# 1991 Wicklow County Council election

An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 councillors were elected from five 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 | 9 | -4 | 12,521 | 32.16 | |
| | Labour | 5 | +1 | 7,474 | 19.20 | |
| | Fine Gael | 4 | -1 | 5,696 | 14.63 | |
| | Workers' Party | 1 | 0 | 2,077 | 5.33 | |
| | Green | 1 | +1 | 960 | 2.47 | |
| | Independent | 4 | +3 | 8,221 | 21.12 | |
| Totals | Totals | 24 | - | 38,934 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Arklow

Arklow - 6 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 | Dr. Bill O'Connell* | 14.1% | 1,267 | 1,311 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Vincent McElheron | 13.4% | 1,205 | 1,262 | 1,268 | 1,290 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Kevin Ryan | 12.02% | 1,079 | 1,084 | 1,084 | 1,096 | 1,138 | 1,152 | 1,158 | 1,352 | |
| | Fine Gael | Vincent Blake* | 11.3% | 1,020 | 1,022 | 1,022 | 1,056 | 1,076 | 1,101 | 1,107 | 1,127 | 1,140 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Doran* | 10.9% | 977 | 978 | 978 | 1,005 | 1,011 | 1,016 | 1,074 | 1,087 | 1,090 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Thomas Keenan* | 10.2% | 914 | 921 | 923 | 945 | 972 | 986 | 1,132 | 1,195 | 1,212 |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas Honan | 7.5% | 671 | 682 | 688 | 705 | 740 | 847 | 919 | 1,143 | 1,176 |
| | Labour | Sean Wolohan | 6.2% | 557 | 587 | 589 | 606 | 665 | 712 | 847 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Sweeney* | 4.9% | 440 | 449 | 457 | 477 | 488 | 513 | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Michael Horsman | 2.7% | 241 | 248 | 248 | 265 | 275 | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Michael Keogh | 2.5% | 225 | 227 | 227 | 231 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Catherine Byrne | 2.4% | 212 | 218 | 219 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Denis Kinsella | 2.1% | 190 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,865 Valid: 8,998 (64.9%) Spoilt: 94 Quota: 1,286 Turnout: 9,092 (65.58%) |||||||||||||

### Baltinglass

Baltinglass - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Jim Ruttle* | 31% | 1,905 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Godfrey Timmins TD* | 19.4% | 1,190 | 1,310 | 1,346 | 1,380 | 1,453 | 1,854 | |
| | Labour | Tommy Cullen | 17.5% | 1,077 | 1,113 | 1,169 | 1,182 | 1,241 | 1,333 | 1,431 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Hugh O'Keeffe* | 11.2% | 687 | 718 | 730 | 922 | 977 | 1,041 | 1,140 |
| | Fine Gael | Pascal Deering | 7.5% | 460 | 514 | 608 | 653 | 688 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerry O'Neill | 4.9% | 302 | 342 | 365 | 377 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ann McGrath | 4.3% | 266 | 307 | 323 | | | | |
| | Independent | Adrian Williams | 3.7% | 229 | 264 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Scanlon | 0.4% | 27 | 39 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,688 Valid: 6,143 (70.71%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 1,536 Turnout: 6,172 (71.04%) |||||||||||

### Bray

Bray - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | 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 | 12 | 13 |
| | Workers' Party | Liz McManus* | 12.7% | 1,047 | 1,063 | 1,083 | 1,194 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | John Byrne* | 11.9% | 978 | 979 | 1,053 | 1,070 | 1,070 | 1,094 | 1,209 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Lawlor* | 9.3% | 767 | 769 | 770 | 780 | 781 | 803 | 813 | 816 | 824 | 839 | 933 | 972 | 1,167 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Behan | 8.4% | 687 | 691 | 695 | 700 | 700 | 722 | 739 | 741 | 752 | 785 | 844 | 871 | 981 |
| | Fine Gael | Senator Shane Ross | 7.8% | 642 | 650 | 660 | 665 | 665 | 703 | 715 | 717 | 898 | 965 | 989 | 1,011 | 1,058 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Keyes | 7.3% | 602 | 606 | 608 | 629 | 631 | 641 | 653 | 657 | 673 | 690 | 750 | 791 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Vance* | 7% | 576 | 580 | 585 | 593 | 593 | 618 | 635 | 637 | 656 | 684 | 802 | 841 | 1,055 |
| | Independent | Jane Murphy* | 7% | 574 | 576 | 582 | 592 | 593 | 643 | 666 | 668 | 701 | 776 | 816 | 863 | 929 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Ledwidge* | 4.6% | 379 | 380 | 381 | 386 | 386 | 404 | 407 | 408 | 420 | 436 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerry McDonnell | 4.5% | 371 | 373 | 376 | 393 | 394 | 398 | 410 | 412 | 415 | 442 | 446 | | |
| | Green | Barry Ahern | 3.6% | 297 | 300 | 310 | 315 | 316 | 329 | 358 | 372 | 396 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Kennedy | 3.5% | 286 | 290 | 293 | 299 | 299 | 330 | 337 | 338 | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Dermot Tobin | 3.1% | 259 | 264 | 266 | 302 | 313 | 328 | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Anne Egan | 3.1% | 256 | 256 | 264 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Ciarán Murphy* | 3% | 250 | 291 | 294 | 296 | 297 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Carmel McKenna | 3% | 153 | 156 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Michael Noble | 1.2% | 101 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,096 Valid: 8,225 (45.45%) Spoilt: 79 Quota: 1,176 Turnout: 8,304 (45.89%) |||||||||||||||||

### Greystones

Greystones - 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 | Johnny Fox* | 17.2% | 1,205 | 1,215 | 1,225 | 1,277 | 1,306 | 1,335 | 1,425 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dick Roche TD* | 14.4% | 1,008 | 1,014 | 1,033 | 1,042 | 1,055 | 1,099 | 1,169 | 1,326 | 1,368 |
| | Independent | George Jones* | 13.6% | 955 | 968 | 1,011 | 1,017 | 1,050 | 1,161 | 1,248 | 1,527 | |
| | Independent | John Leeson* | 13.2% | 921 | 925 | 946 | 991 | 995 | 1,038 | 1,053 | 1,092 | 1,131 |
| | Independent | Jack Murnane | 9.7% | 679 | 696 | 713 | 724 | 770 | 818 | 893 | | |
| | Green | Nuala Ahern | 9.5% | 663 | 671 | 704 | 735 | 751 | 865 | 989 | 1,237 | 1,283 |
| | Fine Gael | Breda Allen | 6.2% | 436 | 440 | 464 | 469 | 474 | | | | |
| | Labour | Charlie Keddy | 5.9% | 411 | 413 | 420 | 451 | 561 | 606 | | | |
| | Labour | Joseph Sweeney | 3.4% | 241 | 251 | 258 | 271 | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Joseph Lalor | 2.7% | 188 | 190 | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Christy Devlin | 2.6% | 181 | 213 | 214 | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | James Hogan | 1.6% | 109 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,644 Valid: 6,997 (51.28%) Spoilt: 60 Quota: 1,400 Turnout: 7,057 (51.72%) |||||||||||||

### Wicklow

Wicklow - 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 |
| | Labour | Liam Kavanagh TD* | 22.5% | 1,927 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Jacob TD* | 16.6% | 1,422 | 1,453 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Susan Phillips* | 11.3% | 966 | 1,016 | 1,017 | 1,068 | 1,121 | 1,226 | 1,396 | 1,530 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Doyle | 9.7% | 835 | 845 | 847 | 852 | 855 | 862 | 1,025 | 1,311 |
| | Labour | Frank Hynes* | 8.5% | 726 | 879 | 885 | 902 | 1,058 | 1,129 | 1,199 | 1,277 |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Miley | 7.6% | 652 | 667 | 671 | 829 | 925 | 954 | 1,035 | 1,078 |
| | Progressive Democrats | John Larkin | 6.2% | 532 | 559 | 559 | 582 | 593 | 612 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Giff* | 5.7% | 489 | 538 | 545 | 586 | 599 | 715 | 772 | |
| | Independent | Robert Kearns | 4.2% | 358 | 409 | 410 | 458 | 475 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ollie Lalor | 4% | 339 | 382 | 382 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Joseph O'Shaughnessy | 3.8% | 325 | 394 | 397 | 411 | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,988 Valid: 8,571 (57.19%) Spoilt: 85 Quota: 1,429 Turnout: 8,656 (57.75%) ||||||||||||