1920 Pembroke Urban District Council election

The 1920 Pembroke election to the Pembroke Urban District Council took place on Thursday 15 January 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections.[1]

Four candidates, including Dench (previously a nationalist councillor), and Forsyth (a Protestant Home Ruler, and the incumbent council chairman) ran on a Ratepayers Association ticket, which was silent on the national question. Along with keeping rates down, the grouping was committed to improved housing accommodation for the working classes, extending facilities to plotholders, better street lighting, the erection of a Free Carnegie Library, improved technical education, and providing wash houses where necessary.[2]

Results by party
Party Seats ± Candidates First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Irish Unionist 6 Steady 7
Sinn Féin 6 Increase 11
Ratepayers 3 4
Labour 0 4
Independent 0 1
Totals 15 27 7,487 (70.84%) 100% —
Source: Irish Independent[3]

[3]

Results by local electoral area

* indicates outgoing councillor.

East Ward
East Ward - 7 seats[1][4][5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678910111213
Irish Unionist John Good * 19.60 667
Sinn Féin James Maguire 14.28 486
Irish Unionist Charles R. Dunbar * 467
Irish Unionist William McMillan - - - - - - - - - 444
Sinn Féin Joseph Curran - - - - - - - - - - - 466
Ratepayers Thomas Ryan - - - - - - - - - - - 426
Sinn Féin Denis Byrne - - - - - - - - - - - - 424
Labour Thomas Doyle - - - - - - - - - - - - 329
Sinn Féin Christopher O'Kelly[lower-alpha 1] - - - - - - - - - - - 302
Ratepayers G. W. Dench, J.P. * - - - - - - - - - 196
Sinn Féin Alice Ginnell - - - - - - - - 179
Labour Helen Sophia Chenevix - - - - - - - 147
Sinn Féin Alfred McGloughlin - - - - - - 118
Independent John O'Brien - - - - - 95
Labour Diarmid Joseph O'Leary - - - 51
Electorate: 4,693   Valid: 3,403   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 426   Turnout: 3,464  

    West Ward
    West Ward - 8 seats[1][3][4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Irish Unionist William Beckett * 19.27 787
    Ratepayers Michael Fannin * 16.06 656
    Irish Unionist John Wesley Brittain 10.40 425 665
    Irish Unionist George Robert Goodfellow 9.50 388
    Sinn Féin Mary S. Humphreys 9.50 388
    Sinn Féin Michael Greene 8.69 355
    Sinn Féin Bartholomew O'Connor 7.91 323
    Irish Unionist Sir Gabriel Stokes 7.74 316
    Sinn Féin Michael Stafford 5.70 233
    Labour J. Edward Nolan 5.56 227
    Ratepayers William Mills Forsyth, J.P. * 5.02 205
    Sinn Féin Fergus O'Connor 1.79 73 - - -
    Electorate: 5,876   Valid: 4,085   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 454   Turnout: 4,156  

      Notes
      1. Brother of Seán T. O'Kelly.

      References
      1. "Municipal elections: Dublin Townships". Dublin Evening Telegraph. Dublin. 19 January 1920. pp. 1–3.
      2. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002093/19200108/038/0002 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
      3. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001715/19200119/137/0006 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
      4. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001715/19200117/140/0005 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
      5. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002093/19200115/043/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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