2024 Wexford County Council election

2024 Wexford County Council election
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All 34 seats on Wexford County Council
18 seats needed for a majority
Area of Wexford County Council

An election to all 34 seats on Wexford County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Wexford is 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).[2]

Voting took place in 197 polling booths across 6 local electoral areas on 7th June, which coincided with voting for the 2024 European elections in the constituency of Ireland South.

Counting of votes took place from 8th-10th of June in St. Joseph's Community Centre in Wexford town. Counting of votes was suspended 10pm on Sunday 9th after the Sixth count in the Enniscorthy electoral area, due to a request for a recount from Wexford Independent Alliance candidate Cyril Wheelock following the discovery of a vote with two first preferences indicated on it, which should have been deemed a spoiled vote, which would have reduced the number of votes separating the two lowest remaining candidates to just 4 votes.

Counting resumed 11am Monday following a review of the 2nd preference votes of the candidate with the next lowest votes, Sinn Fein's Colette Nolan, determined there would not be any effect on the outcome of the election.

A recount was also called in the Rosslare area.

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors did not seek re-election:

Constituency Departing Councillor Party
Enniscorthy Kathleen Codd-Nolan Fine Gael
Gorey Diarmuid Devereux Fine Gael
Rosslare Jim Moore Fine Gael
Wexford Maura Bell Labour
Wexford John Hegarty Fine Gael

Results by party

Party Candidates Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 14 9 Decrease3 16,500 25.72 Decrease4.31
Fine Gael 10 8 Decrease1 11,826 18.43 Decrease6.66
Wexford Ind. Alliance 12 5 New 10,223 15.93 New
Sinn Féin 11 3 Increase1 7,039 10.97 Increase3.42
Labour 6 2 Steady 4,421 6.89 Decrease1.99
Aontú 1 1 Steady 2,455 3.83 Increase2.14
Green 2 0 New 586 0.92 New
Ireland First 1 0 New 389 0.61 New
The Irish People 1 0 New 145 0.23 New
People Before Profit 1 0 Steady 133 0.21 Decrease1.58
National Party 1 0 New 125 0.19 New
Independent 12 6 Decrease2 10,312 16.07 Decrease5.42
Total 72 34 Steady 64,154 100.00 —

The Wexford Independent Alliance is a team of candidates associated with the Independent politician TD Verona Murphy[3]

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor co-opted subsequent to the 2019 election.

Enniscorthy

*Note a recount was called following the discovery of an invalid ballot paper in the transfers following count 6. The request for recount was repealed after review of the transfer pattern for the next proposed elimination revealed there would be no change to the election outcome.

Enniscorthy: 6 Seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Cathal Byrne[*] 20.22 2,275              
Fianna Fáil Aidan Browne[*] 14.37 1,617              
Fianna Fáil Barbara-Anne Murphy[*] 11.91 1,340 1,436 1,443 1,481 1,496 1,561 1,564 1,694
Independent John O'Rourke[*] 10.33 1,162 1,223 1,257 1,289 1,401 1,525 1.526 1,643
Independent Jackser Owens[*] 10.14 1,141 1,192 1,214 1,261 1,315 1,444 1,446 1,675
Fine Gael Patrick Kehoe 8.33 937 1,186 1,189 1,226 1,240 1,296 1,297 1,467
Sinn Féin Colette Nolan 6.16 693 713 882 932 964 1,021 1,022 1,077
Wexford Ind. Alliance Cyril Wheelock 5.87 660 729 734 754 786 1,016 1,017  
Wexford Ind. Alliance Majella Wall 5.31 597 658 674 694 740      
Independent Eamonn Doyle 2.63 296 310 318 334        
Sinn Féin Alfie Ó Súilleabháin 2.45 276 284            
Green Brendan Cahill Flynn 2.30 259 297 308          
Electorate: 22,900   Valid: 11,253   Spoilt: 157   Quota: 1,608   Turnout: 11,410 (49.83%)  

Gorey

Gorey: 6 Seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fianna Fáil Donal Kenny[*] 14.82 1,702                    
Wexford Ind. Alliance Nicky Boland 11.68 1,341 1,350 1,357 1,375 1,475 1,590 1,619 1,686      
Fianna Fáil Joe Sullivan[*] 11.05 1,269 1,271 1,284 1,316 1,324 1,350 1,378 1,418 1,710    
Fine Gael Anthony Donohoe[*] 10.23 1,175 1,177 1,191 1,209 1,214 1,237 1,240 1,276 1,399 1,434 1,441
Fine Gael Darragh McDonald 9.28 1,065 1,069 1,076 1,139 1,146 1,202 1,222 1,344 1,647    
Wexford Ind. Alliance Jimmy Fleming 8.51 977 984 987 995 1,084 1,156 1,198 1,260 1,386 1,405 1,421
Sinn Féin Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin[*] 7.44 854 867 870 885 914 971 1,383 1,501 1,594 1,609 1,620
Fianna Fáil Andrew Bolger[†] 7.41 851 852 861 882 887 929 949 1,048      
Sinn Féin Kevin Molloy 4.54 521 536 537 552 569 599          
Independent Cillian Byrne 3.91 449 461 462 485 541            
Labour Lorna Fitzpatrick 3.70 425 448 450 569 575 629 649        
Ireland First Darren McGovern 3.39 389 391 392 400              
Green Ann Walsh 2.87 330 361 361                
People Before Profit Aisling Hudson 1.16 133                    
Electorate: 22,114   Valid: 11,481   Spoilt: 100   Quota: 1,641   Turnout: 11,581 (53.37%)  

Kilmuckridge

Kilmuckridge: 4 Seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Independent Mary Farrell[*] 22.97 1,720      
Fianna Fáil Pip Breen[*] 19.51 1,461 1,525    
Fine Gael Oliver Walsh[*] 18.31 1,371 1,421 1,431 1,547
Fianna Fáil Willie Kavanagh[*] 14.70 1,101 1,116 1,124 1,224
Sinn Féin Declan Kenny 12.30 921 955 958  
Wexford Ind. Alliance Paddy Kavanagh 12.21 914 973 979 1,360
Electorate: 14,699   Valid: 7,488   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 1,498   Turnout: 7,572 (51.51%)  

New Ross

New Ross: 6 Seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Wexford Ind. Alliance Pat Barden[*] 15.49 1,900              
Fianna Fáil John Fleming[*] 10.75 1,318 1,348 1,399 1,452 1,469 1,508 1,574 1,658
Wexford Ind. Alliance Marty Murphy 10.53 1,292 1,315 1,366 1,399 1,507 1,620 1,712 1,725
Fianna Fáil Michael Sheehan[*] 10.53 1,291 1,303 1,334 1,403 1,477 1,563 1,884  
Fianna Fáil Michael Whelan[*] 9.16 1,123 1,130 1,134 1,155 1,407 1,455 1,512 1,543
Fine Gael Bridín Murphy[*] 8.29 1,017 1,038 1,086 1,173 1,451 1,529 1,645 1,669
Independent John Dwyer 8.28 1,015 1,022 1,086 1,126 1,148 1,383 1,574 1,608
Independent Anthony Connick[*] 6.66 817 835 878 930 956 1,039    
Fine Gael Harry Twomey 6.58 807 817 823 849        
Sinn Féin Kayley Goodison 6.52 799 804 854 933 947      
Labour Bridín Lyng-Moloney 3.78 463 469 497          
Independent Raymond Forte 1.18 145 147            
Independent Anne Flynn 1.17 143 146            
Independent James Furlong 1.09 134 137            
Electorate: 23,213   Valid: 12,264   Spoilt: 143   Quota: 1,753   Turnout: 12,407 (53.45%)  

Rosslare

Rosslare: 5 Seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Aontú Jim Codd[*] 23.89 2,455                  
Independent Ger Carthy[*] 18.97 1,949                  
Fine Gael Frank Staples[*] 13.70 1,408 1,526 1,586 1,591 1,703 1,783        
Fianna Fáil Lisa McDonald[*] 10.76 1,106 1,201 1,245 1,248 1,277 1,367 1,390 1,611 1,664 1,828
Wexford Ind. Alliance Joe Druhan 6.84 703 751 803 833 839 869 873 893 923 1,210
Sinn Féin Aoife Rose O'Brien 5.72 588 681 699 712 717 773 776 821 1,245 1,342
Fianna Fáil Simon Boyse 4.76 489 570 576 580 620 642 648      
Sinn Féin Michael Roche 4.70 483 578 590 602 602 641 650 680    
Wexford Ind. Alliance Jack Barden 4.28 440 569 582 616 640 668 669 816 844  
Labour Damien Corish 3.26 335 362 382 390 402          
Fine Gael Willie Fitzharris 1.90 195 235 241 244            
National Party Jason Murphy 1.22 125 141 146              
Electorate: 18,400   Valid: 10,276   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 1,713   Turnout: 10,357 (56.29%)  

Wexford

Wexford: 7 Seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Labour George Lawlor[*] 20.72 2,361                    
Fine Gael Robbie Staples 13.83 1,576                    
Fianna Fáil Garry Laffan[*] 12.39 1,412 1,499                  
Independent Leonard Kelly[*] 11.77 1,341 1,492                  
Sinn Féin Tom Forde[*] 10.09 1,150 1,217 1,225 1,229 1,237 1,378 1,388 1,427      
Wexford Ind. Alliance Dave Ryan 4.60 524 547 585 594 633 644 646 754 801 845  
Wexford Ind. Alliance Raymond Shannon 4.45 507 541 546 547 580 586 591 662 758 897 1,180
Sinn Féin Davy Hynes[*] 4.30 490 534 539 547 552 611 615 654 710    
Labour Catherine Walsh 3.73 425 674 697 711 715 723 741 795 892 1,002 1,092
Fianna Fáil Emmet Moloney 3.69 420 468 495 514 515 517 523 557      
Labour Vicky Clancy-Barron 3.62 412 586 609 622 624 644 657 706 771 878 986
Wexford Ind. Alliance Michelle O'Neill 3.23 368 410 428 433 449 460 469        
Sinn Féin Lorraine Smyth 2.32 264 277 280 281 283            
The Irish People Stephen Power 1.27 145 149 150 150              
Electorate: 23,333   Valid: 11,395   Spoilt: 118   Quota: 1,425   Turnout: 11,513 (49.34%)  

References

  1. ^ "Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick mayoral elections". Gov.ie (Press release). Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Wexford TD Verona Murphy confirms 'Wexford Independent Alliance' grouping to contest local elections". Independent.ie. 13 February 2024. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Notice of Poll" (PDF). Wexford County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.