Part of the 1991 Irish local elections
1991 Limerick County Council election
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All 28 seats on Limerick County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Progressive Democrats | Seats won | 13 | 10 | 4 | Seat change | -5 | - | +4 | | | Fourth party | | | | | Party | Labour | | Seats won | 1 | | Seat change | +1 | | |
Map showing the area of Limerick County Council |
| Council control after election TBD | |
An election to Limerick County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 28 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 | 13 | -5 | 21,238 | 43.28 | |
| Fine Gael | 10 | - | 15,765 | 32.13 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 4 | +4 | 7,627 | 15.54 | |
| Labour | 1 | +1 | 1,990 | 4.06 | |
Totals | 28 | - | 49,068 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Bruff
Bruff - 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Brennan* | 18.4% | 1,976 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Noonan TD | 13.7% | 1,480 | 1,492 | 1,514 | 1,565 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Collins* | 12.3% | 1,328 | 1,497 | 1,505 | 1,545 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | John Clifford | 12.2% | 1,316 | 1,465 | 1,479 | 1,508 | 1,522 | 1,525 | 1,646 |
| Progressive Democrats | Tim O'Malley | 11.9% | 1,281 | 1,300 | 1,408 | 1,661 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Jim McCarthy* | 9.6% | 1,034 | 1,039 | 1,112 | 1,126 | 1,168 | 1,174 | 1,473 |
| Fine Gael | Charlie Hanley | 7.9% | 855 | 911 | 918 | 969 | 996 | 1,005 | 1,099 |
| Labour | Noelle Dason | 6.9% | 740 | 748 | 780 | 822 | 861 | 869 | |
| Progressive Democrats | Bobbie Penn | 4.0% | 434 | 447 | 502 | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | John Wright | 3.0% | 323 | 329 | | | | | |
Electorate: 19,044 Valid: 10,767 (56.54%) Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,539 Turnout: 10,843 (56.94%) |
Castleconnell
Castleconnell - 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Fianna Fáil | Eddie Wade* | 17.9% | 2,039 | | | | | | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Peadar Clohessy TD* | 14.2% | 1,623 | 1,722 | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Senator Mary Jackman* | 12.6% | 1,443 | 1,465 | 1,477 | 1,702 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Paddy Hourigan* | 9.2% | 1,048 | 1,065 | 1,078 | 1,097 | 1,110 | 1,212 | 1,320 | 1,373 | 1,542 | 1,557 |
| Fianna Fáil | Noel Gleeson* | 8.2% | 934 | 998 | 1,006 | 1,017 | 1,019 | 1,167 | 1,193 | 1,467 | 1,697 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Willie Keane | 6.7% | 760 | 812 | 823 | 855 | 861 | 882 | 984 | 1,109 | 1,186 | 1,218 |
| Independent | William Meagher | 6.3% | 721 | 733 | 736 | 766 | 770 | 804 | 913 | 1,037 | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Michael Finucane | 5.5% | 631 | 660 | 680 | 742 | 759 | 960 | 1,044 | 1,099 | 1,210 | 1,228 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tim Long | 5.4% | 612 | 692 | 704 | 715 | 718 | 748 | 779 | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Martin Ryan | 5.0% | 574 | 589 | 592 | 600 | 606 | | | | | |
| Labour | Joe Liston | 4.8% | 552 | 562 | 568 | 604 | 623 | 639 | | | | |
| Independent | Jim Duffy | 4.2% | 484 | 491 | 493 | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 18,499 Valid: 11,421 (61.74%) Spoilt: 95 Quota: 1,632 Turnout: 11,516 (62.25%) |
Kilmallock
Kilmallock - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Fine Gael | Matt Callaghan* | 22.7% | 1,865 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Jim Houlihan* | 18.0% | 1,479 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Barry* | 15.8% | 1,298 | 1,334 | 1,352 | 1,651 |
| Progressive Democrats | Eddie Creighton* | 15.2% | 1,248 | 1,325 | 1,341 | 1,434 |
| Fianna Fáil | William Sampson* | 12.8% | 1,053 | 1,147 | 1,151 | 1,389 |
| Fine Gael | John O'Grady | 7.9% | 654 | 829 | 887 | 916 |
| Fianna Fáil | Alan Mee* | 7.7% | 634 | 745 | 756 | |
Electorate: 12,482 Valid: 8,231 (65.94%) Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,372 Turnout: 8,328 (66.72%) |
Newcastle
Newcastle - 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael O'Kelly* | 17.4% | 1,668 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Finucane TD* | 13.5% | 1,300 | 1,309 | 1,331 | 1,382 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Healy* | 11.2% | 1,075 | 1,106 | 1,125 | 1,170 | 1,196 | 1,281 | 1,354 |
| Fianna Fáil | John Cregan | 10.5% | 1,013 | 1,039 | 1,040 | 1,048 | 1,107 | 1,146 | 1,285 |
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Ahern* | 10.2% | 976 | 1,109 | 1,119 | 1,129 | 1,147 | 1,171 | 1,208 |
| Fine Gael | Seán Broderick | 9.7% | 933 | 1,011 | 1,012 | 1,025 | 1,044 | 1,107 | 1,374 |
| Fine Gael | John Kelly* | 7.3% | 706 | 709 | 726 | 757 | 814 | 927 | |
| Labour | Mary Kelly | 7.3% | 698 | 704 | 736 | 783 | 845 | 1,009 | 1,228 |
| Progressive Democrats | Sean Liston | 5.5% | 525 | 529 | 533 | 605 | 628 | | |
| Sinn Féin | Coireall MacCurtain | 3.1% | 300 | 301 | 304 | 311 | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Seamus Hunt | 3.0% | 288 | 292 | 301 | | | | |
| Independent | Michael Flynn | 1.3% | 127 | 127 | | | | | |
Electorate: 14,404 Valid: 9,609 (66.71%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 1,373 Turnout: 9,718 (67.47%) |
Rathkeale
Rathkeale- 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Fine Gael | Senator Dan Neville* | 18.8% | 1,699 | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Kevin Sheahan* | 17.9% | 1,614 | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | John Griffin* | 16.5% | 1,493 | 1,522 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Maureen Barrett* | 16.0% | 1,449 | 1,457 | 1,503 | 1,504 | 1,515 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Jimmy Reidy | 7.7% | 696 | 729 | 732 | 732 | 737 | 775 | 821 | |
| Fine Gael | David Naughton | 6.3% | 573 | 638 | 654 | 656 | 673 | 736 | 832 | 1,222 |
| Progressive Democrats | John Carrig | 6.2% | 564 | 585 | 604 | 607 | 651 | 721 | 896 | 1,017 |
| Green | Patrick O'Doherty | 5.9% | 532 | 551 | 555 | 558 | 581 | 635 | | |
| Independent | Basil Fitzgibbon | 3.1% | 284 | 291 | 308 | 308 | 320 | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Patrick Sheehan | 1.5% | 136 | 146 | 148 | 154 | | | | |
Electorate: 12,705 Valid: 9,040 (71.15%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 1,507 Turnout: 9,113 (71.73%) |
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