Fingal County Council election, 1999

Fingal County Council election, 1999
Republic of Ireland
10 June 1999
All 24 seats to Fingal County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Labour Party Fine Gael
Seats won 6 6 5
Seat change -2 +1 -1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Socialist Party Green Party Progressive Democrats
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change +1 -1 -
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 3
Seat change +2

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

TBD

An election to Fingal County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 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 6 -2 12,993 27.21%
Labour Party 6 +1 8,692 18.20%
Fine Gael 5 -1 9,912 20.76%
Socialist Party 2 +1 3,464 7.25%
Green Party 1 -1 3,957 8.29%
Progressive Democrats 1 - 1,315 2.75%
Independent 3 +2 6,153 12.89%
Totals 24 - 47,748 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Balbriggan

Balbriggan - 4 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
Independent David O'Connor 17.79 1,717 1,734 1,770 1,852 1,898 2,169  
Fianna Fáil Dermot Murray* 11.83 1,142 1,152 1,287 1,473 1,526 1,700 1,725
Fine Gael Cathal Boland* 11.52 1,112 1,161 1,251 1,329 1,907 2,143  
Fianna Fáil Catherine Clarke 11.59 1,119 1,135 1,279 1,307 1,371 1,476 1,493
Labour Party Sean Sweeney 10.33 997 1,071 1,089 1,346 1,439 1,654 1,759
Fine Gael Tom O'Leary 9.41 908 963 1,076 1,103      
Green Party Therese Fingleton* 9.12 880 942 973 1,106 1,228    
Labour Party Monica Harford 7.58 732 868 881        
Fianna Fáil Briege Otto 6.09 588 611          
Independent Bill Stack 4.73 457            
Electorate: 21,725   Valid: 9,652 (44.43%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,931   Turnout: 9,761 (44.93%)

    Castleknock

    Castleknock - 4 seats
    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
    Independent Sheila Terry* 23.85 2,057            
    Progressive Democrats Tom Morrissey* 14.13 1,218 1,266 1,303 1,329 1,445 1,601 1,801
    Labour Party Joan Burton 12.46 1,074 1,142 1,207 1,298 1,329 1,598 1,781
    Fianna Fáil Des Kelly 10.39 896 923 935 948 1,083 1,151  
    Fianna Fáil Ned Ryan* 10.37 894 935 945 960 1,091 1,159 1,637
    Independent Seán Lyons* 9.47 817 881 934 1,020 1,056 1,221 1,353
    Fine Gael Jane Murphy 8.37 722 763 775 784 801    
    Fianna Fáil Damien Mahon 5.37 463 476 482 487      
    Socialist Party Mick Cheevers 2.93 253 259 294        
    Green Party Colm Murray 2.66 229 253          
    Electorate: 20,480   Valid: 8,623 (42.10%)   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 1,725   Turnout: 8,695 (42.46%)

      Howth

      Howth - 3 seats
      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4
      Fine Gael Joan Maher* 31.36 2,182      
      Fine Gael Michael Joe CosgraveTD* 21.99 1,530 1,756    
      Fianna Fáil Liam Creaven* 14.07 979 1,026 1,077 1,765
      Green Party David Healy* 13.54 942 997 1,270 1,445
      Fianna Fáil Aileen Woods 12.01 836 909 1,004  
      Labour Party Frank Barry 7.03 489 530    
      Electorate: 17,956   Valid: 6,958 (38.75%)   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 1,740   Turnout: 7,037 (39.19%)

        Malahide

        Malahide - 4 seats
        Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
        Labour Party Peter Coyle* 21.29 1,714        
        Fianna Fáil G.V. WrightTD* 19.16 1,542 1,552 1,566 1,604 1,788
        Green Party Heidi Bedell 14.88 1,198 1,236 1,329 1,418 1,596
        Fine Gael Seán Dolphin 13.45 1,083 1,098 1,113 1,147 1,711
        Fianna Fáil Graham Hanlon 13.42 1,080 1,091 1,114 1,144 1,184
        Fine Gael Nora OwenTD 12.09 973 991 1,004 1,033  
        Christian Solidarity Angela Keaveney 3.02 243 249 264    
        Socialist Party Eamonn McNally 2.70 217 222      
        Electorate: 20,222   Valid: 8,050 (39.81%)   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 1,611   Turnout: 8,100 (40.06%)

          Mulhuddart

          Mulhuddart - 4 seats
          Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10
          Socialist Party Joe HigginsTD* 25.95 1,392                  
          Sinn Féin Paul Donnelly 12.58 675 709 709 710 721 733 744 852 876 903
          Labour Party Michael O'Donovan* 11.24 603 642 646 660 672 714 725 805 857 1,054
          Independent Gerry Lynam 10.20 547 584 590 602 616 656 704 792 846 976
          Fianna Fáil Margaret Richardson* 8.44 453 466 468 473 479 503 575 596 854 929
          Fine Gael Dr.Leo Varadkar 7.08 380 401 401 424 443 484 495 529 580  
          Fianna Fáil Colm Heery 5.87 315 327 330 346 352 364 495 512    
          Socialist Party Karen Allen 5.87 315 424 428 430 447 463 464      
          Fianna Fáil Miley Caldwell 5.18 278 288 289 295 298 310        
          Independent Seán Lyons* 3.28 176 197 201 209 227          
          Green Party Robert Bonnie 1.90 102 116 126 132            
          Progressive Democrats Michael McClure 1.81 97 99 99              
          Independent Frank Clarke 0.60 32 38                
          Electorate: 18,257   Valid: 5,365 (29.39%)   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 1,074   Turnout: 5,426 (29.72%)

            Swords

            Swords - 5 seats
            Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
            Labour Party Seán RyanTD* 26.29 2,392              
            Fianna Fáil Michael Kennedy* 15.27 1,390 1,480 1,500 1,536        
            Socialist Party Clare Daly 14.14 1,287 1,387 1,403 1,434 1,546      
            Fine Gael Anne Devitt* 8.44 768 850 982 1,014 1,047 1,114 1,118 1,266
            Labour Party Tom Kelleher* 7.59 691 1,025 1,047 1,074 1,143 1,190 1,203 1,485
            Green Party Paul Martin 6.66 606 699 735 784 863 933 941  
            Fianna Fáil Martina Coombes 6.54 595 626 632 662 698 978 982 1,105
            Fianna Fáil Anne Marie Woods 4.65 423 487 502 580 614      
            Independent Joe O'Neill 3.85 350 379 385 429        
            Christian Solidarity Michael Scahill 3.78 344 369 376          
            Fine Gael Declan McEvoy 2.79 254 281            
            Electorate: 25,970   Valid: 9,100 (35.04%)   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 1,517   Turnout: 9,182 (35.36%)

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              Preceded by
              Fingal County Council election, 1991              		 Fingal County Council elections Succeeded by
              Fingal County Council election, 2004
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