1920 Kingstown Urban District Council election

1920 Irish local government election April 2022 The 1920 Kingstown Urban District Council election took place on Thursday 15 January 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections. Unionists emerged as the single largest party on the council, however, no party controlled an overall majority.19 January 1920 Municipal elections: Dublin Townships https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002093/19200119/064/0003 Dublin Evening Telegraph Dublin 1–3 June 2021 Following the election the nationalist groups on the council formed a governing coalition. One of the actions of the new council was to rename the town, and council, to Dún Laoghaire, which is the Irish form of the original name for the town, Dunleary Results by party PartySeats±First Pref. votes(excl. West ward)FPv%(excl. West ward)±% Irish Unionist Alliance821,32947.912.40 Sinn Féin5571925.92New Irish Labour Party4433512.08New Independent Nationalist42077.46New Nationalist Party (Ireland)015883.1746.44Ratepayers Association0963.46NewTotals212,774100.00— Results by local electoral area Monkstown Ward Party breakdown: Unionist: 40.29% (1 seat), Sinn Féin: 39.87% (1 seat), Ind Nat: 19.83% (1 seat). Monkstown Ward - 3 seats 17 January 1920 Irish municipal elections https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001715/19200117/141/0005 Irish Independent 5June 2021 3 Irish Unionist Alliance F. M. Bentley 193 40.29 Sinn Féin John Kirwan Woods 115 116 116 24.00 Independent Nationalist J. J. Kennedy (incumbent) 95 159 19.83 Sinn Féin Patrick Farrell 76 84 Eliminated 15.87 3 673 479 26 120 505 West Ward Party breakdown: Sinn Féin: (3 seats), Unionist: (2 seats), Ind Nat: (2 seats), Labour: (1 seat). West Ward - 8 seats Sinn Féin John Kirwan Woods Irish Labour Party Edward Kelly (incumbent) Irish Unionist Alliance T. M. Good Independent Nationalist J. M. Devitt Independent Nationalist M. F. O'Brien (incumbent) Irish Unionist Alliance W. J. Scanlon Sinn Féin P. J. O'Hanlon Sinn Féin W. Morrissey Nationalist Party (Ireland) J. J. Kennedy (incumbent Chairman) Defeated Sinn Féin J. McGovern Defeated Irish Labour Party F. J. O'Reilly Defeated Irish Unionist Alliance H. T. B. Robinson Defeated Nationalist Party (Ireland) C. Rochford Defeated Irish Labour Party A. Whelan Defeated 2,054 - - - 1,534 East Ward Party breakdown: Unionist: 52.54% (3 seats), Sinn Féin: 20.02% (1 seat), Labour: 13.16% (1 seat), Ratepayer 9.02% (0 seats), Nat 5.26% (0 seats). East Ward - 5 seats Irish Unionist Alliance Dr. Merrin 249 Irish Unionist Alliance Sir T. Robinson 167 Irish Unionist Alliance C. M. Cooke 127 Irish Labour Party R. Byrne 119 Ratepayers Association C. J. Reiddy 96 Sinn Féin Mrs Barry 91 Sinn Féin J. W. Sullivan 74 Nationalist Party (Ireland) Ml. Murray 56 Sinn Féin J. Nelligan 37 Irish Labour Party M. L. Reilly 21 Irish Unionist Alliance W. A. Evans 16 Sinn Féin P. J. Geoghegan 11 1,368 1,064 25 178 1,089 Glasthule Ward Party breakdown: Unionist: 46.87% (2 seats), Sinn Féin: 25.59% (1 seat), Labour: 15.84% (1 seat), Ind Nat: 9.10% (1 seat), Nat: 2.60% (0 seats). Glasthule Ward - 5 seats 19 January 1920 Township election results https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001715/19200119/137/0006 Irish Independent 6 of 8June 2021 Irish Unionist Alliance R. N. Potterton 323 Sinn Féin Miss J. Cantwell 238 Irish Unionist Alliance H. C. Falkiner 128 Independent Nationalist H. F. Monks 112 Irish Labour Party G. Dixon 61 Irish Unionist Alliance A. M. Fleming 94 Sinn Féin E. W. Proud 77 Irish Labour Party W. J. Carroll 70 Irish Labour Party C. Drumgool 64 Irish Unionist Alliance N. Ormsby Scott 32 Nationalist Party (Ireland) J. J. Kennedy 32 1,631 1,231 206 1,303 References Category:1920 Irish local elections Category:Elections in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown