2019 Kerry County Council election

2019 Kerry County Council election
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All 33 seats on Kerry County Council
17 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 10 7 4
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 2 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Kerry Ind. Alliance Independent
Seats won 2 1 9
Seat change Steady Steady Increase 2
Results by local electoral area
Council control before election

Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael

 Council control after election

Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael

An election to all 33 seats on Kerry County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Kerry was divided into 6 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

Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used in the 2014 elections. Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a lower maximum LEA size of seven councillors, exceeded by three of the four 2014 LEAs.[1][2][3] Other changes reflected population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.

Results by party

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 10 Increase1 17,943 25.78 Increase3.53
Fine Gael 7 Decrease2 15,225 21.88 Increase0.09
Sinn Féin 4 Decrease1 9,292 13.35 Decrease0.84
Labour 2 Steady 3,117 4.48 Decrease2.11
Kerry Ind. Alliance 1 Steady 1,983 2.85 Decrease0.22
Green 0 Steady 2,151 3.09 New
Aontú 0 Steady 1,100 1.58 New
People Before Profit 0 Steady 174 0.25 Decrease0.31
Independent 9 Increase2 18,594 26.72 Decrease4.82
Total 33 Steady 69,588 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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

Castleisland

Castleisland: 4 seats[4][5][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Independent Jackie Healy-Rae 28.55% 2,621      
Independent Charlie Farrelly 18.17% 1,668 1,872    
Fine Gael Bobby O'Connell[*] 15.89% 1,459 1,562 1,674 2,076
Fianna Fáil Fionnán Fitzgerald 11.30% 1,037 1,171 1,482 1,753
Sinn Féin Kate McSweeney 10.60% 973 1,149 1,245 1,364
Fine Gael Pat McCarthy[*] 8.66% 795 861 926  
Fianna Fáil Tom McEllistrim[*] 6.84% 628 729    
Electorate: 14,764   Valid: 9,181   Spoilt: 107   Quota: 1,837   Turnout: 9,288 (62.91%)  

Corca Dhuibhne

Corca Dhuibhne: 3 seats[7][5][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Michael D. O'Shea[*] 22.43% 1,680 1,774 1,880    
Fianna Fáil Breandán Fitzgerald 17.09% 1,280 1,423 1,561 2,013  
Fine Gael Tommy Griffin 16.70% 1,251 1,325 1,400 1,535 1,567
Fine Gael Séamus Cosaí Fitzgerald[*] 13.43% 1,006 1,121 1,310 1,515 1,623
Sinn Féin Robert Brosnan 11.12% 833 969 1,147    
Green Michael Fitzgerald 10.37% 777 829      
Independent David Russell 8.86% 664        
Electorate: 11,904   Valid: 7,491   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 1,873   Turnout: 7,584 (63.71%)  

Kenmare

Kenmare: 6 seats[8][9][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Johnny Healy-Rae[*] 22.15% 3,023              
Fianna Fáil Michael Cahill[*] 16.26% 2,219              
Fianna Fáil Norma Moriarty[*] 14.41% 1,966              
Fianna Fáil John Francis Flynn[*] 10.08% 1,375 1,537 1,685 1,710 1,714 1,872 1,921 2,001
Fine Gael Patrick Connor-Scarteen[*] 9.67% 1,320 1,505 1,527 1,634 1,636 1,772 1,942 2,142
Independent Dan McCarthy[*] 7.69% 1,050 1,465 1,484 1,588 1,592 1,618 1,734 1,955
Sinn Féin Damian Quigg[*] 5.61% 766 864 901 921 923 992 1,047 1,247
Green Cleo Murphy 5.06% 691 732 740 845 846 862 892  
Fine Gael Patrick Lyne 3.25% 444 502 509 513 516 561    
Fine Gael Donie O'Sullivan 3.14% 428 478 502 516        
Labour Luke Crowley-Holland 2.67% 364 428 432          
Electorate: 21,813   Valid: 13,646   Spoilt: 142   Quota: 1,950   Turnout: 13,788 (63.21%)  

Killarney

Killarney: 7 seats[10][5][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Maura Healy-Rae[†] 24.46% 3,099            
Kerry Ind. Alliance Michael Gleeson[*][a] 15.65% 1,983            
Independent Brendan Cronin[*] 11.88% 1,505 1,727          
Independent Donal Grady[*] 10.45% 1,324 1,529 1,618        
Fianna Fáil Niall Kelleher[*] 9.81% 1,243 1,603          
Independent Niall O'Callaghan 8.41% 1,065 1,293 1,387 1,444 1,480 1,694  
Labour Marie Moloney 6.88% 871 1,037 1,122 1,172 1,204 1,348 1,400
Fine Gael John Sheahan[*] 6.53% 827 978 1,056 1,133 1,163 1,217  
Sinn Féin John Buckley 3.83% 485 591 615 661 690    
Fianna Fáil Neily O'Connor 2.10% 266 343 372        
Electorate: 20,864   Valid: 12,668   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 1,584   Turnout: 12,794 (61.32%)  

Listowel

Listowel: 6 seats[11][12][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Aoife Thornton[*] 18.95% 2,578            
Fine Gael Mike Kennelly[*] 15.17% 2,064            
Sinn Féin Robert Beasley[*] 10.89% 1,482 1,537 1,546 1,566 1,683 2,010  
Sinn Féin Tom Barry[†] 10.57% 1,438 1,474 1,494 1,535 1,579 1,797 1,829
Fianna Fáil John Lucid[†] 9.48% 1,289 1,389 1,394 1,406 1,630 1,681 1,685
Fianna Fáil Jimmy Moloney[*] 9.28% 1,262 1,361 1,388 1,487 1,519 1,714 1,727
Fine Gael Michael Foley 9.11% 1,239 1,439 1,477 1,551 1,607 1,761 1,778
Independent Michael O'Gorman 7.51% 1,022 1,084 1,097 1,209 1,333    
Aontú Sonny Foran 5.75% 782 843 846 870      
Independent John Martin O'Sullivan 3.22% 438 468 473        
Electorate: 25,077   Valid: 13,603   Spoilt: 220   Quota: 1,944   Turnout: 13,823 (55.12%)  

Tralee

Tralee: 7 seats[13][14][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Fianna Fáil Norma Foley[*][a] 16.20% 2,106                      
Sinn Féin Toiréasa Ferris[*][a] 11.84% 1,539 1,590 1,600 1,636                
Labour Terry O'Brien[*] 11.25% 1,462 1,538 1,551 1,568 1,589 1,613 1,748          
Fine Gael Jim Finucane[*] 9.25% 1,202 1,250 1,251 1,257 1,274 1,297 1,333 1,401 1,423 1,423 1,630  
Fianna Fáil Mikey Sheehy 9.08% 1,180 1,311 1,313 1,318 1,329 1,366 1,411 1,539 1,545 1,545 1,676  
Sinn Féin Pa Daly[*][a] 8.64% 1,123 1,149 1,156 1,167 1,196 1,235 1,278 1,333 1,341 1,344 1,400 1,904
Independent Sam Locke[*] 6.23% 810 838 851 862 901 1,000 1,035 1,122 1,144 1,144 1,228 1,305
Green Anne-Marie Fuller 5.25% 683 704 708 753 775 815 868 890 915 920 974 996
Sinn Féin Cathal Foley 5.02% 653 661 669 674 685 693 704 730 734 737 753  
Fine Gael Bridget O'Brien 4.71% 612 639 643 647 655 668 687 725 730 730    
Labour Ben Slimm 3.23% 420 429 432 443 452 460            
Fianna Fáil Johnnie Wall 3.17% 412 449 455 458 462 473 501          
Aontú Mary Fitzgibbon 2.45% 318 327 336 338 350              
Independent Ted Cronin 1.52% 197 203 213 225                
People Before Profit Bec Fahy 1.34% 174 176 184                  
Independent Yvonne Dineen 0.62% 80 81                    
Independent Denis O'Reilly 0.22% 28 29                    
Electorate: 25,036   Valid: 12,999   Spoilt: 170   Quota: 1,625   Turnout: 13,169 (52.6%)  

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d See change below.

Results by gender

2019 Kerry County Council election[6][15]
Candidates by gender
Gender Number of
candidates 		% of
candidates 		Elected
councillors 		% of
councillors
Men 49 79.0% 27 81.8%
Women 13 21.0% 6 18.2%
TOTAL 62   33  

Changes after the 2019 election

Party Outgoing LEA Reason Date Co-optee
Sinn Féin Toiréasa Ferris Tralee Resignation on 2 September 2019[16][17] 21 October 2019 Cathal Foley[18]
Fianna Fáil Norma Foley Tralee Elected to the 33rd Dáil at the 2020 general election[19][20] 25 February 2020 Johnnie Wall[21]
Sinn Féin Pa Daly Tralee Elected to the 33rd Dáil at the 2020 general election[19][20] 25 February 2020 Deirdre Ferris[21]
Kerry Ind. Alliance Michael Gleeson Killarney Resignation May 2021 John O'Donoghue[22]
Independent Donal Grady Killarney Retirement May 2023 Martin Grady

Sources

  • "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 119–125. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  • "Kerry County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ News. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  • "Kerry County Council: 2019 Local Election". IrelandElection.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

References

  1. ^ Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). Report 2018 (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 44–47, 147. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Retrieved 8 May 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ County of Kerry Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 (S.I. No. 619 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 2 February 2019. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ County Of Kerry Local Electoral Areas And Municipal Districts (Amendment) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 157 of 2019). Signed on 16 April 2019 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 7 June 2019. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 7 June 2019.
  4. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 119.
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  7. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 120.
  8. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 121.
  9. ^ Radio Kerry News tweets: Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh counts.
  10. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 122.
  11. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 123.
  12. ^ "Listowel Electoral Area update". Radio Kerry. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.[permanent dead link‍]
  13. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 124.
  14. ^ "Tralee Local Electoral Area". Radio Kerry. 26 May 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  15. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
  16. ^ Brouder, Simon (7 September 2019). "Council tributes to Ferris as she steps back from politics". The Kerryman. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  17. ^ Lucey, Anne (28 August 2019). "Toiréasa Ferris to resign council seat and focus on family Councillor recently ruled out attempting to succeed her father, Martin, as a TD". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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