# 1999 Cork Corporation election

An election to Cork City Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 councillors were elected from six local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for a five-year term of office.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 12 | +3 | 15,452 | 36.69 | |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | +2 | 9,257 | 21.98 | |
| | Labour | 5 | -1 | 6,120 | 14.53 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 2 | -1 | 2,739 | 6.50 | |
| | Green | 1 | 0 | 2,128 | 5.05 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 1 | +1 | 1,798 | 4.27 | |
| | Independent | 2 | -1 | 3,540 | 8.41 | |
| | Workers' Party | 0 | -3 | 729 | 1.73 | |
| Totals | Totals | 31 | 0 | 42,112 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Cork North-Central

Cork North-Central - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel O'Flynn TD* | 22.70 | 1,620 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Kathleen Lynch* | 15.57 | 1,111 | 1,179 | 1,213 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Bernard Allen TD | 13.70 | 978 | 1,035 | 1,061 | 1,066 | 1,241 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Damian Wallace* | 13.21 | 943 | 1,145 | 1,177 | 1,182 | 1,198 | | | | |
| | Independent | Con O'Leary* | 11.00 | 785 | 818 | 842 | 842 | 860 | 870 | 873 | 949 | 1,025 |
| | Labour | Joe O'Callaghan* | 5.16 | 368 | 384 | 398 | 405 | 416 | 420 | 422 | 444 | 484 |
| | Socialist Party | Mick Barry | 4.89 | 349 | 362 | 381 | 381 | 389 | 393 | 393 | 472 | 516 |
| | Sinn Féin | Jonathan O'Brien | 3.76 | 268 | 276 | 282 | 284 | 293 | 297 | 297 | | |
| | Fine Gael | June McCarthy | 3.70 | 264 | 275 | 283 | 283 | 307 | 336 | 337 | 354 | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Considine* | 3.64 | 260 | 267 | 276 | 278 | | | | | |
| | Green | Donie O'Leary | 2.68 | 191 | 206 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,034 Valid: 7,137 (47.47%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,190 Turnout: 7,260 (48.29%) |||||||||||||

### Cork North-East

Cork North-East - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Senator Mairin Quill* | 21.84 | 1,222 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tim Brosnan* | 16.73 | 936 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Burke TD* | 12.83 | 718 | 765 | 774 | 774 | 789 | 813 | 1,071 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Billy Kelleher TD | 12.69 | 710 | 785 | 826 | 828 | 859 | 898 | 980 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Dara Murphy | 8.42 | 471 | 519 | 530 | 531 | 547 | 574 | | | |
| | Labour | Frank Nash* | 8.08 | 452 | 486 | 504 | 504 | 546 | 637 | 686 | 744 | 761 |
| | Labour | John Kelleher | 7.38 | 413 | 444 | 463 | 463 | 524 | 617 | 695 | 758 | 780 |
| | Workers' Party | Ted Tynan | 4.38 | 245 | 258 | 300 | 300 | | | | | |
| | Green | Bernadette Walsh | 4.06 | 227 | 262 | 303 | 303 | 382 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Nugent | 2.97 | 166 | 170 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | George Harrington | 0.64 | 36 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,361 Valid: 5,596 (41.88%) Spoilt: 60 Quota: 933 Turnout: 5,656 (42.33%) |||||||||||||

### Cork North-West

Cork North-West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | 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 | 12 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dave McCarthy* | 16.02 | 933 | 945 | 950 | 965 | 980 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tim Falvey* | 15,39 | 896 | 900 | 908 | 940 | 973 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Colm Burke* | 12.81 | 746 | 751 | 770 | 787 | 862 | 878 | 913 | 916 | 1,014 | | | |
| | Labour | Michael O'Connell* | 8.55 | 498 | 503 | 526 | 538 | 553 | 605 | 693 | 694 | 720 | 726 | 790 | 906 |
| | Sinn Féin | Don O'Leary | 8.42 | 471 | 481 | 488 | 508 | 525 | 540 | 562 | 563 | 590 | 592 | 651 | 709 |
| | Workers' Party | Jimmy Homan* | 5.92 | 345 | 349 | 355 | 370 | 388 | 416 | 455 | 457 | 472 | 477 | 506 | 596 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gerry Byrne | 5.19 | 302 | 303 | 312 | 318 | 327 | 337 | 348 | 349 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Anna Hughes | 4.64 | 270 | 272 | 279 | 286 | 312 | 324 | 352 | 352 | 369 | 387 | | |
| | Independent | Christine O'Brien | 4.29 | 250 | 257 | 263 | 267 | 269 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | George Cummins | 4.26 | 248 | 251 | 277 | 284 | 298 | 310 | | | | | | |
| | Green | Claire Gould-Fielding | 4.24 | 247 | 255 | 261 | 270 | 286 | 354 | 374 | 375 | 397 | 409 | 472 | |
| | Fine Gael | John Devereaux | 4.21 | 245 | 247 | 252 | 259 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Frank Wallace | 2.70 | 157 | 158 | 167 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Declan Walsh | 2.47 | 144 | 145 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Brian Cullen | 1.10 | 64 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,492 Valid: 5,823 (43.16%) Spoilt: 101 Quota: 971 Turnout: 5,924 (43.91%) ||||||||||||||||

### Cork South-Central

Cork South-Central - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Independent | Con O'Connell | 18.74 | 1,375 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Martin* | 16.51 | 1,211 | 1,227 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom O'Driscoll* | 14.04 | 1,030 | 1,061 | 1,080 | 1,146 | 1,159 | 1,187 | 1,219 | 1,424 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Senator Denis Cregan* | 10.92 | 801 | 821 | 822 | 842 | 853 | 958 | 1,009 | 1,054 | 1,075 | 1,179 |
| | Green | Dan Boyle* | 10.18 | 747 | 763 | 793 | 810 | 868 | 896 | 978 | 1,016 | 1,040 | 1,139 |
| | Labour | John Murray* | 8.68 | 637 | 656 | 658 | 659 | 676 | 696 | 709 | 731 | 747 | 916 |
| | Labour | Ciarán Lynch | 4.98 | 365 | 378 | 384 | 386 | 414 | 430 | 446 | 473 | 487 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Anthony Kenneally | 4.66 | 342 | 347 | 350 | 373 | 384 | 391 | 403 | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Brian Russell | 3.12 | 229 | 234 | 237 | 241 | 251 | 264 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Francis Lennox | 2.88 | 211 | 221 | 221 | 229 | 236 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Padraig Treacy | 1.95 | 143 | 146 | 150 | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Sean McCarthy | 1.89 | 139 | 148 | 175 | 176 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | James McBarron | 1.44 | 106 | 111 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,242 Valid: 7,336 (48.13%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 1,223 Turnout: 7,451 (48.88%) ||||||||||||||

### Cork South-East

Cork South-East - 6 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 | Terry Shannon | 14.24 | 1,289 | 1,294 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Deirdre Clune | 12.66 | 1,146 | 1,172 | 1,190 | 1,406 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Donal Counihan* | 12.62 | 1,143 | 1,213 | 1,254 | 1,275 | 1,281 | 1,288 | 1,371 | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Corr* | 12.35 | 1,118 | 1,153 | 1,166 | 1,278 | 1,365 | | | |
| | Labour | Joe O'Flynn* | 12.11 | 1,096 | 1,108 | 1,155 | 1,198 | 1,206 | 1,222 | 1,472 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | John Minihan | 8.91 | 807 | 846 | 857 | 912 | 919 | 936 | 1,034 | 1,108 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Maurice MacCarthy | 7.50 | 679 | 742 | 784 | 799 | 799 | 802 | 883 | 914 |
| | Green | Chris O'Leary | 6.76 | 612 | 630 | 737 | 774 | 778 | 787 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Brian Sullivan | 5.49 | 497 | 513 | 521 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Kevin Power | 3.80 | 344 | 350 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean O'Riordan | 2.92 | 264 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Mark Dillon | 0.65 | 59 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,743 Valid: 9,054 (45.86%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 1,294 Turnout: 9,164 (46.42%) ||||||||||||

### Cork South-West

Cork South-West - 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 | John Dennehy TD* | 24.57 | 1,849 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Michael Ahern* | 10.47 | 788 | 833 | 860 | 948 | 1,035 | 1,156 | 1,222 | 1,260 |
| | Fine Gael | Brian Bermingham* | 10.23 | 770 | 811 | 836 | 862 | 966 | 999 | 1,040 | 1,063 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Shields | 10.18 | 766 | 900 | 943 | 980 | 1,069 | 1,116 | 1,498 | |
| | Fine Gael | P.J. Hourican* | 10.12 | 762 | 792 | 815 | 840 | 902 | 954 | 994 | 1,011 |
| | Sinn Féin | Henry Cremin | 7.29 | 549 | 575 | 598 | 644 | 673 | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick Murray* | 6.51 | 490 | 522 | 567 | 642 | 734 | 861 | 917 | 975 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Niall O'Keeffe | 6.39 | 481 | 521 | 568 | 610 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Sheehy | 5.26 | 396 | 579 | 600 | 627 | 679 | 764 | | |
| | Green | Tom O'Sullivan | 4.66 | 351 | 393 | 440 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Douglas Rice | 4.31 | 324 | 345 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,485 Valid: 7,526 (45.65%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,255 Turnout: 7,618 (46.21%) ||||||||||||