Part of the 1991 Irish local elections
1991 Waterford Corporation election
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← 1985 | 27 June 1991 | 1999 → |
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All 15 seats to Waterford City Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour | Seats won | 3 | 2 | 3 | Seat change | -2 | -2 | +1 | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | | | | | Party | Workers' Party | Progressive Democrats | Independent | Seats won | 3 | 2 | 2 | Seat change | +1 | +2 | 0 | |
Map showing the area of Waterford City Council |
| Council control after election TBD | |
An election to Waterford City Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three 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 | 3 | -2 | 3,165 | 19.01 | |
| Fine Gael | 2 | -2 | 2,220 | 13.34 | |
| Labour | 3 | +1 | 3,415 | 20.50 | |
| Workers' Party | 3 | +1 | 3,359 | 20.18 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 2 | +2 | 1,666 | 10.01 | |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 2,360 | 14.20 | |
Totals | 15 | 0 | 16,645 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Waterford No.1
Waterford No.1 - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Labour | Pat Hayes | 19.9% | 997 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Hilary Quinlan* | 13.4% | 669 | 694 | 715 | 739 | 797 | 834 | |
| Workers' Party | Davy Walsh* | 12.5% | 625 | 658 | 670 | 742 | 828 | 843 | |
| Fine Gael | James Brett* | 9.3% | 463 | 472 | 479 | 486 | 493 | 515 | 537 |
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Power* | 9.2% | 459 | 472 | 525 | 549 | 565 | 809 | 849 |
| Progressive Democrats | Senator Martin Cullen | 8.4% | 419 | 437 | 449 | 467 | 515 | 545 | 600 |
| Progressive Democrats | Billy McCarthy | 6.2% | 309 | 337 | 341 | 383 | 433 | 442 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Larry Dower | 6% | 299 | 305 | 367 | 380 | 401 | | |
| Independent | Val White | 5.7% | 286 | 303 | 323 | 360 | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Noel Ryan | 5.5% | 273 | 281 | 288 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Guilfoyle | 4% | 201 | 207 | | | | | |
Electorate: 7,945 Valid: 5,000 (62.93%) Spoilt: 55 Quota: 834 Turnout: 5,055 (63.62%) |
Waterford No.2
Waterford No.2 - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Independent | Davy Daniels* | 21.5% | 1,174 | | | | | | |
| Labour | Liam Curham* | 15.8% | 862 | 916 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Brendan Kenneally TD* | 13.2% | 720 | 761 | 769 | 803 | 974 | | |
| Independent | Stephen Rogers* | 11% | 597 | 662 | 694 | 769 | 829 | 991 | |
| Progressive Democrats | Brian Cunningham | 10.6% | 579 | 607 | 628 | 668 | 687 | 829 | 896 |
| Workers' Party | Olga Redmond | 8.9% | 484 | 501 | 527 | 580 | 597 | 676 | 691 |
| Fine Gael | Michael Lane | 5.9% | 319 | 335 | 407 | 446 | 466 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Frank King | 5.2% | 283 | 298 | 308 | 322 | | | |
| Independent | Brian Jones | 4.7% | 257 | 278 | 285 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | George Power | 3.2% | 175 | 183 | | | | | |
Electorate: 9,189 Valid: 5,450 (59.31%) Spoilt: 49 Quota: 909 Turnout: 5,489 (59.73%) |
Waterford No.3
Waterford No.3 - 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Labour | Brian O'Shea TD* | 25.1% | 1,556 | | | | | | | |
| Workers' Party | Paddy Gallagher* | 17.5% | 1,082 | | | | | | | |
| Workers' Party | Martin O'Regan* | 12.7% | 784 | 898 | 953 | 971 | 1,009 | 1,098 | | |
| Fine Gael | Maurice Cummins | 9.6% | 594 | 699 | 720 | 724 | 760 | 798 | 801 | 885 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Browne* | 7.8% | 482 | 532 | 560 | 562 | 720 | 958 | 972 | 1,028 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Murphy | 6.2% | 386 | 410 | 420 | 421 | 483 | | | |
| Workers' Party | John Halligan | 6.2% | 384 | 461 | 498 | 515 | 536 | 552 | 561 | |
| Progressive Democrats | Michelle O'Neill | 5.8% | 359 | 432 | 468 | 473 | 511 | 561 | 581 | 698 |
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Swift* | 5.4% | 335 | 382 | 402 | 404 | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Denis O'Brien | 3% | 187 | 204 | | | | | | |
| Independent | Paud Sweeney | 0.7% | 46 | 62 | | | | | | |
Electorate: 10,360 Valid: 6,195 (59.8%) Spoilt: 57 Quota: 1,033 Turnout: 6,252 (60.35%) |
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.
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