1999 Fingal County Council election

1999 Fingal County Council election
10 June 1999
All 24 seats to Fingal County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Labour Fine Gael
Seats won 6 6 5
Seat change -2 +1 -1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Socialist Party Green Progressive Democrats
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change +1 -1 -
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 3
Seat change +2
Map showing the area of Fingal County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Fingal County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 councillors were elected from six local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 6 -2 12,993 27.21
Labour 6 +1 8,692 18.20
Fine Gael 5 -1 9,912 20.76
Socialist Party 2 +1 3,464 7.25
Green 1 -1 3,957 8.29
Progressive Democrats 1 - 1,315 2.75
Independent 3 +2 6,153 12.89
Totals 24 - 47,748 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Balbriggan

Balbriggan - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent David O'Connor 17.79 1,717 1,734 1,770 1,852 1,898 2,169  
Fianna Fáil Dermot Murray* 11.83 1,142 1,152 1,287 1,473 1,526 1,700 1,725
Fine Gael Cathal Boland* 11.52 1,112 1,161 1,251 1,329 1,907 2,143  
Fianna Fáil Catherine Clarke 11.59 1,119 1,135 1,279 1,307 1,371 1,476 1,493
Labour Sean Sweeney 10.33 997 1,071 1,089 1,346 1,439 1,654 1,759
Fine Gael Tom O'Leary 9.41 908 963 1,076 1,103      
Green Therese Fingleton* 9.12 880 942 973 1,106 1,228    
Labour Monica Harford 7.58 732 868 881        
Fianna Fáil Briege Otto 6.09 588 611          
Independent Bill Stack 4.73 457            
Electorate: 21,725   Valid: 9,652 (44.43%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,931   Turnout: 9,761 (44.93%)  

Castleknock

Castleknock - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Sheila Terry* 23.85 2,057            
Progressive Democrats Tom Morrissey* 14.13 1,218 1,266 1,303 1,329 1,445 1,601 1,801
Labour Joan Burton 12.46 1,074 1,142 1,207 1,298 1,329 1,598 1,781
Fianna Fáil Des Kelly 10.39 896 923 935 948 1,083 1,151  
Fianna Fáil Ned Ryan* 10.37 894 935 945 960 1,091 1,159 1,637
Independent Seán Lyons* 9.47 817 881 934 1,020 1,056 1,221 1,353
Fine Gael Jane Murphy 8.37 722 763 775 784 801    
Fianna Fáil Damien Mahon 5.37 463 476 482 487      
Socialist Party Mick Cheevers 2.93 253 259 294        
Green Colm Murray 2.66 229 253          
Electorate: 20,480   Valid: 8,623 (42.10%)   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 1,725   Turnout: 8,695 (42.46%)  

Howth

Howth - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fine Gael Joan Maher* 31.36 2,182      
Fine Gael Michael Joe Cosgrave* 21.99 1,530 1,756    
Fianna Fáil Liam Creaven* 14.07 979 1,026 1,077 1,765
Green David Healy* 13.54 942 997 1,270 1,445
Fianna Fáil Aileen Woods 12.01 836 909 1,004  
Labour Frank Barry 7.03 489 530    
Electorate: 17,956   Valid: 6,958 (38.75%)   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 1,740   Turnout: 7,037 (39.19%)  

Malahide

Malahide - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Labour Peter Coyle* 21.29 1,714        
Fianna Fáil G.V. Wright* 19.16 1,542 1,552 1,566 1,604 1,788
Green Heidi Bedell 14.88 1,198 1,236 1,329 1,418 1,596
Fine Gael Seán Dolphin 13.45 1,083 1,098 1,113 1,147 1,711
Fianna Fáil Graham Hanlon 13.42 1,080 1,091 1,114 1,144 1,184
Fine Gael Nora Owen 12.09 973 991 1,004 1,033  
Christian Solidarity Angela Keaveney 3.02 243 249 264    
Socialist Party Eamonn McNally 2.70 217 222      
Electorate: 20,222   Valid: 8,050 (39.81%)   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 1,611   Turnout: 8,100 (40.06%)  

Mulhuddart

Mulhuddart - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Socialist Party Joe Higgins* 25.95 1,392                  
Sinn Féin Paul Donnelly 12.58 675 709 709 710 721 733 744 852 876 903
Labour Michael O'Donovan* 11.24 603 642 646 660 672 714 725 805 857 1,054
Independent Gerry Lynam 10.20 547 584 590 602 616 656 704 792 846 976
Fianna Fáil Margaret Richardson* 8.44 453 466 468 473 479 503 575 596 854 929
Fine Gael Leo Varadkar 7.08 380 401 401 424 443 484 495 529 580  
Fianna Fáil Colm Heery 5.87 315 327 330 346 352 364 495 512    
Socialist Party Karen Allen 5.87 315 424 428 430 447 463 464      
Fianna Fáil Miley Caldwell 5.18 278 288 289 295 298 310        
Independent Seán Lyons* 3.28 176 197 201 209 227          
Green Robert Bonnie 1.90 102 116 126 132            
Progressive Democrats Michael McClure 1.81 97 99 99              
Independent Frank Clarke 0.60 32 38                
Electorate: 18,257   Valid: 5,365 (29.39%)   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 1,074   Turnout: 5,426 (29.72%)  

Swords

Swords - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Seán Ryan* 26.29 2,392              
Fianna Fáil Michael Kennedy* 15.27 1,390 1,480 1,500 1,536        
Socialist Party Clare Daly 14.14 1,287 1,387 1,403 1,434 1,546      
Fine Gael Anne Devitt* 8.44 768 850 982 1,014 1,047 1,114 1,118 1,266
Labour Tom Kelleher* 7.59 691 1,025 1,047 1,074 1,143 1,190 1,203 1,485
Green Paul Martin 6.66 606 699 735 784 863 933 941  
Fianna Fáil Martina Coombes 6.54 595 626 632 662 698 978 982 1,105
Fianna Fáil Anne Marie Woods 4.65 423 487 502 580 614      
Independent Joe O'Neill 3.85 350 379 385 429        
Christian Solidarity Michael Scahill 3.78 344 369 376          
Fine Gael Declan McEvoy 2.79 254 281            
Electorate: 25,970   Valid: 9,100 (35.04%)   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 1,517   Turnout: 9,182 (35.36%)  
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