Part of the 1991 Irish local elections
1991 Kildare County Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png)
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All 25 seats on Kildare County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour | Seats won | 8 | 7 | 3 | Seat change | -2 | 0 | -2 | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | | | | | Party | Progressive Democrats | Workers' Party | Green | Seats won | 2 | 1 | 1 | Seat change | +2 | 0 | +1 | | | Seventh party | Eighth party | | | | Party | Sinn Féin | Independent | Seats won | 1 | 2 | Seat change | 0 | +1 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Kildare_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Kildare_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Kildare County Council |
| Council control after election TBD | |
An election to Kildare County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from six 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 | 8 | -2 | 13,485 | 33.43 | |
| Fine Gael | 7 | 0 | 8,413 | 20.86 | |
| Labour | 3 | -2 | 7,142 | 17.71 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 2 | +2 | 2,780 | 6.89 | |
| Workers' Party | 1 | 0 | 1,556 | 3.86 | |
| Green | 1 | +1 | 1,492 | 3.70 | |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 843 | 2.09 | |
| Independent | 2 | +1 | 4,718 | 11.70 | |
Totals | 25 | - | 40,335 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Athy
Athy - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Independent | Joseph Bermingham* | 19.3% | 1,291 | 1,336 | 1,376 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Miley* | 19.3% | 932 | 943 | 1,027 | 1,050 | 1,058 | 1,277 | 1,356 | | |
| Sinn Féin | Paddy Wright* | 12.6% | 843 | 879 | 890 | 910 | 916 | 1,007 | 1,168 | 1,176 | 1,313 |
| Fine Gael | Rainsford Hendy | 10.5% | 705 | 720 | 727 | 852 | 854 | 870 | 922 | 925 | 1,192 |
| Labour | John Keating | 8.2% | 548 | 575 | 585 | 637 | 639 | 661 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Sean Cunnane | 7.8% | 520 | 533 | 556 | 590 | 594 | 679 | 756 | 759 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Eamon Kane | 7.5% | 503 | 505 | 561 | 641 | 648 | 716 | 771 | 776 | 836 |
| Fianna Fáil | Frank Taaffe | 7.5% | 502 | 515 | 549 | 563 | 565 | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | David Cope | 5.4% | 364 | 377 | 400 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Behan | 4.3% | 288 | 293 | | | | | | | |
| Green | Ronnie Cullen | 2.1% | 141 | | | | | | | | |
| Workers' Party | Eugene Little | 0.8% | 51 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 12,209 Valid: 6,688 (54.78%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 1,338 Turnout: 6,761 (55.38%) |
Celbridge
Celbridge - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Labour | Emmet Stagg TD* | 15.1% | 1,449 | 1,460 | 1,464 | 1,488 | 1,527 | 1,574 | 1,677 | | | | | |
| Workers' Party | Catherine Murphy | 12.9% | 1,242 | 1,250 | 1,255 | 1,263 | 1,304 | 1,312 | 1,340 | 1,346 | 1,448 | 1,472 | 1,506 | 1,748 |
| Labour | Colm Purcell* | 10.1% | 965 | 969 | 979 | 986 | 1,010 | 1,012 | 1,031 | 1,051 | 1,101 | 1,131 | 1,146 | 1,393 |
| Fine Gael | Bernard Durkan TD* | 9.6% | 923 | 928 | 1,024 | 1,058 | 1,074 | 1,258 | 1,331 | 1,352 | 1,429 | 1,499 | 1,587 | 1,745 |
| Fianna Fáil | Gerry Brady* | 8.5% | 817 | 824 | 827 | 854 | 861 | 869 | 894 | 899 | 932 | 1,162 | 1,607 | |
| Labour | John McGinley | 8.3% | 799 | 813 | 814 | 853 | 873 | 875 | 888 | 897 | 931 | 936 | 948 | 981 |
| Independent | Finbarr Kelly | 6.1% | 588 | 598 | 611 | 624 | 649 | 654 | 680 | 682 | 847 | 861 | 881 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mairead Byrne | 5.1% | 488 | 488 | 489 | 491 | 504 | 522 | 575 | 585 | 592 | 735 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tim Cotter | 5% | 480 | 482 | 488 | 488 | 494 | 516 | 546 | 548 | 573 | | | |
| Independent | John Colgan | 4.7% | 447 | 450 | 462 | 475 | 505 | 512 | 539 | 541 | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Mairín Hyland | 3.9% | 372 | 376 | 383 | 386 | 408 | 443 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Catherine McGarry | 3.3% | 314 | 314 | 343 | 343 | 350 | | | | | | | |
| Green | Catherine Power | 2.6% | 248 | 251 | 254 | 263 | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Gerard Gallery | 2% | 193 | 194 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Fred Leavy | 1.7% | 163 | 197 | 198 | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Sean Horan | 1.1% | 107 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 20,088 Valid: 9,595 (44.92) Spoilt: 47 Quota: 1,600 Turnout: 9,642 (48%) |
Clane
Clane - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Fine Gael | Sean Reilly* | 20.8% | 1,376 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Fitzpatrick | 14.1% | 935 | 939 | 973 | 992 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | P.J. Sheridan | 14% | 926 | 935 | 984 | 1,020 | 1,296 | 1,370 |
| Fine Gael | Jim Reilly* | 13.3% | 879 | 907 | 1,014 | 1,073 | 1,194 | 1,198 |
| Fianna Fáil | Liam Doyle* | 11.9% | 788 | 790 | 862 | 1,020 | 1,406 | |
| Labour | Michael McCormack | 9.8% | 647 | 648 | 715 | 1,034 | 1,130 | 1,135 |
| Labour | Rose Murphy | 8.8% | 584 | 588 | 673 | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Noel Lyons | 4% | 262 | 265 | | | | |
| Green | Daragh Davernport | 1.7% | 112 | 113 | | | | |
| Green | Deirdre O'Sullivan | 1.6% | 105 | 106 | | | | |
Electorate: 12,455 Valid: 6,614 (53.1%) Spoilt: 62 Quota: 1,323 Turnout: 6,676 (53.6%) |
Kildare
Kildare - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Ó Fearghail* | 14.2% | 1,012 | 1,021 | 1,034 | 1,050 | 1,122 | 1,149 | 1,211 | |
| Progressive Democrats | John Dardis | 11.7% | 835 | 873 | 913 | 954 | 999 | 1,037 | 1,071 | 1,137 |
| Fianna Fáil | Jimmy O'Loughlin* | 11% | 786 | 791 | 838 | 889 | 912 | 924 | 938 | 1,176 |
| Fine Gael | Michael McWey* | 10.5% | 751 | 757 | 771 | 854 | 884 | 1,036 | 1,094 | 1,179 |
| Labour | Jim Keane | 9.3% | 665 | 689 | 702 | 710 | 777 | 808 | 1,076 | 1,127 |
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Aspell* | 9% | 643 | 658 | 681 | 682 | 801 | 809 | 823 | 918 |
| Fianna Fáil | Denis Mahon | 7.9% | 566 | 574 | 580 | 581 | 608 | 749 | 757 | |
| Labour | Mary Kavanagh | 5.8% | 414 | 440 | 453 | 460 | 478 | 503 | | |
| Fine Gael | Con Carr | 5.7% | 408 | 419 | 420 | 455 | 463 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Angela Doyle | 5.7% | 406 | 427 | 434 | 435 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | John Joe Murphy | 3.2% | 230 | 235 | 258 | | | | | |
| Independent | Harry Price | 3.1% | 221 | 232 | | | | | | |
| Green | Olive Brady | 2.7% | 193 | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 14,895 Valid: 7,130 (47.87%) Spoilt: 61 Quota: 1,189 Turnout: 7,191 (48.28%) |
Naas
Naas - 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Power* | 11% | 1,146 | 1,150 | 1,156 | 1,163 | 1,209 | 1,221 | 1,235 | 1,253 | 1,420 | | | | | |
| Independent | Patsy Lawlor* | 11% | 1,145 | 1,150 | 1,164 | 1,171 | 1,217 | 1,229 | 1,265 | 1,292 | 1,360 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | John O'Neill* | 9.4% | 977 | 986 | 986 | 1,020 | 1,036 | 1,039 | 1,053 | 1,079 | 1,109 | 1,153 | 1,254 | 1,269 | 1,273 | 1,302 |
| Progressive Democrats | Timmy Conway* | 9.1% | 947 | 950 | 962 | 965 | 973 | 997 | 1,009 | 1,031 | 1,074 | 1,083 | 1,152 | 1,227 | 1,239 | 1,341 |
| Fine Gael | Mary French | 7.7% | 800 | 803 | 809 | 811 | 819 | 822 | 833 | 837 | 852 | 853 | 886 | 1,078 | 1,089 | 1,144 |
| Fine Gael | Michael Nolan, Snr* | 6.9% | 717 | 725 | 725 | 750 | 753 | 757 | 780 | 811 | 816 | 816 | 942 | 1,081 | 1,083 | 1,130 |
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Behan* | 6.1% | 630 | 631 | 639 | 639 | 684 | 696 | 704 | 710 | 786 | 845 | 862 | 882 | 891 | 935 |
| Fine Gael | Billy Hillis* | 5.7% | 597 | 599 | 602 | 603 | 605 | 669 | 674 | 683 | 689 | 690 | 703 | | | |
| Green | Sean English | 4.8% | 504 | 510 | 612 | 626 | 630 | 643 | 685 | 707 | 738 | 741 | 824 | 899 | 904 | 1,103 |
| Independent | Colm Feeney | 4.6% | 480 | 486 | 496 | 541 | 541 | 542 | 569 | 610 | 612 | 612 | | | | |
| Labour | Norman Croke | 4.5% | 465 | 468 | 471 | 478 | 485 | 545 | 581 | 760 | 780 | 783 | 828 | 846 | 852 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Robinson | 4.3% | 444 | 444 | 453 | 454 | 475 | 479 | 489 | 497 | | | | | | |
| Labour | Simon Donohoe | 3% | 317 | 324 | 326 | 333 | 333 | 395 | 439 | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Tom Geoghegan | 2.8% | 289 | 290 | 294 | 295 | 297 | | | | | | | | | |
| Workers' Party | Mary Larkin | 2.5% | 263 | 272 | 277 | 302 | 304 | 318 | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Andy Kelly | 2.1% | 216 | 217 | 217 | 219 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Green | Peter Sweetman | 1.8% | 189 | 193 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Dan O'Sullivan | 1.7% | 175 | 196 | 203 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Peter Kennedy | 1% | 101 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 24,361 Valid: 10,394 (42.67%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 1,300 Turnout: 10,477 (43.01%) |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Official website[permanent dead link]
- irishelectionliterature