1991 Wexford County Council election

1991 Wexford County Council election
All 21 seats to Wexford County Council
	Map showing the area of Wexford County Council
	Council control after election ; TBD;

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.^[1]^[2]

Results by 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		21	-	42,436	100.00	—

Enniscorthy - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
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 - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
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 - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
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 - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
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%)

^ Local Government Act 1994, s. 20: Year of elections to all local authorities (No. 8 of 1994, s. 20). Enacted on 29 April 1994. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
^ Local Government Act 1998, s. 10: Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1994 (No. 16 of 1998, s. 10). Enacted on 29 May 1998. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.