Wicklow County Council election, 1999

Wicklow County Council election, 1999
Republic of Ireland
10 June 1999
All 24 seats to Wicklow County Council

  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party
Seats won 8 6 5
Seat change -1 +2 -
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Green Party Independent Workers' Party
Seats won 1 4 0
Seat change - - -1

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

TBD

An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 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 8 -1 13,602 33.11%
Fine Gael 6 +2 8,846 21.53%
Labour Party 5 - 8,493 20.67%
Green Party 1 - 1,514 3.69%
Independent 4 - 7,828 19.05%
Workers' Party 0 -1
Totals 24 - 41,086 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Arklow

Arklow - 5 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
Independent Nicky Kelly 23.57 2,403            
Fine Gael Vincent Blake* 14.28 1,456 1,476 1,546 1,570 1,575 1,668 1,719
Fianna Fáil Dr. Bill O'Connell* 13.52 1,379 1,597 1,646 1,860      
Fianna Fáil Pat Doran* 12.40 1,264 812 945 1,359      
Labour Party Kevin Ryan* 10.41 1,062 1,093 1,107 1,135 1,141 1,210 1,292
Fine Gael Sylvester Bourke 7.56 771 844 948 1,017 1,044 1,121 1,378
Fianna Fáil Liam O'Loughlin 6.20 632 653 672 693 714    
Fianna Fáil Pat Sweeney 5.53 564 668 702 823 915 1,060  
Independent Vincent McElheron* 3.45 352 524 567        
Fine Gael Gwen Brennan 3.08 314 368          
Electorate: 16,500   Valid: 10,197 (61.80%)   Spoilt: 157   Quota: 1,700   Turnout: 10,354 (62.75%)

    Baltinglass

    Baltinglass - 3 seats
    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
    Fine Gael Billy TimminsTD 23.42 1,483 1,501 1,648        
    Labour Party Tommy Cullen* 23.04 1,459 1,477 1,487 1,493 1,542 1,613  
    Independent Jim Ruttle* 15.11 957 1,019 1,082 1,117 1,273 1,381 1,651
    Fianna Fáil Hugh O'Keeffe 9.95 630 637 647 648 677 985 1,092
    Fianna Fáil Charlie Brophy 8.04 509 523 536 543 585    
    Sinn Féin Gerry O'Neill 6.85 434 482 487 489 590 625  
    Independent Eileen Cullen 5.75 364 411 424 437      
    Fine Gael Fintan Gilheany 3.98 252 275          
    Independent Nuala Haughian 3.87 245            
    Electorate: 10,418   Valid: 6,333 (60.79%)   Spoilt: 51   Quota: 1,584   Turnout: 6,384 (61.28%)

      Bray

      Bray - 7 seats
      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11
      Independent Mildred FoxTD* 16.64 1,752                    
      Labour Party Liz McManusTD 14.18 1,493                    
      Fianna Fáil Joe Behan* 12.89 1,357                    
      Fianna Fáil Pat Vance* 11.34 1,193 1,260 1,281 1,291 1,330            
      Fianna Fáil Michael Lawlor* 8.68 914 1,028 1,041 1,051 1,064 1,066 1,097 1,146 1,169 1,424  
      Labour Party John Byrne* 7.91 833 863 893 898 951 953 978 1,018 1,193 1,277 1,312
      Green Party Déirdre de Búrca 6.69 704 755 773 775 791 793 808 926 998 1,080 1,109
      Fine Gael John Ryan 5.71 601 641 656 658 666 668 888 904 956 1,043 1,086
      Fianna Fáil Noel Keyes 5.01 531 558 565 572 598 600 612 652 695    
      Sinn Féin Marie Gavaghan 3.50 369 381 385 386 398 399 404        
      Fine Gael Declan Burton 2.68 282 343 350 351 358 359          
      Labour Party Anne Ferris 2.47 260 275 311 312 393 394 405 439      
      Labour Party Anne Egan 2.27 239 258 283 284              
      Electorate: 24,966   Valid: 10,529 (42.17%)   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,317   Turnout: 10,642 (42.63%)

        Greystones

        Greystones - 4 seats
        Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
        Fianna Fáil Dick RocheTD* 24.69 1,389            
        Fine Gael George Jones* 21.01 1,182            
        Fine Gael Derek Mitchell 13.05 734 768 799 823 901 995 1,152
        Independent Chris Maloney 9.58 539 573 581 617 673 748 840
        Independent Veronica O'Reilly 8.59 483 507 512 546 603 699 870
        Green Party Alex Perkins* 7.20 405 426 430 463 519 629  
        Labour Party Colm Kirwan* 6.95 391 404 408 449 492    
        Fianna Fáil Thelma Cloake 5.10 287 407 409 441      
        Independent Charlie Keddy 3.82 215 232 234        
        Electorate: 13,352   Valid: 5,625 (42.13%)   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,126   Turnout: 5,699 (42.68%)

          Wicklow

          Wicklow - 5 seats
          Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
          Labour Party Liam Kavanagh* 15.07 1,839          
          Fianna Fáil Noel Jacob* 14.64 1,230 1,269 1,304 1,485    
          Fianna Fáil Pat Doyle* 14.11 1,186 1,207 1,229 1,325 1,383 1,450
          Fine Gael Andrew Doyle 12.64 1,062 1,086 1,135 1,159 1,164 1,209
          Labour Party Jimmy O'Shaughnessy* 10.75 903 1,066 1,184 1,237 1,246 1,418
          Fine Gael Pat Byrne 8.44 709 764 820 941 949 1,082
          Fianna Fáil Lance O'Brien 6.39 537 595 617      
          Independent Robert Kearns 6.16 518 572 653 728 732  
          Green Party Martin Shiels 4.99 419 443        
          Electorate: 17,040   Valid: 8,403 (49.31%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,401   Turnout: 8,491 (49.83%)
            Preceded by
            Wicklow County Council election, 1991            		 Wicklow County Council elections Succeeded by
            Wicklow County Council election, 2004
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