Part of the 1991 Irish local elections
1991 Cork County Council election
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All 48 seats on Cork County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fine Gael | Fianna Fáil | Labour | Seats won | 20 | 19 | 4 | Seat change | +1 | -5 | +2 | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | | | | | Party | Progressive Democrats | Workers' Party | Independent | Seats won | 1 | 1 | 3 | Seat change | +1 | 0 | +1 | |
Map showing the area of Cork County Council |
| Council control after election TBD | |
An election to Cork County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 48 councillors were elected from eight 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% | ±% |
| Fine Gael | 20 | +1 | 41,742 | 35.4 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 19 | -5 | 43,211 | 36.7 | |
| Labour | 4 | +2 | 7,246 | 6.2 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 1 | +1 | 6,463 | 5.5 | |
| Workers' Party | 1 | 0 | 5,097 | 4.3 | |
| Independent | 3 | +1 | 11,205 | 9.5 | |
Totals | 48 | 0 | 117,899 | 100.0 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Bandon
Bandon - 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Fine Gael | Michael Creed TD* | 17.1% | 3,267 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Peter Callanan* | 14.6% | 2,797 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Donal Moynihan* | 13.2% | 2,519 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Eddie Lucey* | 12.3% | 2,347 | 2,489 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Kevin Murphy* | 12% | 2,301 | 2,327 | 2,376 | 2,377 | 2,433 | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Frank Metcalfe | 7.1% | 1,366 | 1,730 | 1,735 | 1,739 | 1,748 | 1,778 | 1,842 | 1,917 | 2,088 | 2,438 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jim Long* | 5.2% | 1,004 | 1,061 | 1,150 | 1,228 | 1,231 | 1,261 | 1,286 | 1,301 | 1,401 | 1,587 | 1,588 | 1,607 |
| Fianna Fáil | Alan Coleman | 4.8% | 916 | 923 | 1,091 | 1,106 | 1,121 | 1,244 | 1,248 | 1,403 | 1,497 | 1,585 | 1,596 | 1,614 |
| Green | Paula Giles | 3.6% | 695 | 724 | 759 | 763 | 787 | 858 | 864 | 964 | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Jerry Kelleher | 3.5% | 672 | 905 | 910 | 932 | 936 | 951 | 965 | 1,123 | 1,294 | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | John Kevin Coleman* | 3.2% | 605 | 613 | 648 | 650 | 661 | 712 | 718 | | | | | |
| Independent | Dermot Ryan | 2.4% | 468 | 473 | 481 | 482 | 499 | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Frank Collins | 0.9% | 170 | 175 | 187 | 188 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 30,218 Valid: 19,127 (63.3%) Spoilt: 172 Quota: 2,391 Turnout: 19,289 (63.8%) |
Cork North
Cork North - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Fine Gael | Tomas Ryan* | 16.9% | 1,569 | 1,604 | 1,698 | 1,741 | 2,554 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Dan Fleming* | 13.5% | 1,253 | 1,285 | 1,357 | 1,676 | 1,759 | 1,860 |
| Fianna Fáil | Annette McNamara | 12.3% | 1,137 | 1,202 | 1,297 | 1,469 | 1,516 | 1,576 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Joyce | 10.5% | 975 | 1,007 | 1,153 | 1,482 | 1,524 | 1,563 |
| Fianna Fáil | Donal O'Connell* | 10.5% | 968 | 986 | 1,086 | | | |
| Fine Gael | George Osborne* | 10.3% | 953 | 990 | 1,143 | 1,223 | | |
| Labour | Sheila O'Sullivan | 9.8% | 912 | 1,155 | 1,378 | 1,454 | 1,591 | 1,856 |
| Progressive Democrats | Michael Burns | 9.5% | 884 | 972 | | | | |
| Workers' Party | Patrick Corbett | 3.8% | 353 | | | | | |
| Green | Thomas Hyland | 2.8% | 257 | | | | | |
Electorate: 19,771 Valid: 9,261 (46.8%) Spoilt: 64 Quota: 1,853 Turnout: 9,325 (47.2%) |
Cork South
Cork South - 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Fianna Fáil | Senator Batt O'Keeffe* | 22% | 3,081 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Barry Cogan* | 11.5% | 1,614 | 1,906 | 1,918 | 1,935 | 1,965 | 2,001 | 2,400 | | | | |
| Labour | Paula Desmond* | 8.5% | 1,195 | 1,230 | 1,238 | 1,488 | 1,700 | 1,773 | 1,842 | 1,873 | 1,979 | 2,427 | |
| Fine Gael | Sylvester Cotter | 6.9% | 968 | 982 | 1,033 | 1,043 | 1,061 | 1,203 | 1,257 | 1,267 | 1,608 | 1,665 | 1,707 |
| Independent | Kevin Meaney | 6.9% | 966 | 996 | 1,010 | 1,024 | 1,174 | 1,204 | 1,290 | 1,320 | 1,367 | | |
| Fine Gael | Braham Brennan* | 6.8% | 953 | 967 | 1,019 | 1,027 | 1,055 | 1,100 | 1,161 | 1,177 | 1,423 | 1,639 | 1,718 |
| Fine Gael | Barry O'Mahony | 5.9% | 827 | 877 | 1,003 | 1,026 | 1,048 | 1,065 | 1,074 | 1,077 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Buwalda-Wagner | 5.6% | 785 | 915 | 920 | 928 | 943 | 967 | | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Derry Canty | 5.4% | 757 | 931 | 1,029 | 1,184 | 1,213 | 1,562 | 1,616 | 1,625 | 1,748 | 1,867 | 1,918 |
| Progressive Democrats | Peter Kelly | 5.2% | 725 | 740 | 749 | 759 | 808 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Connole | 4.7% | 656 | 850 | 854 | 860 | 922 | 981 | 1,158 | 1,378 | 1,426 | 1,513 | 1,538 |
| Workers' Party | Con O'Mahony | 4.4% | 613 | 633 | 647 | 691 | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Tony Lancaster | 3.4% | 475 | 524 | 578 | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Liam Ward | 2.9% | 406 | 466 | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 33,220 Valid: 14,021 (42.2%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 2,004 Turnout: 14,120 (42.5%) |
Kanturk
Kanturk - 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Fine Gael | Frank Crowley TD* | 16.7% | 2,610 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jack Roche* | 13.2% | 2,067 | 2,071 | 2,096 | 2,162 | 2,307 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Laurence Kelly TD* | 10.8% | 1,689 | 1,693 | 1,729 | 1,762 | 1,811 | 2,417 | |
| Fine Gael | Billy Biggane | 10.6% | 1,652 | 1,662 | 1,715 | 1,735 | 2,068 | 2,371 | |
| Fianna Fáil | J.B. Murphy* | 10% | 1,555 | 1,557 | 1,568 | 1,749 | 1,828 | 2,058 | 2,222 |
| Fine Gael | Gerard Murphy | 9.5% | 1,480 | 1,480 | 1,543 | 1,673 | 2,153 | 2,198 | 2,212 |
| Fianna Fáil | Mike Donegan* | 8.8% | 1,377 | 1,395 | 1,405 | 1,418 | 1,439 | | |
| Labour | Bill Cashin | 8.5% | 1,327 | 1,358 | 1,414 | 1,495 | 1,623 | 1,724 | 1,733 |
| Fine Gael | Charles Barry* | 7.5% | 1,168 | 1,173 | 1,284 | 1,325 | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Sean O'Riordan | 3.8% | 593 | 601 | 616 | | | | |
| Workers' Party | Dan Curtin | 0.6% | 89 | | | | | | |
Electorate: 22,012 Valid: 15,604 (70.9%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 2,230 Turnout: 15,693 (71.3%) |
Mallow
Mallow - 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Fianna Fáil | Ned O'Keeffe TD* | 17.5% | 3,419 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Paul Bradford TD* | 14.1% | 2,761 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Workers' Party | Joe Sherlock TD* | 13.6% | 2,650 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Carey Joyce* | 8.4% | 1,633 | 2,041 | 2,052 | 2,058 | 2,142 | 2,158 | 2,218 | 2,247 | 2,266 | 2,393 | 2,517 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Conor O'Callaghan | 6.7% | 1,313 | 1,430 | 1,473 | 1,479 | 1,507 | 1,522 | 1,543 | 1,685 | 1,748 | 1,885 | 1,908 | 2,086 | 2,089 | 2,159 | 2,262 |
| Fine Gael | Aileen Pyne | 6.7% | 1,306 | 1,335 | 1,388 | 1,396 | 1,461 | 1,490 | 1,604 | 1,612 | 1,650 | 1,740 | 1,956 | 2,519 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Ted O'Riordan | 4.1% | 806 | 943 | 968 | 989 | 994 | 1,038 | 1,051 | 1,058 | 1,085 | 1,177 | 1,191 | 1,201 | 1,212 | 1,214 | 1,492 |
| Fine Gael | Michael Lane | 4.1% | 794 | 813 | 876 | 878 | 886 | 892 | 912 | 915 | 988 | 1,023 | 1,035 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Brendan Kelleher | 4% | 780 | 867 | 877 | 886 | 895 | 906 | 911 | 915 | 1,108 | 1,165 | 1,171 | 1,189 | 1,197 | 1,198 | 1,288 |
| Independent | Tom Conroy | 3.4% | 667 | 684 | 711 | 741 | 748 | 863 | 919 | 930 | 981 | 1,045 | 1,110 | 1,127 | 1,132 | 1,135 | |
| Independent | Michael Broderick | 3.4% | 655 | 676 | 710 | 725 | 731 | 752 | 780 | 785 | | | | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Naoise Leamy | 3.1% | 603 | 638 | 653 | 664 | 752 | 772 | 803 | 821 | 886 | | | | | | |
| Workers' Party | Tadhg O'Donovan | 2.9% | 557 | 569 | 571 | 601 | 615 | 636 | 687 | 900 | 910 | 928 | | | | | |
| Workers' Party | John Fitzgerald | 2.3% | 453 | 508 | 510 | 535 | 540 | 563 | 590 | | | | | | | | |
| Green | Jim Bartley | 2.1% | 410 | 423 | 429 | 435 | 468 | 511 | | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Tadhg Curtis | 1.9% | 372 | 381 | 404 | 439 | 442 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | John Guinevan | 1.9% | 372 | 378 | 383 | 385 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 31,117 Valid: 19,540 (62.8%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 2,443 Turnout: 19,658 (63.2%) |
Midleton
Midleton - 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Independent | Paddy Hegarty | 16.4% | 2,552 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Noel Collins* | 13.3% | 2,059 | 2,113 | 2,120 | 2,171 | 2,182 | 2,201 | 2,288 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Maurice Ahern* | 10.5% | 1,639 | 1,660 | 1,665 | 1,692 | 1,697 | 1,701 | 1,734 | 1,754 | 1,765 | 1,817 | 1,865 | 1,922 | 2,267 |
| Fine Gael | Matt Ahern* | 10% | 1,559 | 1,618 | 1,624 | 1,632 | 1,634 | 1,638 | 1,669 | 1,675 | 1,733 | 1,773 | 1,825 | 2,106 | 2,167 |
| Fine Gael | Michael Hegarty* | 9% | 1,402 | 1,449 | 1,454 | 1,465 | 1,469 | 1,477 | 1,525 | 1,533 | 1,542 | 1,576 | 1,640 | 1,950 | 2,005 |
| Fianna Fáil | John Brosnan* | 7.3% | 1,131 | 1,159 | 1,165 | 1,165 | 1,169 | 1,170 | 1,197 | 1,200 | 1,298 | 1,341 | 1,393 | 1,408 | 1,637 |
| Fianna Fáil | Kevin Foster* | 6.8% | 1,062 | 1,072 | 1,105 | 1,107 | 1,125 | 1,175 | 1,183 | 1,184 | 1,188 | 1,200 | 1,326 | 1,338 | |
| Labour | John Mulvihill* | 6.5% | 1,003 | 1,025 | 1,052 | 1,068 | 1,147 | 1,272 | 1,300 | 1,304 | 1,351 | 1,450 | 1,554 | 1,592 | 1,958 |
| Fine Gael | George Jeffrey | 4.9% | 768 | 797 | 805 | 806 | 810 | 815 | 850 | 855 | 858 | 860 | 915 | | |
| Independent | William Kidney | 2.8% | 441 | 453 | 473 | 478 | 483 | 508 | 515 | 518 | 541 | | | | |
| Independent | Bob Bickerdike | 2.4% | 371 | 385 | 387 | 391 | 401 | 434 | 441 | 442 | | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Michael Joy | 2.3% | 362 | 372 | 383 | 391 | 396 | 400 | | | | | | | |
| Green | Sean Bell | 2.3% | 350 | 361 | 370 | 375 | 394 | 411 | 460 | 468 | 560 | 603 | | | |
| Independent | Maurice Quinlan | 1.9% | 288 | 293 | 314 | 315 | 351 | | | | | | | | |
| Workers' Party | Leo Owens | 1.3% | 196 | 199 | 202 | 239 | | | | | | | | | |
| Workers' Party | Tom Cashman | 1.2% | 186 | 189 | 189 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Jack Twomey | 1.1% | 167 | 171 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 28,321 Valid: 15,536 (54.9%) Spoilt: 128 Quota: 2,220 Turnout: 15,664 (55.3%) |
Skibbereen
Skibbereen - 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Fine Gael | John Cal McCarthy* | 15.3% | 2,346 | | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Donal O'Rourke* | 11.6% | 1,768 | 1,803 | 1,836 | 1,855 | 1,865 | 2,094 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | D.F. O'Sullivan* | 11% | 1,688 | 1,703 | 1,780 | 1,806 | 1,943 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Jim O'Sullivan | 9.4% | 1,440 | 1,577 | 1,610 | 1,621 | 1,641 | 1,889 | 1,890 | 1,973 | | |
| Labour | Michael Calnan* | 9.1% | 1,387 | 1,411 | 1,443 | 1,549 | 1,592 | 1,636 | 1,638 | 1,651 | 1,655 | 1,982 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom O'Neill* | 8% | 1,231 | 1,247 | 1,272 | 1,360 | 1,378 | 1,440 | 1,446 | 1,480 | 1,492 | 1,682 |
| Fine Gael | Tadhg O'Donovan | 7.7% | 1,179 | 1,227 | 1,240 | 1,260 | 1,379 | 1,485 | 1,496 | 1,506 | 1,512 | 1,991 |
| Fine Gael | Michael Collins | 6.9% | 1,058 | 1,123 | 1,131 | 1,250 | 1,268 | 1,308 | 1,308 | 1,312 | 1,313 | |
| Progressive Democrats | Ray O'Neill | 5.9% | 901 | 952 | 977 | 1,013 | 1,067 | | | | | |
| Green | Mary O'Donnell | 5.4% | 828 | 845 | 917 | 959 | 1,119 | 1,302 | 1,311 | 1,344 | 1,358 | 1,424 |
| Independent | John Collins | 3.6% | 544 | 549 | 618 | 636 | | | | | | |
| Independent | Donal Lehane | 3.2% | 497 | 508 | 522 | | | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Donnchadh O Sé | 1.9% | 294 | 301 | | | | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Seamus de Burca | 0.9% | 144 | 145 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 22,677 Valid: 15,305 (67.5%) Spoilt: 120 Quota: 1,914 Turnout: 15,425 (68%) |
Schull
Schull - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Fine Gael | P.J. Sheehan TD* | 19.4% | 1,840 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Senator Denis O'Donovan* | 19.2% | 1,827 | | | | |
| Independent | Michael Pat Murphy* | 14.3% | 1,360 | 1,452 | 1,502 | 1,637 | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Harrington* | 13.2% | 1,256 | 1,298 | 1,305 | 1,369 | 1,842 |
| Fianna Fáil | Vivian O'Callaghan* | 10.8% | 1,022 | 1,036 | 1,131 | 1,245 | 1,518 |
| Fine Gael | John P. O'Shea | 9% | 853 | 935 | 965 | 1,151 | 1,177 |
| Fianna Fáil | Dan Harrington | 8.5% | 812 | 817 | 851 | 890 | |
| Labour | Matt Kingston | 6% | 575 | 589 | 609 | | |
Electorate: 13,584 Valid: 9,505 (70%) Spoilt: 86 Quota: 1,591 Turnout: 9,591 (70.6%) |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- Official website[permanent dead link]
- irishelectionliterature