Part of the 1991 Irish local elections
1991 Meath 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 29 seats on Meath County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour | Seats won | 12 | 9 | 4 | Seat change | -5 | +2 | +1 | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | | | | Party | Workers' Party | Independent | Seats won | 1 | 3 | Seat change | +1 | +1 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Meath_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Meath_in_Ireland.svg.png) 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 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Dunshaughlin
Dunshaughlin - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
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
Kells - 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
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
Navan - 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
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
Slane - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
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
Trim - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
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%) |
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