1991 Clare County Council election

1991 Clare County Council election
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All 32 seats on Clare County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 17 8 1
Seat change 0 0 -1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Progressive Democrats Independent
Seats won 1 5
Seat change +1 0
Map showing the area of Clare County Council
Council control before election

Fianna Fáil

 Council control after election

Fianna Fáil

An election to Clare County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 32 councillors were elected from six 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 17 0 21,062 48.54
Fine Gael 8 0 9,370 21.59
Labour 1 -1 3,171 7.31
Progressive Democrats 1 +1 2,627 6.05
Independent 5 0 6,701 15.44
Totals 32 0 43,393 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Ennis

Ennis - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Independent Tommy Brennan* 22.3% 1,212                
Fianna Fáil Raymond Greene 17.3% 942 966 990 1,039 1,120        
Fianna Fáil Peter Considine 12.9% 702 722 735 749 870 932 1,026 1,056 1,266
Progressive Democrats Frankie Neylon 11.0% 599 619 633 653 688 738 940 942  
Labour Michael Corley 10.5% 569 585 599 630 648 694      
Fine Gael Anna Mulqueen 8.2% 445 461 477 491 499 735 969 970 1,288
Fine Gael Michael Howard* 7.2% 391 405 418 436 446        
Fianna Fáil Josie Nevin 4.8% 263 270 274 287          
Sinn Féin Tony McCarthy 3.5% 190 196 207            
Independent Frank Kenny 2.2% 118 120              
Electorate: 10,739   Valid: 5,431 (50.57%)   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 1,087   Turnout: 5,470 (50.94%)  

Ennistymon

Ennistymon - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fianna Fáil Tony Killeen* 21.1% 1,355    
Fine Gael Frank Henchy* 9.43 1,258    
Labour Martin Lafferty* 17.7% 1,142    
Fianna Fáil Enda Mulkere* 17.5% 1,128    
Fianna Fáil Jimmy Nagle* 15.3% 985 1,221  
Progressive Democrats Noel Moran 4.8% 307 332 361
Fine Gael Paddy O'Connor 4.0% 260 281 437
Electorate: 9,891   Valid: 6,435 (65.06%)   Spoilt: 43   Quota: 1,073   Turnout: 6,478 (65.49%)  

Killaloe

Killaloe - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil Colm Wiley* 13.9% 1,377 1,429              
Progressive Democrats Mary Mannion 11.0% 1,094 1,112 1,186 1,225 1,226 1,255 1,666    
Fianna Fáil Michael Begley 10.8% 1,071 1,112 1,269 1,286 1,290 1,370 1,477    
Fine Gael Patrick Bugler* 10.3% 1,019 1,036 1,055 1,257 1,258 1,387 1,431    
Fine Gael Tony McMahon* 10.1% 999 1,010 1,085 1,176 1,176 1,189 1,270 1,399 1,419
Fianna Fáil Joe Gorman* 10.1% 998 1,007 1,007 1,101 1,101 1,194 1,218 1,250 1,260
Labour Brendan Hayes 7.3% 723 762 802 821 823 831      
Fianna Fáil Pat Hayes 6.6% 657 677 728 776 779        
Fianna Fáil Michael Torpey 6.2% 617 625 656 785 786 1,116 1,158 1,180 1,195
Fine Gael Eugene Conlon 5.7% 566 571 578            
Fianna Fáil Eugene Givinan 5.3% 524 542              
Sinn Féin Tony Foley 2.7% 272                
Electorate: 13,913   Valid: 9,917 (71.28%)   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 1,417   Turnout: 9,986 (71.77%)  

Kilrush

Kilrush - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil P.J. Kelly* 13.5% 1,080 1,080 1,117 1,135 1,161        
Fine Gael Jackie Keane* 13.4% 1,072 1,073 1,189            
Fianna Fáil Tom Prendeville 12.3% 987 992 995 1,047 1,298        
Fianna Fáil Bill Chambers* 12.0% 963 964 978 1,041 1,122 1,151      
Fianna Fáil Patrick Keane 11.5% 924 927 939 976 1,024 1,035 1,048 1,052 1,061
Fianna Fáil Seán Keating* 10.9% 877 877 886 923 972 993 1,019 1,044 1,049
Fine Gael Madeleine Taylor-Quinn TD* 10.5% 845 848 898 974 1,144 1,234      
Independent William O'Looney* 7.5% 603 612 617 691          
Independent Mossie Horgan 4.7% 380 391 398            
Fine Gael Tom O'Brien 3.2% 257 257              
Independent John O'Shea 0.4% 35                
Electorate: 11,610   Valid: 8,023 (69.10%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 1,147   Turnout: 8,089 (69.67%)  

Miltown-Malbay

Miltown-Malbay - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Christy Curtin* 19.7% 1,416            
Fianna Fáil Michael Hillery* 15.8% 1,132          
Independent P.J. Burke* 15.1% 1,085            
Fianna Fáil James Breen* 14.9% 1,072            
Fine Gael Donal Carey TD* 11.8% 848 936 947 960 971 1,102  
Fianna Fáil Flan Garvey* 8.2% 592 719 785 807 828 861 959
Fianna Fáil Bernard Hanrahan 7.6% 549 580 595 601 611 652 674
Labour Peadar McNamara 3.6% 256 299 302 310 313    
Fine Gael Dick Pilkington 3.2% 229 330 341 351 352 376  
Electorate: 10,040   Valid: 7,179 (71.5%)   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 1,026   Turnout: 7,221 (71.92%)  

Shannon

Shannon - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Independent Patricia McCarthy* 15.0% 963 985 1,020 1,073              
Fianna Fáil Pat McMahon* 14.7% 941 947 948 949 982 1,029 1,040 1,222      
Fine Gael Sonny Scanlon* 10.6% 678 680 709 715 764 771 980 1,109      
Independent Brigid Makowski 8.5% 545 608 621 632 638 688 699 726 734 955 1,004
Fianna Fáil Pat O'Loughlin 8.4% 540 542 543 546 600 634 652 691 733 769  
Fianna Fáil Seán Hillery* 7.7% 496 502 507 524 531 625 672 748 788 924 1,329
Labour Tom O'Shaughnessy 7.5% 481 497 511 528 544 584 612 669 686    
Progressive Democrats Tom Casey 7.1% 453 457 465 534 557 572 600        
Fine Gael Mary Cusack 5.2% 336 338 380 380 383 388          
Fianna Fáil Geraldine Lambert 4.5% 290 297 300 305 310            
Independent J.J. McCabe 3.2% 204 204 206 208              
Progressive Democrats Mary McGrath 2.7% 174 177 187                
Fine Gael Dermot Hammond 2.6% 167 169                  
Independent Peter Flanagan 2.2% 140                    
Electorate: 10,717   Valid: 6,408 (59.79%)   Spoilt: 20   Quota: 1,069   Turnout: 6,428 (59.98%)  

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.