1991 Dublin City Council election

An election to Dublin City Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 52 councillors were elected from twelve electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for an eight-year term of office.

1991 Dublin City Council election

27 June 1991
All 52 seats to Dublin City Council
Party Fianna Fáil Labour Fine Gael Seats won 20 10 6 Seat change -6 +8 -7   Party Workers' Party Green Sinn Féin Seats won 5 4 1 Seat change -1 +4 -   Party Progressive Democrats Independent Seats won 1 5 Seat change +1 +1
Map showing the area of Dublin City Council
Council control after election Fianna Fáil Workers Party

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	20	-6	49,210	32.5%
	Labour	10	+8	19,384	12.8%
	Fine Gael	6	-7	21,942	14.5%
	Workers' Party	5	-1	14,224	9.4%
	Green	4	+4	8,886	5.9%
	Sinn Féin	1	-	7,104	4.7%
	Progressive Democrats	1	+1	5,071	3.4%
	Independent	5	+1	25,449	16.8%
Totals		52	-	151,270	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Artane

Artane - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Seán Haughey*	27.3%	2,976
	Labour	Paddy Bourke	11.3%	1,236	1,268	1,280	1,294	1,306	1,322	1,347	1,356	1,490	1,601	1,729	1,969
	Sinn Féin	Larry O'Toole	10.4%	1,137	1,158	1,168	1,174	1,181	1,193	1,206	1,252	1,274	1,305	1,419	1,606
	Labour	Tommy Broughan	9.9%	1,083	1,124	1,140	1,164	1,174	1,195	1,262	1,282	1,373	1,445	1,583	2,073
	Workers' Party	John Curry	8.2%	896	919	932	949	952	961	1,012	1,050	1,094	1,185	1,327
	Fianna Fáil	Ita Green*	7.5%	815	1,221	1,226	1,252	1,253	1,308	1,331	1,719	1,773	1,883	1,999	2,089
	Independent	Finian McGrath	4.7%	509	527	537	567	569	605	659	678	740	881
	Green	Bronwen Maher	4.5%	493	505	516	534	537	581	620	638	720
	Fine Gael	Kathy Moore	3.2%	354	366	368	379	576	602	621	626
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Howard	3.2%	348	539	541	554	558	567	581
	Independent	Joe Dowling	2.5%	277	288	299	327	331	346
	Independent	John O'Gorman	2.3%	248	253	263	269	271
	Fine Gael	Philip Marsh	2.1%	225	231	233	249
	Independent	Austin McCoy	1.9%	209	217	222
	Independent	Vincent Quinn	1%	110	116
Electorate: 26,692   Valid: 10,916 (40.9%)   Spoilt: 154   Quota: 2,184   Turnout: 11,070 (41.5%)

Ballyfermot

Ballyfermot - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Labour	Michael Conaghan	18.7%	2,130	2,137	2,197	2,240	2,270	2,297
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Olga Bennett*	15.6%	1,774	1,852	1,896	1,906	1,943	2,220	2,263	2,322
	Independent	Vincent Jackson	13.8%	1,575	1,607	1,624	1,632	1,737	1,774	2,100	2,275	2,276	2,282
	Workers' Party	Tomas MacGiollaTD*	8.3%	949	973	1,008	1,336	1,408	1,431	1,516	1,675	1,678	1,683	1,782	1,948
	Fine Gael	Tom Corcoran	6.1%	694	700	711	720	736	746	767	781	787	790	1,316	1,416
	Fine Gael	Charlie McManus*	6%	680	692	712	713	722	734	738	753	756	757
	Fianna Fáil	Gregg Craig	5.5%	627	657	667	672	690	832	848	885	888	910	940
	Sinn Féin	Noel Kavanagh	5%	569	578	590	605	629	636	678
	Independent	Marian Doyle	4.3%	495	504	529	542	582	591
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Delaney*	4.3%	493	536	541	544	569
	Workers' Party	Linda Kavanagh	3.7%	423	425	446
	Independent	Paul Guiden	3.7%	419	440	451	457
	Green	Cecilia Armelin	2.5%	286	287
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Ryan	2%	232
	Independent	Reginald Norton	0.4%	47
Electorate: 26,145   Valid: 11,393 (43.6%)   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 2,279   Turnout: 11,531 (44.1%)

Cabra

Cabra- 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Fianna Fáil	Dr.Dermot FitzpatrickTD*	16.5%	1,802	1,807	1,815	1,833	1,855	1,891	1,921	1,962	2,025	2,464	2,574	2,989
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Farry*	13.9%	1,516	1,518	1,524	1,541	1,557	1,571	1,591	1,628	1,693	2,033	2,154	2,433	2,600
	Fine Gael	Jim MitchellTD	10.7%	1,164	1,169	1,175	1,188	1,206	1,455	1,497	1,558	1,584	1,618	1,698	2,004	2,071
	Independent	Sean Clerkin	10.4%	1,136	1,142	1,146	1,161	1,177	1,194	1,217	1,302	1,361	1,388	1,606
	Fianna Fáil	Willie O'Byrne	8.5%	922	926	931	958	975	1,000	1,012	1,025	1,089
	Labour	Cecelia Rafferty	7.2%	786	792	809	840	877	903	1,130	1,335	1,410	1,460	1,738	1,953	1,981
	Independent	Sean Coultry	7.1%	770	775	785	824	872	885	938	1,026	1,179	1,226
	Sinn Féin	Mick Finnegan	5.5%	603	603	765	782	819	843	863	877
	Green	Joe Baker	4.6%	498	509	514	529	569	579	638
	Workers' Party	Carol Tiernan	4.2%	453	456	477	494	524	532
	Fine Gael	John Kearney	3.5%	386	388	395	417	441
	Independent	Ambrose O'Shea	2.5%	275	278	279
	Independent	Gaye McEvoy	2.5%	273	282	284	328
	Sinn Féin	Anne Speed	2.3%	256	259
	Independent	Brendan Price	0.6%	65
Electorate: 24,124   Valid: 10,905 (45.2%)   Spoilt: 108   Quota: 2,727   Turnout: 11,013 (45.7%)

Clontarf

Clontarf - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent	Sean Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus*	18.4%	3,411
	Fianna Fáil	Ivor CallelyTD*	15%	2,792	2,822	2,826	2,868	2,927	2,981	3,032	3,110
	Fine Gael	Richard BrutonTD	12.9%	2,393	2,438	2,446	2,472	2,525	2,646	2,715	2,872	3,077	4,198
	Fianna Fáil	John StaffordTD*	9.4%	1,747	1,766	1,773	1,794	1,840	1,867	1,898	1,966	2,224	2,413	2,539
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Burke*	9.2%	1,713	1,721	1,726	1,738	1,747	1,780	1,812	1,847	2,062	2,147	2,241
	Fine Gael	Pat Lee TD*	7.3%	1,361	1,387	1,394	1,411	1,446	1,469	1,490	1,558	1,721
	Labour	Derek McDowell	6.6%	1,225	1,247	1,254	1,287	1,315	1,374	1,792	2,156	2,343	2,461	2,827
	Independent	Dominic Noonan	5.6%	1,048	1,065	1,079	1,101	1,146	1,219	1,257	1,435
	Workers' Party	Triona Dooney	4.1%	767	780	786	819	835	919
	Green	Steve Rawson	3.9%	725	768	779	841	923	1,055	1,241
	Independent	Patricia Coonagh	3%	559	576	586	625	670
	Independent	Gavin O Fiachain	2%	376	413	417	470
	Independent	Kate Nugent	1.9%	348	384	397
	Independent	Michael Reeves	0.5%	96	100
Electorate: 37,155   Valid: 18,561 (50%)   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 3,094   Turnout: 18,687 (50.3%)

Crumlin

Crumlin- 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Gay MitchellTD*	21.8%	2,287
	Workers' Party	Eric ByrneTD*	19.9%	2,081	2,100
	Labour	Joe Connolly	14.9%	1,557	1,573	1,585	1,648	1,759	1,879	1,912	2,328
	Fianna Fáil	Ben BriscoeTD*	14.1%	1,477	1,490	1,597	1,622	1,669	1,720	1,906	2,027
	Green	Mary Bowers	6%	623	631	633	727	774	930	946
	Fianna Fáil	Etain O'Moore	5.9%	617	622	739	758	780	812	1,101	1,218
	Fianna Fáil	Damien Murray	4.3%	453	459	519	535	549	579
	Independent	Seamus Concannon	3.8%	401	405	412	452	505
	Sinn Féin	Martin McGovern	3.3%	342	345	349
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Tuffy	3.2%	332	334
	Fine Gael	Ruairi McGinley	2.9%	299	416	427	440
Electorate: 28,341   Valid: 10,469 (36.9%)   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 2,094   Turnout: 10,607 (37.4%)

Donaghmede

Donaghmede - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Fianna Fáil	Liam FitzgeraldTD*	19.6%	2,894
	Labour	Seán Kenny*	14.2%	2,097	2,147	2,177	2,205	2,211	2,295	2,709
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Brady	14.1%	2,086	2,247	2,304	2,567
	Workers' Party	Pat McCartanTD*	8.3%	1,233	1,256	1,277	1,289	1,292	1,340	1,421	1,503	1,559	1,769	2,407	2,535
	Green	Siabh O'Neill	5.5%	809	820	861	886	891	1,036	1,086	1,140	1,230	1,395	1,503	1,755	1,787
	Fine Gael	Brian Monaghan	5.2%	773	840	874	994	1,071	1,130	1,148	1,156	1,219	1,307	1,357
	Workers' Party	Angela Loscher	4.8%	704	707	720	736	737	753	818	871	886	946
	Fine Gael	Niamh Cosgrave	4.7%	691	700	716	733	734	838	886	906	1,376	1,487	1,548	1,751	1,785
	Independent	Gerry Clerkin	4.6%	686	699	745	754	755	779	811	828	847
	Labour	Ann Carter	4.6%	675	689	700	718	720	751
	Progressive Democrats	Eamon Pitts	4.4%	648	655	674	691	692
	Fine Gael	Barney McLoughlin	4.3%	643	649	667	696	699	810	817	825
	Fianna Fáil	Rose Daly	3.3%	487	547	567
	Independent	James Connolly	2.5%	372	375
Electorate: 36,307   Valid: 14,798 (40.8%)   Spoilt: 146   Quota: 2,467   Turnout: 14,944 (41.2%)

Drumcondra

Drumcondra - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Ahern*	19.4%	2,745
	Fianna Fáil	Michael BarrettTD*	13.4%	1,902	2,123	2,139	2,143	2,254	2,293	2,576
	Labour	Roisin Shortall	11.1%	1,579	1,593	1,603	1,615	1,623	1,673	1,697	1,711	1,749	1,806	1,852	2,446
	Workers' Party	Eamonn O'Brien*	7.7%	1,091	1,096	1,106	1,328	1,352	1,370	1,376	1,379	1,397	1,423	1,581	1,861	1,913	2,012
	Fine Gael	Brendan Brady	6.8%	964	985	998	1,000	1,009	1,067	1,083	1,102	1,344	1,763	1,778	1,812	1,823	2,181
	Labour	Desmond O'Malley	6.7%	942	944	952	963	988	1,008	1,011	1,013	1,019	1,038	1,209
	Independent	Alice Glenn*	6.4%	909	928	961	966	976	1,048	1,079	1,118	1,158	1,218	1,287	1,313	1,320
	Green	Dermot Hamilton	6.4%	900	909	960	966	978	1,044	1,069	1,092	1,122	1,166	1,288	1,343	1,358	1,705
	Sinn Féin	Eileen Murphy	4.9%	700	713	715	721	743	748	759	767	771	773
	Fine Gael	Eddie Nolan	3.7%	518	523	527	530	538	560	571	578	670
	Fine Gael	Tom Farrell	3%	432	438	446	446	452	487	493	499
	Progressive Democrats	Terry Fitzpatrick	2.9%	407	413	417	420	425
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Foley	2.3%	319	375	376	377	440	453
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Lydon	2.1%	294	309	312	313
	Workers' Party	Seán Ó Cionnaith	1.9%	273	274	280
	Independent	Brian Gormley	0.7%	105	106
	Independent	Eamon Murphy	0.6%	74	74
Electorate: 33,237   Valid: 14,164 (42.6%)   Spoilt: 144   Quota: 2,361   Turnout: 14,308 (43.1%)

Finglas

Finglas - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Carey*	23.1%	2,774
	Fine Gael	Mary FlahertyTD*	11.3%	1,359	1,393	1,399	1,408	1,471	1,492	1,542	1,588	1,604	1,689	1,741	1,887	2,237
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Taaffe	10.2%	1,228	1,312	1,318	1,323	1,332	1,344	1,377	1,446	1,462	1,506	1,616	2,147	2,393
	Labour	Dr. Bill Tormey	9.1%	1,090	1,113	1,115	1,118	1,129	1,152	1,167	1,181	1,208	1,306	1,444	1,513	1,808
	Progressive Democrats	Barney Rock	7.8%	940	959	963	968	988	1,015	1,045	1,075	1,094	1,188	1,301	1,423
	Sinn Féin	Harry Fleming	7.7%	921	942	945	954	955	962	967	983	997	1,032
	Workers' Party	Lucia O'Neill	7.3%	880	896	897	908	915	921	933	941	1,295	1,459	1,655	1,758	1,889
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Grant	7.1%	852	923	930	936	938	949	991	1,117	1,133	1,169	1,266
	Green	Aidan Meagher	4.6%	550	559	562	569	576	595	648	654	680
	Workers' Party	Samuel Jordan	3.9%	465	477	482	490	491	501	509	518
	Independent	Lily Fisher	2.1%	258	263	270	276	279	296
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Cloak	2.1%	251	317	330	332	333	338	356
	Independent	Gerard Doolan	1.2%	147	150	165	182	183
	Fine Gael	Miriam Wilson	1.1%	127	129	130	131
	Independent	Billy Keegan	0.7%	83	87	90
	Independent	Brendan Atkinson	0.4%	45	46
	Independent	Frank Clarke	0.3%	32	35
Electorate: 25,496   Valid: 12,002 (47.1%)   Spoilt: 125   Quota: 2,401   Turnout: 12,127 (47.6%)

North Inner City

North Inner City - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	Tony GregoryTD*	32.2%	4,094
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Kett*	12.2%	1,545	1,708	1,709	1,727	1,751	1,806	2,136
	Sinn Féin	Christy Burke*	11.3%	1,437	1,870	1,881	1,909	1,953	2,015	2,116	2,189
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Stafford	9.1%	1,153	1,329	1,341	1,352	1,392	1,455	1,585	1,657	1,812
	Labour	Joe Costello	8.7%	1,103	1,451	1,462	1,483	1,526	1,622	1,675	1,899	2,246
	Workers' Party	Mike Jennings	5.6%	711	949	957	972	1,001	1,039	1,079	1,248	1,353
	Fine Gael	Deirdre Healy	4.7%	603	702	711	864	880	941	964	1,063
	Fianna Fáil	Ernie Beggs	4.7%	593	681	684	694	701	759
	Green	Patricia McKenna	3.9%	499	643	660	671	756	806	830
	Progressive Democrats	Tom Allen	3.1%	396	497	502	509	561
	Independent	Tony Lowth	2%	257	357	384	392
	Fine Gael	Dave Kearney	2%	253	290	292
	Independent	Erick Dillon	0.6%	71	118
Electorate: 28,917   Valid: 12,715 (44%)   Spoilt: 171   Quota: 2,120   Turnout: 12,886 (44.6%)

Pembroke

Pembroke - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Independent	Senator Carmencita Hederman*	23%	3,126
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Eoin Ryan Jnr*	13.1%	1,776	1,809	1,812	1,832	1,855	2,088	2,162	2,198	3,114
	Fine Gael	Joe DoyleTD*	12.3%	1,673	1,744	1,752	1,754	1,766	1,808	1,871	2,450	2,536	2,662	3,081
	Labour	Dermot Lacey	10.9%	1,478	1,513	1,519	1,544	1,564	1,586	1,834	1,886	1,937	1,982	2,159	2,287
	Green	Claire Wheeler	7.8%	1,060	1,136	1,153	1,238	1,264	1,295	1,431	1,491	1,541	1,655	2,179	2,324
	Progressive Democrats	Jeananne Crowley	7.7%	1,045	1,130	1,137	1,142	1,152	1,203	1,235	1,331	1,366	1,451
	Fianna Fáil	Ciaran O'Loughlin	6.3%	857	870	874	894	903	1,189	1,209	1,239
	Fine Gael	William Egan	6%	814	853	853	855	858	878	900
	Fianna Fáil	Kathryn Byrne	5.1%	687	710	714	726	730
	Workers' Party	Tom Crilly	3.6%	486	495	497	512	736	754
	Workers' Party	Angie Murphy	2.4%	321	327	329	339
	Sinn Féin	Aengus O Snodaigh	1.6%	220	222	222
	Independent	Jim Merriman	0.3%	42	58
Electorate: 33,502   Valid: 13,585 (40.5%)   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 2,740   Turnout: 13,697 (40.9%)

Rathmines

Rathmines - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Donnelly*	17.9%	1,985	1,994	1,996	2,036	2,158	2,209	2,262
	Progressive Democrats	Liz O'Donnell	14.7%	1,635	1,641	1,650	1,671	1,695	1,723	1,797	1,890	2,154
	Green	John Gormley	11.7%	1,302	1,312	1,356	1,427	1,435	1,457	1,511	1,801	1,974
	Labour	Mary Freehill	10.7%	1,188	1,194	1,213	1,261	1,268	1,301	1,376	1,942	2,082
	Workers' Party	Jim Allen	10%	1,113	1,116	1,130	1,173	1,182	1,211	1,242
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Hanafin*	9.7%	1,083	1,086	1,090	1,097	1,225	1,249	1,282	1,381
	Fine Gael	Senator Maurice Manning*	7%	777	777	778	788	791	999	1,559	1,605	1,742
	Fine Gael	Terry Cosgrave	6.8%	757	760	764	784	787	901
	Fine Gael	Michael McShane*	4.6%	507	508	509	518	522
	Fianna Fáil	Derek Mooney	2.8%	309	312	312	317
	Independent	Padraig Chambers	2.3%	256	283	304
	Independent	Mick Canning	1.1%	118	122
	Independent	Harry Richards	0.73%	81
Electorate: 30,397   Valid: 11,111 (36.6%)   Spoilt: 103   Quota: 2,223   Turnout: 11,214 (36.9%)

South Inner City

South Inner City - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Mulcahy*	11.5%	1,223	1,224	1,228	1,250	1,387	1,430	1,488	1,602	1,688
	Labour	Ruairi QuinnTD	11.4%	1,215	1,216	1,221	1,261	1,276	1,369	1,456	1,595	1,880
	Independent	Brendan Lynch*	10.9%	1,165	1,171	1,181	1,208	1,221	1,230	1,405	1,518	1,663
	Green	Ciarán Cuffe	10.7%	1,141	1,143	1,150	1,186	1,197	1,227	1,350	1,550	1,789
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Mooney*	10.3%	1,102	1,104	1,106	1,136	1,355	1,398	1,523	1,616	1,717
	Sinn Féin	Micheal O Muireagain	8.5%	909	909	915	918	924	966	1,042
	Fine Gael	Peter Burke*	7.6%	812	812	817	1,024	1,030	1,050	1,102	1,136
	Independent	John Gallagher*	7.4%	788	789	800	808	820	823
	Workers' Party	Brian O'Connor	7.3%	778	779	781	789	792	1,112	1,194	1,359	1,422
	Workers' Party	Andrew Smith*	5.6%	600	601	604	610	611
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Dunne	4%	429	432	434	444
	Fine Gael	Bernadette Gray	3.7%	396	396	405
	Independent	Christy Doyle	0.7%	71	73
	Independent	Jim Merriman	0.2%	22
Electorate: 28,161   Valid: 10,651 (37.8%)   Spoilt: 204   Quota: 1,776   Turnout: 10,855 (38.6%)

External links

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• Official website
• irishelectionliterature
• http://irelandelection.com/council.php?elecid=171&tab=constit&detail=yes&electype=5&councilid=7&electype=5