1999 Fingal County Council election

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1999 Fingal County Council election
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  1991 10 June 1999 2004  

All 24 seats to Fingal County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Labour Fine Gael
Seats won665
Seat change-2+1-1

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Socialist Party Green Progressive Democrats
Seats won211
Seat change+1-1-

 Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won3
Seat change+2

Fingal in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of Fingal County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Fingal County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 councillors were elected from six local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for a five-year term of office.

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Results by party

PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 6-212,99327.21
Labour 6+18,69218.20
Fine Gael 5-19,91220.76
Socialist Party 2+13,4647.25
Green 1-13,9578.29
Progressive Democrats 1-1,3152.75
Independent 3+26,15312.89
Totals24-47,748100.0

Results by local electoral area

Balbriggan

Balbriggan - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
Independent David O'Connor17.791,7171,734 1,770 1,852 1,898 2,169 
Fianna Fáil Dermot Murray*11.831,1421,152 1,287 1,473 1,526 1,700 1,725
Fine Gael Cathal Boland*11.521,1121,161 1,251 1,329 1,907 2,143 
Fianna Fáil Catherine Clarke11.591,1191,135 1,279 1,307 1,371 1,476 1,493
Labour Sean Sweeney10.339971,071 1,089 1,346 1,439 1,654 1,759
Fine Gael Tom O'Leary9.41908963 1,076 1,103    
Green Therese Fingleton*9.12880942 973 1,106 1,228   
Labour Monica Harford7.58732868 881     
Fianna Fáil Briege Otto6.09588611      
Independent Bill Stack4.73457      
Electorate: 21,725  Valid: 9,652 (44.43%)  Spoilt: 109  Quota: 1,931  Turnout: 9,761 (44.93%)  

    Castleknock

    Castleknock - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Independent Sheila Terry *23.852,057      
    Progressive Democrats Tom Morrissey *14.131,2181,266 1,303 1,329 1,445 1,601 1,801
    Labour Joan Burton 12.461,0741,142 1,207 1,298 1,329 1,598 1,781
    Fianna Fáil Des Kelly10.39896923 935 948 1,083 1,151  
    Fianna Fáil Ned Ryan*10.37894935 945 960 1,091 1,159 1,637
    Independent Seán Lyons*9.47817881 934 1,020 1,056 1,221 1,353
    Fine Gael Jane Murphy8.37722763 775 784 801   
    Fianna Fáil Damien Mahon5.37463476 482 487    
    Socialist Party Mick Cheevers2.93253259 294     
    Green Colm Murray2.66229253      
    Electorate: 20,480  Valid: 8,623 (42.10%)  Spoilt: 72  Quota: 1,725  Turnout: 8,695 (42.46%)  

      Howth

      Howth - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234
      Fine Gael Joan Maher*31.362,182   
      Fine Gael Michael Joe CosgraveTD*21.991,5301,756  
      Fianna Fáil Liam Creaven*14.079791,026 1,077 1,765
      Green David Healy*13.54942997 1,270 1,445
      Fianna Fáil Aileen Woods12.01836909 1,004  
      Labour Frank Barry7.03489530   
      Electorate: 17,956  Valid: 6,958 (38.75%)  Spoilt: 79  Quota: 1,740  Turnout: 7,037 (39.19%)  

        Malahide

        Malahide - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345
        Labour Peter Coyle*21.291,714    
        Fianna Fáil G.V. WrightTD*19.161,5421,552 1,566 1,604 1,788
        Green Heidi Bedell14.881,1981,236 1,329 1,418 1,596
        Fine Gael Seán Dolphin13.451,0831,098 1,113 1,147 1,711
        Fianna Fáil Graham Hanlon13.421,0801,091 1,114 1,144 1,184
        Fine Gael Nora OwenTD12.09973991 1,004 1,033  
        Christian Solidarity Angela Keaveney3.02243249 264   
        Socialist Party Eamonn McNally2.70217222    
        Electorate: 20,222  Valid: 8,050 (39.81%)  Spoilt: 50  Quota: 1,611  Turnout: 8,100 (40.06%)  

          Mulhuddart

          Mulhuddart - 4 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678910
          Socialist Party Joe HigginsTD *25.951,392         
          Sinn Féin Paul Donnelly12.58675709 709 710 721 733 744 852 876 903
          Labour Michael O'Donovan*11.24603642 646 660 672 714 725 805 857 1,054
          Independent Gerry Lynam10.20547584 590 602 616 656 704 792 846 976
          Fianna Fáil Margaret Richardson*8.44453466 468 473 479 503 575 596 854 929
          Fine Gael Leo Varadkar 7.08380401 401 424 443 484 495 529 580  
          Fianna Fáil Colm Heery5.87315327 330 346 352 364 495 512   
          Socialist Party Karen Allen5.87315424 428 430 447 463 464    
          Fianna Fáil Miley Caldwell5.18278288 289 295 298 310     
          Independent Seán Lyons*3.28176197 201 209 227      
          Green Robert Bonnie1.90102116 126 132       
          Progressive Democrats Michael McClure1.819799 99        
          Independent Frank Clarke0.603238         
          Electorate: 18,257  Valid: 5,365 (29.39%)  Spoilt: 61  Quota: 1,074  Turnout: 5,426 (29.72%)  

            Swords

            Swords - 5 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345678
            Labour Seán RyanTD*26.292,392       
            Fianna Fáil Michael Kennedy *15.271,3901,480 1,500 1,536    
            Socialist Party Clare Daly 14.141,2871,387 1,403 1,434 1,546   
            Fine Gael Anne Devitt*8.44768850 982 1,014 1,047 1,114 1,118 1,266
            Labour Tom Kelleher*7.596911,025 1,047 1,074 1,143 1,190 1,203 1,485
            Green Paul Martin6.66606699 735 784 863 933 941  
            Fianna Fáil Martina Coombes6.54595626 632 662 698 978 982 1,105
            Fianna Fáil Anne Marie Woods4.65423487 502 580 614    
            Independent Joe O'Neill3.85350379 385 429     
            Christian Solidarity Michael Scahill3.78344369 376      
            Fine Gael Declan McEvoy2.79254281       
            Electorate: 25,970  Valid: 9,100 (35.04%)  Spoilt: 82  Quota: 1,517  Turnout: 9,182 (35.36%)  

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