Wexford County Council election, 1991

27 June 1991

All 21 seats to Wexford County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Labour Party
Seats won	8	8	1
Seat change	-3	+2	-

	Fourth party

Party	Independent
Seats won	4
Seat change	+1

Map showing the area of Wexford County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Wexford County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	8	-3	17,080	40.25%
	Fine Gael	8	+2	12,806	30.18%
	Labour Party	1	-	5,331	12.56%
	Independent	4	+1	5,243	12.36%
Totals		21	-	42,436	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Enniscorthy

Enniscorthy - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	John BrowneTD*	21.6%	2,167
	Fine Gael	Ivan YatesTD*	17.3%	1,740
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sinnott*	14.6%	1,470	1,602	1,606	1,704
	Independent	Seán Doyle*	10.7%	1,075	1,201	1,213	1,298	1,302	1,517	1,559
	Fine Gael	Jack Bolger*	10.7%	1,000	1,020	1,044	1,102	1,104	1,166	1,816
	Fine Gael	John Walsh	8.6%	861	866	881	934	941	1,010
	Fianna Fáil	Henry Hipwell	8.4%	845	996	998	1,035	1,051	1,080	1,140
	Labour Party	Franicis O'Connor	4.5%	454	485	490	537	537
	Independent	Pat Murphy	4.3%	432	459	462
Electorate: 17,954 Valid: 10,044 (55.94%) Spoilt: 228 Quota: 1,675 Turnout: 10,182 (56.71%)

Gorey

Gorey - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fine Gael	Michael D'ArcyTD*	24.4%	2,469
	Fianna Fáil	Lorcan Allen*	13.9%	1,406	1,503	1,620	1,733
	Fianna Fáil	Rory Murphy*	12.8%	1,297	1,319	1,345	1,457	1,461	1,471
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Murphy	12.2%	1,230	1,260	1,310	1,416	1,424	1,442
	Fine Gael	Jim Gahan	10.8%	1,092	1,276	1,316	1,618	1,668	1,688
	Fine Gael	Deirdre Bolger*	10.2%	1,029	1,383	1,504	1,747
	Labour Party	Paddy Murray	8.6%	870	903	1,279
	Labour Party	Bobby Ireton	7.1%	714	778
Electorate: 16,825 Valid: 10,107 (60.07%) Spoilt: 148 Quota: 1,685 Turnout: 10,255 (60.95%)

New Ross

New Ross - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Hugh Byrne*	21.8%	2,200	1,307	1,355	1,431	1,442	1,877
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Walsh*	15.1%	1,525	1,602	1,736
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Curtis*	11.8%	1,192	1,351	1,361	1,362	1,927
	Fine Gael	Larry O'Brien	11.2%	1,134	1,184	1,228	1,234	1,362	1,415	1,748
	Fine Gael	John T. Browne*	10.2%	1,037	1,059	1,090	1,096	1,167	1,217	1,517
	Progressive Democrats	Eoin Minihan	8.4%	849	883	988	1,014	1,071	1,102
	Labour Party	John Doyle	8.2%	827	847	1,059	1,069	1,100	1,113	1,276
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Whelan*	7.9%	798	938	945	947
	Labour Party	Patrick Doyle	5.4%	546	558
Electorate: 16,815 Valid: 10,108 (60.11%) Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,685 Turnout: 10,246 (60.93%)

Wexford

Wexford - 6 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
	Labour Party	Brendan HowlinTD*	13.1%	1,597	1,624	1,803
	Fine Gael	Senator Avril Doyle*	11.8%	1,431	1,467	1,483	1,488	1,555	1,576	1,619	1,672	1,689	1,816
	Independent	Helen Corish	10.7%	1,301	1,344	1,363	1,375	1,444	1,471	1,533	1,583	1,620	1,918
	Independent	Leo Carthy*	8.5%	1,032	1,045	1,060	1,068	1,133	1,153	1,160	1,340	1,455	1,527
	Fine Gael	Pat Codd	8.3%	1,013	1,019	1,028	1,031	1,070	1,182	1,186	1,223	1,236	1,250
	Fianna Fáil	Gus Byrne*	8.1%	992	1,012	1,028	1,031	1,097	1,246	1,534	2,141
	Independent	Padge Reck*	7.6%	931	975	1,004	1,015	1,091	1,103	1,187	1,212	1,222	1,525
	Workers' Party	Michael Enright	7.3%	893	907	932	951	959	969	1,048	1,056	1,060
	Fianna Fáil	Josephine Doyle	6.7%	811	813	818	818	846	979	1,047
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Nolan	5%	610	615	619	621	632	686
	Fianna Fáil	Bridget Molloy	4.4%	537	540	542	542	567
	Independent	Pat Murphy	3.9%	472	476	481	481
	Labour Party	Vincent Byrne	2.7%	323	331
	Progressive Democrats	John Roche	1.9%	234
Electorate: 22,875 Valid: 12,177 (53.23%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 1,740 Turnout: 12,292 (53.74%)

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