1999 Clare County Council election

1999 Clare County Council election

10 June 1999
All 32 seats to Clare County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Progressive Democrats Seats won 18 9 1 Seat change +1 +1 -   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Labour Seats won 4 0 Seat change -1 -1
Map showing the area of Clare County Council
Council control after election Fianna Fail

An election to Clare County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 32 councillors were elected from six local electoral areas by proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	18	+1	23,505	51.24
	Fine Gael	9	+1	12,232	26.66
	Progressive Democrats	1	-	907	1.97
	Independent	4	-1	6,457	14.08
	Labour	0	-1	1,429	3.12
Totals		32	-	45,875	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Ennis

Ennis - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Daly	14.43	1,351
	Fianna Fáil	James Breen*	13.88	1,300
	Fine Gael	Sonny Scanlan*	10.03	939	944	953	954	961	995	1,016	1,091	1,144	1,186
	Independent	Tommy Brennan*	9.90	927	953	975	984	1,001	1,021	1,049	1,102	1,184
	Fine Gael	Joe Carey	8.39	786	801	814	821	830	868	901	1,031	1,091	1,187
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Hanrahan*	8.04	753	785	799	800	802	831	838	851	928	997	1,002	1,004	1,009
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Considine*	6.22	582	617	649	651	662	673	702	737	905	1,039	1,044	1,051	1,056
	Green	Brian Meaney	6.68	625	633	638	644	681	696	773	830	906	993	999	1,005	1,008
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Flaherty	5.43	508	532	550	555	560	579	609	636
	Independent	Frankie Neylon*	5.38	504	516	521	527	542	562	606	642	687
	Fine Gael	Anna Mulqueen*	4.07	381	390	393	397	416	420	455
	Labour	Michael Corley	2.96	277	282	284	304	339	344
	Independent	J.J. McCabe	2.14	200	205	208	208	213
	Labour	Paul Woulfe	1.68	157	159	161	173
	Labour	Senan Hogan	0.78	73	75	76
Electorate: 19,473   Valid: 9,363 (48.08%)   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 1,171   Turnout: 9,444 (48.50%)

Ennistymon

Ennistymon - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hillery*	14.10	1,295	1,322
	Independent	Martin Lafferty*	14.09	1,294	1,413
	Fianna Fáil	Flan Garvey*	12.30	1,130	1,149	1,153	1,267	1,315
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Burke*	12.30	1,130	1,135	1,138	1,162	1,185	1,201
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Nagle*	11.91	1,094	1,216	1,243	1,462
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kelly*	11.69	1,074	1,085	1,090	1,115	1,145	1,159
	Fine Gael	Joe Arkins	9.43	866	972	996	1,343
	Fine Gael	Martin Conway	7.95	730	875	912
	Fine Gael	Bill Slattery	6.24	573
Electorate: 14,481   Valid: 9,186 (63.43%)   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 1,313   Turnout: 9,273 (64.04%)

Killaloe

Killaloe - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Begley*	22.40	1,146
	Fine Gael	Tony McMahon*	20.72	1,060
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Mannion*	17.73	907	943	996	1,010	1,239
	Fianna Fáil	Pat O'Gorman	15.22	779	804	908	917	953	1,000
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Ginivan	10.51	538	566	685	693	738	785
	Labour	Betty Walsh	7.76	397	404	408	413
	Fianna Fáil	Rodger Carey	5.67	290	316
Electorate: 9,680   Valid: 5,117 (52.86%)   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 1,024   Turnout: 5,165 (53.36%)

Kilrush

Kilrush - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	Christy Curtin*	12.91	1,424
	Fine Gael	Pat Breen	12.21	1,346	1,341	1,361	1,377	1,467
	Fianna Fáil	Bill Chambers*	11.48	1,266	1,273	1,282	1,300	1,338	1,343	1,516
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Kelly*	10.56	1,165	1,170	1,174	1,180	1,245	1,257	1,333	1,347	1,411
	Fine Gael	Senator Madeleine Taylor-Quinn*	10.11	1,115	1,120	1,150	1,213	1,302	1,324	1,398
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Prendeville*	9.46	1,043	1,045	1,070	1,108	1,111	1,111	1,142	1,155	1,342
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Keane*	8.57	945	946	957	983	993	996	1,048	1,104	1,177
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Keating	6.70	739	741	748	781	796	797	865	900	1,039
	Fine Gael	Pat Fitzpatrick	5.30	584	586	604	644	680	703	735	746
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Cooney	4.87	537	546	550	561	643	647
	Fine Gael	Michael Downes	3.97	438	445	445	453
	Labour	Jim Connolly	2.36	260	261	295
	Green	Paul Edson	1.51	166	167
Electorate: 16,433   Valid: 11,028 (67.11%)   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,379   Turnout: 11,141 (67.80%)

Scariff

Scariff- 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fine Gael	Paul Bugler*	24.08	1,143	1,377
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Hayes	22.67	1,076	1,186	1,234
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Wiley*	21.49	1,020	1,106	1,156
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Hayes	18.90	897	1,037	1,093
	Fine Gael	Jim McMahon	8.05	382
	Independent	Michael Pearl	4.82	229
Electorate: 6,916   Valid: 4,747 (68.64%)   Spoilt: 46   Quota: 1,187   Turnout: 4,793 (68.93%)

Shannon

Shannon - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Independent	Patricia McCarthy*	16.63	1,070	1,075
	Fine Gael	John Crowe	15.39	990	1,003	1,009	1,025	1,092
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Hillery*	11.89	765	770	785	813	831	895	942	1,103
	Fianna Fáil	Pat McMahon*	9.79	630	639	642	644	692	705	726	763	771	990
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Ryan	7.03	452	477	478	480	485	492	596	620	624
	Fine Gael	Tony Mulcahy	7.01	451	454	459	502	539	596	631	719	729	786
	Sinn Féin	Mike McKee	6.93	446	448	473	483	485	530	551
	Independent	Tom Casey	6.54	421	427	436	444	528	564	613	650	658	741
	Independent	Kevin Hoban	4.88	314	316	321	330	338	352
	Fine Gael	Jim Woods	4.43	285	285	287	292
	Labour	Tony McMahon	4.12	265	266	280	302	308
	Fine Gael	Seán McLoughlin	2.53	163	163	169
	Socialist Party	Dominic Haugh	1.68	108	109
	Independent	John McMahon	1.15	74
Electorate: 12,183   Valid: 6,434 (52.81%)   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 1,073   Turnout: 6,495 (53.31%)

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