1979 Wicklow County Council election

1979 Wicklow County Council election

7 June 1979
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 2 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Sinn Féin The Workers' Party Independent Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 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

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

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

Baltinglass: 3 seats

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

Bray: 7 seats

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

Wicklow: 5 seats

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

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)