1999 Fingal County Council election

An election to Fingal County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 councillors were elected from six local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for a five-year term of office.

1999 Fingal County Council election

10 June 1999
All 24 seats to Fingal County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Labour Fine Gael Seats won 6 6 5 Seat change -2 +1 -1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Socialist Party Green Progressive Democrats Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change +1 -1 -   Seventh party   Party Independent Seats won 3 Seat change +2
Map showing the area of Fingal County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	6	-2	12,993	27.21
	Labour	6	+1	8,692	18.20
	Fine Gael	5	-1	9,912	20.76
	Socialist Party	2	+1	3,464	7.25
	Green	1	-1	3,957	8.29
	Progressive Democrats	1	-	1,315	2.75
	Independent	3	+2	6,153	12.89
Totals		24	-	47,748	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Balbriggan

Balbriggan - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	David O'Connor	17.79	1,717	1,734	1,770	1,852	1,898	2,169
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Murray*	11.83	1,142	1,152	1,287	1,473	1,526	1,700	1,725
	Fine Gael	Cathal Boland*	11.52	1,112	1,161	1,251	1,329	1,907	2,143
	Fianna Fáil	Catherine Clarke	11.59	1,119	1,135	1,279	1,307	1,371	1,476	1,493
	Labour	Sean Sweeney	10.33	997	1,071	1,089	1,346	1,439	1,654	1,759
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Leary	9.41	908	963	1,076	1,103
	Green	Therese Fingleton*	9.12	880	942	973	1,106	1,228
	Labour	Monica Harford	7.58	732	868	881
	Fianna Fáil	Briege Otto	6.09	588	611
	Independent	Bill Stack	4.73	457
Electorate: 21,725   Valid: 9,652 (44.43%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,931   Turnout: 9,761 (44.93%)

Castleknock

Castleknock - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Sheila Terry*	23.85	2,057
	Progressive Democrats	Tom Morrissey*	14.13	1,218	1,266	1,303	1,329	1,445	1,601	1,801
	Labour	Joan Burton	12.46	1,074	1,142	1,207	1,298	1,329	1,598	1,781
	Fianna Fáil	Des Kelly	10.39	896	923	935	948	1,083	1,151
	Fianna Fáil	Ned Ryan*	10.37	894	935	945	960	1,091	1,159	1,637
	Independent	Seán Lyons*	9.47	817	881	934	1,020	1,056	1,221	1,353
	Fine Gael	Jane Murphy	8.37	722	763	775	784	801
	Fianna Fáil	Damien Mahon	5.37	463	476	482	487
	Socialist Party	Mick Cheevers	2.93	253	259	294
	Green	Colm Murray	2.66	229	253
Electorate: 20,480   Valid: 8,623 (42.10%)   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 1,725   Turnout: 8,695 (42.46%)

Howth

Howth - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Joan Maher*	31.36	2,182
	Fine Gael	Michael Joe Cosgrave TD*	21.99	1,530	1,756
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Creaven*	14.07	979	1,026	1,077	1,765
	Green	David Healy*	13.54	942	997	1,270	1,445
	Fianna Fáil	Aileen Woods	12.01	836	909	1,004
	Labour	Frank Barry	7.03	489	530
Electorate: 17,956   Valid: 6,958 (38.75%)   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 1,740   Turnout: 7,037 (39.19%)

Malahide

Malahide - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Peter Coyle*	21.29	1,714
	Fianna Fáil	G.V. Wright TD*	19.16	1,542	1,552	1,566	1,604	1,788
	Green	Heidi Bedell	14.88	1,198	1,236	1,329	1,418	1,596
	Fine Gael	Seán Dolphin	13.45	1,083	1,098	1,113	1,147	1,711
	Fianna Fáil	Graham Hanlon	13.42	1,080	1,091	1,114	1,144	1,184
	Fine Gael	Nora Owen TD	12.09	973	991	1,004	1,033
	Christian Solidarity	Angela Keaveney	3.02	243	249	264
	Socialist Party	Eamonn McNally	2.70	217	222
Electorate: 20,222   Valid: 8,050 (39.81%)   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 1,611   Turnout: 8,100 (40.06%)

Mulhuddart

Mulhuddart - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Socialist Party	Joe Higgins TD*	25.95	1,392
	Sinn Féin	Paul Donnelly	12.58	675	709	709	710	721	733	744	852	876	903
	Labour	Michael O'Donovan*	11.24	603	642	646	660	672	714	725	805	857	1,054
	Independent	Gerry Lynam	10.20	547	584	590	602	616	656	704	792	846	976
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Richardson*	8.44	453	466	468	473	479	503	575	596	854	929
	Fine Gael	Leo Varadkar	7.08	380	401	401	424	443	484	495	529	580
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Heery	5.87	315	327	330	346	352	364	495	512
	Socialist Party	Karen Allen	5.87	315	424	428	430	447	463	464
	Fianna Fáil	Miley Caldwell	5.18	278	288	289	295	298	310
	Independent	Seán Lyons*	3.28	176	197	201	209	227
	Green	Robert Bonnie	1.90	102	116	126	132
	Progressive Democrats	Michael McClure	1.81	97	99	99
	Independent	Frank Clarke	0.60	32	38
Electorate: 18,257   Valid: 5,365 (29.39%)   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 1,074   Turnout: 5,426 (29.72%)

Swords

Swords - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Seán Ryan TD*	26.29	2,392
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kennedy*	15.27	1,390	1,480	1,500	1,536
	Socialist Party	Clare Daly	14.14	1,287	1,387	1,403	1,434	1,546
	Fine Gael	Anne Devitt*	8.44	768	850	982	1,014	1,047	1,114	1,118	1,266
	Labour	Tom Kelleher*	7.59	691	1,025	1,047	1,074	1,143	1,190	1,203	1,485
	Green	Paul Martin	6.66	606	699	735	784	863	933	941
	Fianna Fáil	Martina Coombes	6.54	595	626	632	662	698	978	982	1,105
	Fianna Fáil	Anne Marie Woods	4.65	423	487	502	580	614
	Independent	Joe O'Neill	3.85	350	379	385	429
	Christian Solidarity	Michael Scahill	3.78	344	369	376
	Fine Gael	Declan McEvoy	2.79	254	281
Electorate: 25,970   Valid: 9,100 (35.04%)   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 1,517   Turnout: 9,182 (35.36%)

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