# 1920 Kingstown Urban District Council election

The 1920 Kingstown Urban District Council election took place on Thursday 15 January 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections.
Unionists emerged as the single largest party on the council, however, no party controlled an overall majority. Following the election the nationalist groups on the council formed a governing coalition. One of the actions of the new council was to rename the town, and council, to Dún Laoghaire, which is the Irish form of the original name for the town, Dunleary

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes (excl. West ward) | FPv% (excl. West ward) | ±% |
| | Irish Unionist | 8 | 2 | 1,329 | 47.91 | 2.40 |
| | Sinn Féin | 5 | 5 | 719 | 25.92 | New |
| | Irish Labour | 4 | 4 | 335 | 12.08 | New |
| | Ind. Nationalist | 4 | | 207 | 7.46 | New |
| | Irish Nationalist | 0 | 15 | 88 | 3.17 | 46.44 |
| | Ratepayers Association | 0 | | 96 | 3.46 | New |
| Totals | Totals | 21 | | 2,774 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Monkstown Ward

Party breakdown: Unionist: 40.29% (1 seat), Sinn Féin: 39.87% (1 seat), Ind Nat: 19.83% (1 seat).
Monkstown Ward - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Irish Unionist | F. M. Bentley | 40.29 | 193 |
| | Sinn Féin | John Kirwan Woods | 24.00 | 115 | 116 | 116 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | J. J. Kennedy (incumbent) | 19.83 | 95 | 159 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick Farrell | 15.87 | 76 | 84 | Eliminated |
| Electorate: 673 Valid: 479 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 120 Turnout: 505 |||||||

### West Ward

Party breakdown: Sinn Féin: (3 seats), Unionist: (2 seats), Ind Nat: (2 seats), Labour: (1 seat).
West Ward - 8 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Sinn Féin | John Kirwan Woods | | |
| | Irish Labour | Edward Kelly (incumbent) | | |
| | Irish Unionist | T. M. Good | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | J. M. Devitt | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | M. F. O'Brien (incumbent) | | |
| | Irish Unionist | W. J. Scanlon | | |
| | Sinn Féin | P. J. O'Hanlon | | |
| | Sinn Féin | W. Morrissey | | |
| | Irish Nationalist | J. J. Kennedy (incumbent Chairman) | | Defeated |
| | Sinn Féin | J. McGovern | | Defeated |
| | Irish Labour | F. J. O'Reilly | | Defeated |
| | Irish Unionist | H. T. B. Robinson | | Defeated |
| | Irish Nationalist | C. Rochford | | Defeated |
| | Irish Labour | A. Whelan | | Defeated |
| Electorate: 2,054 Valid: - Spoilt: - Quota: - Turnout: 1,534 ||||

### East Ward

Party breakdown: Unionist: 52.54% (3 seats), Sinn Féin: 20.02% (1 seat), Labour: 13.16% (1 seat), Ratepayer 9.02% (0 seats), Nat 5.26% (0 seats).
East Ward - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Irish Unionist | Dr. Merrin | | 249 |
| | Irish Unionist | Sir T. Robinson | | 167 |
| | Irish Unionist | C. M. Cooke | | 127 |
| | Irish Labour | R. Byrne | | 119 |
| | Ratepayers | C. J. Reiddy | | 96 |
| | Sinn Féin | Mrs Barry | | 91 |
| | Sinn Féin | J. W. Sullivan | | 74 |
| | Irish Nationalist | Ml. Murray | | 56 |
| | Sinn Féin | J. Nelligan | | 37 |
| | Irish Labour | M. L. Reilly | | 21 |
| | Irish Unionist | W. A. Evans | | 16 |
| | Sinn Féin | P. J. Geoghegan | | 11 |
| Electorate: 1,368 Valid: 1,064 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 178 Turnout: 1,089 ||||

### Glasthule Ward

Party breakdown: Unionist: 46.87% (2 seats), Sinn Féin: 25.59% (1 seat), Labour: 15.84% (1 seat), Ind Nat: 9.10% (1 seat), Nat: 2.60% (0 seats).
Glasthule Ward - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Irish Unionist | R. N. Potterton | | 323 |
| | Sinn Féin | Miss J. Cantwell | | 238 |
| | Irish Unionist | H. C. Falkiner | | 128 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | H. F. Monks | | 112 |
| | Irish Labour | G. Dixon | | 61 |
| | Irish Unionist | A. M. Fleming | | 94 |
| | Sinn Féin | E. W. Proud | | 77 |
| | Irish Labour | W. J. Carroll | | 70 |
| | Irish Labour | C. Drumgool | | 64 |
| | Irish Unionist | N. Ormsby Scott | | 32 |
| | Irish Nationalist | J. J. Kennedy | | 32 |
| Electorate: 1,631 Valid: 1,231 Quota: 206 Turnout: 1,303 ||||