1991 Cork County Council election

1991 Cork County Council election
All 48 seats on Cork County Council
	Map showing the area of Cork County Council
	Council control after election ; TBD;

An election to Cork County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 48 councillors were elected from eight 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%	±%
	Fine Gael	20	+1	41,742	35.4
	Fianna Fáil	19	-5	43,211	36.7
	Labour	4	+2	7,246	6.2
	Progressive Democrats	1	+1	6,463	5.5
	Workers' Party	1	0	5,097	4.3
	Independent	3	+1	11,205	9.5
Totals		48	0	117,899	100.0	—

Results by local electoral area

Bandon

Bandon - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fine Gael	Michael Creed TD*	17.1%	3,267
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Callanan*	14.6%	2,797
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Moynihan*	13.2%	2,519
	Fine Gael	Eddie Lucey*	12.3%	2,347	2,489
	Fine Gael	Kevin Murphy*	12%	2,301	2,327	2,376	2,377	2,433
	Fine Gael	Frank Metcalfe	7.1%	1,366	1,730	1,735	1,739	1,748	1,778	1,842	1,917	2,088	2,438
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Long*	5.2%	1,004	1,061	1,150	1,228	1,231	1,261	1,286	1,301	1,401	1,587	1,588	1,607
	Fianna Fáil	Alan Coleman	4.8%	916	923	1,091	1,106	1,121	1,244	1,248	1,403	1,497	1,585	1,596	1,614
	Green	Paula Giles	3.6%	695	724	759	763	787	858	864	964
	Progressive Democrats	Jerry Kelleher	3.5%	672	905	910	932	936	951	965	1,123	1,294
	Progressive Democrats	John Kevin Coleman*	3.2%	605	613	648	650	661	712	718
	Independent	Dermot Ryan	2.4%	468	473	481	482	499
	Independent	Frank Collins	0.9%	170	175	187	188
Electorate: 30,218 Valid: 19,127 (63.3%) Spoilt: 172 Quota: 2,391 Turnout: 19,289 (63.8%)

Cork North

Cork North - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Tomas Ryan*	16.9%	1,569	1,604	1,698	1,741	2,554
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Fleming*	13.5%	1,253	1,285	1,357	1,676	1,759	1,860
	Fianna Fáil	Annette McNamara	12.3%	1,137	1,202	1,297	1,469	1,516	1,576
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Joyce	10.5%	975	1,007	1,153	1,482	1,524	1,563
	Fianna Fáil	Donal O'Connell*	10.5%	968	986	1,086
	Fine Gael	George Osborne*	10.3%	953	990	1,143	1,223
	Labour	Sheila O'Sullivan	9.8%	912	1,155	1,378	1,454	1,591	1,856
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Burns	9.5%	884	972
	Workers' Party	Patrick Corbett	3.8%	353
	Green	Thomas Hyland	2.8%	257
Electorate: 19,771 Valid: 9,261 (46.8%) Spoilt: 64 Quota: 1,853 Turnout: 9,325 (47.2%)

Cork South

Cork South - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Batt O'Keeffe*	22%	3,081
	Fianna Fáil	Barry Cogan*	11.5%	1,614	1,906	1,918	1,935	1,965	2,001	2,400
	Labour	Paula Desmond*	8.5%	1,195	1,230	1,238	1,488	1,700	1,773	1,842	1,873	1,979	2,427
	Fine Gael	Sylvester Cotter	6.9%	968	982	1,033	1,043	1,061	1,203	1,257	1,267	1,608	1,665	1,707
	Independent	Kevin Meaney	6.9%	966	996	1,010	1,024	1,174	1,204	1,290	1,320	1,367
	Fine Gael	Braham Brennan*	6.8%	953	967	1,019	1,027	1,055	1,100	1,161	1,177	1,423	1,639	1,718
	Fine Gael	Barry O'Mahony	5.9%	827	877	1,003	1,026	1,048	1,065	1,074	1,077
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Buwalda-Wagner	5.6%	785	915	920	928	943	967
	Progressive Democrats	Derry Canty	5.4%	757	931	1,029	1,184	1,213	1,562	1,616	1,625	1,748	1,867	1,918
	Progressive Democrats	Peter Kelly	5.2%	725	740	749	759	808
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Connole	4.7%	656	850	854	860	922	981	1,158	1,378	1,426	1,513	1,538
	Workers' Party	Con O'Mahony	4.4%	613	633	647	691
	Labour	Tony Lancaster	3.4%	475	524	578
	Fine Gael	Liam Ward	2.9%	406	466
Electorate: 33,220 Valid: 14,021 (42.2%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 2,004 Turnout: 14,120 (42.5%)

Kanturk

Kanturk - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Frank Crowley TD*	16.7%	2,610
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Roche*	13.2%	2,067	2,071	2,096	2,162	2,307
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence Kelly TD*	10.8%	1,689	1,693	1,729	1,762	1,811	2,417
	Fine Gael	Billy Biggane	10.6%	1,652	1,662	1,715	1,735	2,068	2,371
	Fianna Fáil	J.B. Murphy*	10%	1,555	1,557	1,568	1,749	1,828	2,058	2,222
	Fine Gael	Gerard Murphy	9.5%	1,480	1,480	1,543	1,673	2,153	2,198	2,212
	Fianna Fáil	Mike Donegan*	8.8%	1,377	1,395	1,405	1,418	1,439
	Labour	Bill Cashin	8.5%	1,327	1,358	1,414	1,495	1,623	1,724	1,733
	Fine Gael	Charles Barry*	7.5%	1,168	1,173	1,284	1,325
	Progressive Democrats	Sean O'Riordan	3.8%	593	601	616
	Workers' Party	Dan Curtin	0.6%	89
Electorate: 22,012 Valid: 15,604 (70.9%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 2,230 Turnout: 15,693 (71.3%)

Mallow

Mallow - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Fianna Fáil	Ned O'Keeffe TD*	17.5%	3,419
	Fine Gael	Paul Bradford TD*	14.1%	2,761
	Workers' Party	Joe Sherlock TD*	13.6%	2,650
	Fianna Fáil	Carey Joyce*	8.4%	1,633	2,041	2,052	2,058	2,142	2,158	2,218	2,247	2,266	2,393	2,517
	Fine Gael	Conor O'Callaghan	6.7%	1,313	1,430	1,473	1,479	1,507	1,522	1,543	1,685	1,748	1,885	1,908	2,086	2,089	2,159	2,262
	Fine Gael	Aileen Pyne	6.7%	1,306	1,335	1,388	1,396	1,461	1,490	1,604	1,612	1,650	1,740	1,956	2,519
	Fianna Fáil	Ted O'Riordan	4.1%	806	943	968	989	994	1,038	1,051	1,058	1,085	1,177	1,191	1,201	1,212	1,214	1,492
	Fine Gael	Michael Lane	4.1%	794	813	876	878	886	892	912	915	988	1,023	1,035
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Kelleher	4%	780	867	877	886	895	906	911	915	1,108	1,165	1,171	1,189	1,197	1,198	1,288
	Independent	Tom Conroy	3.4%	667	684	711	741	748	863	919	930	981	1,045	1,110	1,127	1,132	1,135
	Independent	Michael Broderick	3.4%	655	676	710	725	731	752	780	785
	Progressive Democrats	Naoise Leamy	3.1%	603	638	653	664	752	772	803	821	886
	Workers' Party	Tadhg O'Donovan	2.9%	557	569	571	601	615	636	687	900	910	928
	Workers' Party	John Fitzgerald	2.3%	453	508	510	535	540	563	590
	Green	Jim Bartley	2.1%	410	423	429	435	468	511
	Labour	Tadhg Curtis	1.9%	372	381	404	439	442
	Progressive Democrats	John Guinevan	1.9%	372	378	383	385
Electorate: 31,117 Valid: 19,540 (62.8%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 2,443 Turnout: 19,658 (63.2%)

Midleton

Midleton - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Independent	Paddy Hegarty	16.4%	2,552
	Independent	Noel Collins*	13.3%	2,059	2,113	2,120	2,171	2,182	2,201	2,288
	Fianna Fáil	Maurice Ahern*	10.5%	1,639	1,660	1,665	1,692	1,697	1,701	1,734	1,754	1,765	1,817	1,865	1,922	2,267
	Fine Gael	Matt Ahern*	10%	1,559	1,618	1,624	1,632	1,634	1,638	1,669	1,675	1,733	1,773	1,825	2,106	2,167
	Fine Gael	Michael Hegarty*	9%	1,402	1,449	1,454	1,465	1,469	1,477	1,525	1,533	1,542	1,576	1,640	1,950	2,005
	Fianna Fáil	John Brosnan*	7.3%	1,131	1,159	1,165	1,165	1,169	1,170	1,197	1,200	1,298	1,341	1,393	1,408	1,637
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin Foster*	6.8%	1,062	1,072	1,105	1,107	1,125	1,175	1,183	1,184	1,188	1,200	1,326	1,338
	Labour	John Mulvihill*	6.5%	1,003	1,025	1,052	1,068	1,147	1,272	1,300	1,304	1,351	1,450	1,554	1,592	1,958
	Fine Gael	George Jeffrey	4.9%	768	797	805	806	810	815	850	855	858	860	915
	Independent	William Kidney	2.8%	441	453	473	478	483	508	515	518	541
	Independent	Bob Bickerdike	2.4%	371	385	387	391	401	434	441	442
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Joy	2.3%	362	372	383	391	396	400
	Green	Sean Bell	2.3%	350	361	370	375	394	411	460	468	560	603
	Independent	Maurice Quinlan	1.9%	288	293	314	315	351
	Workers' Party	Leo Owens	1.3%	196	199	202	239
	Workers' Party	Tom Cashman	1.2%	186	189	189
	Independent	Jack Twomey	1.1%	167	171
Electorate: 28,321 Valid: 15,536 (54.9%) Spoilt: 128 Quota: 2,220 Turnout: 15,664 (55.3%)

Skibbereen

Skibbereen - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	John Cal McCarthy*	15.3%	2,346
	Fianna Fáil	Donal O'Rourke*	11.6%	1,768	1,803	1,836	1,855	1,865	2,094
	Fianna Fáil	D.F. O'Sullivan*	11%	1,688	1,703	1,780	1,806	1,943
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Sullivan	9.4%	1,440	1,577	1,610	1,621	1,641	1,889	1,890	1,973
	Labour	Michael Calnan*	9.1%	1,387	1,411	1,443	1,549	1,592	1,636	1,638	1,651	1,655	1,982
	Fianna Fáil	Tom O'Neill*	8%	1,231	1,247	1,272	1,360	1,378	1,440	1,446	1,480	1,492	1,682
	Fine Gael	Tadhg O'Donovan	7.7%	1,179	1,227	1,240	1,260	1,379	1,485	1,496	1,506	1,512	1,991
	Fine Gael	Michael Collins	6.9%	1,058	1,123	1,131	1,250	1,268	1,308	1,308	1,312	1,313
	Progressive Democrats	Ray O'Neill	5.9%	901	952	977	1,013	1,067
	Green	Mary O'Donnell	5.4%	828	845	917	959	1,119	1,302	1,311	1,344	1,358	1,424
	Independent	John Collins	3.6%	544	549	618	636
	Independent	Donal Lehane	3.2%	497	508	522
	Sinn Féin	Donnchadh O Sé	1.9%	294	301
	Sinn Féin	Seamus de Burca	0.9%	144	145
Electorate: 22,677 Valid: 15,305 (67.5%) Spoilt: 120 Quota: 1,914 Turnout: 15,425 (68%)

Schull

Schull - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	P.J. Sheehan TD*	19.4%	1,840
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Denis O'Donovan*	19.2%	1,827
	Independent	Michael Pat Murphy*	14.3%	1,360	1,452	1,502	1,637
	Fine Gael	Michael Harrington*	13.2%	1,256	1,298	1,305	1,369	1,842
	Fianna Fáil	Vivian O'Callaghan*	10.8%	1,022	1,036	1,131	1,245	1,518
	Fine Gael	John P. O'Shea	9%	853	935	965	1,151	1,177
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Harrington	8.5%	812	817	851	890
	Labour	Matt Kingston	6%	575	589	609
Electorate: 13,584 Valid: 9,505 (70%) Spoilt: 86 Quota: 1,591 Turnout: 9,591 (70.6%)

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

[1] 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.

[2] 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.

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