# 1991 Wexford County Council election

An election to Wexford County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 8 | -3 | 17,080 | 40.25 | |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | +2 | 12,806 | 30.18 | |
| | Labour | 1 | 0 | 5,331 | 12.56 | |
| | Independent | 4 | +1 | 5,243 | 12.36 | |
| Totals | Totals | 21 | - | 42,436 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Enniscorthy

Enniscorthy - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Browne TD* | 21.6% | 2,167 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ivan Yates TD* | 17.3% | 1,740 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Sinnott* | 14.6% | 1,470 | 1,602 | 1,606 | 1,704 | | | |
| | Independent | Seán Doyle* | 10.7% | 1,075 | 1,201 | 1,213 | 1,298 | 1,302 | 1,517 | 1,559 |
| | Fine Gael | Jack Bolger* | 10.7% | 1,000 | 1,020 | 1,044 | 1,102 | 1,104 | 1,166 | 1,816 |
| | Fine Gael | John Walsh | 8.6% | 861 | 866 | 881 | 934 | 941 | 1,010 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Henry Hipwell | 8.4% | 845 | 996 | 998 | 1,035 | 1,051 | 1,080 | 1,140 |
| | Labour | Francis O'Connor | 4.5% | 454 | 485 | 490 | 537 | 537 | | |
| | Independent | Pat Murphy | 4.3% | 432 | 459 | 462 | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,954 Valid: 10,044 (55.94%) Spoilt: 228 Quota: 1,675 Turnout: 10,182 (56.71%) |||||||||||

### Gorey

Gorey - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael D'Arcy TD* | 24.4% | 2,469 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Lorcan Allen* | 13.9% | 1,406 | 1,503 | 1,620 | 1,733 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Rory Murphy* | 12.8% | 1,297 | 1,319 | 1,345 | 1,457 | 1,461 | 1,471 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Murphy | 12.2% | 1,230 | 1,260 | 1,310 | 1,416 | 1,424 | 1,442 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Gahan | 10.8% | 1,092 | 1,276 | 1,316 | 1,618 | 1,668 | 1,688 |
| | Fine Gael | Deirdre Bolger* | 10.2% | 1,029 | 1,383 | 1,504 | 1,747 | | |
| | Labour | Paddy Murray | 8.6% | 870 | 903 | 1,279 | | | |
| | Labour | Bobby Ireton | 7.1% | 714 | 778 | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,825 Valid: 10,107 (60.07%) Spoilt: 148 Quota: 1,685 Turnout: 10,255 (60.95%) ||||||||||

### New Ross

New Ross - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Senator Hugh Byrne* | 21.8% | 2,200 | 1,307 | 1,355 | 1,431 | 1,442 | 1,877 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jim Walsh* | 15.1% | 1,525 | 1,602 | 1,736 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Curtis* | 11.8% | 1,192 | 1,351 | 1,361 | 1,362 | 1,927 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Larry O'Brien | 11.2% | 1,134 | 1,184 | 1,228 | 1,234 | 1,362 | 1,415 | 1,748 |
| | Fine Gael | John T. Browne* | 10.2% | 1,037 | 1,059 | 1,090 | 1,096 | 1,167 | 1,217 | 1,517 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Eoin Minihan | 8.4% | 849 | 883 | 988 | 1,014 | 1,071 | 1,102 | |
| | Labour | John Doyle | 8.2% | 827 | 847 | 1,059 | 1,069 | 1,100 | 1,113 | 1,276 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Whelan* | 7.9% | 798 | 938 | 945 | 947 | | | |
| | Labour | Patrick Doyle | 5.4% | 546 | 558 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,815 Valid: 10,108 (60.11%) Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,685 Turnout: 10,246 (60.93%) |||||||||||

### Wexford

Wexford - 6 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 |
| | Labour | Brendan Howlin TD* | 13.1% | 1,597 | 1,624 | 1,803 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Senator Avril Doyle* | 11.8% | 1,431 | 1,467 | 1,483 | 1,488 | 1,555 | 1,576 | 1,619 | 1,672 | 1,689 | 1,816 |
| | Independent | Helen Corish | 10.7% | 1,301 | 1,344 | 1,363 | 1,375 | 1,444 | 1,471 | 1,533 | 1,583 | 1,620 | 1,918 |
| | Independent | Leo Carthy* | 8.5% | 1,032 | 1,045 | 1,060 | 1,068 | 1,133 | 1,153 | 1,160 | 1,340 | 1,455 | 1,527 |
| | Fine Gael | Pat Codd | 8.3% | 1,013 | 1,019 | 1,028 | 1,031 | 1,070 | 1,182 | 1,186 | 1,223 | 1,236 | 1,250 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gus Byrne* | 8.1% | 992 | 1,012 | 1,028 | 1,031 | 1,097 | 1,246 | 1,534 | 2,141 | | |
| | Independent | Padge Reck* | 7.6% | 931 | 975 | 1,004 | 1,015 | 1,091 | 1,103 | 1,187 | 1,212 | 1,222 | 1,525 |
| | Workers' Party | Michael Enright | 7.3% | 893 | 907 | 932 | 951 | 959 | 969 | 1,048 | 1,056 | 1,060 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Josephine Doyle | 6.7% | 811 | 813 | 818 | 818 | 846 | 979 | 1,047 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Nolan | 5% | 610 | 615 | 619 | 621 | 632 | 686 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bridget Molloy | 4.4% | 537 | 540 | 542 | 542 | 567 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Pat Murphy | 3.9% | 472 | 476 | 481 | 481 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Vincent Byrne | 2.7% | 323 | 331 | | | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | John Roche | 1.9% | 234 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 22,875 Valid: 12,177 (53.23%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 1,740 Turnout: 12,292 (53.74%) ||||||||||||||