Fingal County Council election, 1991

27 June 1991

All 24 seats to Fingal County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Labour Party
Seats won	8	6	5
Seat change	-5	-1	+2

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Green Party	Progressive Democrats	Independent
Seats won	2	1	2
Seat change	+2	+1	+1

Map showing the area of Fingal County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Fingal County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for an eight-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	8	-5	15,264	31.7%
	Fine Gael	6	-1	9,753	20.2%
	Labour Party	5	+2	8,435	17.5%
	Green Party	2	+2	4,080	8.5%
	Progressive Democrats	1	+1	3,430	7.1%
	Independent	2	+1	5,012	10.4%
Totals		24	-	48,230	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Balbriggan

Balbriggan - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11
	Labour Party	Ken Farrell*	17.5%	1,865
	Green Party	Trevor Sargent	13.2%	1,405	1,413	1,464	1,507	1,532	1,730	1,957
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Gilbride*	10.4%	1,104	1,107	1,114	1,126	1,204	1,267	1,306	1,318	1,463	1,554	1,671
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Geraghty*	8.6%	916	922	923	925	1,017	1,072	1,100	1,103	1,190	1,222	1,260
	Fine Gael	Cathal Boland*	8.2%	871	878	882	1,015	1,037	1,137	1,168	1,191	1,266	1,457	1,679
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Larkin*	6.7%	711	712	727	744	789	796	862	880	1,167	1,309	1,489
	Fianna Fáil	John Maxwell	6.2%	665	666	668	674	731	732	747	752
	Labour Party	Joe Davis	5.7%	608	653	695	722	738	754	855	897	924	1,108
	Progressive Democrats	David Murray	5.5%	585	587	595	638	648	681	766	830	879
	Independent	Liam Dineen	5%	532	535	553	557	563
	Independent	Gertie Sheilds	4.7%	503	506	534	565	572	634
	Fianna Fáil	Wilbur McKittrick	3.5%	374	381	386	387
	Fine Gael	Patricia Gallen	2.9%	313	314	324
	Workers' Party	Anne McCarthy	1.2%	123	125
	Independent	Sean Brady	0.7%	78	78
Electorate: 19,705 Valid: 10,653 (54.1%) Spoilt: 100 Quota: 1,776 Turnout: 10,753 (54.6%)

Castleknock

Castleknock - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11
	Independent	Seán Lyons*	18.5%	1,378	1,396	1,412	1,446	1,523
	Fine Gael	Tom Morrissey	15.8%	1,172	1,213	1,217	1,228	1,249	1,259	1,333	1,338	1,814
	Progressive Democrats	Sheila Terry	14.7%	1,093	1,099	1,106	1,121	1,172	1,214	1,401	1,417	1,683
	Fianna Fáil	Ned Ryan*	10.9%	807	812	815	818	823	942	978	981	1,049	1,124	1,181
	Fine Gael	Eithne Loftus	10.5%	780	825	829	833	853	878	950	958
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Boland*	10.1%	752	753	761	768	770	954	989	993	1,037	1,112	1,164
	Fianna Fáil	Miley Caldwell	5.9%	439	442	446	450	455
	Green Party	Paul Gogarty	5.3%	391	391	394	448	549	576
	Workers' Party	Patricia Condron	2.6%	196	197	213
	Labour Party	Joanna Tuffy	2.2%	167	169	239	316
	Labour Party	Willie Byrne	1.8%	136	137
	Fine Gael	Patrick Malone	1.7%	123
Electorate: 15,777 Valid: 7,434 (47.1%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 1,487 Turnout: 7,463 (47.3%)

Howth

Howth - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Fine Gael	Michael Joe CosgraveTD*	17.7%	1,342	1,401	1,457	1,502	1,545
	Fine Gael	Joan Maher*	15%	1,141	1,155	1,204	1,255	1,300	1,301	1,541
	Green Party	David Healy	10.4%	789	797	869	914	938	943	1,155	1,275	1,454
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Creaven*	9.3%	704	822	841	877	1,053	1,060	1,166	1,784
	Workers' Party	Niall Behan	9.2%	695	711	908	923	953	955	1,091	1,131	1,190
	Fianna Fáil	Dympna Clune	7.2%	550	589	597	625	893	901	964
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Beary	6.8%	519	569	611	617
	Progressive Democrats	Noel Peers	6.7%	511	540	570	864	885	888
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Kenny	6.6%	500	503	522
	Labour Party	Frank Barry	6.5%	497	502
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Rudden	4.5%	345
Electorate: 16,807 Valid: 7,593 (45.2%) Spoilt: 56 Quota: 1,519 Turnout: 7,649 (45.5%)

Malahide

Malahide - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fianna Fáil	Senator G.V. Wright*	23.1%	1,929
	Labour Party	Bernie MaloneMEP*	14.4%	1,198	1,217	1,268	1,298	1,363	1,475	1,527	1,702
	Fine Gael	Nora OwenTD*	13.8%	1,148	1,185	1,225	1,243	1,279	1,469	1,533	1,830
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kennedy	11.1%	923	986	1,005	1,049	1,094	1,106	1,525	1,723
	Green Party	Alan Nagle	9.7%	813	827	856	915	957	1,047	1,082	1,222
	Fine Gael	Terri Jones	8%	670	672	705	732	826	848	870
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Dunne*	5.7%	472	581	603	622	629	650
	Progressive Democrats	Bill O'Brien	4.7%	394	401	405	415	493
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Webberley	4.2%	347	350	353	374
	Independent	Angela Keaveney	2.9%	241	244	252
	Fine Gael	John Hancox	2.5%	211	213
Electorate: 16,431 Valid: 8,346 (50.8%) Spoilt: 37 Quota: 1,670 Turnout: 8,385 (51%)

Mulhuddart

Mulhuddart - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Independent	Joe Higgins	19.6%	1,281	1,294	1,316	1,347	1,464	1,581	1,652
	Fine Gael	Marian Sheehan*	29.2%	906	920	933	1,020	1,025	1,151	1,200	1,289
	Fianna Fáil	Marian McGennis*	13.8%	903	955	969	1,031	1,054	1,099	1,536	1,642
	Labour Party	Joan Burton	12.9%	844	856	887	916	934	1,018	1,074	1,499
	Workers' Party	Ollie Lunney	10.3%	672	682	706	718	771	837	868
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Fahey*	9.5%	620	651	662	670	685	730
	Independent	Tom Reynolds	6.9%	450	459	491	507	527
	Sinn Féin	Jim Heffernan	4%	264	267	275	282
	Fine Gael	Jim Fleming	3.9%	254	255	268
	Green Party	Anthony McGuinness	2.6%	168	177
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Leahy	1.9%	123
	Independent	Frank Clarke	0.54%	35
Electorate: 13,768 Valid: 6,520 (47.4%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,631 Turnout: 6,592 (47.9%)

Swords

Swords - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Labour Party	Seán RyanTD*	34.7%	2,667
	Fianna Fáil	Cyril Gallagher*	11.3%	872	963	998	1,003	1,046	1,496	1,562
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret O'Connor	10.5%	809	846	854	917	963	1,177	1,285	1,299	1,316
	Fianna Fáil	Larry Mulvihil	9.5%	727	821	840	857	887
	Fine Gael	Anne Devitt*	9%	689	783	875	893	988	1,065	1,268	1,316	1,324
	Green Party	Tommy Nolan	6.7%	514	608	640	718	893	937
	Labour Party	Tom Kelleher*	5.9%	453	1,006	1,034	1,154	1,251	1,287	1,599
	Independent	Elaine Hobson	5.3%	406	466	507	562
	Workers' Party	Tim O'Brien	4%	306	366	380
	Fine Gael	Tom McCormack	1.7%	133	162
	Independent	Noel Crosbie	1.4%	108	126
Electorate: 17,053 Valid: 7,684 (45%) Spoilt: 54 Quota: 1,537 Turnout: 7,738 (45.4%)

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