# 1999 Wexford County Council election

An election to Wexford County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 9 | +1 | 15,851 | 36.77 | |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | - | 14,410 | 33.43 | |
| | Labour | 1 | - | 5,568 | 12.92 | |
| | Independent | 3 | -1 | 4,651 | 10.79 | |
| Totals | Totals | 21 | - | 43,107 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Enniscorthy

Enniscorthy - 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Ivan Yates TD | 19.69 | 2,235 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Browne TD* | 17.95 | 2,038 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michelle Sinnott* | 12.62 | 1,433 | 1,456 | 1,501 | 1,552 | 1,596 | 1,842 | 1,975 | |
| | Fine Gael | Jack Bolger* | 10.60 | 1,203 | 1,296 | 1,306 | 1,333 | 1,435 | 1,644 | 2,231 | |
| | Independent | Seán Doyle* | 9.17 | 1,041 | 1,093 | 1,121 | 1,291 | 1,388 | 1,421 | 1,550 | 1,671 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Rory Murphy* | 8.17 | 927 | 943 | 979 | 1,012 | 1,141 | 1,159 | 1,209 | 1,290 |
| | Fine Gael | Oliver Walsh | 6.54 | 742 | 786 | 789 | 804 | 853 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Kavanagh* | 6.47 | 735 | 815 | 824 | 851 | 893 | 1,124 | | |
| | Labour | Winnie O'Leary | 4.87 | 553 | 572 | 577 | 613 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ray Keogh | 3.93 | 446 | 461 | 470 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 21,036 Valid: 11,353 (53.97%) Spoilt: 228 Quota: 1,893 Turnout: 11,581 (55.05%) ||||||||||||

### Gorey

Gorey - 4 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* | 28.19 | 2,343 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Lorcan Allen* | 15.87 | 1,319 | 1,414 | 1,433 | 1,515 | 1,592 | 1,652 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Murphy | 14.56 | 1,210 | 1,246 | 1,263 | 1,311 | 1,377 | 1,549 |
| | Fine Gael | Deirdre Bolger* | 11.23 | 933 | 1,246 | 1,295 | 1,326 | 1,452 | 1,980 |
| | Fine Gael | Matt O'Loughlin | 8.83 | 734 | 832 | 852 | 874 | 966 | |
| | Labour | Bobby Ireton | 7.28 | 605 | 673 | 716 | 794 | 1,017 | 1,110 |
| | Labour | Helen Brady | 7.27 | 604 | 625 | 657 | 705 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Geraldine Redmond | 4.24 | 352 | 378 | 400 | | | |
| | Green | Maureen Foister | 2.54 | 211 | 234 | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,069 Valid: 8,311 (51.72%) Spoilt: 262 Quota: 1,663 Turnout: 8,484 (52.80%) ||||||||||

### 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 Jim Walsh* | 20.60 | 1,956 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Curtis* | 16.23 | 1,541 | 1,601 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Larry O'Brien* | 14.71 | 1,397 | 1,451 | 1,480 | 1,580 | 1,583 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Whelan* | 12.81 | 1,217 | 1,307 | 1,355 | 1,431 | 1,442 | 1,877 | |
| | Fine Gael | Denis Kennedy | 9.40 | 893 | 908 | 929 | 1,050 | 1,051 | 1,288 | 1,355 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Joyce | 8.70 | 826 | 862 | 884 | 1,008 | 1,012 | | |
| | Labour | Bobby Dunphy | 7.68 | 729 | 814 | 931 | 1,016 | 1,017 | 1,072 | 1,119 |
| | Independent | John Moore | 6.40 | 608 | 625 | 664 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | John Dwyer | 3.47 | 330 | 346 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,918 Valid: 9,497 (47.68%) Spoilt: 228 Quota: 1,583 Turnout: 9,725 (48.83%) |||||||||||

### Wexford

Wexford - 7 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 |
| | Labour | Brendan Howlin TD | 18.56 | 2,588 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Leo Carthy* | 12.29 | 1,714 | 1,784 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Pat Codd* | 10.17 | 1,419 | 1,440 | 1,455 | 1,460 | 1,465 | 1,524 | 1,530 | 1,569 | 1,587 | 1,832 | |
| | Independent | Padge Reck* | 9.24 | 1,288 | 1,448 | 1,524 | 1,645 | 1,657 | 1,817 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gus Byrne* | 8.78 | 1,225 | 1,300 | 1,327 | 1,497 | 1,502 | 1,598 | 1,615 | 1,906 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Anna Fenlon | 7.73 | 1,078 | 1,165 | 1,250 | 1,351 | 1,352 | 1,485 | 1,509 | 1,563 | 1,578 | 1,949 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Maurice Roche | 6.04 | 842 | 863 | 928 | 969 | 970 | 1,012 | 1,018 | 1,111 | 1,135 | 1,188 | 1,222 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Josephine Doyle | 5.73 | 799 | 815 | 826 | 862 | 864 | 885 | 887 | 1,093 | 1,184 | 1,250 | 1,338 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Doyle | 5.23 | 730 | 755 | 771 | 851 | 852 | 878 | 880 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Philomena Roche | 5.01 | 698 | 769 | 811 | 830 | 833 | 899 | 915 | 958 | 972 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Nolan | 4.52 | 630 | 671 | 687 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Tommy Carr* | 3.51 | 489 | 714 | 768 | 799 | 809 | | | | | | |
| | Green | Danny Forde | 3.20 | 446 | 478 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 29,993 Valid: 13,946 (46.50%) Spoilt: 241 Quota: 1,744 Turnout: 14,187 (47.30%) |||||||||||||||