Kildare County Council election, 1999

Kildare County Council election, 1999
Republic of Ireland
10 June 1999
All 25 seats to Kildare County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Labour Party Fine Gael
Seats won 9 5 5
Seat change +1 +2 -2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Progressive Democrats Independent Green Party
Seats won 2 4 0
Seat change - +2 -1
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Workers' Party
Seats won 0 0
Seat change -1 -1

Map showing the area of Kildare County Council
Council control after election

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An election to Kildare County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 9 +1 15,485 33.78%
Labour Party 5 +2 8,771 19.14%
Fine Gael 5 -2 8,095 17.66%
Progressive Democrats 2 - 1,685 3.68%
Independent 4 +2 9,551 20.84%
Green Party 0 -1 1,744 3.80%
Sinn Féin 0 -1 506 1.10%
Workers' Party 0 -1 0 0
Totals 25 - 45,837 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Athy

Athy - 3 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
Labour Party Jack WallTD 20.93 1,382          
Fine Gael Rainsford Hendy* 19.25 1,271 1,286 1,393 1,419 1,590 1,785
Fianna Fáil Martin Miley* 17.81 1,176 1,187 1,210 1,292 1,563 2,313
Fianna Fáil Mark Dalton 16.04 1,059 1,068 1,092 1,197 1,400  
Fianna Fáil Vincent Corcoran 11.07 731 754 756 759    
Sinn Féin Paddy Wright* 7.66 506 521 541      
Fine Gael John Lynch 3.74 247 250        
Labour Party Mags O'Brien 3.48 230          
Electorate: 12,461   Valid: 6,602 (52.98%)   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 1,651   Turnout: 6,732 (54.02%)

Celbridge

Celbridge - 3 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
Independent Kate Walsh 43.14 2,167          
Labour Party Emmet StaggTD 25.14 1,263          
Fianna Fáil Geraldine Conway 9.14 459 617 646 713 786 1,120
Fianna Fáil Gay Boylan 7.39 371 531 560 600 672  
Green Party Marie Percival 4.06 204 380 411      
Fine Gael Mark Clinton 4.04 203 309 424 497    
Independent Mairead Byrne 3.96 199 391 425 551 723 929
Fine Gael Brian Mullarkey 3.13 157 276        
Electorate: 11,182   Valid: 5,023 (44.92)   Spoilt: 35   Quota: 1,256   Turnout: 5,058 (45.23%)

Clane

Clane - 4 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
Fianna Fáil Michael Fitzpatrick 17.26 1,352 1,385 1,406 1,426 1,477 1,498 1,510 1,546 1,578
Independent Tony McEvoy 17.25 1,351 1,365 1,380 1,438 1,514 1,717      
Fianna Fáil P.J. Sheridan* 13.06 1,023 1,030 1,038 1,062 1,078 1,106 1,121 1,296 1,354
Fine Gael Jim Reilly* 12.05 944 951 1,001 1,026 1,192 1,236 1,256 1,692  
Fine Gael Brendan Weld 9.37 734 743 756 796 837 917 948    
Fianna Fáil Seamus Davey 8.23 645 647 664 751 810 986 1,015 1,134 1,169
Independent John Nealon 6.50 509 511 514 594 667        
Independent Bernie Holton 5.45 427 432 538 583          
Labour Party Rose Murphy 4.61 361 417 502            
Labour Party Garry Stynes 4.21 330 350              
Labour Party Joan Mooney 2.02 158                
Electorate: 16,438   Valid: 7,834 (47.66%)   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,567   Turnout: 7,947 (48.35%)

Kildare

Kildare - 6 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11
Fianna Fáil Seán Ó Fearghail* 16.32 1,737                    
Fianna Fáil Fiona O'Loughlin 14.02 1,492 1,546                  
Fine Gael Fionnuala Dukes 10.02 1,067 1,099 1,101 1,102 1,126 1,170 1,245 1,300 1,391 1,458 1,683
Progressive Democrats Senator John Dardis* 9.11 970 979 980 981 999 1,019 1,029 1,116 1,154 1,247 1,344
Fianna Fáil John O'Neill* 8.81 938 962 968 972 980 1,002 1,004 1,063 1,213 1,349 1,423
Labour Party Jim Keane* 7.96 847 860 860 860 927 954 970 1,004 1,055 1,090 1,274
Fine Gael Michael Nolan, Snr* 6.84 728 730 731 731 744 759 795 860 880 1,072 1,112
Independent Francis Browne* 6.13 653 673 673 674 681 694 718 763 944 1,006  
Fianna Fáil Breda Connolly 5.48 583 609 610 611 617 626 673 699      
Independent Seamus Finn 5.35 569 571 573 574 592 615 619 726 737    
Independent Murty Aspell 4.79 510 515 519 519 536 553 553        
Fine Gael Allan Foxe 2.07 220 224 224 224 228 229          
Labour Party Tom Ennis 1.84 206 208 208 208              
Independent Percy Podger 1.00 196 204 212 213 217            
Independent Harry Price 0.27 29 29                  
Electorate: 25,040   Valid: 10,745 (42.51%)   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 1,521   Turnout: 10,871 (43.02%)

Leixlip

Leixlip - 4 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4
Fianna Fáil Paul Kelly 21.53 1,437      
Labour Party Catherine Murphy* 19.24 1,284 1,311 1,366  
Labour Party John McGinley* 16.54 1,104 1,107 1,158 1,355
Fine Gael Senan Griffin* 15.33 1,023 1,029 1,110 1,257
Labour Party Colm Purcell* 13.81 922 937 965 1,091
Green Party Leo Armstrong 8.25 551 555 626  
Fianna Fáil Laura Canning 5.30 354 400    
Electorate: 16,315   Valid: 6,675 (40.91%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 1,336   Turnout: 6,750 (41.37%)

Naas

Naas - 5 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11
Independent Anthony Lawlor* 16.32 1,209 1,323 1,333 1,358 1,414 1,473 1,575        
Fianna Fáil Seán PowerTD 11.85 1,061 1,135 1,146 1,171 1,223 1,280 1,338 1,346 1,828    
Fine Gael Billy Hillis 10.12 906 912 916 943 949 1,239 1,298 1,309 1,340 1,368 1,371
Independent Mary Glennon 11.85 875 1,180 1,228 1,284 1,363 1,517          
Progressive Democrats Timmy Conway* 7.99 715 724 735 775 848 905 977 991 1,171 1,278 1,283
Fianna Fáil Willie Callaghan 7.94 711 767 771 800 870 910 945 950      
Labour Party Paddy McNamara 7.64 684 699 705 727 752 777          
Fine Gael Pat O'Reilly 6.65 595 600 606 614 664            
Green Party J.J. Power* 6.64 594 617 634 794 841 864 1,042 1,064 1,147 1,213 1,230
Independent Seamus Moore 5.62 462 468 474 483              
Green Party Louise Burchall 4.41 395 403 410                
Independent Anthony Egan 4.41 395 397                  
Fianna Fáil Liam Kelly 3.98 356                    
Electorate: 22,432   Valid: 8,950 (39.90%)   Spoilt: 102   Quota: 1,492   Turnout: 9,052 (40.35%)

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Kildare County Council election, 1991		 Kildare County Council elections Succeeded by
Kildare County Council election, 2004