1991 Wicklow County Council election

An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for an eight-year term of office.

1991 Wicklow County Council election
27 June 1991
All 24 seats to Wicklow County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Labour Fine Gael
Seats won 9 5 4
Seat change -4 +1 -1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Workers' Party Green Independent
Seats won 1 1 4
Seat change - +1 +3
Map showing the area of Wicklow County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 9 -4 12,521 32.16%
Labour 5 +1 7,474 19.20%
Fine Gael 4 -1 5,696 14.63%
Workers' Party 1 - 2,077 5.33%
Green 1 +1 960 2.47%
Independent 4 +3 8,221 21.12%
Totals 24 - 38,934 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Arklow
Arklow - 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil Dr. Bill O'Connell* 14.1% 1,267 1,311              
Independent Vincent McElheron 13.4% 1,205 1,262 1,268 1,290          
Labour Kevin Ryan 12.02% 1,079 1,084 1,084 1,096 1,138 1,152 1,158 1,352  
Fine Gael Vincent Blake* 11.3% 1,020 1,022 1,022 1,056 1,076 1,101 1,107 1,127 1,140
Fianna Fáil Pat Doran* 10.9% 977 978 978 1,005 1,011 1,016 1,074 1,087 1,090
Fianna Fáil Thomas Keenan* 10.2% 914 921 923 945 972 986 1,132 1,195 1,212
Fine Gael Thomas Honan 7.5% 671 682 688 705 740 847 919 1,143 1,176
Labour Sean Wolohan 6.2% 557 587 589 606 665 712 847    
Fianna Fáil Pat Sweeney* 4.9% 440 449 457 477 488 513      
Progressive Democrats Michael Horsman 2.7% 241 248 248 265 275        
Workers' Party Michael Keogh 2.5% 225 227 227 231          
Independent Catherine Byrne 2.4% 212 218 219            
Independent Denis Kinsella 2.1% 190                
Electorate: 13,865   Valid: 8,998 (64.9%)   Spoilt: 94   Quota: 1,286   Turnout: 9,092 (65.58%)

    Baltinglass
    Baltinglass - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Independent Jim Ruttle* 31% 1,905            
    Fine Gael Godfrey TimminsTD* 19.4% 1,190 1,310 1,346 1,380 1,453 1,854  
    Labour Tommy Cullen 17.5% 1,077 1,113 1,169 1,182 1,241 1,333 1,431
    Fianna Fáil Hugh O'Keeffe* 11.2% 687 718 730 922 977 1,041 1,140
    Fine Gael Pascal Deering 7.5% 460 514 608 653 688    
    Sinn Féin Gerry O'Neill 4.9% 302 342 365 377      
    Fianna Fáil Ann McGrath 4.3% 266 307 323        
    Independent Adrian Williams 3.7% 229 264          
    Independent Michael Scanlon 0.4% 27 39          
    Electorate: 8,688   Valid: 6,143 (70.71%)   Spoilt: 29   Quota: 1,536   Turnout: 6,172 (71.04%)

      Bray
      Bray - 6 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      Workers' Party Liz McManus* 12.7% 1,047 1,063 1,083 1,194                  
      Labour John Byrne* 11.9% 978 979 1,053 1,070 1,070 1,094 1,209            
      Fianna Fáil Michael Lawlor* 9.3% 767 769 770 780 781 803 813 816 824 839 933 972 1,167
      Fianna Fáil Joe Behan 8.4% 687 691 695 700 700 722 739 741 752 785 844 871 981
      Fine Gael Senator Shane Ross 7.8% 642 650 660 665 665 703 715 717 898 965 989 1,011 1,058
      Fianna Fáil Noel Keyes 7.3% 602 606 608 629 631 641 653 657 673 690 750 791  
      Fianna Fáil Pat Vance* 7% 576 580 585 593 593 618 635 637 656 684 802 841 1,055
      Independent Jane Murphy* 7% 574 576 582 592 593 643 666 668 701 776 816 863 929
      Fianna Fáil Michael Ledwidge* 4.6% 379 380 381 386 386 404 407 408 420 436      
      Sinn Féin Gerry McDonnell 4.5% 371 373 376 393 394 398 410 412 415 442 446    
      Green Barry Ahern 3.6% 297 300 310 315 316 329 358 372 396        
      Fine Gael Michael Kennedy 3.5% 286 290 293 299 299 330 337 338          
      Workers' Party Dermot Tobin 3.1% 259 264 266 302 313 328              
      Workers' Party Anne Egan 3.1% 256 256 264                    
      Progressive Democrats Ciarán Murphy* 3% 250 291 294 296 297                
      Labour Carmel McKenna 3% 153 156                      
      Progressive Democrats Michael Noble 1.2% 101                        
      Electorate: 18,096   Valid: 8,225 (45.45%)   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 1,176   Turnout: 8,304 (45.89%)

        Greystones
        Greystones - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789
        Fianna Fáil Johnny Fox* 17.2% 1,205 1,215 1,225 1,277 1,306 1,335 1,425    
        Fianna Fáil Dick RocheTD* 14.4% 1,008 1,014 1,033 1,042 1,055 1,099 1,169 1,326 1,368
        Independent George Jones* 13.6% 955 968 1,011 1,017 1,050 1,161 1,248 1,527  
        Independent John Leeson* 13.2% 921 925 946 991 995 1,038 1,053 1,092 1,131
        Independent Jack Murnane 9.7% 679 696 713 724 770 818 893    
        Green Nuala Ahern 9.5% 663 671 704 735 751 865 989 1,237 1,283
        Fine Gael Breda Allen 6.2% 436 440 464 469 474        
        Labour Charlie Keddy 5.9% 411 413 420 451 561 606      
        Labour Joseph Sweeney 3.4% 241 251 258 271          
        Progressive Democrats Joseph Lalor 2.7% 188 190              
        Workers' Party Christy Devlin 2.6% 181 213 214            
        Workers' Party James Hogan 1.6% 109                
        Electorate: 13,644   Valid: 6,997 (51.28%)   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 1,400   Turnout: 7,057 (51.72%)

          Wicklow
          Wicklow - 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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          Labour Liam KavanaghTD* 22.5% 1,927              
          Fianna Fáil Joe JacobTD* 16.6% 1,422 1,453            
          Independent Susan Phillips* 11.3% 966 1,016 1,017 1,068 1,121 1,226 1,396 1,530
          Fianna Fáil Pat Doyle 9.7% 835 845 847 852 855 862 1,025 1,311
          Labour Frank Hynes* 8.5% 726 879 885 902 1,058 1,129 1,199 1,277
          Fine Gael Mary Miley 7.6% 652 667 671 829 925 954 1,035 1,078
          Progressive Democrats John Larkin 6.2% 532 559 559 582 593 612    
          Fianna Fáil John Giff* 5.7% 489 538 545 586 599 715 772  
          Independent Robert Kearns 4.2% 358 409 410 458 475      
          Fine Gael Ollie Lalor 4% 339 382 382          
          Labour Joseph O'Shaughnessy 3.8% 325 394 397 411        
          Electorate: 14,988   Valid: 8,571 (57.19%)   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 1,429   Turnout: 8,656 (57.75%)
            Preceded by
            1985 Wicklow County Council election            		 Wicklow County Council elections Succeeded by
            1999 Wicklow County Council election
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