Cork County Council election, 1999

10 June 1999

All 48 seats to Cork County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fine Gael	Fianna Fáil	Labour Party
Seats won	21	19	4
Seat change	+1	-	-

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Progressive Democrats	Independent	Workers' Party
Seats won	1	3	0
Seat change	-	-	-1

Map showing the area of Cork County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Cork County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 48 councillors were elected from ten electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	21	+1	50,820	38.26%
	Fianna Fáil	19	-	51,147	38.5%
	Labour Party	4	-	13,520	10.18%
	Progressive Democrats	1	-	3,406	2.56%
	Independent	3	-	9,643	7.26%
	Workers' Party	0	-1	-	-
Totals		48	-	132,825	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Bandon

Bandon - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Peter Callanan*	30.98	3,372
	Fine Gael	Kevin Murphy*	20.86	2,271	2,340	2,884
	Fine Gael	Jerry McCarthy	18.27	1,989	2,120	2,391	2,473
	Fianna Fáil	Alan Coleman*	16.15	1,758	2,128	2,467	2,547
	Labour Party	Tomas O'Brien	8.87	966	993
	Green Party	Noel Giles	3.89	423	461
	Independent	Frank Collins	0.97	106	121
Electorate: 18,853 Valid: 10,885 (57.74%) Spoilt: 167 Quota: 2,722 Turnout: 11,052 (58.62%)

Bantry

Bantry - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Denis O'Donovan*	24.92	2,407
	Fine Gael	P.J. SheehanTD*	12.24	1,888
	Fine Gael	Noel Harrington	16.05	1,550	1,595	1,681
	Fine Gael	John P. O'Shea	10.32	997	1,150	1,235	1,287	1,311	1,355	1,392	1,555
	Fianna Fáil	Vivian Callaghan*	9.47	915	1,235	1,270	1,276	1,287	1,306	1,357	1,467
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin O'Neill	9.30	898	1,045	1,057	1,059	1,063	1,132	1,232	1,277
	Independent	Liam Ward	3.85	372	460	501	502	531	562	604
	Sinn Féin	Martin Ennis	2.62	253	276	280	281	303	347
	Labour Party	Michael O'Sullivan	2.17	210	224	235	238	289
	Green Party	Micky McBrearty	1.73	167	174	178	179
Electorate: 15,553 Valid: 9,657 (62.09%) Spoilt: 182 Quota: 1,610 Turnout: 9,839 (63.26%)

Blarney

Blarney - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Fleming*	18.34	2,138	2,256	2,312	2,409
	Fine Gael	Tomas Ryan*	16.97	1,978	2,029	2,238	2,539
	Fianna Fáil	Annette McNamara*	14.34	1,672	1,737	1,754	1,916	2,011	2,050
	Fine Gael	Gerry Kelly	12.76	1,487	1,637	2,074	2,445
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Joyce	11.22	1,308	1,451	1,622	1,860	1,891	1,965
	Labour Party	Sheila O'Sullivan*	10.46	1,219	1,351	1,510
	Fine Gael	Dan O'Shea	8.95	1,043	1,132
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Burns	6.97	813
Electorate: 25,346 Valid: 11,658 (46.00%) Spoilt: 201 Quota: 2,332 Turnout: 11,859 (46.79%)

Carrigaline

Carrigaline - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11
	Fine Gael	Simon CoveneyTD	19.94	3,933
	Fianna Fáil	Batt O'KeeffeTD*	15.93	3,141
	Fianna Fáil	Barry Cogan*	11.07	2,183	2,430	2,547
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Forde	9.12	1,799	1,884	1,965	1,999	2,084	2,104	2,197	2,293	2,502
	Fine Gael	Derry Canty*	7.02	1,385	1,609	1,739	1,746	1,763	1,974	2,147	2,190	2,313	2,851
	Labour Party	Paula Desmond*	6.85	1,351	1,593	1,626	1,630	1,683	1,937	2,025	2,187	2,280	2,507
	Progressive Democrats	Peter Kelly	6.66	1,313	1,387	1,404	1,406	1,504	1,519	1,614	1,669	1,720	1,773	1,905
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Sullivan	4.34	856	876	983	1,000	1,128	1,138	1,162	1,240	1,453	1,489	1,534
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Hanlon	3.68	725	758	775	778	823	837	845
	Fianna Fáil	John Whelton	3.65	719	747	862	869	882	905	917	953
	Fine Gael	Braham Brennan*	3.16	624	875	887	892	915	993	1,115	1,158	1,176
	Labour Party	Edward Dawson	2.95	581	611	643	645	683
	Independent	Michael O'Hanlon	2.93	578	598	606	606
	Fine Gael	Kate Horgan	2.71	534	747	753	753	776	792
Electorate: 46,314 Valid: 19,722 (42.58%) Spoilt: 250 Quota: 2,466 Turnout: 19,972 (43.12%)

Fermoy

Fermoy - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin O'Keeffe*	27.34	3,059
	Fianna Fáil	Frank O'Flynn	21.61	2,418
	Fine Gael	Aileen Pyne*	13.84	1,549	1,715	1,761	1,815	2,348
	Fine Gael	James O'Connell	12.50	1,399	1,543	1,568	1,602	1,837
	Fine Gael	P.J. Walsh	12.24	1,369	1,690	1,739	1,781	1,936
	Independent	John Hussey	6.94	776	868	902	964
	Labour Party	Tadhg O'Donovan	3.43	384	443	455	476
	Christian Solidarity	Billy Fanning	2.10	235	274	288
Electorate: 19,255 Valid: 11,189 (58.11%) Spoilt: 162 Quota: 2,238 Turnout: 11,351 (58.95%)

Kanturk

Kanturk - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fine Gael	Patrick Buckley	14.78	2,154	2,313	2,515
	Fine Gael	Gerard Murphy*	14.00	2,039	2,103	2,210	2,381
	Fianna Fáil	Marie (The Shamrock) Murphy*	13.87	2,021	2,082	2,290	2,302
	Fianna Fáil	Mike Donegan	11.87	1,730	1,784	1,929	2,411
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Roche*	10.93	1,592	1,660	1,977	2,009
	Fine Gael	Frank Crowley*	10.75	1,566	1,703	1,880	2.542
	Fine Gael	Billy Biggane*	10.14	1,477	1,525	1,537
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence Kelly*	7.80	1,136	1,309
	Labour Party	Bill Cashin	4.70	685
	Natural Law	Patrick Murphy	0.62	91
	Green Party	Ted Bradley	0.54	78
Electorate: 22,325 Valid: 14,569 (65.26%) Spoilt: 240 Quota: 2,429 Turnout: 14,809 (66.33%)

Macroom

Macroom - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Fine Gael	Michael CreedTD*	31.28	3,212
	Fianna Fáil	Donal MoynihanTD*	25.87	2,657
	Fine Gael	Frank Metcalfe*	15.13	1,554	1,932	2,348
	Labour Party	Martin Coughlan	14.99	1,539	1,745	2,106
	Fianna Fáil	Padraig Murphy	12.74	1,308	1,368
Electorate: 16,303 Valid: 10,270 (62.99%) Spoilt: 148 Quota: 2,568 Turnout: 10,418 (63.90%)

Mallow

Mallow - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fine Gael	Paul BradfordTD*	23.55	2,525
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Joe Fitzgerald	22.06	2,366
	Labour Party	Joe Sherlock*	21.26	2,280
	Fine Gael	Tom Sheahan*	15.75	1,689	1,885	1,921	2,025	2,062	2,358
	Fianna Fáil	David Willis	10.53	1,129	1,228	1,382	1,463	1,533	1,615
	Independent	Michael Broderick	3.97	426	479	499	548	576
	Green Party	Mary Sleeman-Power	2.87	308	340	351
Electorate: 17,923 Valid: 10,723 (59.83%) Spoilt: 146 Quota: 2,145 Turnout: 10,869 (60.64%)

Midleton

Midleton - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Labour Party	John Mulvihill*	15.40	2,821
	Independent	Noel Collins*	11.85	2,171	2,185	2,266	2,309	2,390	2,468	2,663
	Fine Gael	Michael Hegarty*	10.50	1,922	1,935	1,968	1,997	2,038	2,458	3,143
	Fianna Fáil	Maurice Ahern*	10.34	1,894	1,903	1,929	2,200	2,305	2,369	2,457	2,514	2,524	2,820
	Fianna Fáil	Art Supple	8.49	1,555	1,555	1,584	1,671	1,780	1,922	1,952	1,980	1,984	2,077
	Independent	Ted Murphy	7.04	1,290	1,296	1,347	1,369	1,425	1,494	1,641	1,803	1,829	1,920
	Progressive Democrats	J.J. Flavin	6.99	1,280	1,284	1,306	1,327	1,408	1,520	1,550	1,607	1,611	1,671
	Fine Gael	George Jeffrey	5.98	1,096	1,103	1,134	1,156	1,172	1,329
	Fine Gael	Mort Murphy	5.91	1,083	1,087	1,110	1,118	1,143
	Independent	Seán O'Connor	5.83	1,068	1,137	1,185	1,366	1,545	1,560	1,579	1,587	1,589
	Sinn Féin	Kieran McCarthy	4.61	845	868	914	960
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Dowling	4.38	803	839	866
	Green Party	Vincent Keaney	1.26	230	839	866
	Independent	Gerry O'Sullivan	0.86	158	159
	Independent	Christy Carr	0.53	97	99
Electorate: 32,825 Valid: 18,313 (55.79%) Spoilt: 315 Quota: 2,617 Turnout: 18,628 (56.75%)

Skibbereen

Skibbereen - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Independent	Christy O'Sullivan	15.86	2,510
	Fine Gael	Maura Cal McCarthy*	15.19	2,404
	Fianna Fáil	Donal O'Rourke*	14.83	2,348
	Fine Gael	Tadhg O'Donovan*	10.49	1,660	1,796	1,860	1,868	1,886	1,922	2,257
	Labour Party	Michael McCarthy	7.00	1,484	1,524	1,559	1,569	1,657	1,757	1,812	1,847
	Fine Gael	John Collins	8.96	1,418	1,457	1,557	1,570	1,596	1,640	1,692	1,724
	Fianna Fáil	Tom O'Neill*	7.12	1,127	1,218	1,242	1,356	1,378	1,498	1,869	1,935
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Sullivan	6.41	1,015	1,080	1,240	1,331	1,354	1,543	1,574	1,598
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Long	5.29	838	928	937	1,001	1,019	1,087
	Sinn Féin	Cionnaith O Suilleabhain	4.69	743	795	819	881	934
	Green Party	Kieran O'Leary	1.78	282	300	309	318
Electorate: 24,833 Valid: 15,829 (63.74%) Spoilt: 243 Quota: 1,979 Turnout: 16,072 (64.72%)

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