Part of the 1991 Irish local elections
1991 Clare 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 32 seats on Clare County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour | Seats won | 17 | 8 | 1 | Seat change | 0 | 0 | -1 | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | | | | Party | Progressive Democrats | Independent | Seats won | 1 | 5 | Seat change | +1 | 0 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Clare_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Clare_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Clare County Council |
Council control before election Fianna Fáil | Council control after election Fianna Fáil | |
An election to Clare County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 32 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 | 17 | 0 | 21,062 | 48.54 | |
| Fine Gael | 8 | 0 | 9,370 | 21.59 | |
| Labour | 1 | -1 | 3,171 | 7.31 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 1 | +1 | 2,627 | 6.05 | |
| Independent | 5 | 0 | 6,701 | 15.44 | |
Totals | 32 | 0 | 43,393 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Ennis
Ennis - 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Independent | Tommy Brennan* | 22.3% | 1,212 | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Raymond Greene | 17.3% | 942 | 966 | 990 | 1,039 | 1,120 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Peter Considine | 12.9% | 702 | 722 | 735 | 749 | 870 | 932 | 1,026 | 1,056 | 1,266 |
| Progressive Democrats | Frankie Neylon | 11.0% | 599 | 619 | 633 | 653 | 688 | 738 | 940 | 942 | |
| Labour | Michael Corley | 10.5% | 569 | 585 | 599 | 630 | 648 | 694 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Anna Mulqueen | 8.2% | 445 | 461 | 477 | 491 | 499 | 735 | 969 | 970 | 1,288 |
| Fine Gael | Michael Howard* | 7.2% | 391 | 405 | 418 | 436 | 446 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Josie Nevin | 4.8% | 263 | 270 | 274 | 287 | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Tony McCarthy | 3.5% | 190 | 196 | 207 | | | | | | |
| Independent | Frank Kenny | 2.2% | 118 | 120 | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 10,739 Valid: 5,431 (50.57%) Spoilt: 39 Quota: 1,087 Turnout: 5,470 (50.94%) |
Ennistymon
Ennistymon - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tony Killeen* | 21.1% | 1,355 | | |
| Fine Gael | Frank Henchy* | 9.43 | 1,258 | | |
| Labour | Martin Lafferty* | 17.7% | 1,142 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Enda Mulkere* | 17.5% | 1,128 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Nagle* | 15.3% | 985 | 1,221 | |
| Progressive Democrats | Noel Moran | 4.8% | 307 | 332 | 361 |
| Fine Gael | Paddy O'Connor | 4.0% | 260 | 281 | 437 |
Electorate: 9,891 Valid: 6,435 (65.06%) Spoilt: 43 Quota: 1,073 Turnout: 6,478 (65.49%) |
Killaloe
Killaloe - 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Fianna Fáil | Colm Wiley* | 13.9% | 1,377 | 1,429 | | | | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Mary Mannion | 11.0% | 1,094 | 1,112 | 1,186 | 1,225 | 1,226 | 1,255 | 1,666 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Begley | 10.8% | 1,071 | 1,112 | 1,269 | 1,286 | 1,290 | 1,370 | 1,477 | | |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Bugler* | 10.3% | 1,019 | 1,036 | 1,055 | 1,257 | 1,258 | 1,387 | 1,431 | | |
| Fine Gael | Tony McMahon* | 10.1% | 999 | 1,010 | 1,085 | 1,176 | 1,176 | 1,189 | 1,270 | 1,399 | 1,419 |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Gorman* | 10.1% | 998 | 1,007 | 1,007 | 1,101 | 1,101 | 1,194 | 1,218 | 1,250 | 1,260 |
| Labour | Brendan Hayes | 7.3% | 723 | 762 | 802 | 821 | 823 | 831 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat Hayes | 6.6% | 657 | 677 | 728 | 776 | 779 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Torpey | 6.2% | 617 | 625 | 656 | 785 | 786 | 1,116 | 1,158 | 1,180 | 1,195 |
| Fine Gael | Eugene Conlon | 5.7% | 566 | 571 | 578 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Eugene Givinan | 5.3% | 524 | 542 | | | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Tony Foley | 2.7% | 272 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 13,913 Valid: 9,917 (71.28%) Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,417 Turnout: 9,986 (71.77%) |
Kilrush
Kilrush - 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Fianna Fáil | P.J. Kelly* | 13.5% | 1,080 | 1,080 | 1,117 | 1,135 | 1,161 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Jackie Keane* | 13.4% | 1,072 | 1,073 | 1,189 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Prendeville | 12.3% | 987 | 992 | 995 | 1,047 | 1,298 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Bill Chambers* | 12.0% | 963 | 964 | 978 | 1,041 | 1,122 | 1,151 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Keane | 11.5% | 924 | 927 | 939 | 976 | 1,024 | 1,035 | 1,048 | 1,052 | 1,061 |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Keating* | 10.9% | 877 | 877 | 886 | 923 | 972 | 993 | 1,019 | 1,044 | 1,049 |
| Fine Gael | Madeleine Taylor-Quinn TD* | 10.5% | 845 | 848 | 898 | 974 | 1,144 | 1,234 | | | |
| Independent | William O'Looney* | 7.5% | 603 | 612 | 617 | 691 | | | | | |
| Independent | Mossie Horgan | 4.7% | 380 | 391 | 398 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Tom O'Brien | 3.2% | 257 | 257 | | | | | | | |
| Independent | John O'Shea | 0.4% | 35 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 11,610 Valid: 8,023 (69.10%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,147 Turnout: 8,089 (69.67%) |
Miltown-Malbay
Miltown-Malbay - 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Independent | Christy Curtin* | 19.7% | 1,416 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Hillery* | 15.8% | 1,132 | | | | | |
| Independent | P.J. Burke* | 15.1% | 1,085 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | James Breen* | 14.9% | 1,072 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Donal Carey TD* | 11.8% | 848 | 936 | 947 | 960 | 971 | 1,102 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Flan Garvey* | 8.2% | 592 | 719 | 785 | 807 | 828 | 861 | 959 |
| Fianna Fáil | Bernard Hanrahan | 7.6% | 549 | 580 | 595 | 601 | 611 | 652 | 674 |
| Labour | Peadar McNamara | 3.6% | 256 | 299 | 302 | 310 | 313 | | |
| Fine Gael | Dick Pilkington | 3.2% | 229 | 330 | 341 | 351 | 352 | 376 | |
Electorate: 10,040 Valid: 7,179 (71.5%) Spoilt: 42 Quota: 1,026 Turnout: 7,221 (71.92%) |
Shannon
Shannon - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Independent | Patricia McCarthy* | 15.0% | 963 | 985 | 1,020 | 1,073 | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat McMahon* | 14.7% | 941 | 947 | 948 | 949 | 982 | 1,029 | 1,040 | 1,222 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Sonny Scanlon* | 10.6% | 678 | 680 | 709 | 715 | 764 | 771 | 980 | 1,109 | | | |
| Independent | Brigid Makowski | 8.5% | 545 | 608 | 621 | 632 | 638 | 688 | 699 | 726 | 734 | 955 | 1,004 |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat O'Loughlin | 8.4% | 540 | 542 | 543 | 546 | 600 | 634 | 652 | 691 | 733 | 769 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Hillery* | 7.7% | 496 | 502 | 507 | 524 | 531 | 625 | 672 | 748 | 788 | 924 | 1,329 |
| Labour | Tom O'Shaughnessy | 7.5% | 481 | 497 | 511 | 528 | 544 | 584 | 612 | 669 | 686 | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Tom Casey | 7.1% | 453 | 457 | 465 | 534 | 557 | 572 | 600 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Mary Cusack | 5.2% | 336 | 338 | 380 | 380 | 383 | 388 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Geraldine Lambert | 4.5% | 290 | 297 | 300 | 305 | 310 | | | | | | |
| Independent | J.J. McCabe | 3.2% | 204 | 204 | 206 | 208 | | | | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Mary McGrath | 2.7% | 174 | 177 | 187 | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Dermot Hammond | 2.6% | 167 | 169 | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Peter Flanagan | 2.2% | 140 | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 10,717 Valid: 6,408 (59.79%) Spoilt: 20 Quota: 1,069 Turnout: 6,428 (59.98%) |
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