# 1999 Kildare County Council election

An election to Kildare County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 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 | 9 | +1 | 15,485 | 33.78 | |
| | Labour | 5 | +2 | 8,771 | 19.14 | |
| | Fine Gael | 5 | -2 | 8,095 | 17.66 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 2 | 0 | 1,685 | 3.68 | |
| | Independent | 4 | +2 | 9,551 | 20.84 | |
| | Green | 0 | -1 | 1,744 | 3.80 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 0 | -1 | 506 | 1.10 | |
| | Workers' Party | 0 | -1 | 0 | N/A | |
| Totals | Totals | 25 | 0 | 45,837 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Athy

Athy - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Jack Wall TD | 20.93 | 1,382 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Rainsford Hendy* | 19.25 | 1,271 | 1,286 | 1,393 | 1,419 | 1,590 | 1,785 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Miley* | 17.81 | 1,176 | 1,187 | 1,210 | 1,292 | 1,563 | 2,313 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mark Dalton | 16.04 | 1,059 | 1,068 | 1,092 | 1,197 | 1,400 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Vincent Corcoran | 11.07 | 731 | 754 | 756 | 759 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paddy Wright* | 7.66 | 506 | 521 | 541 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Lynch | 3.74 | 247 | 250 | | | | |
| | Labour | Mags O'Brien | 3.48 | 230 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,461 Valid: 6,602 (52.98%) Spoilt: 130 Quota: 1,651 Turnout: 6,732 (54.02%) ||||||||||

### Celbridge

Celbridge - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Kate Walsh | 43.14 | 2,167 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Emmet Stagg TD | 25.14 | 1,263 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Geraldine Conway | 9.14 | 459 | 617 | 646 | 713 | 786 | 1,120 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gay Boylan | 7.39 | 371 | 531 | 560 | 600 | 672 | |
| | Green | Marie Percival | 4.06 | 204 | 380 | 411 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mark Clinton | 4.04 | 203 | 309 | 424 | 497 | | |
| | Independent | Mairead Byrne | 3.96 | 199 | 391 | 425 | 551 | 723 | 929 |
| | Fine Gael | Brian Mullarkey | 3.13 | 157 | 276 | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,182 Valid: 5,023 (44.92) Spoilt: 35 Quota: 1,256 Turnout: 5,058 (45.23%) ||||||||||

### Clane

Clane - 4 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 | Michael Fitzpatrick | 17.26 | 1,352 | 1,385 | 1,406 | 1,426 | 1,477 | 1,498 | 1,510 | 1,546 | 1,578 |
| | Independent | Tony McEvoy | 17.25 | 1,351 | 1,365 | 1,380 | 1,438 | 1,514 | 1,717 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. Sheridan* | 13.06 | 1,023 | 1,030 | 1,038 | 1,062 | 1,078 | 1,106 | 1,121 | 1,296 | 1,354 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Reilly* | 12.05 | 944 | 951 | 1,001 | 1,026 | 1,192 | 1,236 | 1,256 | 1,692 | |
| | Fine Gael | Brendan Weld | 9.37 | 734 | 743 | 756 | 796 | 837 | 917 | 948 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Davey | 8.23 | 645 | 647 | 664 | 751 | 810 | 986 | 1,015 | 1,134 | 1,169 |
| | Independent | John Nealon | 6.50 | 509 | 511 | 514 | 594 | 667 | | | | |
| | Independent | Bernie Holton | 5.45 | 427 | 432 | 538 | 583 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Rose Murphy | 4.61 | 361 | 417 | 502 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Garry Stynes | 4.21 | 330 | 350 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Joan Mooney | 2.02 | 158 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,438 Valid: 7,834 (47.66%) Spoilt: 113 Quota: 1,567 Turnout: 7,947 (48.35%) |||||||||||||

### Kildare

Kildare - 6 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 | Seán Ó Fearghail* | 16.32 | 1,737 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Fiona O'Loughlin | 14.02 | 1,492 | 1,546 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Fionnuala Dukes | 10.02 | 1,067 | 1,099 | 1,101 | 1,102 | 1,126 | 1,170 | 1,245 | 1,300 | 1,391 | 1,458 | 1,683 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Senator John Dardis* | 9.11 | 970 | 979 | 980 | 981 | 999 | 1,019 | 1,029 | 1,116 | 1,154 | 1,247 | 1,344 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John O'Neill* | 8.81 | 938 | 962 | 968 | 972 | 980 | 1,002 | 1,004 | 1,063 | 1,213 | 1,349 | 1,423 |
| | Labour | Jim Keane* | 7.96 | 847 | 860 | 860 | 860 | 927 | 954 | 970 | 1,004 | 1,055 | 1,090 | 1,274 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Nolan, Snr* | 6.84 | 728 | 730 | 731 | 731 | 744 | 759 | 795 | 860 | 880 | 1,072 | 1,112 |
| | Independent | Francis Browne* | 6.13 | 653 | 673 | 673 | 674 | 681 | 694 | 718 | 763 | 944 | 1,006 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Breda Connolly | 5.48 | 583 | 609 | 610 | 611 | 617 | 626 | 673 | 699 | | | |
| | Independent | Seamus Finn | 5.35 | 569 | 571 | 573 | 574 | 592 | 615 | 619 | 726 | 737 | | |
| | Independent | Murty Aspell | 4.79 | 510 | 515 | 519 | 519 | 536 | 553 | 553 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Allan Foxe | 2.07 | 220 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 228 | 229 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Tom Ennis | 1.84 | 206 | 208 | 208 | 208 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Percy Podger | 1.00 | 196 | 204 | 212 | 213 | 217 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Harry Price | 0.27 | 29 | 29 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 25,040 Valid: 10,745 (42.51%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 1,521 Turnout: 10,871 (43.02%) |||||||||||||||

### Leixlip

Leixlip - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paul Kelly | 21.53 | 1,437 | | | |
| | Labour | Catherine Murphy* | 19.24 | 1,284 | 1,311 | 1,366 | |
| | Labour | John McGinley* | 16.54 | 1,104 | 1,107 | 1,158 | 1,355 |
| | Fine Gael | Senan Griffin* | 15.33 | 1,023 | 1,029 | 1,110 | 1,257 |
| | Labour | Colm Purcell* | 13.81 | 922 | 937 | 965 | 1,091 |
| | Green | Leo Armstrong | 8.25 | 551 | 555 | 626 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Laura Canning | 5.30 | 354 | 400 | | |
| Electorate: 16,315 Valid: 6,675 (40.91%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 1,336 Turnout: 6,750 (41.37%) ||||||||

### Naas

Naas - 5 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 |
| | Independent | Anthony Lawlor* | 16.32 | 1,209 | 1,323 | 1,333 | 1,358 | 1,414 | 1,473 | 1,575 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Power TD | 11.85 | 1,061 | 1,135 | 1,146 | 1,171 | 1,223 | 1,280 | 1,338 | 1,346 | 1,828 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Billy Hillis | 10.12 | 906 | 912 | 916 | 943 | 949 | 1,239 | 1,298 | 1,309 | 1,340 | 1,368 | 1,371 |
| | Independent | Mary Glennon | 11.85 | 875 | 1,180 | 1,228 | 1,284 | 1,363 | 1,517 | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Timmy Conway* | 7.99 | 715 | 724 | 735 | 775 | 848 | 905 | 977 | 991 | 1,171 | 1,278 | 1,283 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Willie Callaghan | 7.94 | 711 | 767 | 771 | 800 | 870 | 910 | 945 | 950 | | | |
| | Labour | Paddy McNamara | 7.64 | 684 | 699 | 705 | 727 | 752 | 777 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Pat O'Reilly | 6.65 | 595 | 600 | 606 | 614 | 664 | | | | | | |
| | Green | J.J. Power* | 6.64 | 594 | 617 | 634 | 794 | 841 | 864 | 1,042 | 1,064 | 1,147 | 1,213 | 1,230 |
| | Independent | Seamus Moore | 5.62 | 462 | 468 | 474 | 483 | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Louise Burchall | 4.41 | 395 | 403 | 410 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Anthony Egan | 4.41 | 395 | 397 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Kelly | 3.98 | 356 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 22,432 Valid: 8,950 (39.90%) Spoilt: 102 Quota: 1,492 Turnout: 9,052 (40.35%) |||||||||||||||