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1999 Wexford County Council election
← 1991 10 June 1999 2004 →
All 21 seats to Wexford County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 9 8 1
Seat change +1 - -
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 3
Seat change -1
Map showing the area of Wexford County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Wexford County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 9 +1 15,851 36.77
Fine Gael 8 - 14,410 33.43
Labour 1 - 5,568 12.92
Independent 3 -1 4,651 10.79
Totals 21 - 43,107 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Enniscorthy

Enniscorthy - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Ivan Yates TD 19.69 2,235              
Fianna Fáil John Browne TD* 17.95 2,038              
Fianna Fáil Michelle Sinnott* 12.62 1,433 1,456 1,501 1,552 1,596 1,842 1,975  
Fine Gael Jack Bolger* 10.60 1,203 1,296 1,306 1,333 1,435 1,644 2,231  
Independent Seán Doyle* 9.17 1,041 1,093 1,121 1,291 1,388 1,421 1,550 1,671
Fianna Fáil Rory Murphy* 8.17 927 943 979 1,012 1,141 1,159 1,209 1,290
Fine Gael Oliver Walsh 6.54 742 786 789 804 853      
Fine Gael Patrick Kavanagh* 6.47 735 815 824 851 893 1,124    
Labour Winnie O'Leary 4.87 553 572 577 613        
Sinn Féin Ray Keogh 3.93 446 461 470          
Electorate: 21,036   Valid: 11,353 (53.97%)   Spoilt: 228   Quota: 1,893   Turnout: 11,581 (55.05%)  

Gorey

Gorey - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Michael D'Arcy TD* 28.19 2,343          
Fianna Fáil Lorcan Allen* 15.87 1,319 1,414 1,433 1,515 1,592 1,652
Fianna Fáil Joe Murphy 14.56 1,210 1,246 1,263 1,311 1,377 1,549
Fine Gael Deirdre Bolger* 11.23 933 1,246 1,295 1,326 1,452 1,980
Fine Gael Matt O'Loughlin 8.83 734 832 852 874 966  
Labour Bobby Ireton 7.28 605 673 716 794 1,017 1,110
Labour Helen Brady 7.27 604 625 657 705    
Sinn Féin Geraldine Redmond 4.24 352 378 400      
Green Maureen Foister 2.54 211 234        
Electorate: 16,069   Valid: 8,311 (51.72%)   Spoilt: 262   Quota: 1,663   Turnout: 8,484 (52.80%)  

New Ross

New Ross - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Senator Jim Walsh* 20.60 1,956            
Fianna Fáil Jimmy Curtis* 16.23 1,541 1,601          
Fine Gael Larry O'Brien* 14.71 1,397 1,451 1,480 1,580 1,583    
Fianna Fáil Seamus Whelan* 12.81 1,217 1,307 1,355 1,431 1,442 1,877  
Fine Gael Denis Kennedy 9.40 893 908 929 1,050 1,051 1,288 1,355
Fianna Fáil Michael Joyce 8.70 826 862 884 1,008 1,012    
Labour Bobby Dunphy 7.68 729 814 931 1,016 1,017 1,072 1,119
Independent John Moore 6.40 608 625 664        
Sinn Féin John Dwyer 3.47 330 346          
Electorate: 19,918   Valid: 9,497 (47.68%)   Spoilt: 228   Quota: 1,583   Turnout: 9,725 (48.83%)  

Wexford

Wexford - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Labour Brendan Howlin TD 18.56 2,588                    
Independent Leo Carthy* 12.29 1,714 1,784                  
Fine Gael Pat Codd* 10.17 1,419 1,440 1,455 1,460 1,465 1,524 1,530 1,569 1,587 1,832  
Independent Padge Reck* 9.24 1,288 1,448 1,524 1,645 1,657 1,817          
Fianna Fáil Gus Byrne* 8.78 1,225 1,300 1,327 1,497 1,502 1,598 1,615 1,906      
Fine Gael Anna Fenlon 7.73 1,078 1,165 1,250 1,351 1,352 1,485 1,509 1,563 1,578 1,949  
Sinn Féin Maurice Roche 6.04 842 863 928 969 970 1,012 1,018 1,111 1,135 1,188 1,222
Fianna Fáil Josephine Doyle 5.73 799 815 826 862 864 885 887 1,093 1,184 1,250 1,338
Fianna Fáil Mary Doyle 5.23 730 755 771 851 852 878 880        
Fine Gael Philomena Roche 5.01 698 769 811 830 833 899 915 958 972    
Fianna Fáil Paddy Nolan 4.52 630 671 687                
Labour Tommy Carr* 3.51 489 714 768 799 809            
Green Danny Forde 3.20 446 478                  
Electorate: 29,993   Valid: 13,946 (46.50%)   Spoilt: 241   Quota: 1,744   Turnout: 14,187 (47.30%)  

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