1991 Meath County Council election

1991 Meath County Council election

27 June 1991
All 29 seats on Meath County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 12 9 4 Seat change -5 +2 +1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Workers' Party Independent Seats won 1 3 Seat change +1 +1
Map showing the area of Meath County Council
Council control after election TBD

An election to Meath County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 29 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.^[1][2]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	12	-5	17,408	44.81
	Fine Gael	9	+2	10,290	26.49
	Labour	4	+1	4,587	11.81
	Workers' Party	1	+1	1,080	2.78
	Independent	3	+1	3,101	7.98
Totals		29	-	38,850	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Dunshaughlin

Dunshaughlin - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Wallace TD*	19.4%	1,469
	Labour	Brian Fitzgerald*	15.8%	1,196	1,214	1,262	1,326
	Fine Gael	Mary Sylver*	13.1%	994	1,009	1,014	1,030	1,039	1,157	1,198	1,230
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Tormey	11.7%	885	949	953	969	971	994	1,109	1,192
	Fine Gael	John Fanning	11.3%	855	862	876	882	883	984	1,151	1,184
	Fianna Fáil	Tadhg Delaney*	8.1%	613	662	665	679	683	719	733	1,053
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Clynch	6.1%	461	496	497	516	521	548	559
	Workers' Party	John King	5.5%	417	419	430	452	459	496
	Progressive Democrats	Joe Fernandez	5.0%	376	384	387	404	406
	Sinn Féin	Thomas McDonnell	2.9%	219	223	224
	Labour	Eamon Tuttle	1.3%	97	100
Electorate: 15,984   Valid: 7,582 (47.43%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,264   Turnout: 7,648 (47.85%)

Kells

Kells - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lynch*	16.6%	1,630	1,705
	Fine Gael	John V. Farrelly TD*	13.1%	1,293
	Fine Gael	Gerry Gibney	10.0%	980	1,069	1,078	1,097	1,101	1,119	1,122	1,130	1,130	1,180
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Brady*	9.5%	932	1,052	1,054	1,067	1,085	1,098	1,217	1,273
	Fianna Fáil	Sebastian Rooney*	7.9%	780	834	836	846	864	895	990	1,127	1,149	1,285
	Fianna Fáil	James Weldon*	7.3%	717	750	755	762	772	789	815	1,162	1,176	1,212
	Fianna Fáil	Fergus Muldoon*	7.0%	693	719	725	732	742	749	766
	Fine Gael	Tom Bradley*	6.8%	672	683	709	711	716	787	792	826	829	916
	Independent	Jack Fitzsimons	6.6%	648	664	668	700	731	794	820	879	881	1,127
	Labour	Tommy Grimes	6.2%	608	617	621	653	714	735	798	810	810
	Fianna Fáil	James O'Rourke	3.0%	300	324	325	330	360	367
	Progressive Democrats	Caroline Mhic Daeid	2.6%	254	258	259	262	265
	Independent	John Maguire	1.9%	187	194	195	202
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McCabe	1.6%	154	159	159
Electorate: 16,291   Valid: 9,848 (60.45%)   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 1,232   Turnout: 9,952 (61.09%)

Navan

Navan - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Fitzsimons*	11.8%	973	976	1,035
	Fine Gael	Patsy O'Neill*	8.9%	731	738	740	741	753	769	778	881	933	933	981
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Mangan*	8.4%	689	692	713	715	730	743	816	832	889	891	897
	Workers' Party	Christy Gorman	8.1%	663	685	694	709	735	852	887	917	969	969	970
	Progressive Democrats	Patrick Andrews	7.3%	599	606	614	619	654	671	696	752
	Fine Gael	Noel Foley	7.1%	584	587	596	600	619	632	658	945	1,117
	Fianna Fáil	Owen Heaney*	6.8%	563	563	588	589	596	611	780	804	892	895	903
	Fine Gael	Jim D'Arcy*	6.8%	561	566	566	571	579	601	610
	Independent	Patricia Hegarty	6.8%	556	572	576	796	825	866	904	934	1,024	1,025	1,033
	Labour	Brendan Clusker*	6.5%	533	566	586	597	721	766	831	869	989	989	1,006
	Sinn Féin	Joe Reilly	5.3%	435	440	443	449	459
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Carberry	5.2%	424	426	478	484	494	510
	Independent	Anthony McDonnell	3.3%	275	279	285
	Labour	Sean O'Brien	3.0%	245	305	307	310
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McGoona	2.7%	220	222
	Labour	Jim O'Brien	2.1%	176
Electorate: 17,840   Valid: 8,227 (46.12%)   Spoilt: 146   Quota: 1,029   Turnout: 8,288 (46.46%)

Slane

Slane - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Gerald Marry*	20.5%	1,412
	Fine Gael	Tom Kelly*	12.6%	865	887	891	1,004	1,203
	Fianna Fáil	Hugh Gough	10.4%	718	752	919	926	999	1,008	1,099	1,127
	Fine Gael	Shaun Lynch	10.0%	691	735	746	767	786	797	1,248
	Labour	Jimmy Cudden*	9.6%	659	719	730	921	946	960	1,014	1,071
	Fine Gael	Michael Meade	9.5%	651	665	751	760	767	769
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Murray	8.7%	596	638	681	686	931	951	977	993
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Traynor*	8.0%	551	576	595	627
	Labour	Ken Lougheed	5.6%	382	397	402
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Halpin	5.1%	353	362
Electorate: 13,953   Valid: 6,878 (49.29%)   Spoilt: 77   Quota: 1,147   Turnout: 6,955 (49.85%)

Trim

Trim - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Dempsey TD*	33.5%	2,113
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Hilliard TD*	20.2%	1,277
	Fine Gael	Willie Carey*	13.6%	858	913	930	933	935	977	1,037	1,066
	Fine Gael	Bernard Eivers	8.8%	555	636	658	661	668	712	719	729	791
	Labour	Patrick Lowe	6.5%	409	491	514	521	539	607	631	640	891
	Labour	Larry Murray	4.5%	282	371	384	388	400	442	457	467
	Fianna Fáil	Gabriel Cribbin*	4.4%	278	768	855	860	873	904	1,118
	Green	Patrick Cummins	3.9%	246	288	298	302	332
	Fianna Fáil	Sylvester Murphy	2.7%	173	360	403	406	413	433
	Sinn Féin	Lydia Comiskey	1.6%	101	123	129	130
	Independent	John Gormley	0.4%	23	35	38
Electorate: 12,858   Valid: 6,315 (49.11%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 1,053   Turnout: 6,390 (49.7%)

References

1. Local Government Act 1994, s. 20: Year of elections to all local authorities (No. 8 of 1994, s. 20). Enacted on 29 April 1994. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
2. Local Government Act 1998, s. 10: Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1994 (No. 16 of 1998, s. 10). Enacted on 29 May 1998. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.

External links

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