Wexford County Council election, 1999

10 June 1999

All 21 seats to Wexford County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Labour Party
Seats won	9	8	1
Seat change	+1	-	-

	Fourth party

Party	Independent
Seats won	3
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 10 June 1999 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	9	+1	15,851	36.77%
	Fine Gael	8	-	14,410	33.43%
	Labour Party	1	-	5,568	12.92%
	Independent	3	-1	4,651	10.79%
Totals		21	-	43,107	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	Count 8
	Fine Gael	Ivan YatesTD	19.69	2,235
	Fianna Fáil	John BrowneTD*	17.95	2,038
	Fianna Fáil	Michelle Sinnott*	12.62	1,433	1,456	1,501	1,552	1,596	1,842	1,975
	Fine Gael	Jack Bolger*	10.60	1,203	1,296	1,306	1,333	1,435	1,644	2,231
	Independent	Seán Doyle*	9.17	1,041	1,093	1,121	1,291	1,388	1,421	1,550	1,671
	Fianna Fáil	Rory Murphy*	8.17	927	943	979	1,012	1,141	1,159	1,209	1,290
	Fine Gael	Oliver Walsh	6.54	742	786	789	804	853
	Fine Gael	Patrick Kavanagh*	6.47	735	815	824	851	893	1,124
	Labour Party	Winnie O'Leary	4.87	553	572	577	613
	Sinn Féin	Ray Keogh	3.93	446	461	470
Electorate: 21,036 Valid: 11,353 (53.97%) Spoilt: 228 Quota: 1,893 Turnout: 11,581 (55.05%)

Gorey

Gorey - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fine Gael	Michael D'ArcyTD*	28.19	2,343
	Fianna Fáil	Lorcan Allen*	15.87	1,319	1,414	1,433	1,515	1,592	1,652
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Murphy	14.56	1,210	1,246	1,263	1,311	1,377	1,549
	Fine Gael	Deirdre Bolger*	11.23	933	1,246	1,295	1,326	1,452	1,980
	Fine Gael	Matt O'Loughlin	8.83	734	832	852	874	966
	Labour Party	Bobby Ireton	7.28	605	673	716	794	1,017	1,110
	Labour Party	Helen Brady	7.27	604	625	657	705
	Sinn Féin	Geraldine Redmond	4.24	352	378	400
	Green Party	Maureen Foister	2.54	211	234
Electorate: 16,069 Valid: 8,311 (51.72%) Spoilt: 262 Quota: 1,663 Turnout: 8,484 (52.80%)

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 Jim Walsh*	20.60	1,956
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Curtis*	16.23	1,541	1,601
	Fine Gael	Larry O'Brien*	14.71	1,397	1,451	1,480	1,580	1,583
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Whelan*	12.81	1,217	1,307	1,355	1,431	1,442	1,877
	Fine Gael	Denis Kennedy	9.40	893	908	929	1,050	1,051	1,288	1,355
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Joyce	8.70	826	862	884	1,008	1,012
	Labour Party	Bobby Dunphy	7.68	729	814	931	1,016	1,017	1,072	1,119
	Independent	John Moore	6.40	608	625	664
	Sinn Féin	John Dwyer	3.47	330	346
Electorate: 19,918 Valid: 9,497 (47.68%) Spoilt: 228 Quota: 1,583 Turnout: 9,725 (48.83%)

Wexford

Wexford - 7 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	Brendan HowlinTD	18.56	2,588
	Independent	Leo Carthy*	12.29	1,714	1,784
	Fine Gael	Pat Codd*	10.17	1,419	1,440	1,455	1,460	1,465	1,524	1,530	1,569	1,587	1,832
	Independent	Padge Reck*	9.24	1,288	1,448	1,524	1,645	1,657	1,817
	Fianna Fáil	Gus Byrne*	8.78	1,225	1,300	1,327	1,497	1,502	1,598	1,615	1,906
	Fine Gael	Anna Fenlon	7.73	1,078	1,165	1,250	1,351	1,352	1,485	1,509	1,563	1,578	1,949
	Sinn Féin	Maurice Roche	6.04	842	863	928	969	970	1,012	1,018	1,111	1,135	1,188	1,222
	Fianna Fáil	Josephine Doyle	5.73	799	815	826	862	864	885	887	1,093	1,184	1,250	1,338
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Doyle	5.23	730	755	771	851	852	878	880
	Fine Gael	Philomena Roche	5.01	698	769	811	830	833	899	915	958	972
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Nolan	4.52	630	671	687
	Labour Party	Tommy Carr*	3.51	489	714	768	799	809
	Green Party	Danny Forde	3.20	446	478
Electorate: 29,993 Valid: 13,946 (46.50%) Spoilt: 241 Quota: 1,744 Turnout: 14,187 (47.30%)

External links

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