1920 Wicklow County Council election

The 1920 Wicklow County Council election was held on Friday, 4 June 1920.

Council results
Party Seats ± Seats % Votes Votes % ±%
Sinn Féin 14 New
Lab-Sinn Féin 3
Farmers' Association 2
Irish Nationalist 1
Independent 0
Totals 20 Steady 100.0 8,287 100% Steady

Results by electoral division

Arklow
Arklow - 6 seats[1][2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789101112
Sinn Féin Felix O'Rafferty 575
Sinn Féin James Byrne 560 elected
Sinn Féin William Grainger 403 - elected
Labour-Sinn Féin William Doyle 422 - - elected
Sinn Féin Andrew Kinsella 311 - - - elected
Farmers' Association Daniel Condren 255 - - - - elected
Independent Arthur Bernard Brennan 197
Farmers' Association Robert Wynne Coates 242
Farmers' Association John Valentine Cahan 168
Farmers' Association George Thomas Hopkins 118
Farmers' Association Tobias Kinsella 157
Sinn Féin Daniel New 271
Independent Edmond C. Walsh 27
Electorate: -   Valid: 3,766   Spoilt: 229   Quota: 539   Turnout: 3,983  

    Baltinglass
    Baltinglass - 4 seats[2][3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Sinn Féin Patrick Healy uncontested
    Sinn Féin Daniel McEvoy uncontested
    Sinn Féin John Joseph Metcalfe uncontested
    Sinn Féin Edward O'Neill uncontested
    Valid:   Quota:  

      Bray
      Bray - 5 seats[2][1]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Sinn Féin Joseph Campbell 488
      Labour-Sinn Féin John Redmond 408
      Sinn Féin Patrick Murphy 307 - elected
      Sinn Féin Joseph Lynch 284 elected
      Irish Nationalist Martin Langton 276 - - elected
      Irish Nationalist John Storey 122
      Electorate: -   Valid: 1,885   Spoilt: 171   Quota: 315   Turnout: 2,056 (slightly over 50%)  

        Wicklow
        Wicklow - 5 seats[2][4]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678910
        Sinn Féin Robert Childers Barton[lower-alpha 1] 643
        Labour-Sinn Féin James Everett 588
        David H. Haskins 231
        Sinn Féin Dulcibella Barton[lower-alpha 2] 226
        Sinn Féin Christopher M. Byrne[lower-alpha 3] 221 - - - 440
        Farmers' Association William Byrne 206 - - - - - - - - elected
        Sinn Féin Bernard Kelly 179 - - - - - - - - elected
        James Byrne 120
        John Fleming 97
        Andrew Halpin 86
        Wilfred Tighe 21
        Richard Wilson 18
        Electorate: -   Valid: 2,636   Spoilt: 277   Quota: 440   Turnout: 2,913  

          Notes
          1. Barton, who was also MP for West Wicklow, was imprisoned in Portland Prison at the time of the election.
          2. Dulcibella Barton withdrew from the election, although she withdrew too late for her name to be removed from voting papers.
          3. Byrne was at the time on the run.

          References
          1. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001874/19200605/105/0005 (subscription required)
          2. "Notice of Result of Elections: Wicklow County Council; Election of county councillors for the above in the year 1920". Wicklow County Council. 4 June 1920.
          3. Description of four as "Sinn Feiners"
          4. "The Elections: Wicklow County Electoral Area". Wicklow People. 12 June 1920.
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