# 1999 Meath County Council election

An election to Meath County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 29 councillors were elected from five 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 | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 14 | +1 | 19,733 | 45.50 | |
| | Fine Gael | 11 | +3 | 13,285 | 30.63 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 1 | +1 | 926 | 2.14 | |
| | Independent | 3 | -1 | 6,142 | 14.16 | |
| | Labour | 0 | -4 | 2,929 | 6.75 | |
| Totals | Totals | 29 | - | 43,366 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Dunshaughlin

Dunshaughlin - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Brian Fitzgerald* | 17.00 | 1,658 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Oliver Brooks* | 12.50 | 1,219 | 1,260 | 1,262 | 1,282 | 1,285 | 1,286 | 1,449 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Nick Killian | 12.41 | 1,210 | 1,233 | 1,235 | 1,284 | 1,301 | 1,304 | 1,493 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Conor Tormey* | 11.46 | 1,146 | 1,154 | 1,158 | 1,190 | 1,268 | 1,291 | 1,465 |
| | Fine Gael | John Fanning* | 11.61 | 1,132 | 1,152 | 1,164 | 1,301 | 1,455 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Leonard | 8.82 | 860 | 890 | 920 | 925 | 942 | 943 | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Bergin | 8.38 | 817 | 870 | 925 | 969 | 1,027 | 1,049 | 1,343 |
| | Fine Gael | Gillian Toole | 7.98 | 778 | 814 | 823 | 908 | 956 | 967 | 995 |
| | Fine Gael | Damien McGuinness | 3.99 | 389 | 401 | 406 | | | | |
| | Labour | John King | 3.45 | 336 | 350 | 459 | 469 | | | |
| | Labour | Mary Helion | 2.12 | 207 | 234 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 21,373 Valid: 9,752 (45.63%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,394 Turnout: 9,840 (46.04%) |||||||||||

### Kells

Kells - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Johnny Brady TD* | 23.96 | 2,414 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John V. Farrelly TD* | 18.13 | 1,827 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liz McCormack | 12.69 | 1,279 | 1,370 | 1,382 | 1,478 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Lynch* | 11.93 | 1,202 | 1,705 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Gibney* | 9.55 | 962 | 1,022 | 1,173 | 1,184 | 1,593 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Weldon* | 9.31 | 938 | 1,072 | 1,153 | 1,276 | 1,342 | 1,379 |
| | Labour | Tommy Grimes | 8.80 | 887 | 1,019 | 1,057 | 1,078 | 1,220 | 1,336 |
| | Fine Gael | Padraig Shine | 5.62 | 566 | 620 | 725 | 739 | | |
| Electorate: 19,502 Valid: 10,075 (51.66%) Spoilt: 208 Quota: 1,440 Turnout: 10,283 (52.73%) ||||||||||

### Navan

Navan - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tommy Reilly | 13.11 | 1,316 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Holloway | 9.88 | 991 | 996 | 1,008 | 1,050 | 1,082 | 1,133 | 1,312 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Fitzsimons* | 9.59 | 962 | 979 | 989 | 1,005 | 1,017 | 1,219 | 1,260 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Joe Reilly | 9.23 | 926 | 931 | 945 | 996 | 1,017 | 1,048 | 1,066 | 1,067 | 1,067 | 1,106 | 1,236 |
| | Fine Gael | Patsy O'Neill* | 8.33 | 836 | 838 | 850 | 862 | 871 | 879 | 959 | 977 | 978 | 1,157 | 1,192 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Mangan | 8.30 | 833 | 839 | 839 | 842 | 893 | 944 | 1,065 | 1,070 | 1,072 | 1,286 | |
| | Fine Gael | Damien English | 6.43 | 645 | 648 | 653 | 686 | 715 | 762 | 855 | 881 | 882 | 930 | 1,033 |
| | Independent | Christy Gorman* | 5.81 | 583 | 585 | 598 | 646 | 689 | 722 | 737 | 741 | 741 | 767 | 968 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Adrian O'Donnell | 5.66 | 568 | 573 | 576 | 584 | 590 | 647 | 668 | 668 | 669 | | |
| | Independent | Andy Brennan | 5.58 | 560 | 563 | 572 | 599 | 625 | 650 | 668 | 671 | 671 | 681 | |
| | Fine Gael | Nichola McDonagh | 5.23 | 525 | 527 | 533 | 547 | 614 | 643 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Elaine Dowdall | 5.22 | 524 | 532 | 540 | 543 | 566 | | | | | | |
| | Green | Cathal Gogan | 3.51 | 352 | 353 | 353 | 376 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Anton McCabe | 2.22 | 223 | 224 | 311 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Rosaleen O'Brien | 1.90 | 191 | 192 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 22,196 Valid: 10,035 (45.21%) Spoilt: 146 Quota: 1,255 Turnout: 10,181 (45.87%) |||||||||||||||

### Slane

Slane - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Tom Kelly* | 17.62 | 1,189 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Jimmy Cudden* | 14.73 | 994 | 1,005 | 1,074 | 1,094 | 1,121 | 1,320 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Hugh Gough* | 14.32 | 966 | 968 | 1,032 | 1,127 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Shaun Lynch* | 12.63 | 852 | 860 | 897 | 909 | 1,118 | 1,203 | |
| | Fine Gael | Ann Dillon-Gallagher | 10.61 | 716 | 717 | 745 | 750 | 812 | 839 | 871 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Linda Downes | 6.97 | 470 | 472 | 481 | 614 | 638 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Emir Smith-Duff | 6.11 | 412 | 422 | 459 | 512 | | | |
| | Labour | Jimmy Gilna | 6.05 | 408 | 424 | 455 | 527 | 668 | 714 | 750 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noirin Dunne | 5.77 | 389 | 400 | 418 | | | | |
| | Green | Fergal O'Byrne | 5.20 | 351 | 354 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,272 Valid: 6,747 (41.46%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 1,125 Turnout: 6,856 (42.13%) |||||||||||

### Trim

Trim - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Fegan | 14.60 | 1,038 | 1,050 | 1,082 | 1,137 | 1,157 | 1,158 | 1,314 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Murray* | 13.84 | 984 | 1,019 | 1,026 | 1,052 | 1,142 | 1,142 | 1,279 | |
| | Fine Gael | Peter Higgins | 13.64 | 970 | 983 | 1,042 | 1,137 | 1,194 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Willie Carey* | 12.20 | 867 | 891 | 894 | 918 | 1,040 | 1,046 | 1,107 | 1,118 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gabriel Cribbin* | 11.53 | 820 | 838 | 842 | 869 | 922 | 922 | 1,031 | 1,108 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Ryan | 8.37 | 595 | 597 | 613 | 683 | 698 | 699 | | |
| | Independent | Phil Cantwell | 7.65 | 544 | 566 | 586 | 703 | 764 | 765 | 837 | 850 |
| | Independent | Vincent McHugh | 6.05 | 430 | 454 | 480 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Pat Holton | 5.88 | 418 | 437 | 515 | 534 | | | | |
| | Labour | Danny O'Brien | 3.64 | 259 | 261 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick Cummins | 2.59 | 184 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,128 Valid: 7,109 (41.51%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 1,185 Turnout: 7,224 (42.18%) ||||||||||||