1991 Wicklow County Council election

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1991 Wicklow County Council election
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  1985 27 June 1991 1999  

All 24 seats to Wicklow County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Labour Fine Gael
Seats won954
Seat change-4+1-1

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Workers' Party Green Independent
Seats won114
Seat change0+1+3

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Map showing the area of Wicklow County Council

Council control after election

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An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 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]

Contents

Results by party

PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 9-412,52132.16
Labour 5+17,47419.20
Fine Gael 4-15,69614.63
Workers' Party 102,0775.33
Green 1+19602.47
Independent 4+38,22121.12
Totals24-38,934100.0

Results by local electoral area

Arklow

Arklow - 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
Fianna Fáil Dr. Bill O'Connell*14.1%1,2671,311       
Independent Vincent McElheron13.4%1,2051,262 1,268 1,290     
Labour Kevin Ryan12.02%1,0791,084 1,084 1,096 1,138 1,152 1,158 1,352 
Fine Gael Vincent Blake*11.3%1,0201,022 1,022 1,056 1,076 1,101 1,107 1,127 1,140
Fianna Fáil Pat Doran*10.9%977978 978 1,005 1,011 1,016 1,074 1,087 1,090
Fianna Fáil Thomas Keenan*10.2%914921 923 945 972 986 1,132 1,195 1,212
Fine Gael Thomas Honan7.5%671682 688 705 740 847 919 1,143 1,176
Labour Sean Wolohan6.2%557587 589 606 665 712 847   
Fianna Fáil Pat Sweeney*4.9%440449 457 477 488 513    
Progressive Democrats Michael Horsman2.7%241248 248 265 275     
Workers' Party Michael Keogh2.5%225227 227 231      
Independent Catherine Byrne2.4%212218 219       
Independent Denis Kinsella2.1%190        
Electorate: 13,865  Valid: 8,998 (64.9%)  Spoilt: 94  Quota: 1,286  Turnout: 9,092 (65.58%)  

    Baltinglass

    Baltinglass - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Independent Jim Ruttle *31%1,905      
    Fine Gael Godfrey Timmins TD*19.4%1,1901,310 1,346 1,380 1,453 1,854 
    Labour Tommy Cullen17.5%1,0771,113 1,169 1,182 1,241 1,333 1,431
    Fianna Fáil Hugh O'Keeffe*11.2%687718 730 922 977 1,041 1,140
    Fine Gael Pascal Deering7.5%460514 608 653 688   
    Sinn Féin Gerry O'Neill4.9%302342 365 377    
    Fianna Fáil Ann McGrath4.3%266307 323     
    Independent Adrian Williams3.7%229264      
    Independent Michael Scanlon0.4%2739      
    Electorate: 8,688  Valid: 6,143 (70.71%)  Spoilt: 29  Quota: 1,536  Turnout: 6,172 (71.04%)  

      Bray

      Bray - 6 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678910111213
      Workers' Party Liz McManus *12.7%1,0471,063 1,083 1,194         
      Labour John Byrne*11.9%978979 1,053 1,070 1,070 1,094 1,209      
      Fianna Fáil Michael Lawlor*9.3%767769 770 780 781 803 813 816 824 839 933 972 1,167
      Fianna Fáil Joe Behan 8.4%687691 695 700 700 722 739 741 752 785 844 871 981
      Fine Gael Senator Shane Ross 7.8%642650 660 665 665 703 715 717 898 965 989 1,011 1,058
      Fianna Fáil Noel Keyes7.3%602606 608 629 631 641 653 657 673 690 750 791  
      Fianna Fáil Pat Vance*7%576580 585 593 593 618 635 637 656 684 802 841 1,055
      Independent Jane Murphy*7%574576 582 592 593 643 666 668 701 776 816 863 929
      Fianna Fáil Michael Ledwidge*4.6%379380 381 386 386 404 407 408 420 436    
      Sinn Féin Gerry McDonnell4.5%371373 376 393 394 398 410 412 415 442 446   
      Green Barry Ahern3.6%297300 310 315 316 329 358 372 396     
      Fine Gael Michael Kennedy3.5%286290 293 299 299 330 337 338      
      Workers' Party Dermot Tobin3.1%259264 266 302 313 328        
      Workers' Party Anne Egan3.1%256256 264           
      Progressive Democrats Ciarán Murphy*3%250291 294 296 297         
      Labour Carmel McKenna3%153156            
      Progressive Democrats Michael Noble1.2%101            
      Electorate: 18,096  Valid: 8,225 (45.45%)  Spoilt: 79  Quota: 1,176  Turnout: 8,304 (45.89%)  

        Greystones

        Greystones - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789
        Fianna Fáil Johnny Fox *17.2%1,2051,215 1,225 1,277 1,306 1,335 1,425  
        Fianna Fáil Dick Roche TD*14.4%1,0081,014 1,033 1,042 1,055 1,099 1,169 1,326 1,368
        Independent George Jones*13.6%955968 1,011 1,017 1,050 1,161 1,248 1,527 
        Independent John Leeson*13.2%921925 946 991 995 1,038 1,053 1,092 1,131
        Independent Jack Murnane9.7%679696 713 724 770 818 893   
        Green Nuala Ahern 9.5%663671 704 735 751 865 989 1,237 1,283
        Fine Gael Breda Allen6.2%436440 464 469 474     
        Labour Charlie Keddy5.9%411413 420 451 561 606    
        Labour Joseph Sweeney3.4%241251 258 271      
        Progressive Democrats Joseph Lalor2.7%188190        
        Workers' Party Christy Devlin2.6%181213 214       
        Workers' Party James Hogan1.6%109        
        Electorate: 13,644  Valid: 6,997 (51.28%)  Spoilt: 60  Quota: 1,400  Turnout: 7,057 (51.72%)  

          Wicklow

          Wicklow - 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678
          Labour Liam Kavanagh TD*22.5%1,927       
          Fianna Fáil Joe Jacob TD*16.6%1,4221,453      
          Independent Susan Phillips*11.3%9661,016 1,017 1,068 1,121 1,226 1,396 1,530
          Fianna Fáil Pat Doyle9.7%835845 847 852 855 862 1,025 1,311
          Labour Frank Hynes*8.5%726879 885 902 1,058 1,129 1,199 1,277
          Fine Gael Mary Miley7.6%652667 671 829 925 954 1,035 1,078
          Progressive Democrats John Larkin6.2%532559 559 582 593 612   
          Fianna Fáil John Giff*5.7%489538 545 586 599 715 772  
          Independent Robert Kearns4.2%358409 410 458 475    
          Fine Gael Ollie Lalor4%339382 382      
          Labour Joseph O'Shaughnessy3.8%325394 397 411     
          Electorate: 14,988  Valid: 8,571 (57.19%)  Spoilt: 85  Quota: 1,429  Turnout: 8,656 (57.75%)  

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