Part of the 1999 Irish local elections
1999 Wexford County Council election
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All 21 seats to Wexford County Council |
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| 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 | |
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).
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
- Official website[permanent dead link]