1991 Dublin County Council election in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown

An election to Dublin County Council in the electoral county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown within Dublin County took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 28 councillors were elected from 7 local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote for a five-year term of office.^[1] It was one of three electoral counties within Dublin County at this election, the others being Fingal and South Dublin.

1991 Dublin County Council election
(Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown)

← 1985 27 June 1991 1999 →
28 seats on the council of the electoral county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown within Dublin County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 8 7 5 Seat change −5 −4 +2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Green Workers' Party Progressive Democrats Seats won 3 3 2 Seat change +3 +2 +2
Map showing the area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
Council control after election TBD

The councillors elected for the electoral areas of Ballybrack, Blackrock and Dún Laoghaire also served as the members of the Corporation of Dún Laoghaire, the council of the Borough of Dún Laoghaire.

From 1 January 1994, on the coming into effect of the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993, County Dublin was disestablished as an administrative county, and in its place the electoral counties became three new counties. The Borough of Dún Laoghaire was also disestablished as of that date. The councillors listed below became the councillors for Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council from that date.^[2]

The term of office was extended twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.^[3][4]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	8	−5	17,833	30.3
	Fine Gael	7	−4	14,007	23.8
	Labour	5	+2	7,437	12.6
	Green	3	+3	6,737	11.5
	Workers' Party	3	+2	6,390	10.9
	Progressive Democrats	2	+2	4,823	8.2
Totals		28	0	58,862	100.0	—

Results by local electoral area

Ballybrack

Ballybrack: 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Workers' Party	Eamon Gilmore TD*	21.15%	2,104
	Progressive Democrats	Larry Lohan	10.4%	1,035	1,050	1,065	1,096	1,140	1,173	1,240	1,298	1,428	1,531
	Labour	Frank Smyth	10.7%	1,063	1,068	1,106	1,148	1,197	1,395	1,428	1,464	1,531	1,613
	Fine Gael	Donal Marren*	9.8%	972	999	1,020	1,053	1,076	1,118	1,376	1,422	1,931
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Richard Conroy*	7.9%	784	796	865	1,056	1,077	1,097	1,119	1,600	1,670
	Fine Gael	Colm Brophy	6.9%	684	698	711	721	740	762	926	947
	Green	Maggie Blake	6.4%	640	656	674	693	1,003	1,169	1,226	1,290	1,390	1,477
	Fine Gael	Barbara Culleton*	5.8%	579	589	597	613	635	647
	Fianna Fáil	Noirin Butler	5.4%	534	540	611	717	738	756	776
	Green	Vincent Treanor	5%	500	516	530	551
	Fianna Fáil	Owen Hammond*	4.3%	428	444	526
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Long	3.64%	362	379
	Workers' Party	Sylvie Batt	3.35%	333	556	568	587	609
Electorate: 24,024   Valid: 9,959 (41.5%)   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 1,659   Turnout: 10,040 (41.8%)

Blackrock

Blackrock: 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Niamh Bhreathnach	16.1%	1,303	1,317	1,354	1,390	1,538	1,939
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Madigan*	13.4%	1,089	1,101	1,139	1,336	1,393	1,496	1,524	1,580	1,605
	Fine Gael	John H. Dockrell*	10.3%	839	846	869	888	1,024	1,065	1,098	1,789
	Workers' Party	Marian White	10.3%	833	850	884	909	941
	Fine Gael	Aine Elliot*	9.8%	798	806	835	849	969	1,052	1,096
	Fianna Fáil	Anne Brady*	9.7%	784	791	827	1,132	1,187	1,221	1,246	1,370	1,399
	Progressive Democrats	Evelynne Davis	8.6%	697	708	736	761
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Cotter	7.9%	641	647	661
	Green	Betty Reeves	6.1%	492	711	786	808	982	1,191	1,370	1,514	1,627
	Independent	Marie Walker	4%	324	327
	Green	Michael Dunphy	3.8%	309
Electorate: 19,450   Valid: 8,109 (41.7%)   Spoilt: 51   Quota: 1,623   Turnout: 8,160 (42%)

Clonskeagh

Clonskeagh: 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Tom Hand*	24.5%	1,443	1,482
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Brock*	16.2%	956	970	979	1,058	1,580
	Green	Richard Greene	14.9%	876	939	1,045	1,405	1,517
	Fine Gael	Nuala Fennell TD	13.7%	809	823	937	1,094	1,163
	Fianna Fáil	Tim Gilbert	11.8%	694	701	721	755
	Labour	Peter Nolan	9.3%	547	675	705
	Independent	Maurice Dockrell	4.9%	288	298
	Workers' Party	Chris Woods	4.8%	280
Electorate: 14,294   Valid: 5,893 (41.2%)   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 1,474   Turnout: 5,935 (41.5%)

Dundrum

Dundrum: 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Kitt TD*	27.9%	2,203
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Fox*	16.1%	1,273	1,537	1,571	1,916
	Fine Gael	Mary Elliott*	15.6%	1,231	1,306	1,340	1,399	1,818
	Labour	Frank Buckley*	13.4%	1,055	1,100	1,371	1,402	1,488	1,543
	Green	Jim Ryan	9.7%	768	806	910	969	1,029	1,108
	Fine Gael	Austin Corcoran	6.7%	528	561	579	600
	Workers' Party	Pat Brady	5.9%	464	475
	Fianna Fáil	Siobhan Lawlor	4.7%	367	526	534
Electorate: 17,467   Valid: 7,889 (45.2%)   Spoilt: 55   Quota: 1,578   Turnout: 7,944 (45.5%)

Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire: 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Senator Liam T. Cosgrave*	15.5%	1,759	1,859	1,887	1,903
	Fianna Fáil	Betty Coffey*	13.6%	1,547	1,550	1,568	1,762	1,819	1,958
	Progressive Democrats	Senator Helen Keogh	11.9%	1,346	1,380	1,420	1,431	1,580	1,599	1,602	1,690	1,847
	Workers' Party	Colm Breathnach	10.8%	1,227	1,232	1,244	1,253	1,271	1,495	1,512	1,576	1,669
	Labour	Jane Dillon-Byrne*	10.1%	1,149	1,170	1,210	1,224	1,302	1,361	1,372	1,453	1,595
	Fianna Fáil	Bill Harvey*	7.6%	861	861	870	976	1,019	1,070	1,097	1,120
	Green	Vincent MacDowell	6.2%	700	708	791	801	856	922	926	1,440	1,566
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Fitzpatrick	6.1%	688	695	700	712	716
	Green	Jane Sexton	5.4%	611	637	690	703	778	838	841
	Fine Gael	Brendan Henderson*	4.2%	474	637	690	703	778	838	841
	Fianna Fáil	Labhras O Murchú	3.4%	384	385	393
	Independent	Thomas O'Rafferty	2.8%	320	330
	Fine Gael	Donna Pierce	2.4%	275
	Independent	Jim Merriman	0.13	15	395
Electorate: 27,220   Valid: 11,356 (41.7%)   Spoilt: 118   Quota: 1,893   Turnout: 11,474 (42.2%)

Glencullen

Glencullen: 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Seán Barrett TD	16.8%	1,272	1,295	1,602	1,718	1,987
	Fianna Fáil	Larry Butler	16.4%	1,239	1,379	1,437	1,477	1,600	1,626	2,415
	Workers' Party	Denis O'Callaghan	15.2%	1,149	1,159	1,174	1,389	1,442	1,459	1,560	1,622
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Murphy*	14.5%	1,094	1,160	1,178	1,194	1,237	1,244
	Green	Alastair McKinstry	10.7%	809	818	853	1,004	1,216	1,263	1,412	1,594
	Progressive Democrats	Sean O Siocháin	8.3%	630	633	688	752
	Labour	Deirdre Cox	7.8%	588	591	615
	Fine Gael	Sam Carroll*	6.7%	509	521
	Fianna Fáil	John Brennan	3.5%	267
Electorate: 18,775   Valid: 7,557 (40.3%)   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 1,890   Turnout: 7,601 (40.5%)

Stillorgan

Stillorgan: 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Eithne Fitzgerald*	22.2%	1,800
	Fine Gael	Olivia Mitchell*	17.1%	1,387	1,441	1,773
	Green	Larry Gordon	12.7%	1,032	1,093	1,117	1,154	1,181	1,289	1,781
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Hickey*	11.6%	940	951	961	967	1,130	1,164	1,280	1,363
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Don Lydon*	11.4%	924	934	958	965	1,170	1,204	1,399	1,475
	Progressive Democrats	Anna Murphy	7.2%	582	596	622	671	709	1,134
	Progressive Democrats	Victor Boyhan	6.6%	533	545	574	622	646
	Fianna Fáil	Carmel Ryan	5.7%	462	470	473	477
	Fine Gael	Eugene Cranley	5.5%	448	456
Electorate: 19,000   Valid: 8,108 (42.7%)   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 1,622   Turnout: 8,152 (42.9%)

References

1. Dublin Electoral Counties Order 1985 (S.I. No. 133 of 1985). Signed on 10 May 1985. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 13 December 2021.
2. Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993, s. 12: Membership and cathaoirleach of county councils (No. 31 of 1993, s. 12). Enacted on 21 December 1993. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 13 December 2021.
3. 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.
4. 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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