Dublin Corporation election, 1920

Dublin Corporation election, 1920

15 January 1920

All 80 seats to Dublin Corporation 41 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party   Party Sinn Féin Labour Party Seats won 42 14

Map showing the modern Dublin Council area.

Lord Mayor of Dublin before election Laurence O'Neill Independent Elected Lord Mayor of Dublin Thomas Kelly Sinn Féin

An election to Dublin Corporation took place in January 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 80 councillors were elected from 5 electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Sinn Féin won a slight majority in the council, with 42 seats. Whilst the Sinn Féin majority was small, they emerged from the election as by far the largest party on the Dublin Corporation council.^[1]

Following the election Thomas Kelly was elected by the council as the new Lord Mayor of Dublin. Kelly was elected despite being held at the time as a political prisoner in Wormwood Scrubs prison in England.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Sinn Féin	42	38
	Labour Party	14	5
	Irish Nationalist	14	42
	Municipal Reform	9	9
	Irish Unionist	1	4
Totals		80			100%	—

References

Elections in Dublin City and County
Dublin Corporation/City Council	1899 1902 1905 1908 1911 1914 1920 1925 1928 1934 1942 1945 1950 1955 1960 1967 1974 1979 1985 1991 1999 2004 2009 2014
Dublin County Council	1899 1902 1905 1908 1911 1914 1920 1925 1928 1934 1942 1945 1950 1955 1960 1967 1974 1979 1985
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council	1991 1999 2004 2009 2014
Fingal County Council	1991 1999 2004 2009 2014
South Dublin County Council	1991 1999 2004 2009 2014

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