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

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

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 31,322 100.00 —

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. 1 2 3 4 "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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