2019 Carlow County Council election

2019 Carlow County Council election
← 2014 24 May 2019 2024 →
18 seats on Carlow County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout49.4% Decrease 2.9%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 6 6 2
Seat change Increase 1 Steady Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin People Before Profit Independent
Seats won 1 1 2
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 1 Steady
Results by local electoral area
Council control after election

TBD

An election to all 18 seats on Carlow County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Carlow was divided into three local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Boundary review

At the 2014 Carlow County Council election, there were two LEAs, of 10 and 8 seats. The terms of reference of the 2018 local electoral area boundary committee required a maximum of seven councillors in each LEA. Following the recommendations of committee, County Carlow was divided into three LEAs.[2][3]

Overview

Fianna Fáil gained an additional seat to emerge level with Fine Gael on 6 seats apiece and a higher share of the vote. Sinn Féin lost two seats, and Cllr John Cassin was re-elected as an Independent. Labour retained two seats, while Adrienne Wallace, who contested South for Solidarity–People Before Profit in the European Parliament election held on the same day, gained a seat for the party.

Results by party

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 6 Increase1 7,244 33.55 Increase4.65
Fine Gael 6 Steady 6,769 31.35 Increase4.35
Labour 2 Steady 1,910 8.85 Decrease4.35
Sinn Féin 1 Decrease 2 1,817 8.41 Decrease4.29
People Before Profit 1 Increase 1 448 2.07 New
Aontú 0 Steady 310 1.44 New
Renua 0 Steady 288 1.33 New
Independent 2 Steady 2,807 13.00 Decrease1.00
Total 18 Steady 21,593 100.00

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

Carlow

Carlow: 7 Seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil Fintan Phelan[*] 23.26% 1,711                
Fianna Fáil Andrea Dalton[†] 14.76% 1,086                
Fine Gael Fergal Browne[*] 12.10% 890 1,052              
Fianna Fáil Ken Murnane[†] 10.78% 793 994              
Fine Gael Tom O'Neill 7.33% 539 627 664 693 721 734 747 785 830
Independent John Cassin[*] 7.16% 527 600 630 644 671 688 761 829 902
People Before Profit Adrienne Wallace 6.09% 448 522 549 586 599 617 701 763 814
Fine Gael Wayne Fennell 5.87% 432 508 541 558 604 613 630 686 745
Aontú Mary Hande 4.21% 310 345 360 367 377 385 406 422  
Sinn Féin Ciarán Dooley 3.28% 241 261 267 271 283 288      
Independent Bernard Jennings 3.18% 234 270 280 293 303 307 326    
Labour Kevin Byrne 1.97% 145 171 179 186          
Electorate: 16,425   Valid: 7,356   Spoilt: 121   Quota: 920   Turnout: 7,477 (45.52%)  

Muinebeag

Muinebeag: 5 Seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fine Gael Tommy Kinsella[*] 23.06% 1,617        
Labour Willie Quinn[*] 14.02% 983 1,147 1,271    
Sinn Féin Andy Gladney[*] 14.48% 1,015 1,054 1,147 1,175  
Fine Gael Michael Doran[*] 12.32% 864 916 944 951 1,185
Fianna Fáil Arthur McDonald[*] 12.17% 853 893 967 981 1,153
Fianna Fáil Josie Daly 9.63% 675 698 798 812 910
Fine Gael Denis Foley[*] 7.17% 503 595 626 634  
Independent David O'Brien 3.58% 251 264      
Fianna Fáil Philip Gahan 3.57% 250 275      
Electorate: 13,175   Valid: 7,011   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 1,169   Turnout: 7,144 (54.22%)  

Tullow

Tullow: 6 Seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil John Pender[*] 20.01% 1,446              
Independent Charlie Murphy[*] 19.32% 1,396              
Fine Gael Brian O'Donoghue[*] 11.87% 858 927 942 955 1,050      
Labour William Paton[*] 10.82% 782 878 904 933 1,046      
Fine Gael John Murphy[*] 9.65% 697 740 839 891 1,006 1,018 1,163  
Fianna Fáil John McDonald 5.95% 430 547 610 628 657 660 782 833
Sinn Féin Jim Deane[*] 7.76% 561 588 610 639 673 674 783 795
Independent Billy Nolan 5.52% 399 417 500 573 596 597    
Fine Gael Maria Ansbro 5.11% 369 400 414 457        
Renua Helena Byrne 3.99% 288 300 341          
Electorate: 14,840   Valid: 7,226   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 1,033   Turnout: 7,312 (49.27%)  

Results by gender

2019 Carlow County Council election[7][8]
Candidates by gender
Gender Number of
candidates 		% of
candidates 		Elected
councillors 		% of
councillors
Men 26 83.9% 16 88.9%
Women 5 16.1% 2 11.1%
TOTAL 31   18  

Changes after 2019

Changes in affiliation

Name LEA Elected as New affiliation Date
William Paton Tullow Labour Independent February 2024
John Cassin Carlow Independent Independent Ireland May 2024

References

Sources

  • "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 66–68. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  • "Carlow County Council – Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  • "State of the Poll". Carlow County Council. 25 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

Citations

  1. ^ "Carlow County Council – Local Election candidates". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  2. ^ Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). Report 2018 (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 20–23, 141. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ County of Carlow Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 (S.I. No. 610 of 2018). Signed on 19 December 2018 by John Paul Phelan, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 May 2019.
  4. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 66.
  5. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 67.
  6. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 68.
  7. ^ "Carlow County Council: People Before Profit claim seat for first time". The Irish Times. Dublin. 27 May 2019 [25 May 2019]. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021.
  8. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 247.