1991 Laois County Council election

Part of the 1991 Irish local elections December 2020 December 2020 1991 Laois County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1985 Laois County Council election 1985 1999 Laois County Council election 1999 All 25 seats on Laois County Council 27 June 1991 Fianna Fáil 13 -1 Fine Gael 9 - Labour Party (Ireland) 1 - Progressive Democrats 1 +1 Independent (politician) 1 - Laois in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Laois County Council Council control Council control after election Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil An election to Laois County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 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 Fáil13-111,45449.33 Fine Gael9-7,91034.07 Labour Party (Ireland)1-1,6727.20 Progressive Democrats1+19444.07 Independent (politician)1-1,2395.34Totals25-23,219100.00— Results by local electoral area Borris-in-Ossory Borris-in-Ossory - 7 seats 9 Fianna Fáil Liam Hyland TD* 1,219 18.0%                 Independent (politician) Jimmy Kelly* 828 12.2% 856               Fianna Fáil Kieran Phelan 751 11.1% 816 818 861           Fine Gael William Mansfield* 728 10.7% 749 751 819 826 898       Labour Party (Ireland) Larry Kavanagh 594 8.8% 617 618 630 631 729 735 844 917 Fianna Fáil Eamon Rafter* 539 8.0% 590 591 629 633 638 638 726 754 Fine Gael Marty Phelan 476 7.0% 513 513 576 576 601 612 644 902 Fine Gael Stephen Murphy 411 6.11 425 425 433 433 455 487 496   Fianna Fáil Thomas Fennelly 392 5.8% 446 447 447 451 457 457 555 624 Fianna Fáil Fintan Phelan* 299 4.4% 365 366 376 377 412 413     Fine Gael Patrick McMahon* 272 4.0% 276 276 278 278         Independent (politician) Peter Loughman 267 3.9% 275 275             9 12,812 7,814 (60.99%) 116 977 7,930 (61.90%) Emo Emo - 4 seats 3 Fianna Fáil Ray Cribbin* 1,047 27.7%     Progressive Democrats Cathy Honan 652 17.3% 725 896 Fine Gael Jim Buggie* 616 16.3% 624 750 Fianna Fáil Theresa Mulhare 579 15.3% 742 770 Labour Party (Ireland) Paddy Bray 512 13.5% 515 590 Fine Gael Sam Gee 245 6.5% 268   Labour Party (Ireland) Anthony Martin 128 3.4% 149   3 6,413 3,779 (58.93%) 34 756 3,813 (59.29%) Luggacurren Luggacurren - 4 seats 6 Fianna Fáil James Cooney* 600 15.9% 629 758       Fine Gael John Moran 585 15.5% 661 693 843     Fianna Fáil Martin Rohan* 575 15.3% 581 626 663 667 679 Fianna Fáil Mary Wheatley* 491 13.0% 538 631 674 678 690 Fine Gael James Daly 478 12.7% 552 575 742 822   Fianna Fáil Mary Redmond 368 9.8% 382         Fine Gael Senator Charles McDonald* 358 9.5% 394 431       Labour Party (Ireland) Tony O'Brien 299 7.9%           Independent (politician) Thomas McCormack 16 0.4%           6 5,972 3,770 (63.13%) 35 755 3,805 (63.71%) Portlaoise Portlaoise - 5 seats 10 Fianna Fáil Joe Dunne* 1,316 30.5%                   Fine Gael William Aird* 625 14.5% 684 685 698 741           Fine Gael Tom Keenan* 624 14.5% 686 688 711 747           Fianna Fáil Tom Jacob 314 7.3% 489 489 500 517 519 521 534 559 703 Fianna Fáil Jerry Lodge* 304 7.1% 436 436 450 466 472 476 518 549 678 Progressive Democrats Assumpta Broomfield 292 6.8% 314 314 325 338 343 346 397 464 493 Fianna Fáil John Fitzgibbon 254 5.9% 331 331 338 341 341 342 350 373   Fine Gael Ger O'Donoghue 187 4.3% 198 198 205 221 233 246 267     Labour Party (Ireland) Tom Phelan 139 3.2% 151 151 178 184 186 188       Fine Gael Anthony Dunne 129 3.0% 150 152 165             Independent (politician) Joe McCormack 120 2.8% 145 149               Independent (politician) Joseph Bannan 8 0.2% 9                 10 7,588 4,312 (56.83%) 24 719 4,336 (57.14%) Tinnahinch Tinnahinch - 5 seats 4 Fianna Fáil John Moloney* 1,217 26.6%       Fine Gael Michael Lalor 704 15.4% 719 725 872 Fianna Fáil Seamus McDonald* 671 14.6% 911     Fine Gael Charles Flanagan TD* 670 14.6% 761 780   Fianna Fáil Joe Digan* 518 11.3% 584 694 785 Fine Gael David Goodwin* 462 10.1% 498 509 594 Fine Gael William Daly 340 7.4% 345 346   4 6,381 4,582 (71.81%) 44 764 4,626 (72.5%) References External links Official websiteDecember 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes irishelectionliterature Category:1991 Irish local elections 1991