1991 Cork City Council election

An election to Cork City Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

1991 Cork City Council election

27 June 1991
All 31 seats to Cork City Council
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 9 6 6 Seat change -4 -2 +1   Party Workers' Party Progressive Democrats Green Seats won 3 3 1 Seat change +1 +3 +1   Party Independent Seats won 3 Seat change -
Map showing the area of Cork City Council

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	9	-4	13,427	29%
	Fine Gael	6	-2	8,684	18.8%
	Labour	6	+1	6,591	14.2%
	Workers' Party	3	+1	4,600	9.9%
	Progressive Democrats	3	+3	3,867	8.4%
	Green	1	+1	2,385	5.2%
	Independent	3	-	5,604	12.1%
Totals		31	-	46,288	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Cork North-Central

Cork North-Central - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12
	Fine Gael	Bernard AllenTD*	17.5%	1,291
	Labour	Joe O'Callaghan*	13.1%	971	990	997	1,020	1,047	1,063	1,089	1,110	1,147	1,205	1,269
	Fianna Fáil	Noel O'Flynn	12.2%	903	905	909	917	931	941	952	1,058	1,066	1,089	1,145	1,246
	Independent	Con O'Leary	10.9%	802	812	817	830	856	886	927	940	961	1,001	1,061	1,232
	Fianna Fáil	Damian Wallace	9.7%	715	718	722	732	742	767	781	865	874	907	983	1,048
	Independent	Donie O'Leary	5.2%	381	386	388	398	421	438	466	474	489	511	554
	Workers' Party	Denis Leahy	4.7%	344	358	360	375	387	395	437	444	633	647	694	750
	Progressive Democrats	Dave Buckley	4.5%	334	336	341	351	359	382	398	424	437	480
	Fianna Fáil	Paud Black*	3.9%	285	285	288	291	295	314	319
	Fine Gael	Maebh Sheehan	3.6%	263	265	286	299	307	322	332	341	348
	Workers' Party	Colette Harris	3.3%	247	257	258	282	287	293	321	326
	Sinn Féin	Don O'Leary	3.3%	242	253	254	261	275	278
	Independent	Declan Kelly	2.4%	180	182	183	193	203
	Independent	Bernie Murphy*	2.3%	169	177	178	188
	Green	Brendan Burke	2.2%	161	165	167
	Independent	Pat Maloney	1.3%	98
Electorate: 13,853   Valid: 7,386 (53.3%)   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 1,232   Turnout: 7,502 (54.2%)

Cork North-East

Cork North-East - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Workers' Party	John Kelleher*	17.3%	1,045
	Progressive Democrats	Mairin QuillTD*	15.9%	961	965	969	1,005	1,059
	Labour	Frank Nash*	13.3%	803	812	825	870	899	950	959	1,081
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke*	11.8%	711	712	715	799	820	1,011
	Fianna Fáil	Tim Brosnan*	10.8%	654	656	658	672	758	790	801	1,069
	Green	Donogh McCarthy-Morrogh	7.9%	478	500	509	526	538	582	591	623
	Fianna Fáil	Pat McRory	7.1%	429	429	431	456	529	545	553
	Fianna Fáil	Brid Houlihan	5.1%	306	307	310	316
	Fine Gael	Betty McGee	5%	304	306	307	371	379
	Fine Gael	Tadhg McAuliffe	4.9%	297	297	299
	Independent	James Howe	0.8%	46
Electorate: 12,462   Valid: 6,034 (48.4%)   Spoilt: 164   Quota: 1,006   Turnout: 6,198 (49.7%)

Cork North-West

Cork North-West - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Labour	Gerry O'SullivanTD*	17.3%	1,253
	Fianna Fáil	Dan WallaceTD*	16.5%	1,198	1,202	1,209
	Workers' Party	Jimmy Homan	14.6%	1,058	1,064	1,076	1,080	1,088	1,145	1,165	1,332
	Fianna Fáil	Dave McCarthy*	11.3%	821	826	829	835	838	868	898	978	1,024	1,047
	Fianna Fáil	Tim Falvey*	10.1%	735	738	744	748	765	778	839	877	925	945
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Leary	6%	437	439	443	526	693	732	858	872	960	972
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Flynn	5.3%	384	385	389	390	391	406	412
	Labour	Pat Magner	4.6%	334	352	362	365	376	431	474	509
	Progressive Democrats	Jack Coughlan	4.1%	297	298	301	312	333	375
	Green	John T. O'Sullivan	3.9%	279	281	287	305	314
	Fine Gael	Pat Hickey	2.9%	215	216	216	254
	Fine Gael	David Riordan	2.3%	170	171	173
	Independent	Philip Murray	0.87%	63	64
Electorate: 14,357   Valid: 7,244 (43.2%)   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 1,208   Turnout: 7,350 (43.91%)

Cork South-Central

Cork South-Central - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál MartinTD*	24.2%	1,746
	Workers' Party	Kathleen Lynch*	15.7%	1,136	1,197	1,203
	Labour	John Murray*	13.2%	955	988	990	1,012	1,054	1,119	1,135	1,170	1,290
	Fianna Fáil	Tom O'Driscoll	8.1%	581	799	801	825	845	863	1,085	1,111	1,165
	Fine Gael	Denis Cregan*	8.1%	581	621	625	657	685	713	732	982	1,067
	Labour	Pat Dawson	7.3%	523	549	550	568	606	627	650	671	790
	Independent	Con O'Connell	6%	434	447	447	467	500	612	625	648
	Fine Gael	Fidelma Collins	4.5%	328	344	346	371	379	391	408
	Independent	Damien McSweeney	3.7%	268	285	287	304	333
	Independent	Bernie Kennedy	3%	222	230	239	248
	Fianna Fáil	Hannah Carrington	3%	221	316	316	326	343	354
	Progressive Democrats	Noel Walsh	2.7%	192	205	205
	Independent	A.J. Cotter	0.4%	26	29
Electorate: 12,765   Valid: 7,213 (56.5%)   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 1,203   Turnout: 7,335 (57.5%)

Cork South-East

Cork South-East - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12
	Fine Gael	Jim Corr*	12.97%	1,315	1,351	1,353	1,369	1,376	1,528
	Progressive Democrats	Pearse WyseTD*	12.1%	1,222	1,233	1,236	1,266	1,283	1,311	1,318	1,331	1,425	1,473
	Fianna Fáil	Chrissie Aherne*	10.1%	1,027	1,041	1,050	1,091	1,177	1,190	1,194	1,221	1,246	1,299	1,331	1,409
	Green	Dan Boyle	9.8%	989	994	1,002	1,023	1,039	1,054	1,057	1,127	1,182	1,255	1,388	1,518
	Independent	Sean Beausang*	9.1%	923	929	965	970	988	1,010	1,015	1,042	1,097	1,185	1,280	1,486
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Counihan*	7.3%	743	746	747	779	838	846	849	860	883	905	918	1,012
	Labour	Joe O'Flynn	7.1%	723	734	755	765	783	796	798	821	853	895	1,049	1,168
	Independent	Ted McCarthy*	6.2%	628	634	643	647	654	662	666	684	743	802	838
	Workers' Party	Sean McCarthy	4.4%	442	445	459	466	479	481	481	530	550	576
	Independent	Rose White	3.4%	348	359	359	400	427	437	440	493	511
	Fine Gael	Frank Heffernan	3.3%	338	354	355	355	355	411	459	465
	Sinn Féin	Liam Burke	3.3%	333	350	351	361	361	361
	Fine Gael	Jean McNicholl-Murphy	2.9%	295	328	331	331	332
	Fianna Fáil	Maurice MacCarthy	2.4%	240	244	267	298
	Fianna Fáil	Denis O'Brien	2%	203	205	206
	Independent	Paddy Dennehy	1.96%	199	203
	Fine Gael	Marie O'Sullivan	1.7%	172
Electorate: 20,320   Valid: 10,140 (49.9%)   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 1,449   Turnout: 10,223 (50.3%)

Cork South-West

Cork South-West - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fianna Fáil	John DennehyTD*	20.1%	1,662
	Labour	Toddy O'SullivanTD*	12.4%	1,029	1,075	1,102	1,232	1,248	1,386
	Fine Gael	P.J. Hourican	11.2%	925	936	938	946	978	1,036	1,080	1,520
	Progressive Democrats	Brian Bermingham*	10.4%	861	885	887	908	948	985	1,111	1,269
	Independent	Patrick Murray*	9.9%	817	830	860	934	957	992	1,221	1,328
	Fine Gael	Kenneth White	8%	658	662	665	672	685	765	824
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry Long	7.9%	652	703	719	732	981	1,001	1,044	1,067
	Green	Jillian Delaney	5.8%	478	488	522	581	602	624
	Fine Gael	Dan Morrissey	4.6%	384	406	413	432	435
	Workers' Party	Gerry McCarthy	4%	328	333	367
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Hennigan	3.7%	306	397	406	408
	Sinn Féin	James McBarron	2%	171	177
Electorate: 16,790   Valid: 8,271 (49.3%)   Spoilt: 90   Quota: 1,371   Turnout: 8,361 (49.8%)

External links

• http://www.corkcity.ie/
• irishelectionliterature