1920 Pembroke Urban District Council election

Elections to the Pembroke Urban District Council took place on Thursday 15 January 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections.[1]

Four candidates, including Dench (previously a nationalist councillor), and Forsyth (a Protestant Home Ruler, and the incumbent council Chairman) ran on a Ratepayers Association ticket, which was silent on the national question. Along with keeping rates down, the grouping was committed to improved housing accommodation for the working classes, extending facilities to plotholders, better street lighting, the erection of a Free Carnegie Library, improved technical education, and providing wash houses where necessary.[2]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	Candidates	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Irish Unionist	6		7
	Sinn Féin	6		11
	Ratepayers	3		4
	Irish Labour	0		4
	Independent	0		1
Totals		15		27	7,487 (70.84%)	100%	—
Source: Irish Independent[3]

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Results by electoral area

East Ward

East Ward - 7 seats[1][4][5]
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	Count 13
	Irish Unionist	John Good (incumbent)	19.60	667
	Sinn Féin	James Maguire	14.28	486
	Irish Unionist	Charles R. Dunbar (incumbent)			467
	Irish Unionist	William McMillan		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	444
	Sinn Féin	Joseph Curran		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	466
	Ratepayers	Thomas Ryan		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	426
	Sinn Féin	Denis Byrne		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	424
	Irish Labour	Thomas Doyle		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	329 - Eliminated
	Sinn Féin	Christopher O'Kelly (brother of Seán T. O'Kelly)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	302 - Eliminated
	Ratepayers	G. W. Dench J.P. (incumbent)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	196 - Eliminated
	Sinn Féin	Alice Ginnell		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	179 - Eliminated
	Irish Labour	Helen Sophia Chenevix		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	147 - Eliminated
	Sinn Féin	Alfred McGloughlin		-	-	-	-	-	-	118 - Eliminated
	Independent	John O'Brien		-	-	-	-	-	95 - Eliminated
	Irish Labour	Diarmid Joseph O'Leary		-	-	-	51 - Eliminated
Electorate: 4,693   Valid: 3,403   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 426   Turnout: 3,464

West Ward

West Ward - 8 seats[1][3][4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1
	Irish Unionist	William Beckett (incumbent)	19.27	787
	Ratepayers	Michael Fannin (incumbent)	16.06	656
	Irish Unionist	John Wesley Brittain	10.40	425	665
	Irish Unionist	George Robert Goodfellow	9.50	388
	Sinn Féin	Mary S. Humphreys	9.50	388
	Sinn Féin	Michael Greene	8.69	355
	Sinn Féin	Bartholomew O'Connor	7.91	323
	Irish Unionist	Sir Gabriel Stokes	7.74	316
	Sinn Féin	Michael Stafford	5.70	233
	Irish Labour	J. Edward Nolan	5.56	227
	Ratepayers	William Mills Forsyth J.P. (incumbent council Chairman)	5.02	205
	Sinn Féin	Fergus O'Connor	1.79	73	-	-	-	Eliminated
Electorate: 5,876   Valid: 4,085   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 454   Turnout: 4,156

References

1. "Municipal elections: Dublin Townships". Dublin Evening Telegraph. Dublin. 19 January 1920. pp. 1–3.
2. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
3. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
4. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
5. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.