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1999 Wicklow County Council election

An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 councillors were elected from five 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 Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 8 -1 13,602 33.11
Fine Gael 6 +2 8,846 21.53
Labour 5 0 8,493 20.67
Green 1 0 1,514 3.69
Independent 4 0 7,828 19.05
Workers' Party 0 -1 N/A N/A
Totals 24 - 41,086 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Arklow

Arklow - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Nicky Kelly 23.57 2,403            
Fine Gael Vincent Blake* 14.28 1,456 1,476 1,546 1,570 1,575 1,668 1,719
Fianna Fáil Dr. Bill O'Connell* 13.52 1,379 1,597 1,646 1,860      
Fianna Fáil Pat Doran* 12.40 1,264 812 945 1,359      
Labour Kevin Ryan* 10.41 1,062 1,093 1,107 1,135 1,141 1,210 1,292
Fine Gael Sylvester Bourke 7.56 771 844 948 1,017 1,044 1,121 1,378
Fianna Fáil Liam O'Loughlin 6.20 632 653 672 693 714    
Fianna Fáil Pat Sweeney 5.53 564 668 702 823 915 1,060  
Independent Vincent McElheron* 3.45 352 524 567        
Fine Gael Gwen Brennan 3.08 314 368          
Electorate: 16,500   Valid: 10,197 (61.80%)   Spoilt: 157   Quota: 1,700   Turnout: 10,354 (62.75%)  

Baltinglass

Baltinglass - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Billy Timmins TD 23.42 1,483 1,501 1,648        
Labour Tommy Cullen* 23.04 1,459 1,477 1,487 1,493 1,542 1,613  
Independent Jim Ruttle* 15.11 957 1,019 1,082 1,117 1,273 1,381 1,651
Fianna Fáil Hugh O'Keeffe 9.95 630 637 647 648 677 985 1,092
Fianna Fáil Charlie Brophy 8.04 509 523 536 543 585    
Sinn Féin Gerry O'Neill 6.85 434 482 487 489 590 625  
Independent Eileen Cullen 5.75 364 411 424 437      
Fine Gael Fintan Gilheany 3.98 252 275          
Independent Nuala Haughian 3.87 245            
Electorate: 10,418   Valid: 6,333 (60.79%)   Spoilt: 51   Quota: 1,584   Turnout: 6,384 (61.28%)  

Bray

Bray - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Independent Mildred Fox TD* 16.64 1,752                    
Labour Liz McManus TD 14.18 1,493                    
Fianna Fáil Joe Behan* 12.89 1,357                    
Fianna Fáil Pat Vance* 11.34 1,193 1,260 1,281 1,291 1,330            
Fianna Fáil Michael Lawlor* 8.68 914 1,028 1,041 1,051 1,064 1,066 1,097 1,146 1,169 1,424  
Labour John Byrne* 7.91 833 863 893 898 951 953 978 1,018 1,193 1,277 1,312
Green Déirdre de Búrca 6.69 704 755 773 775 791 793 808 926 998 1,080 1,109
Fine Gael John Ryan 5.71 601 641 656 658 666 668 888 904 956 1,043 1,086
Fianna Fáil Noel Keyes 5.01 531 558 565 572 598 600 612 652 695    
Sinn Féin Marie Gavaghan 3.50 369 381 385 386 398 399 404        
Fine Gael Declan Burton 2.68 282 343 350 351 358 359          
Labour Anne Ferris 2.47 260 275 311 312 393 394 405 439      
Labour Anne Egan 2.27 239 258 283 284              
Electorate: 24,966   Valid: 10,529 (42.17%)   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,317   Turnout: 10,642 (42.63%)  

Greystones

Greystones - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Dick Roche TD* 24.69 1,389            
Fine Gael George Jones* 21.01 1,182            
Fine Gael Derek Mitchell 13.05 734 768 799 823 901 995 1,152
Independent Chris Maloney 9.58 539 573 581 617 673 748 840
Independent Veronica O'Reilly 8.59 483 507 512 546 603 699 870
Green Alex Perkins* 7.20 405 426 430 463 519 629  
Labour Colm Kirwan* 6.95 391 404 408 449 492    
Fianna Fáil Thelma Cloake 5.10 287 407 409 441      
Independent Charlie Keddy 3.82 215 232 234        
Electorate: 13,352   Valid: 5,625 (42.13%)   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,126   Turnout: 5,699 (42.68%)  

Wicklow

Wicklow - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Liam Kavanagh* 15.07 1,839          
Fianna Fáil Noel Jacob* 14.64 1,230 1,269 1,304 1,485    
Fianna Fáil Pat Doyle* 14.11 1,186 1,207 1,229 1,325 1,383 1,450
Fine Gael Andrew Doyle 12.64 1,062 1,086 1,135 1,159 1,164 1,209
Labour Jimmy O'Shaughnessy* 10.75 903 1,066 1,184 1,237 1,246 1,418
Fine Gael Pat Byrne 8.44 709 764 820 941 949 1,082
Fianna Fáil Lance O'Brien 6.39 537 595 617      
Independent Robert Kearns 6.16 518 572 653 728 732  
Green Martin Shiels 4.99 419 443        
Electorate: 17,040   Valid: 8,403 (49.31%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,401   Turnout: 8,491 (49.83%)