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1999 South Tipperary County Council election

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1999 South Tipperary County Council election
← 1991 10 June 1999 2004 →
All 26 seats to South Tipperary County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 12 9 1
Seat change Increase2 Steady Decrease3
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Workers and Unemployed Independent
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Increase1 Steady
Area of South Tipperary County Council

An election to all 26 seats on South Tipperary County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of the 1999 Irish local elections. South Tipperary was divided into five local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Results by party

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Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 12 Increase2 14,909 40.15
Fine Gael 9 Steady 10,419 28.06
Labour 1 Decrease3 4,575 12.32
Workers and Unemployed 2 Increase1 2,833 7.63
Independent 4 Steady 3,742 10.08
Total 26 Steady 37,129 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

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Cahir

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Cahir: 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Michael Anglim* 24.42 1,475        
Fianna Fáil Mattie McGrath 16.03 968 1,058 1,255    
Fianna Fáil Barry O'Brien 15.60 942 995 1,137 1,274  
Fine Gael Liam Ahearn 12.75 770 806 861 1,020 1,045
Fine Gael Dan Costigan 11.14 673 696 805 1,074 1,114
Labour Seanie Lonergan 11.14 673 700 736    
Fianna Fáil Andy Moloney 8.92 539 576      
Electorate: 9,184   Valid: 6,040 (65.77%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 1,209   Turnout: 6,115 (66.58%)  

Cashel

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Cashel: 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fine Gael Jack Crowe* 21.62 1,444        
Fine Gael Tom Hayes* 18.36 1,226 1,273 1,377    
Fine Gael Tom Wood* 16.14 1,078 1,093 1,140 1,329 1,345
Fianna Fáil Seán McCarthy* 12.75 1,022 1,031 1,194 1,311 1,319
Fianna Fáil Roger Kennedy 10.99 734 746 917 1,126 1,143
Labour Pat Barry 9.36 625 638 683    
Fianna Fáil Bridie Hammersley* 8.23 550 562      
Electorate: 10,808   Valid: 6,679 (61.80%)   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 1,336   Turnout: 6,772 (62.66%)  

Clonmel

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Clonmel: 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Workers and Unemployed Seamus Healy* 17.17 1,525                        
Fianna Fáil Tom Ambrose* 13.32 1,183                        
Fianna Fáil Pat Norris* 12.20 1,084 1,111                      
Fine Gael Seán Nyhan 7.58 673 705 712 718 736 753 787 808 848 905 975 1,025 1,078
Fine Gael Derry Foley 7.20 640 648 654 658 668 674 685 689 701 765 809 842 855
Fianna Fáil Niall Dennehy 5.61 498 519 520 542 552 564 594 610 630 681 865 940 974
Workers and Unemployed Phil Prendergast 5.21 463 516 526 529 540 587 620 739 914 990 1,046 1,336  
Fianna Fáil Bernard Lennon 5.02 446 470 475 486 499 505 523 532 551 595      
Independent Ted Boyle* 4.73 420 445 451 463 476 493 532 553 592 656 719 787 817
Progressive Democrats Tina Whitford 4.06 361 374 382 386 396 422 467 488 510        
Workers and Unemployed Billy Shoer 3.52 313 345 348 349 362 387 406 486 575 635 678    
Workers and Unemployed Alison Byrne 3.05 271 322 327 330 337 370 404 485          
Workers and Unemployed Brian O'Donnell 2.94 261 337 338 339 349 385 397            
Labour Anne Taylor 2.74 243 256 271 273 332 345              
Independent Terri O'Neill 2.54 226 248 253 254 266                
Labour Jimmy Keating 2.04 181 195 211 213                  
Labour Canice Egan 1.08 96 99                      
Electorate: 15,142   Valid: 8,884 (58.67%)   Spoilt: 139   Quota: 1,111   Turnout: 9,023 (59.59%)  

Fethard

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Fethard: 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Denis Landy* 14.78 1,247              
Fianna Fáil Susan Meagher* 13.19 1,113 1,114 1,118 1,129 1,203 1,274    
Independent Eddie O'Meara 10.40 877 878 881 891 944 997 1,083 1,124
Independent Waltie Moloney 9.78 825 825 825 831 860 883 919 941
Fianna Fáil Denis Bourke* 9.27 782 793 794 893 899 982 1,003 1,217
Fianna Fáil Pat O'Meara 8.71 735 736 739 745 765 847 1,038 1,057
Fine Gael John Dowley 5.64 560 566 571 643 688 762 777  
Labour Noel Quinlan 5.64 560 566 578 589 617 628    
Fine Gael John Fahey 5.61 558 559 569 579 736 742 850 1,121
Fine Gael Noel Fitzgerald 5.07 428 428 436 442        
Fianna Fáil Dick Tobin 4.85 409 412 412 444 452      
Progressive Democrats Tony Kehoe 3.43 289 300 302          
Independent Sean Clancy 0.63 53 53            
Electorate: 13,749   Valid: 8,436 (61.36%)   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 1,206   Turnout: 8,587 (62.46%)  

Tipperary

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Tipperary: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Michael Fitzgerald* 16.87 1,196              
Fianna Fáil Michael Maguire* 13.54 960 980 1,071 1,074 1,209      
Fianna Fáil Joe Donovan 12.96 919 943 974 976 1,039 1,047 1,290  
Independent Christy Kinahan* 12.81 908 1,018 1,141 1,142 1,173 1,175 1,277  
Fine Gael Brendan Griffin* 8.42 597 630 726 731 929 935 1,067 1,126
Labour Mick Byrnes 7.94 563 674 703 704 796 804 874 906
Fine Gael John Clancy 8.12 576 587 608 609        
Fianna Fáil Bernie Doherty 7.76 550 582 616 617 657 660    
Independent Denis Leahy 6.12 434 459            
Labour Billy Bourke 5.46 387              
Electorate: 11,436   Valid: 7,090 (62.00%)   Spoilt: 103   Quota: 1,182   Turnout: 7,193 (62.90%)  

References

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