1991 Waterford City Council election

An election to Waterford City Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

1991 Waterford City Council election
27 June 1991
All 15 seats to Waterford City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party
Seats won 3 2 3
Seat change -2 -2 +1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Workers' Party Progressive Democrats Independent
Seats won 3 2 2
Seat change +1 +2 -
Map showing the area of Waterford City Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 3 -2 3,165 19.01%
Fine Gael 2 -2 2,220 13.34%
Labour Party 3 +1 3,415 20.5%
Workers' Party 3 +1 3,359 20.18%
Progressive Democrats 2 +2 1,666 10.01%
Independent 2 - 2,360 14.2%
Totals 15 - 16,645 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Waterford No.1
Waterford No.1 - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
Labour Party Pat Hayes 19.9% 997            
Fine Gael Hilary Quinlan* 13.4% 669 694 715 739 797 834  
Workers' Party Davy Walsh* 12.5% 625 658 670 742 828 843  
Fine Gael James Brett* 9.3% 463 472 479 486 493 515 537
Fianna Fáil Patrick Power* 9.2% 459 472 525 549 565 809 849
Progressive Democrats Senator Martin Cullen 8.4% 419 437 449 467 515 545 600
Progressive Democrats Billy McCarthy 6.2% 309 337 341 383 433 442  
Fianna Fáil Larry Dower 6% 299 305 367 380 401    
Independent Val White 5.7% 286 303 323 360      
Sinn Féin Noel Ryan 5.5% 273 281 288        
Fianna Fáil Joe Guilfoyle 4% 201 207          
Electorate: 7,945   Valid: 5,000 (62.93%)   Spoilt: 55   Quota: 834   Turnout: 5,055 (63.62%)

    Waterford No.2
    Waterford No.2 - 5 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
    Independent Davy Daniels* 21.5% 1,174            
    Labour Party Liam Curham* 15.8% 862 916          
    Fianna Fáil Brendan KenneallyTD* 13.2% 720 761 769 803 974    
    Independent Stephen Rogers* 11% 597 662 694 769 829 991  
    Progressive Democrats Brian Cunningham 10.6% 579 607 628 668 687 829 896
    Workers' Party Olga Redmond 8.9% 484 501 527 580 597 676 691
    Fine Gael Michael Lane 5.9% 319 335 407 446 466    
    Fianna Fáil Frank King 5.2% 283 298 308 322      
    Independent Brian Jones 4.7% 257 278 285        
    Fine Gael George Power 3.2% 175 183          
    Electorate: 9,189   Valid: 5,450 (59.31%)   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 909   Turnout: 5,489 (59.73%)

      Waterford No.3
      Waterford No.3 - 6 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
      Labour Party Brian O'SheaTD* 25.1% 1,556              
      Workers' Party Paddy Gallagher* 17.5% 1,082              
      Workers' Party Martin O'Regan* 12.7% 784 898 953 971 1,009 1,098    
      Fine Gael Maurice Cummins 9.6% 594 699 720 724 760 798 801 885
      Fianna Fáil Tom Browne* 7.8% 482 532 560 562 720 958 972 1,028
      Fianna Fáil Tom Murphy 6.2% 386 410 420 421 483      
      Workers' Party John Halligan 6.2% 384 461 498 515 536 552 561  
      Progressive Democrats Michelle O'Neill 5.8% 359 432 468 473 511 561 581 698
      Fianna Fáil Brian Swift* 5.4% 335 382 402 404        
      Sinn Féin Denis O'Brien 3% 187 204            
      Independent Paud Sweeney 0.7% 46 62            
      Electorate: 10,360   Valid: 6,195 (59.8%)   Spoilt: 57   Quota: 1,033   Turnout: 6,252 (60.35%)
        Preceded by
        1985 Waterford City Council election        		 Waterford City Council elections Succeeded by
        1999 Waterford City Council election
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