1995 Wicklow by-election

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1995 Wicklow by-election

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29 June 1995

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Turnout

(53.5%)


Nominee	Mildred Fox	Dick Roche	Tom Honan
Party	Independent	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael
First preferences	11,724	10,060	5,503
Percentage	26.9%	23.1%	12.6%
Final count	22,922	14,895	–


Nominee	Tim Collins	Nicky Kelly	John McManus
Party	Labour	Independent	Democratic Left
First preferences	5,064	4,556	2,841
Percentage	11.6%	10.5%	6.5%
Final count	–	–	–


Nominee	Emer Singleton	Susan Philips	Charlie Keddy
Party	Green	Independent	Independent
First preferences	1,565	1,627	254
Percentage	3.6%	3.7%	0.6%
Final count	–	–	–

TD before election

Johnny Fox
Independent

Elected TD

Mildred Fox
Independent

A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Wicklow constituency in Ireland on 29 June 1995. It followed the death of Independent Teachta Dála (TD) Johnny Fox on 17 March 1995.

The election was won by Independent Wicklow County Councillor Mildred Fox, daughter of Johnny Fox.

Among the candidates were Senator, Wicklow County Councillor, former and future TD and future Minister Dick Roche, Wicklow County Councillor Tom Honan, future Wicklow County Councillor Nicky Kelly, former Wicklow County Councillor and then husband of sitting TD Liz McManus, John McManus and Wicklow County Councillor Susan Philips.

Result

1995 Wicklow by-election
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Mildred Fox	26.9	11,724	11,872	12,627	13,119	13,928	15,131	17,793	22,922
	Fianna Fáil	Dick Roche	23.1	10,060	10,135	10,352	10,536	11,194	11,968	13,056	14,895
	Fine Gael	Tom Honan	12.6	5,503	5,529	5,725	5,912	6,246	7,996	9,971
	Labour	Tim Collins	11.6	5,064	5,139	5,279	5,591	6,527	7,203
	Independent	Nicky Kelly	10.5	4,556	4,635	4,729	4,943	5,250
	Democratic Left	John McManus	6.5	2,841	2,907	2,956	3,249
	Independent	Susan Philips	3.7	1,627	1,663
	Green	Emer Singleton	3.6	1,565	1,674	1,816
	Independent	Charlie Keddy	0.6	254
	Workers' Party	Frank Hayes	0.5	211
	Natural Law	Desmond Garrett	0.2	104
	Independent	Jim Tallon	0.2	80
Electorate: 81,525 Valid: 43,589 Quota: 21,795 Turnout: 53.5%

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