1999 Cork County Council election

An election to Cork County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 48 councillors were elected from ten electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

1999 Cork County Council election

10 June 1999
All 48 seats to Cork County Council
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour Seats won 21 19 4 Seat change +1 - -   Party Progressive Democrats Independent Workers' Party Seats won 1 3 0 Seat change - - -1
Map showing the area of Cork County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	21	+1	50,820	38.26%
	Fianna Fáil	19	-	51,147	38.5%
	Labour	4	-	13,520	10.18%
	Progressive Democrats	1	-	3,406	2.56%
	Independent	3	-	9,643	7.26%
	Workers' Party	0	-1	-	-
Totals		48	-	132,825	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Bandon

Bandon - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Peter Callanan*	30.98	3,372
	Fine Gael	Kevin Murphy*	20.86	2,271	2,340	2,884
	Fine Gael	Jerry McCarthy	18.27	1,989	2,120	2,391	2,473
	Fianna Fáil	Alan Coleman*	16.15	1,758	2,128	2,467	2,547
	Labour	Tomas O'Brien	8.87	966	993
	Green	Noel Giles	3.89	423	461
	Independent	Frank Collins	0.97	106	121
Electorate: 18,853   Valid: 10,885 (57.74%)   Spoilt: 167   Quota: 2,722   Turnout: 11,052 (58.62%)

Bantry

Bantry - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Denis O'Donovan*	24.92	2,407
	Fine Gael	P.J. SheehanTD*	12.24	1,888
	Fine Gael	Noel Harrington	16.05	1,550	1,595	1,681
	Fine Gael	John P. O'Shea	10.32	997	1,150	1,235	1,287	1,311	1,355	1,392	1,555
	Fianna Fáil	Vivian O'Callaghan*	9.47	915	1,235	1,270	1,276	1,287	1,306	1,357	1,467
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin O'Neill	9.30	898	1,045	1,057	1,059	1,063	1,132	1,232	1,277
	Independent	Liam Ward	3.85	372	460	501	502	531	562	604
	Sinn Féin	Martin Ennis	2.62	253	276	280	281	303	347
	Labour	Michael O'Sullivan	2.17	210	224	235	238	289
	Green	Micky McBrearty	1.73	167	174	178	179
Electorate: 15,553   Valid: 9,657 (62.09%)   Spoilt: 182   Quota: 1,610   Turnout: 9,839 (63.26%)

Blarney

Blarney - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Fleming*	18.34	2,138	2,256	2,312	2,409
	Fine Gael	Tomas Ryan*	16.97	1,978	2,029	2,238	2,539
	Fianna Fáil	Annette McNamara*	14.34	1,672	1,737	1,754	1,916	2,011	2,050
	Fine Gael	Gerry Kelly	12.76	1,487	1,637	2,074	2,445
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Joyce	11.22	1,308	1,451	1,622	1,860	1,891	1,965
	Labour	Sheila O'Sullivan*	10.46	1,219	1,351	1,510
	Fine Gael	Dan O'Shea	8.95	1,043	1,132
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Burns	6.97	813
Electorate: 25,346   Valid: 11,658 (46.00%)   Spoilt: 201   Quota: 2,332   Turnout: 11,859 (46.79%)

Carrigaline

Carrigaline - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fine Gael	Simon CoveneyTD	19.94	3,933
	Fianna Fáil	Batt O'KeeffeTD*	15.93	3,141
	Fianna Fáil	Barry Cogan*	11.07	2,183	2,430	2,547
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Forde	9.12	1,799	1,884	1,965	1,999	2,084	2,104	2,197	2,293	2,502
	Fine Gael	Derry Canty*	7.02	1,385	1,609	1,739	1,746	1,763	1,974	2,147	2,190	2,313	2,851
	Labour	Paula Desmond*	6.85	1,351	1,593	1,626	1,630	1,683	1,937	2,025	2,187	2,280	2,507
	Progressive Democrats	Peter Kelly	6.66	1,313	1,387	1,404	1,406	1,504	1,519	1,614	1,669	1,720	1,773	1,905
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Sullivan	4.34	856	876	983	1,000	1,128	1,138	1,162	1,240	1,453	1,489	1,534
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Hanlon	3.68	725	758	775	778	823	837	845
	Fianna Fáil	John Whelton	3.65	719	747	862	869	882	905	917	953
	Fine Gael	Braham Brennan*	3.16	624	875	887	892	915	993	1,115	1,158	1,176
	Labour	Edward Dawson	2.95	581	611	643	645	683
	Independent	Michael O'Hanlon	2.93	578	598	606	606
	Fine Gael	Kate Horgan	2.71	534	747	753	753	776	792
Electorate: 46,314   Valid: 19,722 (42.58%)   Spoilt: 250   Quota: 2,466   Turnout: 19,972 (43.12%)

Fermoy

Fermoy - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin O'Keeffe*	27.34	3,059
	Fianna Fáil	Frank O'Flynn	21.61	2,418
	Fine Gael	Aileen Pyne*	13.84	1,549	1,715	1,761	1,815	2,348
	Fine Gael	James O'Connell	12.50	1,399	1,543	1,568	1,602	1,837
	Fine Gael	P.J. Walsh	12.24	1,369	1,690	1,739	1,781	1,936
	Independent	John Hussey	6.94	776	868	902	964
	Labour	Tadhg O'Donovan	3.43	384	443	455	476
	Christian Solidarity	Billy Fanning	2.10	235	274	288
Electorate: 19,255   Valid: 11,189 (58.11%)   Spoilt: 162   Quota: 2,238   Turnout: 11,351 (58.95%)

Kanturk

Kanturk - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Patrick Buckley	14.78	2,154	2,313	2,515
	Fine Gael	Gerard Murphy*	14.00	2,039	2,103	2,210	2,381
	Fianna Fáil	Marie (The Shamrock) Murphy*	13.87	2,021	2,082	2,290	2,302
	Fianna Fáil	Mike Donegan	11.87	1,730	1,784	1,929	2,411
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Roche*	10.93	1,592	1,660	1,977	2,009
	Fine Gael	Frank Crowley*	10.75	1,566	1,703	1,880	2.542
	Fine Gael	Billy Biggane*	10.14	1,477	1,525	1,537
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence Kelly*	7.80	1,136	1,309
	Labour	Bill Cashin	4.70	685
	Natural Law	Patrick Murphy	0.62	91
	Green	Ted Bradley	0.54	78
Electorate: 22,325   Valid: 14,569 (65.26%)   Spoilt: 240   Quota: 2,429   Turnout: 14,809 (66.33%)

Macroom

Macroom - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fine Gael	Michael CreedTD*	31.28	3,212
	Fianna Fáil	Donal MoynihanTD*	25.87	2,657
	Fine Gael	Frank Metcalfe*	15.13	1,554	1,932	2,348
	Labour	Martin Coughlan	14.99	1,539	1,745	2,106
	Fianna Fáil	Padraig Murphy	12.74	1,308	1,368
Electorate: 16,303   Valid: 10,270 (62.99%)   Spoilt: 148   Quota: 2,568   Turnout: 10,418 (63.90%)

Mallow

Mallow - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Paul BradfordTD*	23.55	2,525
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Joe Fitzgerald	22.06	2,366
	Labour	Joe Sherlock*	21.26	2,280
	Fine Gael	Tom Sheahan*	15.75	1,689	1,885	1,921	2,025	2,062	2,358
	Fianna Fáil	David Willis	10.53	1,129	1,228	1,382	1,463	1,533	1,615
	Independent	Michael Broderick	3.97	426	479	499	548	576
	Green	Mary Sleeman-Power	2.87	308	340	351
Electorate: 17,923   Valid: 10,723 (59.83%)   Spoilt: 146   Quota: 2,145   Turnout: 10,869 (60.64%)

Midleton

Midleton - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Labour	John Mulvihill*	15.40	2,821
	Independent	Noel Collins*	11.85	2,171	2,185	2,266	2,309	2,390	2,468	2,663
	Fine Gael	Michael Hegarty*	10.50	1,922	1,935	1,968	1,997	2,038	2,458	3,143
	Fianna Fáil	Maurice Ahern*	10.34	1,894	1,903	1,929	2,200	2,305	2,369	2,457	2,514	2,524	2,820
	Fianna Fáil	Art Supple	8.49	1,555	1,555	1,584	1,671	1,780	1,922	1,952	1,980	1,984	2,077
	Independent	Ted Murphy	7.04	1,290	1,296	1,347	1,369	1,425	1,494	1,641	1,803	1,829	1,920
	Progressive Democrats	J.J. Flavin	6.99	1,280	1,284	1,306	1,327	1,408	1,520	1,550	1,607	1,611	1,671
	Fine Gael	George Jeffrey	5.98	1,096	1,103	1,134	1,156	1,172	1,329
	Fine Gael	Mort Murphy	5.91	1,083	1,087	1,110	1,118	1,143
	Independent	Seán O'Connor	5.83	1,068	1,137	1,185	1,366	1,545	1,560	1,579	1,587	1,589
	Sinn Féin	Kieran McCarthy	4.61	845	868	914	960
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Dowling	4.38	803	839	866
	Green	Vincent Keaney	1.26	230	839	866
	Independent	Gerry O'Sullivan	0.86	158	159
	Independent	Christy Carr	0.53	97	99
Electorate: 32,825   Valid: 18,313 (55.79%)   Spoilt: 315   Quota: 2,617   Turnout: 18,628 (56.75%)

Skibbereen

Skibbereen - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Christy O'Sullivan	15.86	2,510
	Fine Gael	Maura Cal McCarthy*	15.19	2,404
	Fianna Fáil	Donal O'Rourke*	14.83	2,348
	Fine Gael	Tadhg O'Donovan*	10.49	1,660	1,796	1,860	1,868	1,886	1,922	2,257
	Labour	Michael McCarthy	7.00	1,484	1,524	1,559	1,569	1,657	1,757	1,812	1,847
	Fine Gael	John Collins	8.96	1,418	1,457	1,557	1,570	1,596	1,640	1,692	1,724
	Fianna Fáil	Tom O'Neill*	7.12	1,127	1,218	1,242	1,356	1,378	1,498	1,869	1,935
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Sullivan	6.41	1,015	1,080	1,240	1,331	1,354	1,543	1,574	1,598
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Long	5.29	838	928	937	1,001	1,019	1,087
	Sinn Féin	Cionnaith O Suilleabhain	4.69	743	795	819	881	934
	Green	Kieran O'Leary	1.78	282	300	309	318
Electorate: 24,833   Valid: 15,829 (63.74%)   Spoilt: 243   Quota: 1,979   Turnout: 16,072 (64.72%)

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