Meath County Council election, 1999

10 June 1999

All 29 seats to Meath County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Sinn Féin
Seats won	14	11	1
Seat change	+1	+3	+1

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Independent	Labour Party
Seats won	3	0
Seat change	-1	-4

Map showing the area of Meath County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Meath County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 29 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	14	+1	19,733	45.50%
	Fine Gael	11	+3	13,285	30.63%
	Sinn Féin	1	+1	926	2.14%
	Independent	3	-1	6,142	14.16%
	Labour Party	0	-4	2,929	6.75%
Totals		29	-	43,366	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Dunshaughlin

Dunshaughlin - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Independent	Brian Fitzgerald*	17.00	1,658
	Fianna Fáil	Oliver Brooks*	12.50	1,219	1,260	1,262	1,282	1,285	1,286	1,449
	Fianna Fáil	Nick Killian	12.41	1,210	1,233	1,235	1,284	1,301	1,304	1,493
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Tormey*	11.46	1,146	1,154	1,158	1,190	1,268	1,291	1,465
	Fine Gael	John Fanning*	11.61	1,132	1,152	1,164	1,301	1,455
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Leonard	8.82	860	890	920	925	942	943
	Fine Gael	Mary Bergin	8.38	817	870	925	969	1,027	1,049	1,343
	Fine Gael	Gillian Toole	7.98	778	814	823	908	956	967	995
	Fine Gael	Damien McGuinness	3.99	389	401	406
	Labour Party	John King	3.45	336	350	459	469
	Labour Party	Mary Helion	2.12	207	234
Electorate: 21,373 Valid: 9,752 (45.63%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,394 Turnout: 9,840 (46.04%)

Kells

Kells - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny BradyTD*	23.96	2,414
	Fine Gael	John V. FarrellyTD*	18.13	1,827
	Fianna Fáil	Liz McCormack	12.69	1,279	1,370	1,382	1,478
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lynch*	11.93	1,202	1,705
	Fine Gael	Gerry Gibney*	9.55	962	1,022	1,173	1,184	1,593
	Fianna Fáil	James Weldon*	9.31	938	1,072	1,153	1,276	1,342	1,379
	Labour Party	Tommy Grimes	8.80	887	1,019	1,057	1,078	1,220	1,336
	Fine Gael	Padraig Shine	5.62	566	620	725	739
Electorate: 19,502 Valid: 10,075 (51.66%) Spoilt: 208 Quota: 1,440 Turnout: 10,283 (52.73%)

Navan

Navan - 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
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Reilly	13.11	1,316
	Fine Gael	Jim Holloway	9.88	991	996	1,008	1,050	1,082	1,133	1,312
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Fitzsimons*	9.59	962	979	989	1,005	1,017	1,219	1,260
	Sinn Féin	Joe Reilly	9.23	926	931	945	996	1,017	1,048	1,066	1,067	1,067	1,106	1,236
	Fine Gael	Patsy O'Neill*	8.33	836	838	850	862	871	879	959	977	978	1,157	1,192
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Mangan	8.30	833	839	839	842	893	944	1,065	1,070	1,072	1,286
	Fine Gael	Damien English	6.43	645	648	653	686	715	762	855	881	882	930	1,033
	Independent	Christy Gorman*	5.81	583	585	598	646	689	722	737	741	741	767	968
	Fianna Fáil	Adrian O'Donnell	5.66	568	573	576	584	590	647	668	668	669
	Independent	Andy Brennan	5.58	560	563	572	599	625	650	668	671	671	681
	Fine Gael	Nichola McDonagh	5.23	525	527	533	547	614	643
	Fianna Fáil	Elaine Dowdall	5.22	524	532	540	543	566
	Green Party	Cathal Gogan	3.51	352	353	353	376
	Labour Party	Anton McCabe	2.22	223	224	311
	Labour Party	Rosaleen O'Brien	1.90	191	192
Electorate: 22,196 Valid: 10,035 (45.21%) Spoilt: 146 Quota: 1,255 Turnout: 10,181 (45.87%)

Slane

Slane - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Independent	Tom Kelly*	17.62	1,189
	Independent	Jimmy Cudden*	14.73	994	1,005	1,074	1,094	1,121	1,320
	Fianna Fáil	Hugh Gough*	14.32	966	968	1,032	1,127
	Fine Gael	Shaun Lynch*	12.63	852	860	897	909	1,118	1,203
	Fine Gael	Ann Dillon-Gallagher	10.61	716	717	745	750	812	839	871
	Fianna Fáil	Linda Downes	6.97	470	472	481	614	638
	Fine Gael	Emir Smith-Duff	6.11	412	422	459	512
	Labour Party	Jimmy Gilna	6.05	408	424	455	527	668	714	750
	Fianna Fáil	Noirin Dunne	5.77	389	400	418
	Green Party	Fergal O'Byrne	5.20	351	354
Electorate: 16,272 Valid: 6,747 (41.46%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 1,125 Turnout: 6,856 (42.13%)

Trim

Trim - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Fegan	14.60	1,038	1,050	1,082	1,137	1,157	1,158	1,314
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Murray*	13.84	984	1,019	1,026	1,052	1,142	1,142	1,279
	Fine Gael	Peter Higgins	13.64	970	983	1,042	1,137	1,194
	Fine Gael	Willie Carey*	12.20	867	891	894	918	1,040	1,046	1,107	1,118
	Fianna Fáil	Gabriel Cribbin*	11.53	820	838	842	869	922	922	1,031	1,108
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Ryan	8.37	595	597	613	683	698	699
	Independent	Phil Cantwell	7.65	544	566	586	703	764	765	837	850
	Independent	Vincent McHugh	6.05	430	454	480
	Labour Party	Pat Holton	5.88	418	437	515	534
	Labour Party	Danny O'Brien	3.64	259	261
	Independent	Patrick Cummins	2.59	184
Electorate: 17,128 Valid: 7,109 (41.51%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 1,185 Turnout: 7,224 (42.18%)

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