Part of the 1999 Irish local elections
1999 Meath County Council election
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All 29 seats to Meath County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Sinn Féin | Seats won | 14 | 11 | 1 | Seat change | +1 | +3 | +1 | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | | | | Party | Independent | Labour | Seats won | 3 | 0 | Seat change | -1 | -4 | |
Map showing the area of Meath County Council |
| Council control after election TBD | |
An election to Meath County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 29 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| Fianna Fáil | 14 | +1 | 19,733 | 45.50 | |
| Fine Gael | 11 | +3 | 13,285 | 30.63 | |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | +1 | 926 | 2.14 | |
| Independent | 3 | -1 | 6,142 | 14.16 | |
| Labour | 0 | -4 | 2,929 | 6.75 | |
Totals | 29 | - | 43,366 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Dunshaughlin
Dunshaughlin - 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Independent | Brian Fitzgerald* | 17.00 | 1,658 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Oliver Brooks* | 12.50 | 1,219 | 1,260 | 1,262 | 1,282 | 1,285 | 1,286 | 1,449 |
| Fianna Fáil | Nick Killian | 12.41 | 1,210 | 1,233 | 1,235 | 1,284 | 1,301 | 1,304 | 1,493 |
| Fianna Fáil | Conor Tormey* | 11.46 | 1,146 | 1,154 | 1,158 | 1,190 | 1,268 | 1,291 | 1,465 |
| Fine Gael | John Fanning* | 11.61 | 1,132 | 1,152 | 1,164 | 1,301 | 1,455 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Noel Leonard | 8.82 | 860 | 890 | 920 | 925 | 942 | 943 | |
| Fine Gael | Mary Bergin | 8.38 | 817 | 870 | 925 | 969 | 1,027 | 1,049 | 1,343 |
| Fine Gael | Gillian Toole | 7.98 | 778 | 814 | 823 | 908 | 956 | 967 | 995 |
| Fine Gael | Damien McGuinness | 3.99 | 389 | 401 | 406 | | | | |
| Labour | John King | 3.45 | 336 | 350 | 459 | 469 | | | |
| Labour | Mary Helion | 2.12 | 207 | 234 | | | | | |
Electorate: 21,373 Valid: 9,752 (45.63%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,394 Turnout: 9,840 (46.04%) |
Kells
Kells - 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Fianna Fáil | Johnny BradyTD* | 23.96 | 2,414 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | John V. FarrellyTD* | 18.13 | 1,827 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Liz McCormack | 12.69 | 1,279 | 1,370 | 1,382 | 1,478 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Lynch* | 11.93 | 1,202 | 1,705 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Gerry Gibney* | 9.55 | 962 | 1,022 | 1,173 | 1,184 | 1,593 | |
| Fianna Fáil | James Weldon* | 9.31 | 938 | 1,072 | 1,153 | 1,276 | 1,342 | 1,379 |
| Labour | Tommy Grimes | 8.80 | 887 | 1,019 | 1,057 | 1,078 | 1,220 | 1,336 |
| Fine Gael | Padraig Shine | 5.62 | 566 | 620 | 725 | 739 | | |
Electorate: 19,502 Valid: 10,075 (51.66%) Spoilt: 208 Quota: 1,440 Turnout: 10,283 (52.73%) |
Navan
Navan - 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tommy Reilly | 13.11 | 1,316 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Jim Holloway | 9.88 | 991 | 996 | 1,008 | 1,050 | 1,082 | 1,133 | 1,312 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Fitzsimons* | 9.59 | 962 | 979 | 989 | 1,005 | 1,017 | 1,219 | 1,260 | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Joe Reilly | 9.23 | 926 | 931 | 945 | 996 | 1,017 | 1,048 | 1,066 | 1,067 | 1,067 | 1,106 | 1,236 |
| Fine Gael | Patsy O'Neill* | 8.33 | 836 | 838 | 850 | 862 | 871 | 879 | 959 | 977 | 978 | 1,157 | 1,192 |
| Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Mangan | 8.30 | 833 | 839 | 839 | 842 | 893 | 944 | 1,065 | 1,070 | 1,072 | 1,286 | |
| Fine Gael | Damien English | 6.43 | 645 | 648 | 653 | 686 | 715 | 762 | 855 | 881 | 882 | 930 | 1,033 |
| Independent | Christy Gorman* | 5.81 | 583 | 585 | 598 | 646 | 689 | 722 | 737 | 741 | 741 | 767 | 968 |
| Fianna Fáil | Adrian O'Donnell | 5.66 | 568 | 573 | 576 | 584 | 590 | 647 | 668 | 668 | 669 | | |
| Independent | Andy Brennan | 5.58 | 560 | 563 | 572 | 599 | 625 | 650 | 668 | 671 | 671 | 681 | |
| Fine Gael | Nichola McDonagh | 5.23 | 525 | 527 | 533 | 547 | 614 | 643 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Elaine Dowdall | 5.22 | 524 | 532 | 540 | 543 | 566 | | | | | | |
| Green | Cathal Gogan | 3.51 | 352 | 353 | 353 | 376 | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Anton McCabe | 2.22 | 223 | 224 | 311 | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Rosaleen O'Brien | 1.90 | 191 | 192 | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 22,196 Valid: 10,035 (45.21%) Spoilt: 146 Quota: 1,255 Turnout: 10,181 (45.87%) |
Slane
Slane - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Independent | Tom Kelly* | 17.62 | 1,189 | | | | | | |
| Independent | Jimmy Cudden* | 14.73 | 994 | 1,005 | 1,074 | 1,094 | 1,121 | 1,320 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Hugh Gough* | 14.32 | 966 | 968 | 1,032 | 1,127 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Shaun Lynch* | 12.63 | 852 | 860 | 897 | 909 | 1,118 | 1,203 | |
| Fine Gael | Ann Dillon-Gallagher | 10.61 | 716 | 717 | 745 | 750 | 812 | 839 | 871 |
| Fianna Fáil | Linda Downes | 6.97 | 470 | 472 | 481 | 614 | 638 | | |
| Fine Gael | Emir Smith-Duff | 6.11 | 412 | 422 | 459 | 512 | | | |
| Labour | Jimmy Gilna | 6.05 | 408 | 424 | 455 | 527 | 668 | 714 | 750 |
| Fianna Fáil | Noirin Dunne | 5.77 | 389 | 400 | 418 | | | | |
| Green | Fergal O'Byrne | 5.20 | 351 | 354 | | | | | |
Electorate: 16,272 Valid: 6,747 (41.46%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 1,125 Turnout: 6,856 (42.13%) |
Trim
Trim - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Fegan | 14.60 | 1,038 | 1,050 | 1,082 | 1,137 | 1,157 | 1,158 | 1,314 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus Murray* | 13.84 | 984 | 1,019 | 1,026 | 1,052 | 1,142 | 1,142 | 1,279 | |
| Fine Gael | Peter Higgins | 13.64 | 970 | 983 | 1,042 | 1,137 | 1,194 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Willie Carey* | 12.20 | 867 | 891 | 894 | 918 | 1,040 | 1,046 | 1,107 | 1,118 |
| Fianna Fáil | Gabriel Cribbin* | 11.53 | 820 | 838 | 842 | 869 | 922 | 922 | 1,031 | 1,108 |
| Fianna Fáil | Liam Ryan | 8.37 | 595 | 597 | 613 | 683 | 698 | 699 | | |
| Independent | Phil Cantwell | 7.65 | 544 | 566 | 586 | 703 | 764 | 765 | 837 | 850 |
| Independent | Vincent McHugh | 6.05 | 430 | 454 | 480 | | | | | |
| Labour | Pat Holton | 5.88 | 418 | 437 | 515 | 534 | | | | |
| Labour | Danny O'Brien | 3.64 | 259 | 261 | | | | | | |
| Independent | Patrick Cummins | 2.59 | 184 | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 17,128 Valid: 7,109 (41.51%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 1,185 Turnout: 7,224 (42.18%) |
External links
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