1979 Wicklow County Council election

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.

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 Decrease 2 Increase 2 Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin - The Workers' Party Independent
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Map showing the area of Wicklow County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 7 Decrease2 11,079 35.37
Fine Gael 8 Increase2 9,834 26.66
Labour 4 Steady 7,020 22.41
Sinn Féin The Workers' Party 1 Increase1 1,785 5.70
Independent 1 Decrease1 1,330 4.25
Totals 21 Steady 31,322 100.0 —

Results by local electoral area

Arklow
Arklow: 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12
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.[1][2]

    Baltinglass
    Baltinglass: 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12
    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.[3][2]

      Bray
      Bray: 7 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12
      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.[4][2]

        Wicklow
        Wicklow: 5 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12
        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.[5][2]

          References
          1. "Wicklow County Council: (Arklow) 1979 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
          2. "1974" (XLSX). Irish Election Literature. Wordpress. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
          3. "Wicklow County Council: (Baltinglass) 1979 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
          4. "Wicklow County Council: (Bray) 1979 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
          5. "Wicklow #ge2020 #wk". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
          • 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)
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