1991 Kildare County Council election

1991 Kildare County Council election

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All 25 seats on Kildare County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 8 7 3 Seat change -2 0 -2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Progressive Democrats Workers' Party Green Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change +2 0 +1   Seventh party Eighth party   Party Sinn Féin Independent Seats won 1 2 Seat change 0 +1
Map showing the area of Kildare County Council
Council control after election TBD

An election to Kildare County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from six 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	8	-2	13,485	33.43
	Fine Gael	7	0	8,413	20.86
	Labour	3	-2	7,142	17.71
	Progressive Democrats	2	+2	2,780	6.89
	Workers' Party	1	0	1,556	3.86
	Green	1	+1	1,492	3.7
	Sinn Féin	1	0	843	2.09
	Independent	2	+1	4,718	11.7
Totals		25	-	40,335	100.0	—

Results by local electoral area

Athy

Athy - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	Joseph Bermingham *	19.3%	1,291	1,336	1,376
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Miley*	19.3%	932	943	1,027	1,050	1,058	1,277	1,356
	Sinn Féin	Paddy Wright*	12.6%	843	879	890	910	916	1,007	1,168	1,176	1,313
	Fine Gael	Rainsford Hendy	10.5%	705	720	727	852	854	870	922	925	1,192
	Labour	John Keating	8.2%	548	575	585	637	639	661
	Fine Gael	Sean Cunnane	7.8%	520	533	556	590	594	679	756	759
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Kane	7.5%	503	505	561	641	648	716	771	776	836
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Taaffe	7.5%	502	515	549	563	565
	Progressive Democrats	David Cope	5.4%	364	377	400
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Behan	4.3%	288	293
	Green	Ronnie Cullen	2.1%	141
	Workers' Party	Eugene Little	0.8%	51
Electorate: 12,209  Valid: 6,688 (54.78%)  Spoilt: 73  Quota: 1,338  Turnout: 6,761 (55.38%)

Celbridge

Celbridge - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Labour	Emmet StaggTD*	15.1%	1,449	1,460	1,464	1,488	1,527	1,574	1,677
	Workers' Party	Catherine Murphy	12.9%	1,242	1,250	1,255	1,263	1,304	1,312	1,340	1,346	1,448	1,472	1,506	1,748
	Labour	Colm Purcell*	10.1%	965	969	979	986	1,010	1,012	1,031	1,051	1,101	1,131	1,146	1,393
	Fine Gael	Bernard DurkanTD*	9.6%	923	928	1,024	1,058	1,074	1,258	1,331	1,352	1,429	1,499	1,587	1,745
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Brady *	8.5%	817	824	827	854	861	869	894	899	932	1,162	1,607
	Labour	John McGinley	8.3%	799	813	814	853	873	875	888	897	931	936	948	981
	Independent	Finbarr Kelly	6.1%	588	598	611	624	649	654	680	682	847	861	881
	Fianna Fáil	Mairead Byrne	5.1%	488	488	489	491	504	522	575	585	592	735
	Fianna Fáil	Tim Cotter	5%	480	482	488	488	494	516	546	548	573
	Independent	John Colgan	4.7%	447	450	462	475	505	512	539	541
	Progressive Democrats	Mairín Hyland	3.9%	372	376	383	386	408	443
	Fine Gael	Catherine McGarry	3.3%	314	314	343	343	350
	Green	Catherine Power	2.6%	248	251	254	263
	Fine Gael	Gerard Gallery	2%	193	194
	Independent	Fred Leavy	1.7%	163	197	198
	Independent	Sean Horan	1.1%	107
Electorate: 20,088  Valid: 9,595 (44.92)  Spoilt: 47  Quota: 1,600  Turnout: 9,642 (48%)

Clane

Clane - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Sean Reilly*	20.8%	1,376
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Fitzpatrick	14.1%	935	939	973	992
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Sheridan	14%	926	935	984	1,020	1,296	1,370
	Fine Gael	Jim Reilly*	13.3%	879	907	1,014	1,073	1,194	1,198
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Doyle*	11.9%	788	790	862	1,020	1,406
	Labour	Michael McCormack	9.8%	647	648	715	1,034	1,130	1,135
	Labour	Rose Murphy	8.8%	584	588	673
	Progressive Democrats	Noel Lyons	4%	262	265
	Green	Daragh Davernport	1.7%	112	113
	Green	Deirdre O'Sullivan	1.6%	105	106
Electorate: 12,455  Valid: 6,614 (53.1%)  Spoilt: 62  Quota: 1,323  Turnout: 6,676 (53.6%)

Kildare

Kildare - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Ó Fearghail *	14.2%	1,012	1,021	1,034	1,050	1,122	1,149	1,211
	Progressive Democrats	John Dardis	11.7%	835	873	913	954	999	1,037	1,071	1,137
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy O'Loughlin*	11%	786	791	838	889	912	924	938	1,176
	Fine Gael	Michael McWey*	10.5%	751	757	771	854	884	1,036	1,094	1,179
	Labour	Jim Keane	9.3%	665	689	702	710	777	808	1,076	1,127
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Aspell*	9%	643	658	681	682	801	809	823	918
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Mahon	7.9%	566	574	580	581	608	749	757
	Labour	Mary Kavanagh	5.8%	414	440	453	460	478	503
	Fine Gael	Con Carr	5.7%	408	419	420	455	463
	Fianna Fáil	Angela Doyle	5.7%	406	427	434	435
	Fine Gael	John Joe Murphy	3.2%	230	235	258
	Independent	Harry Price	3.1%	221	232
	Green	Olive Brady	2.7%	193
Electorate: 14,895  Valid: 7,130 (47.87%)  Spoilt: 61  Quota: 1,189  Turnout: 7,191 (48.28%)

Naas

Naas - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Power *	11%	1,146	1,150	1,156	1,163	1,209	1,221	1,235	1,253	1,420
	Independent	Patsy Lawlor*	11%	1,145	1,150	1,164	1,171	1,217	1,229	1,265	1,292	1,360
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Neill*	9.4%	977	986	986	1,020	1,036	1,039	1,053	1,079	1,109	1,153	1,254	1,269	1,273	1,302
	Progressive Democrats	Timmy Conway *	9.1%	947	950	962	965	973	997	1,009	1,031	1,074	1,083	1,152	1,227	1,239	1,341
	Fine Gael	Mary French	7.7%	800	803	809	811	819	822	833	837	852	853	886	1,078	1,089	1,144
	Fine Gael	Michael Nolan, Snr*	6.9%	717	725	725	750	753	757	780	811	816	816	942	1,081	1,083	1,130
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Behan*	6.1%	630	631	639	639	684	696	704	710	786	845	862	882	891	935
	Fine Gael	Billy Hillis*	5.7%	597	599	602	603	605	669	674	683	689	690	703
	Green	Sean English	4.8%	504	510	612	626	630	643	685	707	738	741	824	899	904	1,103
	Independent	Colm Feeney	4.6%	480	486	496	541	541	542	569	610	612	612
	Labour	Norman Croke	4.5%	465	468	471	478	485	545	581	760	780	783	828	846	852
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Robinson	4.3%	444	444	453	454	475	479	489	497
	Labour	Simon Donohoe	3%	317	324	326	333	333	395	439
	Labour	Tom Geoghegan	2.8%	289	290	294	295	297
	Workers' Party	Mary Larkin	2.5%	263	272	277	302	304	318
	Fianna Fáil	Andy Kelly	2.1%	216	217	217	219
	Green	Peter Sweetman	1.8%	189	193
	Independent	Dan O'Sullivan	1.7%	175	196	203
	Independent	Peter Kennedy	1%	101
Electorate: 24,361  Valid: 10,394 (42.67%)  Spoilt: 83  Quota: 1,300  Turnout: 10,477 (43.01%)

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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