1920 Kingstown Urban District Council election

The 1920 Kingstown Urban District Council election took place on Thursday 15 January 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections.

Unionists emerged as the single largest party on the council, however, no party controlled an overall majority.[1] Following the election the nationalist groups on the council formed a governing coalition. One of the actions of the new council was to rename the town, and council, to Dún Laoghaire, which is the Irish form of the original name for the town, Dunleary

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes (excl. West ward)	FPv% (excl. West ward)	±%
	Irish Unionist	8	2	1,329	47.91	2.40%
	Sinn Féin	5	5	719	25.92	New
	Irish Labour	4	4	335	12.08	New
	Independent Nationalist	4		207	7.46	New
	Irish Nationalist	0	15	88	3.17	46.44%
	Ratepayers Association	0		96	3.46	New
Totals		21		2,774	100%	—

Results by electoral area

Monkestown Ward

Party breakdown: Unionist: 40.29% (1 seat), Sinn Féin: 39.87% (1 seat), Ind Nat: 19.83% (1 seat).

Monkestown Ward - 3 seats[1][2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Irish Unionist	F. M. Bentley	40.29	193
	Sinn Féin	John Kirwan Woods	24.00	115	116	116
	Independent Nationalist	J. J. Kennedy (incumbent)	19.83	95	159
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Farrell	15.87	76	84	Eliminated
Electorate: 673   Valid: 479   Spoilt: 26   Quota: 120   Turnout: 505

West Ward

Party breakdown: Sinn Féin: (3 seats), Unionist: (2 seats), Ind Nat: (2 seats), Labour: (1 seat).

West Ward - 8 seats[1][2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Sinn Féin	John Kirwan Woods
	Irish Labour	Edward Kelly (incumbent)
	Irish Unionist	T. M. Good
	Independent Nationalist	J. M. Devitt
	Independent Nationalist	M. F. O'Brien (incumbent)
	Irish Unionist	W. J. Scanlon
	Sinn Féin	P. J. O'Hanlon
	Sinn Féin	W. Morrissey
	Irish Nationalist	J. J. Kennedy (incumbent Chairman)		Defeated
	Sinn Féin	J. McGovern		Defeated
	Irish Labour	F. J. O'Reilly		Defeated
	Irish Unionist	H. T. B. Robinson		Defeated
	Irish Nationalist	C. Rochford		Defeated
	Irish Labour	A. Whelan		Defeated
Electorate: 2,054   Valid: -   Spoilt: -   Quota: -   Turnout: 1,534

East Ward

Party breakdown: Unionist: 52.54% (3 seats), Sinn Féin: 20.02% (1 seat), Labour: 13.16% (1 seat), Ratepayer 9.02% (0 seats), Nat 5.26% (0 seats).

East Ward - 5 seats[1][3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Irish Unionist	Dr. Merrin		249
	Irish Unionist	Sir T. Robinson		167
	Irish Unionist	C. M. Cooke		127
	Irish Labour	R. Byrne		119
	Ratepayers	C. J. Reiddy		96
	Sinn Féin	Mrs Barry		91
	Sinn Féin	J. W. Sullivan		74
	Irish Nationalist	Ml. Murray		56
	Sinn Féin	J. Nelligan		37
	Irish Labour	M. L. Reilly		21
	Irish Unionist	W. A. Evans		16
	Sinn Féin	P. J. Geoghegan		11
Electorate: 1,368   Valid: 1,064   Spoilt: 25   Quota: 178   Turnout: 1,089

Glasthule Ward

Party breakdown: Unionist: 46.87% (2 seats), Sinn Féin: 25.59% (1 seat), Labour: 15.84% (1 seat), Ind Nat: 9.10% (1 seat), Nat: 2.60% (0 seats).

Glasthule Ward - 5 seats[1][3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Irish Unionist	R. N. Potterton		323
	Sinn Féin	Miss J. Cantwell		238
	Irish Unionist	H. C. Falkiner		128
	Independent Nationalist	H. F. Monks		112
	Irish Labour	G. Dixon		61
	Irish Unionist	A. M. Fleming		94
	Sinn Féin	E. W. Proud		77
	Irish Labour	W. J. Carroll		70
	Irish Labour	C. Drumgool		64
	Irish Unionist	N. Ormsby Scott		32
	Irish Nationalist	J. J. Kennedy		32
Electorate: 1,631   Valid: 1,231   Quota: 206   Turnout: 1,303

References

1. "Municipal elections: Dublin Townships". Dublin Evening Telegraph. Dublin. 19 January 1920. pp. 1–3.
2. Irish Independent results pg.5
3. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001715/19200119/137/0006