1999 Dublin City Council election

An election to Dublin City Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 52 councillors were elected from thirteen electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

1999 Dublin City Council election

10 June 1999
All 52 seats to Dublin City Council
Party Fianna Fáil Labour Fine Gael Seats won 20 14 9 Seat change - +4 +3   Party Sinn Féin Green Independent Seats won 4 2 3 Seat change +3 -2 -2   Party Progressive Democrats Workers' Party Seats won 0 0 Seat change -1 -5
Map showing the area of Dublin City Council
Council control before election Fianna Fáil Workers Party Council control after election Labour Party Fine Gael Green Party

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	20	-	42,928	34.67%
	Labour	14	+4	21,886	17.68%
	Fine Gael	9	+3	22,089	17.84%
	Sinn Féin	4	+3	9,717	7.85%
	Green	2	-2	9,515	7.68%
	Independent	3	-2	11,810	9.54%
	Progressive Democrats	0	-1	3,039	2.45%
	Workers' Party	0	-5	2,316	1.87%
Totals		52	-	123,823	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Artane

Artane - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Seán HaugheyTD*	24.20	2,134
	Sinn Féin	Larry O'Toole	16.85	1,486	1,510	1,533	1,558	1,608	1,657	1,706
	Fine Gael	Richard BrutonTD	16.69	1,472	1,518	1,527	1,596	1,644	1,726	2,000
	Labour	Anthony Creevey*	13.37	1,179	1,195	1,209	1,238	1,307	1,369	1,805
	Labour	Paddy Bourke*	9.51	839	854	863	880	942	974
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Taylor	6.56	579	676	677	709	719	1,100	1,198
	Fianna Fáil	Ita Green*	5.18	457	614	616	644	672
	Green	Sieneke Hakvoort	3.42	302	307	328	378
	Independent	Austin McCoy	1.96	173	177	183
	Independent	Brian Sheehan	1.15	101	104	113
	Socialist Workers	Ritchie Browne	1.11	98	104	113
Electorate: 27,407   Valid: 8,820 (32.18%)   Spoilt: 125   Quota: 1,765   Turnout: 8,945 (32.64%)

Ballyfermot

Ballyfermot - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Michael Conaghan*	25.05	1,369
	Independent	Vincent Jackson*	23.92	1,307	1,400
	Fianna Fáil	Marian McGennisTD	17.19	939	952	969	1,246	1,366
	Fine Gael	Tom Kavanagh	11.42	624	644	679	725	920
	Workers' Party	Linda Kavanagh*	8.47	463	482	565	588
	Fianna Fáil	John Martin	6.84	374	382	404
	Green	Selina Bonnie	3.73	204	218
	Independent	Helen Doyle	3.37	184
Electorate: 19,539   Valid: 5,464 (27.96%)   Spoilt: 117   Quota: 1,367   Turnout: 5,581 (28.56%)

Ballymun-Whitehall

Ballymun-Whitehall - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Noel AhernTD*	33.30	2,093
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Heney	16.20	1,018	1,417	1,443	1,503	1,577
	Fine Gael	Michael Nugent	14.56	915	951	959	1,007	1,084	1,172
	Labour	Eamonn O'Brien*	10.96	689	713	739	908	1,031	1,460
	Workers' Party	Seán Ó Cionnaith*	9.72	611	629	663	703	800
	Green	Eugene O'Brien	6.33	398	411	469	514
	Labour	Una Ryan	5.62	353	368	388
	Independent	T.J. Fay	2.21	139	153
	Socialist Workers	Kevin Wingfield	1.10	69	71
Electorate: 19,425   Valid: 6,285 (32.36%)   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 1,572   Turnout: 6,408 (32.99%)

Cabra-Glasnevin

Cabra-Glasnevin - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Maurice Ahern	17.59	2,421
	Sinn Féin	Nicky Kehoe	17.29	2,380
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Dr.Dermot Fitzpatrick*	12.76	1,757	1,825	1,842	1,936	2,090	2,244	2,308
	Labour	Brendan Carr	12.72	1,751	1,758	1,772	1,790	1,950	2,608
	Fianna Fáil	John Stephens	10.27	1,413	1,432	1,441	1,544	1,652	1,812	1,857
	Green	Thomas Simpson	9.54	1,313	1,319	1,339	1,383	1,545
	Fine Gael	Chris Giblin	9.12	1,256	1,262	1,263	1,292	1,767	1,993	2,197
	Fine Gael	John Kearney*	5.56	766	769	785	819
	Progressive Democrats	Desmond Gibney	2.66	366	368	370	378
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Nash	2.48	342	357	363
Electorate: 33,842   Valid: 13,765 (40.67%)   Spoilt: 227   Quota: 2,295   Turnout: 13,992 (41.35%)

Clontarf

Clontarf - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Ivor CallelyTD*	29.99	4,559
	Independent	Finian McGrath	12.24	1,861	1,958	2,013	2,065	2,110	2,207	2,549
	Independent	Dennis McIntyre	8.83	1,342	1,431	1,432	1,455	1,512	1,559	1,670	1,926
	Fine Gael	Gerry Breen	8.74	1,329	1,421	1,437	1,451	2,027	2,071	2,188	2,569
	Labour	Derek McDowellTD*	7.93	1,205	1,313	1,558	1,601	1,662	1,723	1,997	2,279
	Progressive Democrats	Ronan Garvey	6.97	1,060	1,157	1,186	1,217	1,263	1,320	1,408
	Green	Bronwen Maher	6.43	978	1,044	1,105	1,133	1,172	1,227
	Fianna Fáil	John Stafford*	5.70	867	1,383	1,399	1,657	1,705	2,271	2,362	2,576
	Fine Gael	Tom Halligan	5.62	855	921	931	940
	Labour	Padraig de Burca	2.97	451	487
	Fianna Fáil	Stephen Egan	2.42	368	828	846	1,079	1,106
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Hayden	2.14	326	724	737
Electorate: 37,394   Valid: 15,201 (40.65%)   Spoilt: 179   Quota: 2,534   Turnout: 15,380 (41.13%)

Crumlin-Kimmage

Crumlin-Kimmage - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Gay MitchellTD	24.97	3,402
	Labour	Eric Byrne*	12.95	1,764	1,909	1,975	2,076	2,291
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Mulcahy*	12.72	1,733	1,829	1,842	1,885	1,932	2,265	2,266	2,325
	Fianna Fáil	Seán ArdaghTD	12.05	1,642	1,725	1,733	1,809	1,851	2,024	2,026	2,086	2,293
	Sinn Féin	Brian Kenna	7.00	953	981	1,039	1,055	1,075	1,092	1,093	1,147
	Fine Gael	Ruairi McGinley*	6.75	919	1,494	1,511	1,616	1,670	1,693	1,695	1,823	1,914
	Green	John Goodwillie	6.36	867	912	976	1,041	1,074	1,091	1,093	1,259	1,651
	Fianna Fáil	Derek Mooney	3.95	538	585	590	626	635
	Labour	Audrey Goggins	3.81	519	543	566	607	693	710	722
	Labour	Liam Herrity	3.57	487	522	540	549
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Ainscough	3.57	486	522	527
	Workers' Party	Shay Kelly	2.30	314	331
Electorate: 40,588   Valid: 13,624 (33.57%)   Spoilt: 266   Quota: 2,271   Turnout: 13,890 (34.22%)

Donaghmede

Donaghmede - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Martin BradyTD*	21.20	2,723
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Liam Fitzgerald*	17.87	2,295
	Labour	Seán Kenny*	15.27	1,961	2,026	2,052	2,096	2,143
	Labour	Tommy BroughanTD*	12.43	1,596	1,688	1,706	1,734	1,772	1,898	2,365
	Fine Gael	Niamh Cosgrave	10.05	1,291	1,331	1,342	1,478	1,523	1,610	1,850
	Green	Donna Cooney*	7.50	963	994	1,000	1,006	1,036	1,216
	Fianna Fáil	John Clare	6.12	786	1,026	1,084	1,092	1,374	1,457	1,597
	Independent	Aidan Kennedy	4.43	569	581	584	593	610
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Guyett	3.25	417	514	544	550
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cummins	1.90	244	249	251
Electorate: 37,794   Valid: 12,845 (33.99%)   Spoilt: 179   Quota: 2,141   Turnout: 13,024 (34.46%)

Finglas

Finglas - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Pat CareyTD*	25.86	2,771
	Sinn Féin	Dessie Ellis	21.26	2,278
	Labour	Róisín ShortallTD*	14.66	1,571	1,671	1,694	1,730	1,817	1,948	2,017	2,492
	Fine Gael	Brendan Brady*	10.98	1,177	1,238	1,250	1,269	1,296	1,333	1,388	1,639	1,826
	Independent	Dr. Bill Tormey	9.90	1,061	1,113	1,132	1,160	1,196	1,286	1,321
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Taaffe*	8.18	877	1,093	1,116	1,134	1,159	1,195	1,459	1,785	1,894
	Fianna Fáil	Dalgan Kirwan	2.64	283	423	430	441	459	476
	Green	Alison Larkin	2.59	278	300	315	352	408
	Workers' Party	John Dunne	2.41	258	277	297	315
	Natural Law	Billy Keegan	1.50	161	178	193
Electorate: 28,140   Valid: 10,715 (38.08%)   Spoilt: 185   Quota: 2,144   Turnout: 10,900 (38.73%)

North Inner City

North Inner City - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent	Tony GregoryTD*	36.27	3,394
	Labour	Senator Joe Costello*	12.39	1,159	1,696
	Sinn Féin	Christy Burke*	11.18	1,112	1,462	1,495	1,502	1,525	1,548	1,598
	Fianna Fáil	Royston Brady	10.04	939	1,088	1,100	1,103	1,113	1,120	1,128	1,183	1,245	1,249	1,383
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Tony Kett*	8.50	795	930	937	944	951	955	962	984	1,034	1,035	1,129
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Stafford*	6.31	590	794	808	812	819	821	836	875	936	937	1,030
	Green	Sheila Fogarty	4.62	432	604	627	640	651	697	726	787	928	937
	Fine Gael	Dave Kearney	4.45	416	510	528	533	538	543	552	579
	Independent	Ernie Beggs	2.06	193	256	261	273	300	307	333
	Workers' Party	Paul Hansard	1.09	102	144	151	154	156	187
	Socialist Workers	Joe Carolan	1.06	99	126	135	138	148
	Independent	Martin Byrne	0.78	73	104	109	124
	Independent	Tom Prendeville	0.57	53	83	86
Electorate: 31,134   Valid: 9,357 (30.05%)   Spoilt: 198   Quota: 1,560   Turnout: 9,555 (30.69%)

Pembroke

Pembroke - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Senator Joe Doyle*	23.42	1,724	1,772	1,873
	Labour	Dermot Lacey*	21.99	1,632	1,713	1,767	1,811	2,071
	Fianna Fáil	Chris Andrews	16.64	1,225	1,261	1,320	1,618	1,736
	Green	Claire Wheeler*	12.63	930	1,036	1,135	1,202	1,379
	Fine Gael	Paddy McCartan	7.86	579	602	673	717
	Fianna Fáil	Liz Donnelly	6.15	453	476	520
	Progressive Democrats	Jason O'Mahony	6.00	442	470
	Independent	Catherine Cavendish	3.56	262
	Natural Law	John Burns	0.86	63
	Independent	Ian Murphy	0.71	52
Electorate: 20,535   Valid: 7,362 (35.85%)   Spoilt: 95   Quota: 1,841   Turnout: 7,457 (36.31%)

Rathmines

Rathmines - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Green	Eamon Ryan*	17.24	1,434	1,453	1,465	1,556	1,583	1,765
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Donnelly*	16.89	1,405	1,410	1,418	1,431	1,867
	Fine Gael	Frances Fitzgerald	16.78	1,396	1,399	1,405	1,408	1,442	1,644	1,727
	Labour	Mary Freehill*	16.23	1,350	1,356	1,362	1,411	1,430	1,521	1,575
	Fine Gael	Terry Cosgrave	13.99	1,164	1,164	1,177	1,183	1,209	1,335	1,396
	Progressive Democrats	Alan Robinson*	8.23	685	687	689	695	723
	Fianna Fáil	Loughlin Deegan	7.07	588	589	596	602
	Socialist Workers	Grace Lally	2.14	178	183	189
	Independent	Gary Byrnes	0.77	64	73
	Independent	Mir Silkbeard Kulhavy	0.62	55
Electorate: 25,743   Valid: 8,319 (32.32%)   Spoilt: 117   Quota: 1,664   Turnout: 8,436 (32.77%)

South-East Inner City

South-East Inner City - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Eoin Ryan Jnr TD*	16.65	968	975	1,011	1,467
	Labour	Kevin Humphreys	16.49	959	972	1,003	1,029	1,185	1,518
	Green	Ciarán Cuffe*	14.43	839	854	884	910	1,052	1,358
	Sinn Féin	Daithí Doolan	13.38	778	778	815	831	1,006	1,065
	Fine Gael	Mark Henry	14.20	826	828	842	895	945
	Fianna Fáil	Garry Keegan	10.34	601	603	605
	Workers' Party	Tom Crilly	9.77	568	588	634	639
	Independent	Gabrielle Weafer-Arnold	3.39	197	206
	Socialist Workers	Shay Ryan	1.36	79
Electorate: 18,557   Valid: 5,815 (31.34%)   Spoilt: 115   Quota: 1,454   Turnout: 5,930 (31.96%)

South-West Inner City

South-West Inner City - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	John Gallagher*	16.83	1,052	1,137	1,426	1,466	1,605
	Fine Gael	Catherine Byrne	15.53	971	996	1,059	1,160	1,635
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Mooney*	15.02	939	1,010	1,055	1,493	1,644
	Fine Gael	Karl Rock	12.21	763	798	859	910
	Sinn Féin	Ken Fitzgerald	11.68	730	834	913	973	1,022
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Brunkard	11.41	713	732	757
	Green	Kristina McElroy	9.23	577	666
	Independent	Martina Kenna	6.80	425
	Independent	Denis Murphy	1.30	81
Electorate: 20,542   Valid: 6,251 (30.43%)   Spoilt: 143   Quota: 1,563   Turnout: 6,394 (31.13%)

External links

• https://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/migrated-files/en/Publications/LocalGovernment/Voting/FileDownLoad%2C1889%2Cen.pdf
• Official website
• http://irelandelection.com/council.php?elecid=173&tab=constit&detail=yes&electype=5&councilid=7&electype=5
• https://irishelectionliterature.com/others-project/old-local-election-results/