2019 Cork City Council election

2019 Cork City Council election
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All 31 seats on Cork City Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Green
Seats won 8 7 4
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 2 Increase 4
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Labour Solidarity
Seats won 4 1 1
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 1 Decrease 2
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party Workers' Party Independent
Seats won 1 5
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Results by Local Electoral Area

An election to all 31 seats on Cork City Council was held in Cork city in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections.[1] Councillors were elected from five local electoral areas (LEAs) on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This election coincided with an increase in the city area.[2] Several outgoing members of Cork County Council, based in areas transferred to the city, stood for election to the city council. As well as the extension of all LEAs into the former county area, the former LEA of North Central was abolished and its area divided between North West and North East.[3][4]

On the same day, a plebiscite was held under the Local Government Act 2019 on whether Cork City should have a directly elected executive mayor.[5] Voters rejected the proposal in favour of retaining the existing ceremonial Lord Mayor of Cork, chosen annually by the councillors from among their number.[6]

Results by party

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 8 Decrease2 16,474 24.52 Increase0.53
Fine Gael 7 Increase2 13,834 20.59 Increase1.63
Sinn Féin 4 Decrease4 8,082 12.03 Decrease11.96
Green 4 Increase4 6,890 10.25 Increase7.27
Labour 1 Increase1 3,773 5.62 Decrease0.33
Solidarity 1 Decrease2 1,574 2.34 Decrease3.52
Workers' Party 1 Steady 1,182 1.76 Decrease1.28
Social Democrats 0 Steady 1,906 2.84 New
Aontú 0 Steady 1,593 2.37 New
HRRA 0 Steady 1,462 2.18 New
People Before Profit 0 Steady 559 0.83 New
Independent 5 Increase1 9,863 14.68 Decrease0.37
Totals 31 Steady 67,192 100.00

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014 for the same LEA.
^ †: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014 for Cork City North Central LEA.
^ ‡: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014 for Cork City North East LEA.
^ §: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014 to Cork County Council.
^ ※: Outgoing councillor coopted for the same LEA subsequent to the 2014 election.
^ ◊: Outgoing councillor for Cork County Council, coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

Cork City North East

Cork City North East: 6 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fianna Fáil Ken O'Flynn[†][a] 12.75% 1,710 1,718 1,725 1,733 1,741 1,807 1,841 1,931    
Labour John Daniel Maher 10.03% 1,345 1,345 1,363 1,378 1,410 1,459 1,559 1,667 1,834 1,985
Independent Ger Keohane[§] 9.54% 1,279 1,287 1,298 1,308 1,320 1,342 1,382 1,425 1,513 1,709
Fine Gael Joe Kavanagh[*] 9.35% 1,254 1,258 1,262 1,264 1,275 1,309 1,323 1,341 1,383 1,756
Green Oliver Moran 8.80% 1,180 1,184 1,210 1,216 1,307 1,324 1,482 1,540 1,628 1,739
Fianna Fáil Tim Brosnan[*] 7.81% 1,048 1,050 1,057 1,064 1,069 1,232 1,267 1,290 1,356 1,441
Fine Gael Lorraine O'Neill 7.81% 1,047 1,055 1,059 1,072 1,089 1,110 1,125 1,144 1,178  
Workers' Party Ted Tynan[*] 7.69% 1,031 1,038 1,070 1,088 1,110 1,141 1,314 1,532 1,764 1,817
Independent Noreen Murphy 6.08% 815 819 844 862 879 895 996 1,079    
Solidarity Carol Brogan 5.14% 689 690 722 726 810 822        
Sinn Féin Mick Nugent[‡] 4.98% 668 668 674 818 826 844 910      
Fianna Fáil Martin Dorgan 3.60% 483 485 485 487 487          
Social Democrats Sinéad Halpin 2.30% 309 309 320 327            
Sinn Féin Mandy O'Leary Hegarty 1.99% 267 268 272              
Independent Mobolaji Taiwo Ajisafe 0.92% 123 123                
HRRA Risteárd Ó Glaimhín 0.77% 103 104                
Independent Sean Patrick O'Sullivan 0.45% 60                  
Electorate: 30,910   Valid: 13,411   Spoilt: 287   Quota: 1,916   Turnout: 44.32%  

Cork City North West

Cork City North West: 6 seats[8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Fianna Fáil Tony Fitzgerald[*] 14.11% 1,662 1,664 1,671 1,676 1,684              
Sinn Féin Thomas Gould[†][a] 11.91% 1,402 1,409 1,426 1,499 1,518 1,563 1,596 1,654 1,700      
Sinn Féin Kenneth Collins[*] 9.74% 1,147 1,154 1,178 1,209 1,217 1,253 1,276 1,319 1,361 1,425 1,456 1,512
Fine Gael Damian Boylan 8.99% 1,059 1,059 1,059 1,063 1,069 1,071 1,089 1,119 1,175 1,227 1,285 1,452
Fianna Fáil John Sheehan[†] 8.69% 1,023 1,023 1,025 1,035 1,035 1,047 1,087 1,271 1,310 1,370 1,432 1,570
Solidarity Fiona Ryan[※][a] 7.52% 885 887 915 930 985 1,017 1,050 1,073 1,134 1,182 1,400 1,482
Fine Gael Julie O'Leary 5.95% 701 701 702 703 709 713 732 764 836 876 1,019 1,136
Green Mark Cronin 4.78% 563 567 579 580 592 595 612 637 755 782    
Independent Kevin Conway[§] 4.55% 536 569 578 583 594 602 669 712 747 877 925  
Labour Luke Carroll 4.48% 528 532 538 542 548 558 576 594        
Fianna Fáil Seán Coleman 4.47% 526 529 536 539 541 546 565          
Independent Joe O'Callaghan 4.04% 476 482 485 491 502 527 586 606 637      
Aontú Finian Toomey 3.75% 442 444 445 454 467 488            
Independent Timothy J. Hogan 1.77% 208 219 234 237 246              
Sinn Féin John Paul Stanton 1.56% 184 184 185                  
HRRA Martina Murphy 1.49% 175 178 190 192                
Workers' Party Catherine Coffey 1.28% 151 159                    
Independent Sandra Condon 0.92% 108                      
Electorate: 28,571   Valid: 11,776   Spoilt: 324   Quota: 1,683   Turnout: 42.35%  

Cork City South Central

Cork City South Central: 6 seats[9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Independent Mick Finn[*] 16.56% 1,753                          
Green Dan Boyle 13.75% 1,456 1,485 1,495 1,509 1,523                  
Fianna Fáil Seán Martin[*] 13.06% 1,383 1,421 1,430 1,437 1,443 1,448 1,457 1,481 1,547          
Fine Gael Shane O'Callaghan 11.66% 1,234 1,250 1,250 1,253 1,256 1,276 1,282 1,313 1,346 1,450 1,775      
Sinn Féin Eoghan Jeffers 7.34% 777 789 792 794 797 801 816 834 862 923 1,009 1,053 1,056 1,057
Fianna Fáil David Boyle 7.26% 769 779 779 779 780 790 794 808 828 872        
Sinn Féin Fiona Kerins[*] 6.64% 703 732 737 745 761 777 793 868 929 1,014 1,049 1,062 1,066 1,070
Independent Paudie Dineen[*] 5.21% 552 597 603 615 626 640 699 731 846 935 1,016 1,058 1,069 1,071
Labour Luke Field 4.34% 459 472 475 479 483 513 535 634 672          
Independent Ciaran Kenneally 4.03% 427 443 449 457 474 491 551 586            
Social Democrats Patricia O'Dwyer 3.40% 360 367 371 384 401 430 443              
Independent Seán Cronin 1.97% 209 220 226 232 249 271                
Independent Lekha Menon Margassery 1.88% 199 202 207 214 222                  
HRRA Michael Mohally 1.19% 126 129 134 142                    
Independent Graham O'Shea 0.88% 93 97 112                      
Independent Suzanne Hegarty 0.43% 45 48                        
Independent Maurice Joseph Sexton 0.40% 42 43                        
Exhausted ballots — — 0 14 34 59 114 181 296 521 810 1,155 1,318 1,334 1,337
Electorate: 24,408   Valid: 10,587   Spoilt: 306   Quota: 1,513   Turnout: 44.6%  

Cork City South East

Cork City South East: 6 seats[10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Des Cahill[*] 14.42% 2,275              
Green Lorna Bogue[a] 13.99% 2,207 2,265            
Fianna Fáil Mary Rose Desmond 13.32% 2,102 2,108 2,111 2,139 2,167 2.294    
Fianna Fáil Terry Shannon[*] 12.52% 1,976 1,980 1,983 2,051 2,094 2,155 2,167 2,328
Independent Kieran McCarthy[*] 10.82% 1,708 1,731 1,734 1,889 2,038 2,208 2,216 2,552
Fine Gael Deirdre Forde 10.06% 1,588 1,597 1,605 1,634 1,662 1,777 1,787 1,926
Sinn Féin Chris O'Leary[*] 6.99% 1,103 1,129 1,129 1,158 1,273 1,387 1,391 1,518
Labour Peter Horgan 5.63% 888 899 901 921 956 1,029 1,034  
Social Democrats Joe Harris 4.34% 685 718 718 748 816      
Aontú Anna Daly 3.16% 498 509 510          
HRRA Diarmaid Ó Cadhla[◊] 3.14% 496 534 534 581        
People Before Profit Ed Fitzgerald 1.62% 255              
Electorate: 32,358   Valid: 15,781   Spoilt: 326   Quota: 2,255   Turnout: 49.78%  

Cork City South West

Cork City South West: 7 seats[11]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Fine Gael Derry Canty[§] 12.03% 1,881 1,894 1,898 1,915 1,946 2,033              
Fianna Fáil Fergal Dennehy[*] 11.66% 1,823 1,835 1,840 1,870 1,921 2,055              
Green Colette Finn 9.49% 1,484 1,501 1,582 1,630 1,765 1,796 1,805 1,815 2,042        
Fianna Fáil Colm Kelleher 8.56% 1,339 1,352 1,360 1,370 1,397 1,637 1,702 1,731 1,793 1,806 1,896 1,989  
Fine Gael Garret Kelleher 8.35% 1,306 1,319 1,323 1,335 1,354 1,401 1,413 1,420 1,480 1,493 1,540 1,713 1,786
Independent Thomas Moloney[*] 7.51% 1,174 1,192 1,211 1,302 1,350 1,361 1,362 1,362 1,418 1,430 1,599 1,689 1,774
Sinn Féin Henry Cremin[*][a] 6.68% 1,045 1,049 1,064 1,106 1,129 1,139 1,142 1,144 1,167 1,178 1,202 1,236 1,755
Sinn Féin Eolan Ryng 5.03% 786 795 814 852 869 892 894 901 958 969 1,011 1,042  
Fine Gael Sinéad Ronan 4.85% 758 764 768 792 873 879 879 880 920 930 964 1,208 1,275
Fine Gael P.J. Hourican[*] 4.67% 731 732 735 747 766 776 779 782 806 813 836    
Aontú Joanne Murphy 4.18% 653 665 673 697 711 719 721 723 768 778      
Fianna Fáil Shane Fallon 4.03% 630 636 641 644 654                
Labour Ciara Kennedy 3.54% 553 567 583 610                  
Social Democrats Ciarán McCarthy 3.53% 552 557 589 632 695 708 711 716          
HRRA Thomas Kiely 2.48% 388 439 499                    
People Before Profit Tjitske De Vries 1.94% 304 324                      
HRRA Shirley Griffin 1.11% 174                        
Independent Artur Górnik 0.36% 56                        
Electorate: 34,436   Valid: 15,637   Spoilt: 373   Quota: 1,955   Turnout: 46.49%  

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e Change since the 2019 election, see below.

Results by gender

2019 Cork City Council election[12][13]
Candidates by gender
Gender Number of
candidates 		% of
candidates 		Elected
councillors 		% of
councillors
Men 58 70.7% 25 80.6%
Women 24 29.3% 6 19.4%
TOTAL 82   31  

Plebiscite

2019 Cork City Council mayoral plebiscite[14][6]
Choice Votes %
Referendum failed No 34,347 50.7
Yes 33,364 49.3
Valid votes 67,711 98.6
Invalid or blank votes 971 1.4
Total votes 68,682 100.00

Changes

Co-options

Party Outgoing LEA Reason Date Co-optee
Sinn Féin Thomas Gould Cork City North West Elected to the 33rd Dáil[15] February 2020 Mick Nugent[16]
Sinn Féin Henry Cremin Cork City South West Retirement[17] June 2021 Eolan Ryng[18]
PBP–Solidarity Fiona Ryan Cork City North West Resigned for health reasons[19] June 2023 Brian McCarthy
Sinn Féin Eolan Ryng Cork City South West Resignation[20] 13 November 2023 Orla O'Leary[21]

Changes in affiliation

Name LEA Elected as New affiliation Date
Kenneth O'Flynn Cork City North East Fianna Fáil Independent January 2020[22]
Lorna Bogue Cork South East Green Independent October 2020[23]
Lorna Bogue Cork South East Independent Rabharta June 2021[24]
Kenneth O'Flynn Cork City North East Independent Independent Ireland March 2024

See also

Sources

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