2019 Westmeath County Council election

2019 Westmeath County Council election
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All 20 seats on Westmeath County Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats before 8 5 2
Seats won 9 5 2
Seat change Increase 1 Steady Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Green Independent
Seats before 0 2
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Increase 2 Steady
Results by local electoral area
Council control before election

Fianna Fáil–Fine Gael

 Council control after

Fianna Fáil–Green Party

An election to all 20 seats on Westmeath County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Westmeath was divided into 4 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on using 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, the three LEAs used at the 2014 Westmeath County Council election were revised and replaced with four LEAs.[1][2]

Results by party

Fianna Fáil gained one seat in this election, Fine Gael and the Labour Party retained their five and two seats respectively, the Green Party had its first ever two local councillors in Westmeath elected, Sinn Féin lost their representation on this council while two Independent candidates were elected. The smaller parties that ran candidates in Westmeath (Aontú, the Social Democrats and Renua) failed to make any breakthrough.

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 9 Increase1 12,259 36.34 Increase3.44
Fine Gael 5 Steady 7,860 23.30 Decrease0.60
Labour 2 Steady 3,469 10.28 Decrease3.42
Green 2 Increase2 1,174 3.48 New
Sinn Féin 0 Decrease3 1,957 5.80 Decrease5.30
Aontú 0 Steady 394 1.17 New
Social Democrats 0 Steady 194 0.58 New
Renua 0 Steady 86 0.25 New
Independent 2 Steady 6,344 18.80 Decrease0.40
Total 20 Steady 33,737 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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

Athlone

Athlone: 5 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fianna Fáil Frankie Keena[*] 18.55 1,584                    
Fianna Fáil Aengus O'Rourke[*] 15.39 1,314 1,374 1,390 1,403 1,437            
Fine Gael John Dolan[*] 14.91 1,273 1,298 1,305 1,320 1,335 1,337 1,433        
Independent Jamie Moran[a] 12.04 1,028 1,042 1,072 1,089 1,126 1,128 1,167 1,238 1,417 1,420 1,615
Green Louise Heavin 6.95 593 604 627 706 729 731 771 864 935 939 1,071
Fine Gael Alan Shaw 6.59 563 574 578 594 601 603 623 692 752 754 794
Sinn Féin Pádraig Hegarty 6.11 522 528 538 558 567 567 581 605 715 716  
Independent Paul Hogan[*] 5.33 455 464 475 481 503 505 530 581      
Independent Michael O'Brien[*] 4.03 344 352 363 380 392 394 429        
Independent P.J. Coghill 3.64 311 318 325 328 347 349          
Aontú Noel Peter McKervey 2.30 196 198 223 226              
Social Democrats Fiona Lynam 2.27 194 199 204                
Renua Anthony Moran 1.01 86 88                  
Independent Imelda Geraghty 0.49 42 42                  
Independent Donal Jackson 0.37 32 33                  
Electorate: 19,157   Valid: 8,537   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 1,423   Turnout: 8,656  

Kinnegad

Kinnegad: 5 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Frank McDermott[*] 15.16 1,246 1,281 1,303 1,392    
Fianna Fáil John Shaw[*] 14.79 1,216 1,244 1,258 1,279 1,322 1,521
Fianna Fáil Paddy Hill[*] 12.41 1,020 1,021 1,048 1,142 1,303 1,434
Labour Denis Leonard 12.03 989 1,014 1,020 1,046 1,191 1,314
Fine Gael Emily Wallace[†] 11.12 914 956 973 993 1,122 1,285
Fianna Fáil Shauna Coyne 8.41 691 699 710 725 765  
Sinn Féin Hazel Behan 7.65 629 631 646 749 823 898
Labour Lorraine Scally 7.08 582 597 608 698    
Independent Úna D'Arcy[*] 5.99 492 502 569      
Independent Patrick Joseph Boyhan 3.19 262 268        
Fine Gael Becky Loftus Dore 2.18 179          
Electorate: 16,746   Valid: 8,220   Spoilt: 169   Quota: 1,371   Turnout: 8,389  

Moate

Moate: 4 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fine Gael Thomas Farrell[*] 18.48 1,567 1,588 1,806  
Fianna Fáil Liam McDaniel[†] 15.68 1,329 1,363 1,528 1,597
Fianna Fáil Vinny McCormack 15.49 1,313 1,332 1,358 1,595
Labour Johnnie Penrose[*] 14.89 1,262 1,342 1,474 1,922
Independent Michael O'Brien 12.66 1,073 1,199 1,223 1,249
Fianna Fáil Brian Crum[†] 10.05 852 872 899  
Fine Gael Damien Clear 7.16 607 644    
Sinn Féin Peter Judge 3.48 295      
Independent Searlait Cabdi Ní Chianáin 2.12 180      
Electorate: 15,319   Valid: 8,478   Spoilt: 165   Quota: 1,696   Turnout: 8,643  

Mullingar

Mullingar: 6 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Independent Mick Dollard[*] 15.13 1,286                  
Fianna Fáil Ken Glynn[*] 14.02 1,192 1,201 1,203 1,217            
Fianna Fáil Aoife Davitt 10.42 886 891 892 907 907 921 951 1,008 1,059 1,120
Fianna Fáil William Patrick Collentine[†] 10.14 862 872 873 886 888 906 930 979 1,029 1,106
Fine Gael Andrew Joseph Duncan[*] 9.27 788 795 797 811 811 850 880 937 980 1,078
Fine Gael Gerard Joseph Heery 8.5 723 728 732 741 741 767 786 831 853 955
Green Hazel Smyth 6.83 581 584 591 605 605 655 681 753 860 1,019
Independent Sean Lynch 6.25 531 537 545 569 569 611 627 665 742  
Sinn Féin Sorca Clarke[*] 6.01 511 518 522 537 537 561 587 616    
Labour Mark Scally 4.16 354 359 360 363 363 384 487      
Labour Margaret Lynam Sweeney 3.32 282 290 291 295 295 307        
Independent Chris Murtagh 2.98 253 256 267 294 294          
Aontú Séamus Burke 2.33 198 200 205              
Independent Alice McDonnell 0.65 55 56                
Electorate: 19,946   Valid: 8,502   Spoilt: 200   Quota: 1,215   Turnout: 8,702  

Footnotes

  1. ^ See change below.

Results by gender

2019 Westmeath County Council election[7][8]
Candidates by gender
Gender Number of
candidates 		% of
candidates 		Elected
councillors 		% of
councillors
Men 34 69.4% 16 80.0%
Women 15 30.6% 4 20.0%
TOTAL 49   20  

Changes after 2019

Party Outgoing LEA Reason Date Co-optee
Independent Jamie Moran Athlone Resignation January 2022 Paul Hogan[9]

Changes in affiliation

Name LEA Elected as New affiliation Date
Paul Hogan Athlone Independent Independent Ireland April 2024[10]

References

Sources

  • "Westmeath County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  • "Elections 2019". Westmeath County Council. Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  • "Elections 2019; How the Voting Went". The Westmeath Examiner. 1 June 2019. pp. 6–7.
  • "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 208–212. 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. 114–117, 165. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ County of Westmeath Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 (S.I. No. 636 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. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 208–209.
  4. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 210.
  5. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 211.
  6. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 212.
  7. ^ "Westmeath County Council: Greens surprise with two seats". The Irish Times. Dublin. 27 May 2019 [25 May 2019]. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021.
  8. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
  9. ^ "Former OPW Minister Misses Out On Westmeath County Council Seat". Midlands 103 Radio. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  10. ^ Cusack, Adrian (15 April 2024). "Paul Hogan to run in Athlone and Moate areas for new Independent Ireland party". Westmeath Independent.