1999 Wexford County Council election

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 local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

1999 Wexford County Council election

10 June 1999
All 21 seats to Wexford County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour 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

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	1	-	5,568	12.92
	Independent	3	-1	4,651	10.79
Totals		21	-	43,107	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Enniscorthy

Enniscorthy - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Ivan Yates TD	19.69	2,235
	Fianna Fáil	John Browne TD*	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	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	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Michael D'Arcy TD*	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	Bobby Ireton	7.28	605	673	716	794	1,017	1,110
	Labour	Helen Brady	7.27	604	625	657	705
	Sinn Féin	Geraldine Redmond	4.24	352	378	400
	Green	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	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	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	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	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	Brendan Howlin TD	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	Tommy Carr*	3.51	489	714	768	799	809
	Green	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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