2019 Leitrim County Council election

2019 Leitrim County Council election
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All 18 seats on Leitrim County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 6 6 2
Seat change Steady Increase 2 Decrease 2
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 4
Seat change Steady
Results by Local Electoral Area

An election to all 18 seats on Leitrim County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Leitrim was divided into 3 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 the recommendations of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, no changes were made to the LEAs used in the 2014 elections.[1][2]

Results by party

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 6 Steady 6,128 34.39 Increase0.71
Fine Gael 6 Increase 2 4,394 24.66 Decrease 2.63
Sinn Féin 2 Decrease 2 3,061 17.18 Decrease 2.01
Green 0 Steady 389 2.18 New
Renua 0 Steady 43 0.24 New
Independent 4 Steady 3,806 21.36 Increase1.52
Total 18 Steady 17,821 100.00 Steady

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.

Ballinamore

Ballinamore: 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Paddy O'Rourke[*] 20.87% 1,365              
Fianna Fáil Caillian Ellis[*] 14.57% 953              
Sinn Féin Brendan Barry[*] 11.70% 765 781 787 790 855 981    
Fine Gael Enda McGloin 11.52% 753 772 777 778 882 888 890 895
Fine Gael Ita Reynolds-Flynn 10.63% 695 816 821 825 855 950    
Sinn Féin Pat Gilhooley 9.73% 636 673 675 678 700 807 841 845
Independent Gerry Dolan[*] 8.63% 564 628 650 653 786 835 845 851
Independent Sean Wynne 6.10% 399 436 455 456        
Sinn Féin Caroline Mulvey 5.18% 339 457 464 467 492      
Renua Oisín O'Dwyer 0.66% 43 55            
Independent Denis O'Brien 0.41% 27 34            
Electorate: 9,892   Valid: 6,539   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 935   Turnout: 6,613 (66.85%)  

Carrick-on-Shannon

Carrick-on-Shannon: 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Sean McGowan[*] 14.96% 847            
Independent Enda Stenson[*] 12.88% 729 737 768 810      
Fine Gael Thomas Mulligan 12.19% 690 696 708 720 737 824  
Fianna Fáil Fintan Cox 11.29% 639 642 659 667 703 737 738
Fine Gael Finola Armstrong-Maguire[*] 10.87% 615 616 645 670 727 752 754
Fianna Fáil Paddy Farrell 9.72% 550 556 583 611 658 737 742
Independent Des Guckian[*] 9.36% 530 538 548 577 639 751 758
Sinn Féin Séadhna Logan[*] 7.17% 406 408 428 440 481    
Independent Yvonne Hollidge 4.73% 268 270 289 321      
Independent Sean Wynne 3.43% 194 195 203        
Green Leslie O'Hora 1.82% 103 104          
Independent Denis O'Brien 1.57% 89 89          
Electorate: 9,027   Valid: 5,660   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 809   Turnout: 5,729 (63.47%)  

Manorhamilton

Manorhamilton: 6 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Mary Bohan[*] 16.67% 937        
Sinn Féin Padraig Fallon[*] 16.28% 915        
Fianna Fáil Justin Warnock[*] 14.89% 837        
Fine Gael Frank Dolan[*] 12.54% 705 749 768 828  
Independent Felim Gurn[*] 12.33% 693 733 769 798 808
Fine Gael Seán McDermott[*] 11.76% 661 676 695 767 778
Independent Jamie Murphy 5.57% 313 322 340 360 366
Green Bláithín Gallagher 5.09% 286 306 320 345 351
Fine Gael John Joe Dowdican 4.89% 275 280 285    
Electorate: 9,058   Valid: 5,622   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 804   Turnout: 5,693 (62.85%)  

Results by gender

2019 Leitrim County Council election[6][7]
Candidates by gender
Gender Number of
candidates 		% of
candidates 		Elected
councillors 		% of
councillors
Men 26 81.3% 15 83.3%
Women 6 18.8% 3 16.7%
TOTAL 32   18  

References

Sources

  • "Leitrim County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  • "Election Results 2019". Leitrim County Council. Archived from the original on 13 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  • "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 144–146. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

Citations

  1. ^ Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). Report 2018 (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 62–64, 149. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ County of Leitrim Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 (S.I. No. 623 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 23 November 2019. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Local Election 2019 — Ballinamore LEA" (PDF). Leitrim County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Local Election 2019 — Carrick-on-Shannon LEA" (PDF). Leitrim County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Local Election 2019 — Manorhamilton LEA" (PDF). Leitrim County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  6. ^ McGreevy, Ronan (26 May 2019) [25 May 2019]. "Leitrim County Council: Only three women councillors in 18-seat chamber". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  7. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 247.