1991 Louth County Council election

Part of the 1991 Irish local elections November 2021 November 2021 1991 Louth County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1985 Louth County Council election 1985 1999 Louth County Council election 1999 All 26 seats on Louth County Council 27 June 1991 Fianna Fáil 12 0 Fine Gael 6 -2 Labour Party (Ireland) 2 0 Progressive Democrats 2 +2 Sinn Féin 1 0 Independent (politician) 3 0 Louth in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Louth County Council Council control Council control after election An election to Louth County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 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.Local Government Act 1994 1994 8 20 Year of elections to all local authorities 29 April 1994Local Government Act 1998 1998 16 10 Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1994 29 May 1998 Results by party PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% Fianna Fáil12013,37037.03 Fine Gael6-27,65521.20 Labour Party (Ireland)204,34612.04 Progressive Democrats2+21,6434.55 Sinn Féin102,5567.08 Independent (politician)306,53218.09Totals26036,103100.00— Results by local electoral area Ardee Ardee - 5 seats 8 Fianna Fáil John McConville* 820 12.4% 821 827 905 938 1,000 1,029 1,072 Fine Gael Bernard Markey* 812 12.3% 840 853 862 901 928 1,090 1,095 Fianna Fáil Nicholas McCabe* 781 11.8% 796 812 924 1,160       Independent (politician) Hugh D. Conlon* 692 10.5% 707 771 852 860 958 1,095 1,097 Fine Gael Thomas McGrory* 672 10.2% 674 697 725 727 798 859 859 Progressive Democrats Finnan McCoy 613 9.3% 655 683 689 755 785 890 901 Independent (politician) Dessie Taaffe 578 8.8% 609 655 660 676 708     Fianna Fáil Colm Keenan 380 5.8% 392 410 433         Fianna Fáil Jimmy McShane 344 5.2% 347 368           Sinn Féin Jackie McGahon 333 5.1% 346             Labour Party (Ireland) Terry Butterly 332 5% 339 436 448 455       Labour Party (Ireland) Gerry Halpenny 213 3.2%               Independent (politician) Josephine Doherty 23 0.3%               8 11,626 6,593 (56.7%) 69 1,099 6,662 (57.3%) Carlingford Carlingford - 3 seats 6 Fianna Fáil Miceal O'Donnell* 1,226 26%           Fine Gael Terry Brennan* 989 21% 994 1,069 1,139 1,541   Fianna Fáil Peter Savage* 786 16.7% 815 878 931 1,033 1,178 Fine Gael Tommy Elmore 592 12.6% 595 638 680     Sinn Féin Arthur Morgan 582 12.4% 587 616 707 803 879 Independent (politician) Peter Mulligan 279 5.9% 281 313       Progressive Democrats Don Johnston 258 5.5% 261         6 7,253 4,712 (64.97%) 38 1,179 4,750 (65.49%) Drogheda Rural Drogheda Rural - 4 seats 9 Labour Party (Ireland) Michael Bell TD* 1,309 25.8%                 Fianna Fáil Jimmy Mulroy* 958 18.9% 1,003 1,056             Fine Gael Oliver Tully 443 8.7% 459 480 483 618 632 652 708 1,016 Fianna Fáil Michael Coyle 397 7.8% 411 442 455 466 497 615 654 715 Fianna Fáil Frank Godfrey 358 7.1% 387 411 423 437 504 621 714 782 Fianna Fáil Eamon Taaffe 317 6.3% 321 341 344 360 364       Fine Gael Patrick Carr 306 6% 330 341 344 443 500 515 577   Fine Gael Daniel Woods 291 5.7% 300 311 312           Independent (politician) June Carroll-Holcroft 272 5.4% 285 328 332 344 393 424     Independent (politician) Tomas O hEochaidh 245 4.8% 254               Labour Party (Ireland) Pat Burke 169 3.3% 301 318 321 328         9 9,865 5,065 (51.34%) 62 1,014 5,127 (51.97%) Drogheda Urban Drogheda Urban - 4 seats 13 Labour Party (Ireland) Betty Bell 989 17.7% 994 1,025 1,040 1,071 1,080 1,112 1,150           Fianna Fáil Tommy Murphy* 689 12.4% 698 702 706 721 769 795 819 879 1,080 1,188     Labour Party (Ireland) Patsy Kirwan 510 9.1% 516 542 553 561 570 588 605 642 692       Fine Gael Fergus O'Dowd* 461 8.3% 467 469 484 505 520 563 702 751 817 894 903 913 Independent (politician) Tommy Byrne 456 8.2% 461 470 488 506 516 563 651 707 753 864 886 897 Fianna Fáil Con O'Brien 448 8% 448 450 453 457 561 591 604 645 773 893 933 936 Fianna Fáil Sean Collins 422 7.6% 425 430 433 442 489 517 530 569         Sinn Féin Ken O'Heiligh 372 6.7% 382 384 387 415 418 434 442           Fine Gael Eugene Byrne 317 5.7% 319 328 347 352 354 362             Fianna Fáil Matt Nolan 251 4.5% 253 255 256 257                 Independent (politician) Finian Brannigan 242 4.3% 244 247 255 265 270               Independent (politician) Donnchadha MacRagnaill 149 2.7% 156 158 164                   Progressive Democrats Rosemary Coyle 113 2% 114 119                     Labour Party (Ireland) Joe Shields 97 1.7% 99                       Independent (politician) John Reilly 62 1.1%                         9 10,615 5,579 (52.56%) 71 1,116 5,639 (53.12%) Dundalk Rural Dundalk Rural - 5 seats 9 Fianna Fáil Dermot Ahern TD* 1,550 21.2%                 Fianna Fáil Declan Breathnach 875 12% 982 1,023 1,063 1,095 1,152 1,355     Fine Gael Jim Lennon* 807 11.1% 815 819 915 1,009 1,066 1,084 1,087 1,133 Progressive Democrats Jim Cousins 659 9% 684 697 718 807 951 1,048 1,068 1,088 Sinn Féin Frank Duffy 602 8.2% 618 639 645 668 709 729 734   Fianna Fáil Tommy Reilly 571 7.8% 590 606 644 652 664 789 895 971 Fine Gael John McGuinness* 530 7.3% 589 601 620 710 784 828 832 887 Fianna Fáil Jimmy McEvoy 448 6.1% 481 536 545 560 582       Labour Party (Ireland) Frank Carney 422 5.8% 432 446 473 503         Fine Gael Stephen Burns 358 4.9% 373 384 394           Independent (politician) Dessie Taaffe 286 3.9% 289 319             Fianna Fáil Paddy Kenny 150 2.1% 185               Independent (politician) Josephine Doherty 42 0.6% 44               9 13,563 7,300 (53.82%) 76 1,217 7,376 (54.38%) Dundalk Urban Dundalk Urban - 5 seats 13 Independent (politician) Thomas Bellew* 1,295 18.9%                         Fianna Fáil Seamus Keelan* 753 11% 766 775 843 847 851 873 902 1,015 1,069 1,113 1,423   Fine Gael Conor McGahon 680 9.9% 694 745 759 784 820 938 967 996 1,072 1,153     Sinn Féin Seán Kenna 667 9.7% 675 676 686 729 749 757 829 839 857 898 923 940 Independent (politician) Neil McCann* 482 7% 500 524 535 549 581 610 626 659 711 786 865 919 Independent (politician) Martin Bellew 419 6.1% 440 447 454 478 504 537 640 658 749 838 899 945 Fianna Fáil Noel Lennon 344 5% 349 353 383 391 405 414 418 544 592 623     Independent (politician) Jimmy Callan 308 4.5% 324 329 331 362 374 388 412 435         Labour Party (Ireland) Patrick Brennan 305 4.4% 315 319 320 326 382 406 434 446 471       Fianna Fáil Pearse O'Hanrahan 304 4.4% 310 310 346 357 367 373 381           Independent (politician) Paddy Bellew 266 3.9% 283 285 289 299 318 350             Fine Gael John Carroll 253 3.7% 259 299 302 304 317               Workers' Party (Ireland) Peter Short 237 3.5% 241 242 247 259                 Republican Sinn Féin Paddy Kerr 199 2.9% 203 204 207                   Fianna Fáil Derek Watters 198 2.9% 202 202                     Fine Gael Joe Gallagher 144 2.1% 150                       13 12,373 6,854 (55.39%) 64 1,143 6,918 (55.91%) References External links Official websiteJanuary 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes irishelectionliterature Category:1991 Irish local elections 1991