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1979 Wicklow County Council election

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1979 Wicklow County Council election

← 1974 7 June 1979 1985 →

All 21 seats on Wicklow County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 7 8 4
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 2 Steady

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin The Workers' Party Independent
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1

Area of Wicklow County Council

An election to all 21 seats on Wicklow County Council took place on 7 June 1979 as part of the 1979 Irish local elections. County Wicklow was divided into 4 county electoral areas to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). The term was extended to 1985.

Results by party

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Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 7 Decrease2 11,079 35.37
Fine Gael 8 Increase2 9,834 26.66
Labour 4 Steady 7,020 22.41
Sinn Féin The Workers' Party 1 Increase1 1,785 5.70
Independent 1 Decrease1 1,330 4.25
Total 21 Steady 31,322 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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Arklow

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Arklow: 6 seats[1][2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Fine Gael Vincent Blake* 13.8% 1,135  
Labour Kevin Ryan* 11.0% 906  
Fianna Fáil Thomas Keenan* 10.0% 826  
Fianna Fáil John Sweeney* 8.7% 720  
Fine Gael Margo Weadick* 7.6% 726  
Labour Sean Wolohan 6.3% 522  
Labour Thomas King 5.9% 483  
Fianna Fáil Patrick Timmins 5.6% 464  
Fianna Fáil Tom Clandillon 5.6% 462  
Independent Patrick Wadden 4.8% 399  
Fianna Fáil James Fitzgerald 3.7% 306  
Fine Gael Brian Culleton 3.0% 247  
Labour Michael Murphy 2.1% 176  
Fine Gael James Merrigan 1.4% 115  
Labour John Hennessy 1.0% 82  
Electorate: 12,197   Valid: 8,244 (67.59%)   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 1,178   Turnout: 8,425  

Baltinglass

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Baltinglass: 3 seats[3][2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Fine Gael Godfrey TimminsTD* 34.1% 1,583  
Fianna Fáil James Miley* 21.2% 982  
Fianna Fáil J. Hobson 15.6% 725  
Fine Gael Pascal Deering* 14.7% 681  
Fine Gael Donal McEvoy 7.6% 353  
Fianna Fáil P. Kennedy 6.8% 313  
Electorate: 7,159   Valid: 4,367 (61%)   Spoilt: 55   Quota: 1,160   Turnout: 4,422  

Bray

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Bray: 7 seats[4][2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Sinn Féin The Workers' Party John McManus* 15.0% 1,785  
Fianna Fáil Ciaran Murphy* 14.1% 1,684  
Fine Gael Aidan Murphy* 10.0% 1,199  
Fine Gael John Leeson* 9.7% 1,161  
Labour John Byrne* 8.3% 985  
Fine Gael George Jones* 6.7% 799  
Labour John Murnane 6.2% 740  
Fianna Fáil Johnny Fox* 6.2% 738  
Fianna Fáil Nancy O'Neill 5.4% 640  
Fine Gael Jane Murphy 4.9% 583  
Fianna Fáil Mary Ledwidge 4.9% 581  
Fine Gael John Magennety 3.2% 383  
Fianna Fáil Deirdre Dillon-Mallon 2.6% 309  
Labour Nancy Mahony 2.1% 249  
Fianna Fáil Joseph Melia 0.9% 102  
Electorate: 22,776   Valid: 11,938 (52.43%)   Spoilt: 162   Quota: 1,493   Turnout: 12,055  

Wicklow

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Wicklow: 5 seats[2][5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Labour Liam Kavanagh* 24.8% 1,679  
Fianna Fáil Roger Miley* 9.6% 651  
Fine Gael Harry Cullen* 9.1% 615  
Fianna Fáil Jim Giff* 8.8% 598  
Fianna Fáil Michael Cullen* 8.2% 556  
Labour Frank Hynes* 7.5% 506  
Fianna Fáil Seamus Power 6.2% 422  
Labour James Gregory 6.0% 404  
Fine Gael John Whelan 5.6% 382  
Fine Gael Nora Fitzpatrick 5.5% 371  
Labour Jimmy O'Shaughnessy 4.3% 288  
Independent Basil Phelan 2.3% 157  
Fine Gael Michael Miley 2.1% 144  
Electorate: 11,682   Valid: 8,178 (70.08%)   Spoilt: 105   Quota: 1,129   Turnout: 6,912  

References

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  1. ^ "Wicklow County Council: (Arklow) 1979". Irish Elections: Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "1974" (XLSX). Irish Election Literature. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Wicklow County Council: (Baltinglass) 1979 Local Election". Irish Elections: Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Wicklow County Council: (Bray) 1979 Local Election". Irish Elections: Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Wicklow County Council: (Wicklow) 1979 Local Election". IIrish Elections: Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
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