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

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

Monkstown Ward

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]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123
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

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

    West Ward - 8 seats[1][2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%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

      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]
      PartyCandidateFPv%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

        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]
        PartyCandidateFPv%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

          1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Municipal elections: Dublin Townships". Dublin Evening Telegraph. Dublin. 19 January 1920. pp. 1–3.(subscription required)
          2. 1 2 "Irish municipal elections". Irish Independent. 17 January 1920. p. 5.(subscription required)
          3. 1 2 "Township election results". Irish Independent. 19 January 1920. p. 6 of 8.(subscription required)
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