1999 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election

1999 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election

10 June 1999
All 28 seats to Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 10 8 6 Seat change +2 +1 +1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Progressive Democrats Green Workers' Party Seats won 3 1 0 Seat change +1 -2 -3
Map showing the area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
Council control after election TBD

An election to Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 28 councillors were elected from six local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	10	+2	18,108	31.58
	Fine Gael	8	+1	15,662	27.31
	Labour	6	+1	10,370	18.08
	Progressive Democrats	3	+1	4,576	7.98
	Green	1	-2	4,208	7.34
	Workers' Party	0	-3	N/A	N/A
Totals		28	0	57,348	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Ballybrack

Ballybrack - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Larry Butler*	17.47	1,974
	Fine Gael	Donal Marren*	14.26	1,611
	Labour	Denis O'Callaghan*	10.28	1,161	1,182	1,223	1,283	1,284	1,311	1,409	1,472
	Fine Gael	Eoin Costello	9.80	1,107	1,146	1,157	1,196	1,199	1,470	1,507	1,668
	Labour	Frank Smyth*	9.41	1,063	1,072	1,114	1,128	1,128	1,179	1,308	1,434
	Fianna Fáil	Bernie Lowe	7.72	872	1,041	1,059	1,101	1,102	1,214	1,317	1,579
	Green	Catherine Sweeney	7.55	853	867	909	948	948	1,070	1,233	1,367
	Independent	Larry Lohan*	6.39	722	764	779	806	808	881	927
	Progressive Democrats	Feilim Clear	6.26	707	736	744	764	765
	Sinn Féin	Mick Nolan	6.17	697	706	746	765	767	791
	Independent	John Kavanagh	2.44	276	282	300
	Socialist Workers	David O'Sullivan	1.37	155	156
	Independent	Tom Mason	0.89	100	101
Electorate: 31,527   Valid: 11,298 (35.84%)   Spoilt: 145   Quota: 1,615   Turnout: 11,443 (36.30%)

Blackrock

Blackrock - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Barry Andrews	20.75	1,791
	Labour	Niamh Bhreathnach	19.37	1,672	1,683	1,692	1,854
	Fine Gael	William Dockrell*	12.76	1,101	1,104	1,110	1,156	1,171	1,236	1,349	1,584
	Fine Gael	Mary Brophy	10.02	865	869	872	917	928	987	1,118	1,311
	Progressive Democrats	Victor Boyhan	8.84	763	768	782	809	823	939	1,137	1,316
	Fianna Fáil	Barry Conway	8.20	708	743	751	788	794	853
	Green	Anne Brogan-Young	7.16	618	620	650	686	699
	Labour	Marian White	6.16	532	534	543	650	718	951	1,034
	Labour	Seán Misteil*	5.49	474	476	485
	Independent	Bill Stack	1.23	106	106
Electorate: 22,155   Valid: 8,630 (38.95%)   Spoilt: 110   Quota: 1,727   Turnout: 8,740 (39.45%)

Dundrum

Dundrum - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Fox*	21.67	2,828
	Fine Gael	Mary Elliott*	14.13	1,844	1,938
	Fine Gael	Pat Hand*	10.04	1,310	1,384	1,408	1,807	1,937
	Fianna Fáil	Trevor Matthews*	9.36	1,221	1,513	1,522	1,535	1,565	1,633	1,789	1,804	2,039
	Labour	Aidan Culhane	8.57	1,118	1,172	1,190	1,197	1,234	1,269	1,423	1,437	1,525	1,612
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Kelly	8.49	1,108	1,267	1,279	1,283	1,307	1,358	1,450	1,461	2,050
	Fianna Fáil	David Boylan*	6.58	859	1,029	1,040	1,049	1,062	1,116	1,176	1,186
	Green	Dominic Leonard	6.08	794	828	867	871	892	1,019	1,200	1,222	1,285	1,381
	Progressive Democrats	John Smyth	5.13	670	697	712	715	755	808
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Driscoll	4.33	565	581	588	598
	Independent	Richard Greene*	3.88	506	541	615	620	647
	Independent	Shane Egan	1.75	228	236
Electorate: 32,716   Valid: 13,051 (39.89%)   Spoilt: 150   Quota: 1,865   Turnout: 13,201 (40.35%)

Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Eamon Gilmore TD*	19.59	2,490
	Fianna Fáil	Betty Coffey*	17.21	2,187
	Fine Gael	Senator Liam T. Cosgrave*	14.89	1,893
	Progressive Democrats	Senator Helen Keogh*	12.04	1,530	1,621	1,672	1,681	1,787	1,843
	Green	Vincent MacDowell	8.80	1,119	1,205	1,223	1,225	1,253	1,296	1,516	1,594
	Fine Gael	Barbara Robinson-Smyth	8.08	1,027	1,067	1,084	1,103	1,318	1,335	1,501	1,514
	Labour	Jane Dillon-Byrne*	7.10	902	1,256	1,295	1,300	1,374	1,409	1,613	1,619
	Fianna Fáil	Eimear McAuliffe	6.13	779	817	896	899	928	1,257
	Fine Gael	Barbara Culleton	3.23	410	453	475	512
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Lawlor	2.93	373	395	540	542	560
Electorate: 34,117   Valid: 12,710 (37.25%)   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 1,816   Turnout: 12,928 (37.89%)

Glencullen

Glencullen - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Olivia Mitchell TD*	35.67	1,752
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Murphy	20.72	1,018	1,075	1,118	1,151	1,220
	Fianna Fáil	Maria Corrigan	19.85	975	1,080	1,115	1,197	1,330
	Labour	Pat Fitzgerald*	7.55	371	425	450	590
	Green	Tara Skakie	7.23	355	395	433
	Fine Gael	Hugh Walsh	5.48	269	517	545	634	877
	Independent	Peter Doyle	3.50	172	191
Electorate: 14,466   Valid: 4,912 (33.96%)   Spoilt: 57   Quota: 1,229   Turnout: 4,969 (34.35%)

Stillorgan

Stillorgan - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Louise Cosgrave	17.03	1,149	1,200	1,255	1,345	1,548	2,106
	Progressive Democrats	Fiona O'Malley	13.43	906	960	1,021	1,113	1,264	1,395	1,650
	Independent	Gearóid O'Keeffe	12.81	864	925	973	1,130	1,287	1,382	1,494
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Don Lydon*	11.58	781	806	1,153	1,319	1,373	1,496	1,548
	Fine Gael	Donal Lowry*	11.25	759	787	818	895	993
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Horkan	9.40	634	656
	Independent	Richard Greene*	8.86	598	679	717
	Labour	Margaret McCluskey	8.70	587	695	733	785
	Green	Larry Gordon*	6.95	469
Electorate: 15,698   Valid: 6,747 (42.98%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 1,687   Turnout: 6,822 (43.46%)

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Preceded by 1991 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election

Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council elections

Succeeded by 2004 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election