2019 Waterford City and County Council election

2019 Waterford City and County Council election
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All 32 seats on Waterford City and County Council
17 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Seats won 7 7 6
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1 Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Green Independent
Seats won 4 2 6
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 2 Decrease 3
Results by local electoral area
Council control after election

Sinn Féin, Independent (5), Labour and Green Party

An election to all 32 seats on Waterford City and County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. The City and County of Waterford 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).

Voters in Waterford also took part in a plebiscite on whether or not to establish the position of a directly elected mayor for the council under the Local Government Act 2019.[1][2] The proposal was rejected by a narrow margin of 50.8% No to 49.2% Yes.[3] Two other council also held plebiscites on directly elected mayors: Cork City rejected the proposal, and Limerick was the only one of the three to vote Yes.[3]

Boundary review

Following the recommendations of the 2018 boundary review committee, there were significant changes to the LEAs in the 2014 election due to terms of references requiring a maximum of seven councillors in each LEA and changes in population revealed in the 2016 census.[4][5]

Results by party

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 7 Decrease1 11,043 25.01 Decrease0.09
Fianna Fáil 7 Decrease1 8,248 18.68 Decrease0.82
Sinn Féin 6 Steady 6,216 14.08 Decrease1.92
Labour 4 Increase3 3,662 8.29 Increase0.29
Green 2 Increase2 2,659 6.02 Increase6.02
People Before Profit 0 Steady 332 0.75 Increase0.35
Renua 0 Steady 253 0.57 New
Aontú 0 Steady 246 0.56 New
Independent 6 Decrease3 11,501 26.04 Decrease1.26
Total 32 Steady 44,160 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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

Dungarvan

Dungarvan: 6 seats[6][7][8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Damien Geoghegan[*] 20.03% 1,716              
Fianna Fáil Tom Cronin[*] 14.08% 1,206 1,234            
Fine Gael Pat Nugent[*] 11.65% 998 1,081 1,094 1,121 1,171 1,211 1,313  
Sinn Féin Conor D. McGuinness 9.01% 772 818 842 1,007 1,054 1,137 1,216 1,221
Independent Seamus O'Donnell[*] 8.32% 713 737 746 771 861 965 1,079 1,096
Labour Thomas Phelan 7.87% 674 724 741 758 795 913 1,026 1,038
Fine Gael Ian Noctor 6.69% 573 669 688 707 751 819 953 980
Independent Joe O'Riordan 5.80% 497 529 552 578 653      
Fianna Fáil Ann Marie Rossiter 5.73% 491 560 587 628 686 774    
Independent Caren Hallahan 4.40% 377 403 449 471        
Sinn Féin Siobhán Whelan[*] 4.12% 353 379 391          
Independent Ciara Langan 1.32% 113 117            
Fianna Fáil Sean French 0.99% 85 92            
Electorate: 16,197   Valid: 8,568   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 1,225   Turnout: 8,703 (53.73%)  

Lismore

Lismore: 3 seats[9][7][10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Labour John Pratt[*] 31.55% 1,385  
Fianna Fáil James Tobin[*] 27.52% 1,208  
Fine Gael Declan Doocey[*] 23.71% 1,041 1,205
Sinn Féin Louise Brierley 9.68% 425 491
Green Lynne Glasscoe 7.54% 331 388
Electorate: 9,226   Valid: 4,390   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 1,098   Turnout: 4,476 (48.52%)  

Portlaw–Kilmacthomas

Portlaw–Kilmacthomas: 5 seats[11][7][12]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Seanie Power 21.17% 1,591 1,253        
Fine Gael Liam Brazil[*] 19.72% 1,482 1,482 1,253      
Fianna Fáil John O'Leary[*] 14.94% 1,123 1,163 1,204 1,273 1,253  
Labour Ger Barron 13.05% 981 1,018 1,098 1,249 1,256  
Sinn Féin Declan Clune[*] 9.84% 740 762 771 860 861 1,028
Fianna Fáil Ray Murphy[†] 8.19% 616 708 721 770 778 963
Fine Gael Mairead Coffey Jacob 5.92% 445 550 612 686 690  
Independent Dolores Whelan 3.72% 280 305 319      
Independent Ann Troy 3.45% 259 276 286      
Electorate: 14,318   Valid: 7,517   Spoilt: 152   Quota: 1,253   Turnout: 7,669 (53.6%)  

Tramore–Waterford City West

Tramore–Waterford City West: 6 seats[13][7][14]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Green Marc Ó Cathasaigh[a] 14.28% 1,122 1,126 1,123              
Independent Joe Conway[*] 13.75% 1,080 1,083 1,083 1,097 1,126          
Fine Gael Lola O'Sullivan[*] 13.07% 1,027 1,031 1,031 1,052 1,062 1,183 1,183 1,123    
Independent Joe Kelly[*] 12.09% 950 963 964 976 1,002 1,014 1,062 1,069 1,102 1,143
Fianna Fáil Eamon Quinlan[*] 9.70% 762 769 770 836 844 868 920 946 969 1,002
Independent Blaise Hannigan[*] 8.74% 687 690 690 701 714 742 794 807 886 912
Sinn Féin Jim Griffin[*] 7.39% 581 589 589 596 614 620 626 629 691 979
Sinn Féin Leslie Hughes 5.03% 395 399 399 405 425 430 437 439 523  
People Before Profit Úna Dunphy 4.23% 332 333 333 341 349 368 385 394    
Renua Michael Gallwey 3.22% 253 257 257 260 263 273        
Fine Gael Maxine Keoghan 3.16% 248 250 251 254 257          
Fianna Fáil Rita Lacey 2.16% 170 173 173              
Independent Brendan Byrne 2.15% 169 176 176 182            
Independent Melissa O'Neill 1.03% 81                  
Electorate: 16,215   Valid: 7,857   Spoilt: 173   Quota: 1,123   Turnout: 8,030 (49.5%)  

Waterford City East

Waterford City East: 6 seats[15][7][16]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Matt Shanahan[†][a] 20.32% 1,736            
Independent David Daniels[*] 14.06% 1,201 1,307          
Fianna Fáil Eddie Mulligan[*] 10.91% 932 1,010 1,071 1,083 1,153 1,195 1,267
Fianna Fáil Adam Wyse[*] 10.44% 892 966 1,032 1,052 1,122 1,202 1,308
Green Jody Power 8.95% 765 833 908 928 975 1,038 1,141
Sinn Féin Pat Fitzgerald[*] 6.87% 587 602 611 615 664 936 1,086
Fine Gael Sharon Carey[†] 6.77% 578 612 639 653 831 871 950
Sinn Féin Michael Doyle 6.27% 536 558 576 579 590    
Independent Lee Walsh 6.12% 523 563 607 615 661 700  
Fine Gael Fiona Dowd 5.64% 482 515 531 536      
Independent Michael Garland 3.64% 311 356          
Electorate: 15,562   Valid: 8,543   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 1,221   Turnout: 8,665 (55.7%)  

Waterford City South

Waterford City South: 6 seats[17][7][18]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Sinn Féin John Hearne[*] 14.70% 1,071 1,071 1,041              
Fine Gael John Cummins[*][a] 11.83% 862 876 877 899 915 929 959 1,025 1,067  
Fianna Fáil Jason Murphy[*] 10.47% 763 772 774 840 850 870 919 960 1,015 1,028
Independent Donal Barry 9.94% 724 751 753 782 840 868 946 1,008 1,163 1,041
Labour Séamus Ryan 8.54% 622 627 629 640 653 672 729 812 879 893
Independent Laurence (Cha) O'Neill[*] 6.97% 508 515 517 543 554 584 637 665 756 788
Independent Andrew Power 6.12% 446 470 471 488 518 535 586 627    
Sinn Féin Breda Brennan[*] 6.09% 444 456 464 471 502 649 702 774 835 863
Green Susan Gallagher 6.05% 441 451 452 473 504 513 534      
Independent Seán Reinhardt[*] 5.59% 407 418 421 432 446 483        
Sinn Féin Warren Fitzgerald 4.28% 312 331 339 347 370          
Independent Vivienne Burns 3.68% 268 280 281 290            
Aontú Ronan Cleary 3.38% 246 254 254              
Independent Brendan Byrne 2.35% 171                  
Electorate: 14,323   Valid: 7,285   Spoilt: 156   Quota: 1,041   Turnout: 7,441 (51.95%)  

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c See change below.

Results by gender

2019 Waterford City and County Council election[19][20]
Candidates by gender
Gender Number of
candidates 		% of
candidates 		Elected
councillors 		% of
councillors
Men 46 69.7% 30 93.8%
Women 20 30.3% 2 6.3%
TOTAL 66   32  

Plebiscite

2019 Waterford City and County Council Directly Elected Mayor plebiscite[21][3]
Choice Votes %
Referendum failed No 22,437 50.8
Yes 21,718 49.2
Total votes 44,155 100.00

Changes after the 2019 election

Co-options

Party Outgoing LEA Reason Date Co-optee
Green Marc Ó Cathasaigh Tramore–Waterford City West Elected to the 33rd Dáil at the 2020 general election[22][23] 25 February 2020 Laura Swift[24][25][26][27]
Independent Matt Shanahan Waterford City East Elected to the 33rd Dáil at the 2020 general election[22][23] 25 February 2020 Mary Roche[25][28]
Green Laura Swift Tramore–Waterford City West Resignation on 6 May 2020 due to conflict with family mediation service[29] 24 June 2020 Susan Gallagher[30][31][32][33]
Fine Gael John Cummins Waterford City South Elected to the 26th Seanad on the Labour Panel at the 2020 Seanad election[34] 24 June 2020 Frank Quinlan[35][32][36]
Fianna Fáil James Tobin Lismore Death of councillor July 2022 Mairéad Tobin
Fianna Fáil Eddie Mulligan Waterford City East Resignation August 2022 Stephanie Keating

Changes in affiliation

Name LEA Elected as New affiliation Date
Declan Clune Portlaw–Kilmacthomas Sinn Féin Independent 1 September 2020[37]
Mary Roche Waterford City East Independent Social Democrats November 2022

References

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  1. ^ Local Government Act 2019, s. 40: Plebiscite (No. 1 of 2019, s. 40). Act of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 17 May 2019.
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