1991 Meath County Council election

1991 Meath County Council election
All 29 seats on Meath County Council
	Map showing the area of Meath County Council
	Council control after election ; TBD;

An election to Meath County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 29 councillors were elected from five 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	12	-5	17,408	44.81
	Fine Gael	9	+2	10,290	26.49
	Labour	4	+1	4,587	11.81
	Workers' Party	1	+1	1,080	2.78
	Independent	3	+1	3,101	7.98
Totals		29	-	38,850	100.00	—

Dunshaughlin - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Wallace TD*	19.4%	1,469
	Labour	Brian Fitzgerald*	15.8%	1,196	1,214	1,262	1,326
	Fine Gael	Mary Sylver*	13.1%	994	1,009	1,014	1,030	1,039	1,157	1,198	1,230
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Tormey	11.7%	885	949	953	969	971	994	1,109	1,192
	Fine Gael	John Fanning	11.3%	855	862	876	882	883	984	1,151	1,184
	Fianna Fáil	Tadhg Delaney*	8.1%	613	662	665	679	683	719	733	1,053
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Clynch	6.1%	461	496	497	516	521	548	559
	Workers' Party	John King	5.5%	417	419	430	452	459	496
	Progressive Democrats	Joe Fernandez	5.0%	376	384	387	404	406
	Sinn Féin	Thomas McDonnell	2.9%	219	223	224
	Labour	Eamon Tuttle	1.3%	97	100
Electorate: 15,984 Valid: 7,582 (47.43%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,264 Turnout: 7,648 (47.85%)

Kells - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lynch*	16.6%	1,630	1,705
	Fine Gael	John V. Farrelly TD*	13.1%	1,293
	Fine Gael	Gerry Gibney	10.0%	980	1,069	1,078	1,097	1,101	1,119	1,122	1,130	1,130	1,180
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Brady*	9.5%	932	1,052	1,054	1,067	1,085	1,098	1,217	1,273
	Fianna Fáil	Sebastian Rooney*	7.9%	780	834	836	846	864	895	990	1,127	1,149	1,285
	Fianna Fáil	James Weldon*	7.3%	717	750	755	762	772	789	815	1,162	1,176	1,212
	Fianna Fáil	Fergus Muldoon*	7.0%	693	719	725	732	742	749	766
	Fine Gael	Tom Bradley*	6.8%	672	683	709	711	716	787	792	826	829	916
	Independent	Jack Fitzsimons	6.6%	648	664	668	700	731	794	820	879	881	1,127
	Labour	Tommy Grimes	6.2%	608	617	621	653	714	735	798	810	810
	Fianna Fáil	James O'Rourke	3.0%	300	324	325	330	360	367
	Progressive Democrats	Caroline Mhic Daeid	2.6%	254	258	259	262	265
	Independent	John Maguire	1.9%	187	194	195	202
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McCabe	1.6%	154	159	159
Electorate: 16,291 Valid: 9,848 (60.45%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 1,232 Turnout: 9,952 (61.09%)

Navan - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Fitzsimons*	11.8%	973	976	1,035
	Fine Gael	Patsy O'Neill*	8.9%	731	738	740	741	753	769	778	881	933	933	981
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Mangan*	8.4%	689	692	713	715	730	743	816	832	889	891	897
	Workers' Party	Christy Gorman	8.1%	663	685	694	709	735	852	887	917	969	969	970
	Progressive Democrats	Patrick Andrews	7.3%	599	606	614	619	654	671	696	752
	Fine Gael	Noel Foley	7.1%	584	587	596	600	619	632	658	945	1,117
	Fianna Fáil	Owen Heaney*	6.8%	563	563	588	589	596	611	780	804	892	895	903
	Fine Gael	Jim D'Arcy*	6.8%	561	566	566	571	579	601	610
	Independent	Patricia Hegarty	6.8%	556	572	576	796	825	866	904	934	1,024	1,025	1,033
	Labour	Brendan Clusker*	6.5%	533	566	586	597	721	766	831	869	989	989	1,006
	Sinn Féin	Joe Reilly	5.3%	435	440	443	449	459
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Carberry	5.2%	424	426	478	484	494	510
	Independent	Anthony McDonnell	3.3%	275	279	285
	Labour	Sean O'Brien	3.0%	245	305	307	310
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McGoona	2.7%	220	222
	Labour	Jim O'Brien	2.1%	176
Electorate: 17,840 Valid: 8,227 (46.12%) Spoilt: 146 Quota: 1,029 Turnout: 8,288 (46.46%)

Slane - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Gerald Marry*	20.5%	1,412
	Fine Gael	Tom Kelly*	12.6%	865	887	891	1,004	1,203
	Fianna Fáil	Hugh Gough	10.4%	718	752	919	926	999	1,008	1,099	1,127
	Fine Gael	Shaun Lynch	10.0%	691	735	746	767	786	797	1,248
	Labour	Jimmy Cudden*	9.6%	659	719	730	921	946	960	1,014	1,071
	Fine Gael	Michael Meade	9.5%	651	665	751	760	767	769
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Murray	8.7%	596	638	681	686	931	951	977	993
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Traynor*	8.0%	551	576	595	627
	Labour	Ken Lougheed	5.6%	382	397	402
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Halpin	5.1%	353	362
Electorate: 13,953 Valid: 6,878 (49.29%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 1,147 Turnout: 6,955 (49.85%)

Trim - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Dempsey TD*	33.5%	2,113
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Hilliard TD*	20.2%	1,277
	Fine Gael	Willie Carey*	13.6%	858	913	930	933	935	977	1,037	1,066
	Fine Gael	Bernard Eivers	8.8%	555	636	658	661	668	712	719	729	791
	Labour	Patrick Lowe	6.5%	409	491	514	521	539	607	631	640	891
	Labour	Larry Murray	4.5%	282	371	384	388	400	442	457	467
	Fianna Fáil	Gabriel Cribbin*	4.4%	278	768	855	860	873	904	1,118
	Green	Patrick Cummins	3.9%	246	288	298	302	332
	Fianna Fáil	Sylvester Murphy	2.7%	173	360	403	406	413	433
	Sinn Féin	Lydia Comiskey	1.6%	101	123	129	130
	Independent	John Gormley	0.4%	23	35	38
Electorate: 12,858 Valid: 6,315 (49.11%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 1,053 Turnout: 6,390 (49.7%)

^ 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.