Clare County Council election, 1991

27 June 1991

All 32 seats to Clare County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Labour Party
Seats won	17	8	1
Seat change	-	-	-1

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Progressive Democrats	Independent
Seats won	1	5
Seat change	+1	-

Map showing the area of Clare County Council

Council control before election

Fianna Fáil

Council control after election

Fianna Fáil

An election to Clare County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 32 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	17	-	21,062	48.54%
	Fine Gael	8	-	9,370	21.59%
	Labour Party	1	-1	3,171	7.31%
	Progressive Democrats	1	+1	2,627	6.05%
	Independent	5	-	6,701	15.44%
Totals		32	-	43,393	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Ennis

Ennis - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Independent	Tommy Brennan*	22.3%	1,212
	Fianna Fáil	Raymond Greene	17.3%	942	966	990	1,039	1,120
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Considine	12.9%	702	722	735	749	870	932	1,026	1,056	1,266
	Progressive Democrats	Frankie Neylon	11%	599	619	633	653	688	738	940	942
	Labour Party	Michael Corley	10.5%	569	585	599	630	648	694
	Fine Gael	Anna Mulqueen	8.2%	445	461	477	491	499	735	969	970	1,288
	Fine Gael	Michael Howard*	7.2%	391	405	418	436	446

	Fianna Fáil	Josie Nevin	4.8%	263	270	274	287
	Sinn Féin	Tony McCarthy	3.5%	190	196	207
	Independent	Frank Kenny	2.2%	118	120
Electorate: 10,739 Valid: 5,431 (50.57%) Spoilt: 39 Quota: 1,087 Turnout: 5,470 (50.94%)

Ennistymon

Ennistymon - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Killeen*	21.1%	1,355
	Fine Gael	Frank Henchy*	9.43	1,258
	Labour Party	Martin Lafferty*	17.7%	1,142
	Fianna Fáil	Enda Mulkere*	17.5%	1,128
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Nagle*	15.3%	985	1,221
	Progressive Democrats	Noel Moran	4.8%	307	332	361
	Fine Gael	Paddy O'Connor	4%	260	281	437
Electorate: 9,891 Valid: 6,435 (65.06%) Spoilt: 43 Quota: 1,073 Turnout: 6,478 (65.49%)

Killaloe

Killaloe - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Wiley*	13.9%	1,377	1,429
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Mannion	11%	1,094	1,112	1,186	1,225	1,226	1,255	1,666
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Begley	10.8%	1,071	1,112	1,269	1,286	1,290	1,370	1,477
	Fine Gael	Patrick Bugler*	10.3%	1,019	1,036	1,055	1,257	1,258	1,387	1,431
	Fine Gael	Tony McMahon*	10.1%	999	1,010	1,085	1,176	1,176	1,189	1,270	1,399	1,419
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Gorman*	10.1%	998	1,007	1,007	1,101	1,101	1,194	1,218	1,250	1,260
	Labour Party	Brendan Hayes	7.3	723	762	802	821	823	831
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Hayes	6.6%	657	677	728	776	779
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Torpey	6.2%	617	625	656	785	786	1,116	1,158	1,180	1,195
	Fine Gael	Eugene Conlon	5.7%	566	571	578
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Givinan	5.3%	524	542
	Sinn Féin	Tony Foley	2.7%	272
Electorate: 13,913 Valid: 9,917 (71.28%) Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,417 Turnout: 9,986 (71.77%)

Kilrush

Kilrush - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Kelly*	13.5%	1,080	1,080	1,117	1,135	1,161
	Fine Gael	Jackie Keane*	13.4%	1,072	1,073	1,189
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Prendeville	12.3%	987	992	995	1,047	1,298
	Fianna Fáil	Bill Chambers*	12%	963	964	978	1,041	1,122	1,151
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Keane	11.5%	924	927	939	976	1,024	1,035	1,048	1,052	1,061
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Keating*	10.9%	877	877	886	923	972	993	1,019	1,044	1,049
	Fine Gael	Madeleine Taylor-QuinnTD*	10.5%	845	848	898	974	1,144	1,234
	Independent	William O'Looney*	7.5%	603	612	617	691
	Independent	Mossie Horgan	4.7%	380	391	398
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Brien	3.2%	257	257
	Independent	John O'Shea	0.4%	35
Electorate: 11,610 Valid: 8,023 (69.10%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,147 Turnout: 8,089 (69.67%)

Miltown-Malbay

Miltown-Malbay - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Independent	Christy Curtin*	19.7%	1,416
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hillery*	15.8%	1,132
	Independent	P.J. Burke*	15.1%	1,085
	Fianna Fáil	James Breen*	14.9%	1,072
	Fine Gael	Donal CareyTD*	11.8%	848	936	947	960	971	1,102
	Fianna Fáil	Flan Garvey*	8.2%	592	719	785	807	828	861	959
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Hanrahan	7.6%	549	580	595	601	611	652	674
	Labour Party	Peadar McNamara	3.6%	256	299	302	310	313
	Fine Gael	Dick Pilkington	3.2%	229	330	341	351	352	376
Electorate: 10,040 Valid: 7,179 (71.5%) Spoilt: 42 Quota: 1,026 Turnout: 7,221 (71.92%)

Shannon

Shannon - 5 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
	Independent	Patricia McCarthy*	15%	963	985	1,020	1,073
	Fianna Fáil	Pat McMahon*	14.7%	941	947	948	949	982	1,029	1,040	1,222
	Fine Gael	Sonny Scanlon*	10.6%	678	680	709	715	764	771	980	1,109
	Independent	Brigid Makowski	8.5%	545	608	621	632	638	688	699	726	734	955	1,004
	Fianna Fáil	Pat O'Loughlin	8.4%	540	542	543	546	600	634	652	691	733	769
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Hillery*	7.7%	496	502	507	524	531	625	672	748	788	924	1,329
	Labour Party	Tom O'Shaughnessy	7.5%	481	497	511	528	544	584	612	669	686
	Progressive Democrats	Tom Casey	7.1%	453	457	465	534	557	572	600
	Fine Gael	Mary Cusack	5.2%	336	338	380	380	383	388
	Fianna Fáil	Geraldine Lambert	4.5%	290	297	300	305	310
	Independent	J.J. McCabe	3.2%	204	204	206	208
	Progressive Democrats	Mary McGrath	2.7%	174	177	187
	Fine Gael	Dermot Hammond	2.6%	167	169
	Independent	Peter Flanagan	2.2%	140
Electorate: 10,717 Valid: 6,408 (59.79%) Spoilt: 20 Quota: 1,069 Turnout: 6,428 (59.98%)

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