1999 Offaly County Council election

An election to Offaly County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

1999 Offaly County Council election

10 June 1999
All 21 seats to Offaly County Council
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 9 7 1 Seat change -1 +1 -   Party Independent Progressive Democrats Seats won 4 0 Seat change +1 -1
Map showing the area of Offaly County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	9	-1	9,880	38.14%
	Fine Gael	7	+1	6,879	26.56%
	Labour	1	-	2,366	9.13%
	Independent	4	+1	6,340	24.48%
	Progressive Democrats	0	-1	-	-
Totals		21	-	25,904	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Birr

Birr- 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Olwyn Enright	16.61	1,064
	Independent	Peter Ormond	15.27	978	982	1,073
	Fine Gael	Percy Clendennen*	14.92	956	963	985	1,185
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Pat Moylan*	12.94	829	877	930	1,089
	Independent	John Carroll	9.12	584	597	610	641	665	883
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Dooley*	8.65	554	632	732	747	762	937
	Independent	Tony McLoughlin	7.63	489	519	529	532	554
	Fine Gael	Tom Rigney	7.02	450	451	455
	Fianna Fáil	Una Collison	4.40	282	297
	Fianna Fáil	James McNamara	3.43	220
Electorate: 10,685   Valid: 6,406 (59.95%)   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 1,068   Turnout: 6,491 (60.75%)

Edenderry

Edenderry - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Bourke*	26.54	1,465
	Fianna Fáil	Ger Killally	21.42	1,182
	Independent	Frank Weir*	9.13	504	533	553	563	583	637	702	782
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Nolan	8.04	444	617	718	721	742	769	866	933
	Fine Gael	Emma Jones	7.56	417	427	431	437	444	463
	Fine Gael	Geraldine McGarrigle	6.58	363	378	403	404	409	477	581
	Fine Gael	John Foran	6.12	338	399	415	420	475	507	639	871
	Independent	Fergus McDonnell	5.98	330	473	499	506	590	626	636	656
	Independent	Peter McNamee	5.00	276	282	323	338	352
	Independent	Tom O'Connell	2.77	153	254	275	282
	Independent	John Owens	0.85	47	54	62
Electorate: 10,302   Valid: 5,519 (53.57%)   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 920   Turnout: 5,601 (54.37%)

Ferbane

Ferbane- 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Connie Hanniffy*	23.46	1,066
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Dooley*	22.32	1,014
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Feighery*	16.00	727	744	818	867	1,011
	Labour	Timmy Molloy	12.52	569	583	588	650	727	750
	Fine Gael	Marcella Corcoran Kennedy	10.54	479	573	588	635	806	859
	Independent	Padraig Horan	8.47	385	411	419	510
	Independent	Christy Gannon	6.67	303	309	312
Electorate: 8,994   Valid: 4,543 (50.51%)   Spoilt: 366   Quota: 909   Turnout: 4,909 (54.58%)

Tullamore

Tullamore - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Labour	Pat Gallagher*	16.70	1,591
	Fianna Fáil	Barry Cowen*	11.96	1,139	1,154	1,159	1,188	1,274
	Fine Gael	Tommy McKeigue*	8.48	808	865	871	947	962	963	1,042	1,070	1,096	1,141	1,224
	Fianna Fáil	John Flanagan*	8.44	804	836	846	851	913	954	996	1,018	1,155	1,181	1,521
	Fine Gael	Michael Fox*	7.19	685	701	702	734	775	784	812	819	854	870	909	944
	Independent	Thomas Dolan*	6.76	644	652	662	692	699	700	716	803	818	1,036	1,052	1,071
	Independent	Molly Buckley	6.37	607	643	648	663	690	694	760	789	807	870	949	986
	Independent	Johnny Butterfield*	5.65	538	553	566	572	582	584	606	626	768	792	827	864
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Mahon	4.78	455	462	468	471	496	505	510	520
	Sinn Féin	Oliver O'Connor	4.61	439	446	449	458	461	462	485
	Independent	Frank Feery	4.55	433	446	446	478	483	485	511	580	584
	Fianna Fáil	Miriam O'Callaghan*	4.53	432	461	464	473	513	525	571	595	696	726
	Fianna Fáil	Vincent Bermingham	3.50	333	339	341	342
	Labour	Seán O'Brien	3.11	296	443	444	452	457	458
	Fine Gael	Brendan McGowan	2.66	253	264	265
	Independent	John Conroy	0.72	69	70
Electorate: 17,384   Valid: 9,526 (54.80%)   Spoilt: 159   Quota: 1,191   Turnout: 9,685 (55.71%)

External links

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