1920 Kildare County Council election

December 2021 December 2021 1920 Kildare County Council election United Kingdom Parliamentary no yes 1914 Kildare County Council election 1914 1925 Kildare County Council election 1925 All 21 seats to Kildare County Council 11 4 June 1920 Sinn Féin 15 Labour Party (Ireland) 5 Independent 1 Council control Council control after election Sinn Féin The 1920 Kildare County Council election was held on Friday, 4 June 1920. Results by party PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% Sinn Féin154,63753.96 Labour Party (Ireland)52,40527.99 Independent (politician)11,55118.05Totals218,593100.00— Results by local electoral area Athy Athy - 4 seats 1 Labour Party (Ireland) C. J. Supple 504 Sinn Féin W. Mahon 312 Sinn Féin Patrick Dooley 205 Sinn Féin George Harbourne 177 Independent (politician) James Flynn 125 Labour Party (Ireland) M. Tomlinson 120 Sinn Féin W. Murray* 115 Sinn Féin J. J. Kehoe 103 Independent (politician) R. Wright* 94 Independent (politician) John Conlan* 84 Independent (politician) Thomas Hickey* 23 1 4,093 1,862 114 373 1,976 Kildare Kildare - 5 seats 1 Sinn Féin E. Moran 547 Sinn Féin Nicholas Hanagan 415 Labour Party (Ireland) James Cregan 368 Labour Party (Ireland) Arthur Murphy 290 Independent (politician) Chas. Bergin* 249 Sinn Féin Francis Doran 224 Labour Party (Ireland) Chr. Kenny 211 Independent (politician) James Sunderland* 91 1 4,321 2,395 145 400 2,540 Naas Naas - 5 seats 12 June 1920 The elections: Sinn Fein in power - Labours big representation - a sweeping change everywhere https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001870/19200612/031/0004 Kildare Observer and Eastern Counties Advertiser 4 of 6June 2021 1 Sinn Féin Daniel Buckley 754 Sinn Féin James O'Connor 396 486 Sinn Féin T. Harris 360 542 Independent (politician) M. Fitzsimons 301 312 313 Sinn Féin John Lawler 210 215 228 Sinn Féin Nicholas Travers 198 220 248 Sinn Féin Mark Carroll 170 206 207 Labour Party (Ireland) J. J. J. Flanagan 147 155 Independent (politician) E. Farrell 50 62 Independent (politician) T. Lacy 50 52 53 (eliminated) 1 4,741 140 440 2,776 Newbridge Newbridge - 4 seats 6 Labour Party (Ireland) Michael Smyth 508 Sinn Féin Thomas Doran 313 329 337 347 347 454 Sinn Féin J. Fitzgerald 293 305 310 340 343 370 Labour Party (Ireland) Hugh Colohan 257 361 363 376 Independent (politician) Henry C. Fay* 152 155 168 196-elim Independent (politician) George Wolfe* 137 138 159 196 197 221 Independent (politician) P. J. Doyle* 123 126 141-elim Independent (politician) Joseph O'Connor* 72 75-elim 6 3,626 1,700 157 372 1,857 Clane Clane - 3 seats Joseph Cusack Sinn Féin N/A Unopposed 1 Richard McCann Sinn Féin N/A Unopposed 2 Patrick Phelan* Sinn Féin N/A Unopposed 3 References Category:1920 Irish local elections 1920