1999 Cork Corporation election

1999 Cork Corporation election

10 June 1999
All 31 seats to Cork City Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 12 8 5 Seat change +3 +2 -1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Progressive Democrats Green Sinn Féin Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change -1 0 +1   Seventh party Eighth party   Party Independent Workers' Party Seats won 2 0 Seat change -1 -3
Map showing the area of Cork City Council

An election to Cork City Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 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.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	12	+3	15,452	36.69
	Fine Gael	8	+2	9,257	21.98
	Labour	5	-1	6,120	14.53
	Progressive Democrats	2	-1	2,739	6.50
	Green	1	0	2,128	5.05
	Sinn Féin	1	+1	1,798	4.27
	Independent	2	-1	3,540	8.41
	Workers' Party	0	-3	729	1.73
Totals		31	0	42,112	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Cork North-Central

Cork North-Central - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Noel O'Flynn TD*	22.70	1,620
	Labour	Kathleen Lynch*	15.57	1,111	1,179	1,213
	Fine Gael	Bernard Allen TD	13.70	978	1,035	1,061	1,066	1,241
	Fianna Fáil	Damian Wallace*	13.21	943	1,145	1,177	1,182	1,198
	Independent	Con O'Leary*	11.00	785	818	842	842	860	870	873	949	1,025
	Labour	Joe O'Callaghan*	5.16	368	384	398	405	416	420	422	444	484
	Socialist Party	Mick Barry	4.89	349	362	381	381	389	393	393	472	516
	Sinn Féin	Jonathan O'Brien	3.76	268	276	282	284	293	297	297
	Fine Gael	June McCarthy	3.70	264	275	283	283	307	336	337	354
	Fine Gael	Tom Considine*	3.64	260	267	276	278
	Green	Donie O'Leary	2.68	191	206
Electorate: 15,034   Valid: 7,137 (47.47%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 1,190   Turnout: 7,260 (48.29%)

Cork North-East

Cork North-East - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Progressive Democrats	Senator Mairin Quill*	21.84	1,222
	Fianna Fáil	Tim Brosnan*	16.73	936
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke TD*	12.83	718	765	774	774	789	813	1,071
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kelleher TD	12.69	710	785	826	828	859	898	980
	Fine Gael	Dara Murphy	8.42	471	519	530	531	547	574
	Labour	Frank Nash*	8.08	452	486	504	504	546	637	686	744	761
	Labour	John Kelleher	7.38	413	444	463	463	524	617	695	758	780
	Workers' Party	Ted Tynan	4.38	245	258	300	300
	Green	Bernadette Walsh	4.06	227	262	303	303	382
	Sinn Féin	Michael Nugent	2.97	166	170
	Independent	George Harrington	0.64	36
Electorate: 13,361   Valid: 5,596 (41.88%)   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 933   Turnout: 5,656 (42.33%)

Cork North-West

Cork North-West - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Dave McCarthy*	16.02	933	945	950	965	980
	Fianna Fáil	Tim Falvey*	15,39	896	900	908	940	973
	Fine Gael	Colm Burke*	12.81	746	751	770	787	862	878	913	916	1,014
	Labour	Michael O'Connell*	8.55	498	503	526	538	553	605	693	694	720	726	790	906
	Sinn Féin	Don O'Leary	8.42	471	481	488	508	525	540	562	563	590	592	651	709
	Workers' Party	Jimmy Homan*	5.92	345	349	355	370	388	416	455	457	472	477	506	596
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Byrne	5.19	302	303	312	318	327	337	348	349
	Fine Gael	Anna Hughes	4.64	270	272	279	286	312	324	352	352	369	387
	Independent	Christine O'Brien	4.29	250	257	263	267	269
	Labour	George Cummins	4.26	248	251	277	284	298	310
	Green	Claire Gould-Fielding	4.24	247	255	261	270	286	354	374	375	397	409	472
	Fine Gael	John Devereaux	4.21	245	247	252	259
	Independent	Frank Wallace	2.70	157	158	167
	Labour	Declan Walsh	2.47	144	145
	Independent	Brian Cullen	1.10	64
Electorate: 13,492   Valid: 5,823 (43.16%)   Spoilt: 101   Quota: 971   Turnout: 5,924 (43.91%)

Cork South-Central

Cork South-Central - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Independent	Con O'Connell	18.74	1,375
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Martin*	16.51	1,211	1,227
	Fianna Fáil	Tom O'Driscoll*	14.04	1,030	1,061	1,080	1,146	1,159	1,187	1,219	1,424
	Fine Gael	Senator Denis Cregan*	10.92	801	821	822	842	853	958	1,009	1,054	1,075	1,179
	Green	Dan Boyle*	10.18	747	763	793	810	868	896	978	1,016	1,040	1,139
	Labour	John Murray*	8.68	637	656	658	659	676	696	709	731	747	916
	Labour	Ciarán Lynch	4.98	365	378	384	386	414	430	446	473	487
	Fianna Fáil	Anthony Kenneally	4.66	342	347	350	373	384	391	403
	Progressive Democrats	Brian Russell	3.12	229	234	237	241	251	264
	Fine Gael	Francis Lennox	2.88	211	221	221	229	236
	Fianna Fáil	Padraig Treacy	1.95	143	146	150
	Workers' Party	Sean McCarthy	1.89	139	148	175	176
	Independent	James McBarron	1.44	106	111
Electorate: 15,242   Valid: 7,336 (48.13%)   Spoilt: 115   Quota: 1,223   Turnout: 7,451 (48.88%)

Cork South-East

Cork South-East - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Terry Shannon	14.24	1,289	1,294
	Fine Gael	Deirdre Clune	12.66	1,146	1,172	1,190	1,406
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Counihan*	12.62	1,143	1,213	1,254	1,275	1,281	1,288	1,371
	Fine Gael	Jim Corr*	12.35	1,118	1,153	1,166	1,278	1,365
	Labour	Joe O'Flynn*	12.11	1,096	1,108	1,155	1,198	1,206	1,222	1,472
	Progressive Democrats	John Minihan	8.91	807	846	857	912	919	936	1,034	1,108
	Fianna Fáil	Maurice MacCarthy	7.50	679	742	784	799	799	802	883	914
	Green	Chris O'Leary	6.76	612	630	737	774	778	787
	Fine Gael	Brian Sullivan	5.49	497	513	521
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Power	3.80	344	350
	Fianna Fáil	Sean O'Riordan	2.92	264
	Independent	Mark Dillon	0.65	59
Electorate: 19,743   Valid: 9,054 (45.86%)   Spoilt: 110   Quota: 1,294   Turnout: 9,164 (46.42%)

Cork South-West

Cork South-West - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	John Dennehy TD*	24.57	1,849
	Labour	Michael Ahern*	10.47	788	833	860	948	1,035	1,156	1,222	1,260
	Fine Gael	Brian Bermingham*	10.23	770	811	836	862	966	999	1,040	1,063
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Shields	10.18	766	900	943	980	1,069	1,116	1,498
	Fine Gael	P.J. Hourican*	10.12	762	792	815	840	902	954	994	1,011
	Sinn Féin	Henry Cremin	7.29	549	575	598	644	673
	Independent	Patrick Murray*	6.51	490	522	567	642	734	861	917	975
	Progressive Democrats	Niall O'Keeffe	6.39	481	521	568	610
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sheehy	5.26	396	579	600	627	679	764
	Green	Tom O'Sullivan	4.66	351	393	440
	Independent	Douglas Rice	4.31	324	345
Electorate: 16,485   Valid: 7,526 (45.65%)   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 1,255   Turnout: 7,618 (46.21%)

External links

• http://www.corkcity.ie/