1920 Kingstown Urban District Council election

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The 1920 Kingstown Urban District Council election took place on Thursday 15 January 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections.

Unionists emerged as the single largest party on the council, however, no party controlled an overall majority.[1] Following the election the nationalist groups on the council formed a governing coalition. One of the actions of the new council was to rename the town, and council, to Dún Laoghaire, which is the Irish form of the original name for the town, Dunleary

Results by party[edit]

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes
(excl. West ward) 		FPv%
(excl. West ward) 		±%
Irish Unionist 8 Increase2 1,329 47.91 Increase2.40
Sinn Féin 5 Increase5 719 25.92 New
Irish Labour 4 Increase4 335 12.08 New
Independent Nationalist 4 Steady 207 7.46 New
Irish Nationalist 0 Decrease15 88 3.17 Decrease46.44
Ratepayers Association 0 Steady 96 3.46 New
Totals 21 2,774 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area[edit]

Monkstown Ward[edit]

Party breakdown: Unionist: 40.29% (1 seat), Sinn Féin: 39.87% (1 seat), Ind Nat: 19.83% (1 seat).

Monkstown Ward - 3 seats[1][2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Irish Unionist F. M. Bentley 40.29 193
Sinn Féin John Kirwan Woods 24.00 115 116 116
Independent Nationalist J. J. Kennedy (incumbent) 19.83 95 159
Sinn Féin Patrick Farrell 15.87 76 84 Eliminated
Electorate: 673   Valid: 479   Spoilt: 26   Quota: 120   Turnout: 505  

West Ward[edit]

Party breakdown: Sinn Féin: (3 seats), Unionist: (2 seats), Ind Nat: (2 seats), Labour: (1 seat).

West Ward - 8 seats[1][2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Sinn Féin John Kirwan Woods
Irish Labour Edward Kelly (incumbent)
Irish Unionist T. M. Good
Independent Nationalist J. M. Devitt
Independent Nationalist M. F. O'Brien (incumbent)
Irish Unionist W. J. Scanlon
Sinn Féin P. J. O'Hanlon
Sinn Féin W. Morrissey
Irish Nationalist J. J. Kennedy (incumbent Chairman) Defeated
Sinn Féin J. McGovern Defeated
Irish Labour F. J. O'Reilly Defeated
Irish Unionist H. T. B. Robinson Defeated
Irish Nationalist C. Rochford Defeated
Irish Labour A. Whelan Defeated
Electorate: 2,054   Valid: -   Spoilt: -   Quota: -   Turnout: 1,534  

East Ward[edit]

Party breakdown: Unionist: 52.54% (3 seats), Sinn Féin: 20.02% (1 seat), Labour: 13.16% (1 seat), Ratepayer 9.02% (0 seats), Nat 5.26% (0 seats).

East Ward - 5 seats[1][3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Irish Unionist Dr. Merrin 249
Irish Unionist Sir T. Robinson 167
Irish Unionist C. M. Cooke 127
Irish Labour R. Byrne 119
Ratepayers C. J. Reiddy 96
Sinn Féin Mrs Barry 91
Sinn Féin J. W. Sullivan 74
Irish Nationalist Ml. Murray 56
Sinn Féin J. Nelligan 37
Irish Labour M. L. Reilly 21
Irish Unionist W. A. Evans 16
Sinn Féin P. J. Geoghegan 11
Electorate: 1,368   Valid: 1,064   Spoilt: 25   Quota: 178   Turnout: 1,089  

Glasthule Ward[edit]

Party breakdown: Unionist: 46.87% (2 seats), Sinn Féin: 25.59% (1 seat), Labour: 15.84% (1 seat), Ind Nat: 9.10% (1 seat), Nat: 2.60% (0 seats).

Glasthule Ward - 5 seats[1][3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Irish Unionist R. N. Potterton 323
Sinn Féin Miss J. Cantwell 238
Irish Unionist H. C. Falkiner 128
Independent Nationalist H. F. Monks 112
Irish Labour G. Dixon 61
Irish Unionist A. M. Fleming 94
Sinn Féin E. W. Proud 77
Irish Labour W. J. Carroll 70
Irish Labour C. Drumgool 64
Irish Unionist N. Ormsby Scott 32
Irish Nationalist J. J. Kennedy 32
Electorate: 1,631   Valid: 1,231   Quota: 206   Turnout: 1,303  

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Municipal elections: Dublin Townships". Dublin Evening Telegraph. Dublin. 19 January 1920. pp. 1–3.(subscription required)
  2. ^ a b "Irish municipal elections". Irish Independent. 17 January 1920. p. 5.(subscription required)
  3. ^ a b "Township election results". Irish Independent. 19 January 1920. p. 6 of 8.(subscription required)
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