# 1979 Wicklow County Council election

An election to all 21 seats on Wicklow County Council took place on 7 June 1979 as part of the 1979 Irish local elections. County Wicklow was divided into 4 county electoral areas 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). The term was extended to 1985.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 7 | 2 | 11,079 | 35.37 | |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | 2 | 9,834 | 26.66 | |
| | Labour | 4 | | 7,020 | 22.41 | |
| | Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | 1 | 1 | 1,785 | 5.70 | |
| | Independent | 1 | 1 | 1,330 | 4.25 | |
| Total | Total | 21 | | 31,322 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Arklow

Arklow: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Fine Gael | Vincent Blake* | 13.8% | 1,135 | |
| | Labour | Kevin Ryan* | 11.0% | 906 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Thomas Keenan* | 10.0% | 826 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Sweeney* | 8.7% | 720 | |
| | Fine Gael | Margo Weadick* | 7.6% | 726 | |
| | Labour | Sean Wolohan | 6.3% | 522 | |
| | Labour | Thomas King | 5.9% | 483 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Timmins | 5.6% | 464 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Clandillon | 5.6% | 462 | |
| | Independent | Patrick Wadden | 4.8% | 399 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Fitzgerald | 3.7% | 306 | |
| | Fine Gael | Brian Culleton | 3.0% | 247 | |
| | Labour | Michael Murphy | 2.1% | 176 | |
| | Fine Gael | James Merrigan | 1.4% | 115 | |
| | Labour | John Hennessy | 1.0% | 82 | |
| Electorate: 12,197 Valid: 8,244 (67.59%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,178 Turnout: 8,425 ||||||

### Baltinglass

Baltinglass: 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Fine Gael | Godfrey TimminsTD* | 34.1% | 1,583 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Miley* | 21.2% | 982 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | J. Hobson | 15.6% | 725 | |
| | Fine Gael | Pascal Deering* | 14.7% | 681 | |
| | Fine Gael | Donal McEvoy | 7.6% | 353 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | P. Kennedy | 6.8% | 313 | |
| Electorate: 7,159 Valid: 4,367 (61%) Spoilt: 55 Quota: 1,160 Turnout: 4,422 ||||||

### Bray

Bray: 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | John McManus* | 15.0% | 1,785 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ciaran Murphy* | 14.1% | 1,684 | |
| | Fine Gael | Aidan Murphy* | 10.0% | 1,199 | |
| | Fine Gael | John Leeson* | 9.7% | 1,161 | |
| | Labour | John Byrne* | 8.3% | 985 | |
| | Fine Gael | George Jones* | 6.7% | 799 | |
| | Labour | John Murnane | 6.2% | 740 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Johnny Fox* | 6.2% | 738 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Nancy O'Neill | 5.4% | 640 | |
| | Fine Gael | Jane Murphy | 4.9% | 583 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Ledwidge | 4.9% | 581 | |
| | Fine Gael | John Magennety | 3.2% | 383 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Dillon-Mallon | 2.6% | 309 | |
| | Labour | Nancy Mahony | 2.1% | 249 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joseph Melia | 0.9% | 102 | |
| Electorate: 22,776 Valid: 11,938 (52.43%) Spoilt: 162 Quota: 1,493 Turnout: 12,055 ||||||

### Wicklow

Wicklow: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Labour | Liam Kavanagh* | 24.8% | 1,679 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Roger Miley* | 9.6% | 651 | |
| | Fine Gael | Harry Cullen* | 9.1% | 615 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jim Giff* | 8.8% | 598 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Cullen* | 8.2% | 556 | |
| | Labour | Frank Hynes* | 7.5% | 506 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Power | 6.2% | 422 | |
| | Labour | James Gregory | 6.0% | 404 | |
| | Fine Gael | John Whelan | 5.6% | 382 | |
| | Fine Gael | Nora Fitzpatrick | 5.5% | 371 | |
| | Labour | Jimmy O'Shaughnessy | 4.3% | 288 | |
| | Independent | Basil Phelan | 2.3% | 157 | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Miley | 2.1% | 144 | |
| Electorate: 11,682 Valid: 8,178 (70.08%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 1,129 Turnout: 6,912 ||||||