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
Map showing the area of Wicklow County Council
Council control after election TBD

An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 7June 1979 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	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
Totals		21		31,322	100.0	—

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

Source 1 & Source 2 for Arklow counts.

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

Source 1 & Source 2 for Baltinglass counts.

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

Source 1 & Source 2 for Bray counts.

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

Source 1 & Source 2 for Wicklow counts.

External links

• 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)