1979 Wicklow County Council election

1979 Wicklow County Council election

7 June 1979
All 21 seats to 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
	Workers' Party	1	1	1,785	5.70
	Independent	1	1	1,330	4.25
Totals		21		31,322	100.0	—

Results by Electoral Area

Arklow

Arklow - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Fine Gael	Vincent Blake*		1,135
	Labour	Kevin Ryan*		906
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Keenan*		826
	Independent	Denis Kinsella*		774
	Fianna Fáil	John Sweeney*		720
	Fine Gael	Margo Weadick*		726
	Labour	Sean Wolohan		522
	Labour	Thomas King		483
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Timmins		464
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Clandillon		462
	Independent	Patrick Wadden		399
	Fianna Fáil	James Fitzgerald		306
	Fine Gael	Brian Culleton		247
	Labour	Michael Murphy		176
	Fine Gael	James Merrigan		115
	Labour	John Hennessy		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	3	4
	Fine Gael	Godfrey TimminsTD*		1,583
	Fianna Fáil	James Miley*		982
	Fianna Fáil	J. Hobson		725
	Fine Gael	Pascal Deering*		681
	Fine Gael	Donal McEvoy		353
	Fianna Fáil	P. Kennedy		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	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Workers' Party	John McManus*		1,785
	Fianna Fáil	Ciaran Murphy*		1,684
	Fine Gael	Aidan Murphy*		1,199
	Fine Gael	John Leeson*		1,161
	Labour	John Byrne*		985
	Fine Gael	George Jones*		799
	Labour	John Murnane		740
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Fox*		738
	Fianna Fáil	Nancy O'Neill		640
	Fine Gael	Jane Murphy		583
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Ledwidge		581
	Fine Gael	John Magennety		383
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Dillon-Mallon		309
	Labour	Nancy Mahony		249
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Melia		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	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	Liam Kavanagh*		1,679
	Fianna Fáil	Roger Miley*		651
	Fine Gael	Harry Cullen*		615
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Giff*		598
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Cullen*		556
	Labour	Frank Hynes*		506
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Power		422
	Labour	James Gregory		404
	Fine Gael	John Whelan		382
	Fine Gael	Nora Fitzpatrick		371
	Labour	Jimmy O'Shaughnessy		288
	Independent	Basil Phelan		157
	Fine Gael	Michael Miley		144
Electorate: 11,682   Valid: 8,178 (70.08%)   Spoilt: 105   Quota: 1,129   Turnout: 6,912

External links

• "Wicklow County Council: (Bray) 1979 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats..." irelandelection.com. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
• "1974" (XLSX). Irish Election Literature. Retrieved 26 August 2023 – via Wordpress. (1974-2009 results are included in spreadsheet)

Preceded by 1974 Wicklow County Council election

Wicklow County Council elections

Succeeded by 1985 Wicklow County Council election