2019 Kilkenny County Council election

2019 Kilkenny County Council election
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All 24 seats on Kilkenny County Council
13 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 11 9 2
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 2 Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Green Independent
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Results by local electoral Area

An election to all 24 seats on Kilkenny County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Kilkenny was divided into 4 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.[1][2]

Overview

Fianna Fáil gained 1 additional seat to increase their numbers to 11 while also increasing their vote by 4%. Fine Gael gained 2 seats and also increased their vote by 2%. Labour and the Greens retained their previous position but it was a disastrous election for Sinn Féin. The party lost all 3 seats, including Sean Tyrell, the partner of Kathleen Funchion TD and saw a significant drop in their vote-share. Breda Gardner, a sitting Independent who also contested the Ireland South European Parliament constituency unsuccessfully, failed to retain her seat.

Results by party

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 11 Increase1 15,895 41.11 Increase3.91
Fine Gael 9 Increase2 12,410 32.10 Increase2.20
Labour 2 Steady 2,915 7.54 Decrease3.66
Green 1 Steady 1,485 3.84 Increase0.34
Sinn Féin 0 Decrease3 2,458 6.36 Decrease3.54
People Before Profit 0 Steady 231 0.60 New
Independent 1 Steady 3,270 8.46 Increase1.26
Total 24 Steady 38,664 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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

Callan–Thomastown

Callan–Thomastown: 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Peter Cleere[*] 17.85% 1,945            
Fianna Fáil Matt Doran[*] 16.88% 1,839            
Fine Gael Patrick O'Neill[*] 12.84% 1,399 1,436 1,452 1,456 1,482 1,515 1,581
Fine Gael Michael Doyle[*] 12.65% 1,378 1,490 1,496 1,504 1,528 1,567  
Fine Gael Joe Lyons 9.56% 1,042 1,047 1,146 1,152 1,220 1,330 1,388
Fianna Fáil Deirdre Cullen 7.91% 862 1,020 1,095 1,116 1,151 1,234 1,426
Independent Breda Gardner[*] 7.54% 821 851 863 886 997 1,070 1,315
Sinn Féin David Kennedy[*] 6.68% 728 746 759 768 789 838  
Independent Trish Finegan 3.35% 365 369 392 406      
Independent John Kelly 3.32% 362 380 392 445 511    
Independent Michael McGrath 1.04% 113 116 118        
Independent John Carroll 0.38% 41 44 46        
Electorate: 19,643   Valid: 10,895   Spoilt: 182   Quota: 1,557   Turnout: 11,077 (56.39%)  

Castlecomer

Castlecomer: 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Pat Fitzpatrick[*] 22.21% 2,249        
Fine Gael Mary Hilda Cavanagh[*] 16.66% 1,687        
Fianna Fáil Michael McCarthy[*] 15.71% 1,591        
Fine Gael John Brennan 11.74% 1,189 1,413 1,493    
Labour Denis Hynes[a] 10.84% 1,098 1,175 1,190 1,201 1,403
Fianna Fáil Michael Delaney 9.73% 985 1,340 1,416 1,520  
Fine Gael Pat O'Neill 8.09% 819 911 964 980 1,049
Sinn Féin Joseph Kavanagh 5.01% 507 561 577 590  
Electorate: 19,146   Valid: 10,125   Spoilt: 233   Quota: 1,447   Turnout: 10,358 (54.1%)  

Kilkenny

Kilkenny: 7 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fianna Fáil Andrew McGuinness[*] 19.40% 1,860                    
Green Malcolm Noonan[*][a] 15.49% 1,485                    
Fianna Fáil Joe Malone[*] 13.26% 1,271                    
Fine Gael David Fitzgerald[*] 12.01% 1,151 1,236                  
Independent Eugene McGuinness 8.62% 826 922 932 935 944 965 1,030 1,033 1,075 1,095 1,141
Fianna Fáil John Coonan 7.28% 698 929 963 967 991 1,005 1,039 1,053 1,076 1,129 1,230
Sinn Féin Sean Tyrrell[†] 5.72% 548 616 632 641 649 666 689 691 760 813 836
Fine Gael Martin Brett[a] 5.00% 479 550 592 592 602 617 650 662 676 774 955
Fine Gael Orla Kelly 3.22% 309 327 370 370 373 382 404 407 431    
Labour Andrea Cleere 3.14% 301 325 382 384 387 411 426 428 495 582  
Independent Luke O'Connor 2.46% 236 252 266 273 284 301          
People Before Profit Stephanie Hanlon 2.41% 231 258 298 300 302 349 370 371      
Independent Enya Kennedy 1.68% 161 184 210 216 218            
Independent Noel Gerard Walsh 0.32% 31 33 37                
Electorate: 19,337   Valid: 9,587   Spoilt: 155   Quota: 1,199   Turnout: 9,742 (50.38%)  

Piltown

Piltown: 5 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Pat Dunphy[*] 19.60% 1,579          
Labour Tomás Breathnach[*] 18.82% 1,516          
Fine Gael Fidelis Doherty[*] 13.14% 1,059 1,118 1,145 1,147 1,284 1,356
Fianna Fáil Eamon Aylward[*] 12.57% 1,013 1,065 1,106 1,112 1,164 1,432
Fianna Fáil Ger Frisby[*] 12.04% 970 984 1,010 1,017 1,143 1,246
Sinn Féin Grace Doyle 8.38% 675 690 720 730 859 950
Fianna Fáil Rob Duggan 7.60% 612 667 681 686 714  
Fine Gael John Hayes 3.96% 319 345 363 365    
Independent Melissa O'Neill[*] 2.89% 233 241 253 291    
Independent Alan Curran 1.01% 81 88 93      
Electorate: 16,125   Valid: 8,057   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 1,343   Turnout: 8,187 (50.77%)  

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c See change below.

Results by gender

2019 Kilkenny County Council election[7][8]
Candidates by gender
Gender Number of
candidates 		% of
candidates 		Elected
councillors 		% of
councillors
Men 33 75.0% 21 87.5%
Women 11 25.0% 3 12.5%
TOTAL 44   24  

Changes after 2019

Co-options

Party Outgoing LEA Reason Date Co-optee
Green Malcolm Noonan Kilkenny Elected to the 33rd Dáil for Carlow–Kilkenny at the 2020 general election[9][10] 24 February 2020 Maria Dollard[11]

Changes in affiliation

Name LEA Elected as New affiliation Date
Martin Brett Kilkenny Independent Fine Gael August 2020
Denis Hynes Castlecomer Labour Sinn Féin November 2021[12]

Sources

  • "Kilkenny County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  • "2019 Election Website". Kilkenny County Council. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  • "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 136–139. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

References

  1. ^ Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). Report 2018 (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 52–55, 149. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Retrieved 8 May 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ County of Kilkenny Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 (S.I. No. 621 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 3 February 2019. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Local Election 2019 — Callan–Thomastown LEA" (PDF). Kilkenny County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Local Election 2019 — Castlecomer LEA" (PDF). Kilkenny County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Local Election 2019 — Kilkenny LEA" (PDF). Kilkenny County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Local Election 2019 — Piltown LEA" (PDF). Kilkenny County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  7. ^ Matthews, Sam (27 May 2019) [25 May 2019]. "Kilkenny County Council: Brother of high-profile FF TD elected on 11th count". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  8. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
  9. ^ Tracey, Michael (10 February 2020) [9 February 2020]. "Carlow-Kilkenny results: Green Party's Malcolm Noonan takes final seat". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Election 2020: Carlow–Kilkenny". The Irish Times. Dublin. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Disability rights campaigner 'honoured' to fill vacant Green seat on Kilkenny Council". Kilkenny Now. 24 February 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Kilkenny county councillor leaves Labour to join Sinn Féin". KCLR 96FM. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.