Part of the 1979 Irish local elections
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
Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| Fianna Fáil | 7 | 2 | 11,079 | 35.37 | |
| Fine Gael | 8 | 2 | 9,834 | 26.66 | |
| Labour | 4 | | 7,020 | 22.41 | |
| Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | 1 | 1 | 1,785 | 5.70 | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 1,330 | 4.25 | |
Total | 21 | | 31,322 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Arklow
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
Bray
Wicklow
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
- ^ "Wicklow County Council: (Arklow) 1979". Irish Elections: Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d "1974" (XLSX). Irish Election Literature. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Wicklow County Council: (Baltinglass) 1979 Local Election". Irish Elections: Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Wicklow County Council: (Bray) 1979 Local Election". Irish Elections: Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Wicklow County Council: (Wicklow) 1979 Local Election". IIrish Elections: Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
External links
- Department of the Environment (1980). Local elections, 1979: election results and transfer of votes in respect of each county, and county borough council: and election statistics relating to all local authorities (PDF). Official publications. Vol. Prl.9322. Dublin: Stationery Office. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- Council Results Irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- "1974" (XLSX). Irish Election Literature. Retrieved 26 August 2023 – via Wordpress. (1974-2009 results are included in spreadsheet)
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