1991 Offaly County Council election

1991 Offaly County Council election
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All 21 seats on Offaly County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 10 6 1
Seat change -2 - +1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Progressive Democrats Independent
Seats won 1 3
Seat change +1 -
Map showing the area of Offaly County Council
Council control after election

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An election to Offaly County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 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 10 -2 10,232 41.39
Fine Gael 6 - 7,699 31.14
Labour 1 +1 1,686 6.82
Progressive Democrats 1 +1 1,015 4.11
Independent 3 - 3,221 13.03
Totals 21 - 24,722 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Birr

Birr- 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Tom Enright TD* 15.5% 924 966 1,076          
Fianna Fáil Pat Moylan* 13.2% 789 823 898 908 1,010      
Fine Gael Percy Clendennen 12.4% 742 760 801 820 876 896 904 906
Fianna Fáil Seamus Loughnane* 11.4% 681 725 794 813 1,037      
Fianna Fáil Pat McLoughney 11% 658 689 732 740        
Fine Gael Joe Clear* 11% 657 678 749 759 873 896 904 907
Fianna Fáil Joe Dooley* 10.7% 635 688 796 812 999      
Sinn Féin John Carroll 9.6% 570 601            
Independent Neayvn Kavanagh 5.1% 304              
Electorate: 9,171   Valid: 5,960 (64.99%)   Spoilt: 41   Quota: 994   Turnout: 6,001 (65.43%)  

Edenderry

Edenderry - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Michael Fox* 15.6% 915 917 937 1,038        
Independent James Flanagan* 13.6% 795 844 870 910 942 951 1,194 656
Fianna Fáil Frank Weir 12.3% 718 718 791 806 894 898 920 926
Fianna Fáil Noel Bourke 11.6% 681 701 713 733 746 752 904 982
Fianna Fáil Paddy Scully* 11.6% 677 678 684 709 728 747 773 781
Progressive Democrats Tom O'Connell 9.9% 579 597 608 642 660 673    
Progressive Democrats Brigid Emerson 7.4% 436 438 506 541 675 685 832 867
Fine Gael Jack Dunne 6.2% 361 363 388 425        
Green Anthony Dolan 5.1% 299 305 333          
Labour Sean Coughlan 4.9% 289 292            
Independent William Brereton 1.9% 111              
Electorate: 10,007   Valid: 5,861 (58.57%)   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 977   Turnout: 5,934 (59.3%)  

Ferbane

Ferbane- 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fine Gael Connie Hanniffy* 22.4% 1,183      
Fianna Fáil Eamon Dooley* 18.3% 966      
Independent Johnny Butterfield* 15.7% 829 886    
Fianna Fáil Tom Feighery* 12.8% 680 695 804 848
Fine Gael Bernard Corcoran* 12.7% 673 840 1,061  
Fianna Fáil Patrick Mahon* 10.3% 544 562 602 608
Fine Gael Pat Troy 7.9% 417 460    
Electorate: 8,914   Valid: 5,292 (59.37%)   Spoilt: 55   Quota: 883   Turnout: 5,347 (59.98%)  

Tullamore

Tullamore - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil Brian Cowen TD* 15% 1,141                
Fianna Fáil John Flanagan* 12.5% 953 965 981 994 1,018 1,072 1,113    
Independent Thomas Dolan* 11.1% 844 860 875 879 902 926 950 966 1,013
Fine Gael Tommy McKeigue 10.9% 830 854 855 882 913 946 1,057 1,118  
Labour Pat Gallagher 9.5% 722 742 743 808 842 894 921 1,099  
Fine Gael Frank Feery* 9.3% 708 712 719 722 724 737 798 810 848
Fianna Fáil Miriam O'Callaghan* 9.3% 706 722 729 747 781 797 816 851 1,076
Fianna Fáil Michael Lynam 5.3% 403 405 408 412 422 430 441 448  
Fine Gael Kevin Wrafter 3.8% 289 298 299 304 309 310      
Labour Laurence Byrne 3.3% 250 258 259 270 280        
Labour Ernest McGuire 2.9% 223 232 233 265 292 360 368    
Labour Seán O'Brien 2.7% 202 204 204            
Independent Anne O'Toole 2.5% 193 207 207 219          
Independent Peadar Keeley 1% 78                
Independent May Keeley 0.5% 41                
Independent Nellie Gaffney 0.3% 26 70              
Electorate: 12,610   Valid: 7,609 (60.34%)   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 1,088   Turnout: 7,673 (60.85%)  

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.