1920 Wicklow County Council election

The 1920 Wicklow County Council election was held on Friday, 4 June 1920.

Council results

Party Seats ± Seats % Votes Votes % ±%
Sinn Féin 14 New
Lab-Sinn Féin 3
Farmers' Association 2
Irish Nationalist 1
Independent 0
Totals 20 Steady 100.0 8,287 100% Steady

Results by electoral division

Arklow

Arklow - 6 seats[1][2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789101112
Sinn Féin Felix O'Rafferty 575
Sinn Féin James Byrne 560 elected
Sinn Féin William Grainger 403 - elected
Labour-Sinn Féin William Doyle 422 - - elected
Sinn Féin Andrew Kinsella 311 - - - elected
Farmers' Association Daniel Condren 255 - - - - elected
Independent Arthur Bernard Brennan 197
Farmers' Association Robert Wynne Coates 242
Farmers' Association John Valentine Cahan 168
Farmers' Association George Thomas Hopkins 118
Farmers' Association Tobias Kinsella 157
Sinn Féin Daniel New 271
Independent Edmond C. Walsh 27
Electorate: -   Valid: 3,766   Spoilt: 229   Quota: 539   Turnout: 3,983  

Baltinglass

Baltinglass - 4 seats[2][3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Sinn Féin Patrick Healy uncontested
Daniel McEvoy uncontested
Fine Gael John Joseph Metcalfe uncontested
Sinn Féin Edward O'Neill uncontested

Bray

Bray - 5 seats[2][1]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Sinn Féin Joseph Campbell 488
Labour-Sinn Féin John Redmond 408
Sinn Féin Patrick Murphy 307 - elected
Sinn Féin Joseph Lynch 284 elected
Irish Nationalist Martin Langton 276 - - elected
Irish Nationalist John Storey 122
Electorate: -   Valid: 1,885   Spoilt: 171   Quota: 315   Turnout: 2,056 (slightly over 50%)  

Wicklow

Wicklow - 5 seats[2][4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678910
Sinn Féin Robert Childers Barton[a] 643
Labour-Sinn Féin James Everett 588
David H. Haskins 231
Sinn Féin Dulcibella Barton[b] 226
Sinn Féin Christopher M. Byrne[c] 221 - - - 440
Farmers' Association William Byrne 206 - - - - - - - - elected
Sinn Féin Bernard Kelly 179 - - - - - - - - elected
James Byrne 120
John Fleming 97
Andrew Halpin 86
Wilfred Tighe 21
Richard Wilson 18
Electorate: -   Valid: 2,636   Spoilt: 277   Quota: 440   Turnout: 2,913  

Notes

  1. ↑ Barton, who was also MP for West Wicklow, was imprisoned in Portland Prison at the time of the election.
  2. ↑ Dulcibella Barton withdrew from the election, although she withdrew too late for her name to be removed from voting papers.
  3. ↑ Byrne was at the time on the run.

References

  1. 1 2 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001874/19200605/105/0005 (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Notice of Result of Elections: Wicklow County Council; Election of county councillors for the above in the year 1920". Wicklow County Council. 4 June 1920.
  3. ↑ Description of four as "Sinn Feiners"
  4. ↑ "The Elections: Wicklow County Electoral Area". Wicklow People. 12 June 1920.
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