1999 Wicklow County Council election

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1999 Wicklow County Council election
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  1991 10 June 1999 2004  

All 24 seats on Wicklow County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won865
Seat change-1+20

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Green Independent Workers' Party
Seats won140
Seat change00-1

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

Council control after election

TBD

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

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Results by party

PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 8-113,60233.11
Fine Gael 6+28,84621.53
Labour 508,49320.67
Green 101,5143.69
Independent 407,82819.05
Workers' Party 0-1N/AN/A
Totals24-41,086100.0

Results by local electoral area

Arklow

Arklow - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
Independent Nicky Kelly 23.572,403      
Fine Gael Vincent Blake*14.281,4561,476 1,546 1,570 1,575 1,668 1,719
Fianna Fáil Dr. Bill O'Connell*13.521,3791,597 1,646 1,860   
Fianna Fáil Pat Doran*12.401,264812 945 1,359   
Labour Kevin Ryan*10.411,0621,093 1,107 1,135 1,141 1,210 1,292
Fine Gael Sylvester Bourke7.56771844 948 1,017 1,044 1,121 1,378
Fianna Fáil Liam O'Loughlin6.20632653 672 693 714   
Fianna Fáil Pat Sweeney5.53564668 702 823 915 1,060  
Independent Vincent McElheron*3.45352524 567     
Fine Gael Gwen Brennan3.08314368      
Electorate: 16,500  Valid: 10,197 (61.80%)  Spoilt: 157  Quota: 1,700  Turnout: 10,354 (62.75%)  

    Baltinglass

    Baltinglass - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Fine Gael Billy TimminsTD23.421,4831,501 1,648    
    Labour Tommy Cullen*23.041,4591,477 1,487 1,493 1,542 1,613 
    Independent Jim Ruttle *15.119571,019 1,082 1,117 1,273 1,381 1,651
    Fianna Fáil Hugh O'Keeffe9.95630637 647 648 677 985 1,092
    Fianna Fáil Charlie Brophy8.04509523 536 543 585   
    Sinn Féin Gerry O'Neill6.85434482 487 489 590 625  
    Independent Eileen Cullen5.75364411 424 437    
    Fine Gael Fintan Gilheany3.98252275      
    Independent Nuala Haughian3.87245      
    Electorate: 10,418  Valid: 6,333 (60.79%)  Spoilt: 51  Quota: 1,584  Turnout: 6,384 (61.28%)  

      Bray

      Bray - 7 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011
      Independent Mildred FoxTD*16.641,752          
      Labour Liz McManusTD14.181,493          
      Fianna Fáil Joe Behan *12.891,357          
      Fianna Fáil Pat Vance*11.341,1931,260 1,281 1,291 1,330      
      Fianna Fáil Michael Lawlor*8.689141,028 1,041 1,051 1,064 1,066 1,097 1,146 1,169 1,424 
      Labour John Byrne*7.91833863 893 898 951 953 978 1,018 1,193 1,277 1,312
      Green Déirdre de Búrca 6.69704755 773 775 791 793 808 926 998 1,080 1,109
      Fine Gael John Ryan5.71601641 656 658 666 668 888 904 956 1,043 1,086
      Fianna Fáil Noel Keyes5.01531558 565 572 598 600 612 652 695   
      Sinn Féin Marie Gavaghan3.50369381 385 386 398 399 404     
      Fine Gael Declan Burton2.68282343 350 351 358 359      
      Labour Anne Ferris 2.47260275 311 312 393 394 405 439    
      Labour Anne Egan2.27239258 283 284        
      Electorate: 24,966  Valid: 10,529 (42.17%)  Spoilt: 113  Quota: 1,317  Turnout: 10,642 (42.63%)  

        Greystones

        Greystones - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Fianna Fáil Dick RocheTD*24.691,389      
        Fine Gael George Jones*21.011,182      
        Fine Gael Derek Mitchell13.05734768 799 823 901 995 1,152
        Independent Chris Maloney9.58539573 581 617 673 748 840
        Independent Veronica O'Reilly8.59483507 512 546 603 699 870
        Green Alex Perkins*7.20405426 430 463 519 629  
        Labour Colm Kirwan*6.95391404 408 449 492   
        Fianna Fáil Thelma Cloake5.10287407 409 441    
        Independent Charlie Keddy3.82215232 234     
        Electorate: 13,352  Valid: 5,625 (42.13%)  Spoilt: 74  Quota: 1,126  Turnout: 5,699 (42.68%)  

          Wicklow

          Wicklow - 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456
          Labour Liam Kavanagh *15.071,839     
          Fianna Fáil Noel Jacob*14.641,2301,269 1,304 1,485  
          Fianna Fáil Pat Doyle*14.111,1861,207 1,229 1,325 1,383 1,450
          Fine Gael Andrew Doyle 12.641,0621,086 1,135 1,159 1,164 1,209
          Labour Jimmy O'Shaughnessy*10.759031,066 1,184 1,237 1,246 1,418
          Fine Gael Pat Byrne8.44709764 820 941 949 1,082
          Fianna Fáil Lance O'Brien6.39537595 617    
          Independent Robert Kearns6.16518572 653 728 732  
          Green Martin Shiels4.99419443     
          Electorate: 17,040  Valid: 8,403 (49.31%)  Spoilt: 88  Quota: 1,401  Turnout: 8,491 (49.83%)  

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