1999 Mayo County Council election

1999 Mayo County Council election

10 June 1999
All 31 seats to Mayo County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 16 13 1 Seat change +1 - -   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 1 Seat change -1
Map showing the area of Mayo County Council
Council control after election Fianna Fail

An election to Mayo County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 councillors were elected from seven 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	16	+1	26,119	46.18
	Fine Gael	13	-	23,414	41.39
	Labour	1	-	1,021	1.81
	Independent	1	-1	4,814	8.51
Totals		31	-	56,564	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Ballina

Ballina - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Annie Mae Reape*	16.39	1,818
	Fine Gael	Senator Ernie Caffrey*	15.68	1,629
	Fine Gael	Seamus Weir	11.36	1,260	1,288	1,369	1,430	1,541	1,644
	Fianna Fáil	Stephen Molloy*	10.87	1,206	1,235	1,287	1,353	1,381	1,385	1,386
	Fine Gael	Eddie Staunton*	10.60	1,176	1,195	1,285	1,325	1,721
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Golden*	9.63	1,069	1,094	1,118	1,217	1,504	1,531	1,545
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Donnell	9.98	1,107	1,199	1,218	1,322	1,333	1,334	1,339
	Fine Gael	Vinnie Munnelly	7.99	886	893	906	964
	Sinn Féin	John Clarke	5.50	610	633	649
	Independent	Bernard Flynn	3.01	334	343
Electorate: 18,303   Valid: 11,095 (60.62%)   Spoilt: 162   Quota: 1,586   Turnout: 11,257 (61.50%)

Ballinrobe

Ballinrobe - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Michael Burke*	21.73	1,218	1,289	1,460
	Independent	Harry Walsh	19.25	1,079	1,197	1,253	1,291	1,306
	Fine Gael	Jim Mannion*	17.90	1,003	1,134	1,296	1,322	1,365
	Fianna Fáil	Damien Ryan	16.63	932	1,062	1,466
	Fianna Fáil	Nora Conroy	12.79	717	894
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Hughes	10.10	566
	Green	Ben Ryan	1.59	89
Electorate: 15,503   Valid: 8,332 (53.74%)   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,667   Turnout: 8,406 (54.22%)

Belmullet

Belmullet - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Tim Quinn*	18.63	1,338	1,379	1,476
	Fine Gael	Pat Kilbane*	16.05	1,153	1,159	1,164	1,448
	Fine Gael	Ian McAndrews	14.09	1,012	1,033	1,112	1,114	1,126	1,127	1,194
	Fine Gael	Gerry Coyle	14.05	1,009	1,059	1,203	1,205	1,213	1,213	1,309
	Independent	Michael Holmes	10.99	789	801	843	933	938	944
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McNulty	8.62	619	621	623
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Leneghan	8.55	614	632	715	927	941	945	1,333
	Independent	Paraic Cosgrove*	6.25	449	480
	Independent	Tony Mullarkey	2.77	199
Electorate: 11,374   Valid: 7,182 (63.14%)   Spoilt: 107   Quota: 1,437   Turnout: 7,289 (64.08%)

Castlebar

Castlebar - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Beverley Cooper Flynn TD*	18.24	2,047
	Fianna Fáil	Al McDonnell*	11.82	1,326	1,404	1,439	1,489	1,530	1,721
	Fine Gael	Senator Paddy Burke*	11.66	1,309	1,337	1,360	1,375	1,562	1,688
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Bourke	10.76	1,207	1,373	1,418	1,538	1,597	1,835
	Fine Gael	Henry Kenny*	9.94	1,116	1,140	1,170	1,217	1,396	1,492	1,517
	Labour	Johnny Mee*	9.10	1,021	1,058	1,151	1,191	1,312	1,499	1,559
	Fine Gael	John Devaney*	7.78	873	881	897	1,080	1,126	1,149	1,160
	Fianna Fáil	Iarla Duffy	7.00	786	842	872	907	963
	Fine Gael	Eoin Garavan	6.09	683	702	719	727
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Rowland	4.52	507	522	538
	Sinn Féin	Joe McHale	2.23	250	258
	Green	Dr. Lucille Ryan-O'Shea	0.86	97	101
Electorate: 19,200   Valid: 11,222 (58.45%)   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 1,604   Turnout: 11,362 (59.18%)

Claremorris

Claremorris- 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Fianna Fáil	John Carty*	25.26	1,758
	Independent	Richard Finn*	20.49	1,426
	Fine Gael	John Cribbin	19.40	1,350	1,442
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick McHugh*	18.43	1,283	1,508
	Fine Gael	Tom Connolly	16.42	1,143	1,191
Electorate: 11,222   Valid: 6,960 (62.02%)   Spoilt: 90   Quota: 1,393   Turnout: 7,050 (62.82%)

Swinford

Swinford - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Maloney*	20.65	1,430
	Fine Gael	John Flannery*	19.20	1,330	1,620
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Murray	18.12	1,255	1,301	1,311	1,327
	Fine Gael	Joseph Mellett	14.80	1,025	1,377	1,560
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Oliver*	14.38	996	1,124	1,147	1,165
	Fine Gael	Sean McEvoy*	12.85	890
Electorate: 11,707   Valid: 6,926 (59.16%)   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 1,386   Turnout: 7,049 (60.21%)

Westport

Westport - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fine Gael	Michael Ring TD*	35.56	2,694
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Sweeney	17.21	1,304	1,432	1,549
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Frank Chambers*	18.12	1,171	1,278	1,445
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Adams	14.03	1,063	1,337	1,604
	Fine Gael	Peter McManamon	8.65	655	1,073	1,277
	Independent	Martin Keane	5.98	453	665
	Green	Ann Crowley	1.98	150	171
	Independent	Tom King	1.12	85	103
Electorate: 11,248   Valid: 7,575 (67.35%)   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 1,516   Turnout: 7,668 (68.17%)

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