labour	Des Coleman*	4.5%	190	678	679	689	710	732	810	845
	Independent	Frank McIntyre*	4.3%	183	266	268	272	290	307
	Fine Gael	Jim Guinan	3.4%	144	160	161	164	177
	Progressive Democrats	Pat Whelan	3.3%	141	160	160	163
	Workers' Party	Patrick Boyce	0.4%	19	30	31
	Independent	Benedict Cooney	0%	2	7
Electorate: 11,119  Valid: 5,731 (51.54%)  Spoilt: 78  Quota: 956  Turnout: 5,809 (52.24%)

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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