2019 Kerry County Council election

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2019 Kerry County Council election
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All 33 seats on Kerry County Council
17 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won1074
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Labour KIA Independent
Seats won219
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 2
2019 Kerry County Council Election Map.svg
Results by local electoral area
Council control before election

Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael

Council control after election

Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael

An election to all 33 seats on Kerry County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Kerry 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).

Contents

Boundary review

Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used in the 2014 elections. Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a lower maximum LEA size of seven councillors, exceeded by three of the four 2014 LEAs. [1] [2] [3] Other changes reflected population changes revealed by the 2016 census.

Results by party

PartySeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 10Increase2.svg117,94325.78Increase2.svg3.53
Fine Gael 7Decrease2.svg215,22521.88Increase2.svg0.09
Sinn Féin 4Decrease2.svg19,29213.35Decrease2.svg0.84
Labour 2Steady2.svg3,1174.48Decrease2.svg2.11
KIA 1Steady2.svg1,9832.85Decrease2.svg0.22
Green 0Steady2.svg2,1513.09New
Aontú 0Steady2.svg1,1001.58New
People Before Profit 0Steady2.svg1740.25Decrease2.svg0.31
Independent 9Increase2.svg218,59426.72Decrease2.svg4.82
Total33Steady2.svg69,588100.00

Results by local electoral area

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

Castleisland

Castleisland: 4 seats [4] [5] [6]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
Independent Jackie Healy-Rae 28.55%2,621   
Independent Charlie Farrelly18.17%1,6681,872  
Fine Gael Bobby O'Connell [*] 15.89%1,4591,562 1,674 2,076
Fianna Fáil Fionnán Fitzgerald11.30%1,0371,171 1,482 1,753
Sinn Féin Kate McSweeney10.60%9731,149 1,245 1,364
Fine Gael Pat McCarthy [*] 8.66%795861 926  
Fianna Fáil Tom McEllistrim [*] 6.84%628729   
Electorate: 14,764  Valid: 9,181  Spoilt: 107  Quota: 1,837  Turnout: 9,288 (62.91%)  

    Corca Dhuibhne

    Corca Dhuibhne: 3 seats [7] [5] [6]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Fianna Fáil Michael D. O'Shea [*] 22.43%1,6801,774 1,880  
    Fianna Fáil Breandán Fitzgerald17.09%1,2801,423 1,561 2,013 
    Fine Gael Tommy Griffin16.70%1,2511,325 1,400 1,535 1,567
    Fine Gael Séamus Cosaí Fitzgerald [*] 13.43%1,0061,121 1,310 1,515 1,623
    Sinn Féin Robert Brosnan11.12%833969 1,147   
    Green Michael Fitzgerald10.37%777829    
    Independent David Russell8.86%664    
    Electorate: 11,904  Valid: 7,491  Spoilt: 93  Quota: 1,873  Turnout: 7,584 (63.71%)  

      Kenmare

      Kenmare: 6 seats [8] [9] [6]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      Independent Johnny Healy-Rae [*] 22.15%3,023       
      Fianna Fáil Michael Cahill [*] 16.26%2,219       
      Fianna Fáil Norma Moriarty [*] 14.41%1,966       
      Fianna Fáil John Francis Flynn [*] 10.08%1,3751,537 1,685 1,710 1,714 1,872 1,921 2,001
      Fine Gael Patrick Connor-Scarteen [*] 9.67%1,3201,505 1,527 1,634 1,636 1,772 1,942 2,142
      Independent Dan McCarthy [*] 7.69%1,0501,465 1,484 1,588 1,592 1,618 1,734 1,955
      Sinn Féin Damian Quigg [*] 5.61%766864 901 921 923 992 1,047 1,247
      Green Cleo Murphy5.06%691732 740 845 846 862 892  
      Fine Gael Patrick Lyne3.25%444502 509 513 516 561   
      Fine Gael Donie O'Sullivan3.14%428478 502 516     
      Labour Luke Crowley-Holland2.67%364428 432      
      Electorate: 21,813  Valid: 13,646  Spoilt: 142  Quota: 1,950  Turnout: 13,788 (63.21%)  

        Killarney

        Killarney: 7 seats [10] [5] [6]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Independent Maura Healy-Rae [†] 24.46%3,099      
        KIA Michael Gleeson [*] [lower-alpha 1] 15.65%1,983      
        Independent Brendan Cronin [*] 11.88%1,5051,727     
        Independent Donal Grady [*] 10.45%1,3241,529 1,618    
        Fianna Fáil Niall Kelleher [*] 9.81%1,2431,603     
        Independent Niall Botty O'Callaghan8.41%1,0651,293 1,387 1,444 1,480 1,694 
        Labour Marie Moloney 6.88%8711,037 1,122 1,172 1,204 1,348 1,400
        Fine Gael John Sheahan [*] 6.53%827978 1,056 1,133 1,163 1,217  
        Sinn Féin John Buckley3.83%485591 615 661 690   
        Fianna Fáil Neily O'Connor2.10%266343 372     
        Electorate: 20,864  Valid: 12,668  Spoilt: 126  Quota: 1,584  Turnout: 12,794 (61.32%)  

          Listowel

          Listowel: 6 seats [11] [12] [6]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Fine Gael Aoife Thornton [*] 18.95%2,578      
          Fine Gael Mike Kennelly [*] 15.17%2,064      
          Sinn Féin Robert Beasley [*] 10.89%1,4821,537 1,546 1,566 1,683 2,010 
          Sinn Féin Tom Barry [†] 10.57%1,4381,474 1,494 1,535 1,579 1,797 1,829
          Fianna Fáil John Lucid [†] 9.48%1,2891,389 1,394 1,406 1,630 1,681 1,685
          Fianna Fáil Jimmy Moloney [*] 9.28%1,2621,361 1,388 1,487 1,519 1,714 1,727
          Fine Gael Michael Foley9.11%1,2391,439 1,477 1,551 1,607 1,761 1,778
          Independent Michael Pixie O'Gorman7.51%1,0221,084 1,097 1,209 1,333   
          Aontú Sonny Foran5.75%782843 846 870    
          Independent John Martin O'Sullivan3.22%438468 473     
          Electorate: 25,077  Valid: 13,603  Spoilt: 220  Quota: 1,944  Turnout: 13,823 (55.12%)  

            Tralee

            Tralee: 7 seats [13] [14] [6]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            123456789101112
            Fianna Fáil Norma Foley [*] [lower-alpha 1] 16.20%2,106           
            Sinn Féin Toiréasa Ferris [*] [lower-alpha 1] 11.84%1,5391,590 1,600 1,636        
            Labour Terry O'Brien [*] 11.25%1,4621,538 1,551 1,568 1,589 1,613 1,748     
            Fine Gael Jim Finucane [*] 9.25%1,2021,250 1,251 1,257 1,274 1,297 1,333 1,401 1,423 1,423 1,630 
            Fianna Fáil Mikey Sheehy9.08%1,1801,311 1,313 1,318 1,329 1,366 1,411 1,539 1,545 1,545 1,676 
            Sinn Féin Pa Daly [*] [lower-alpha 1] 8.64%1,1231,149 1,156 1,167 1,196 1,235 1,278 1,333 1,341 1,344 1,400 1,904
            Independent Sam Locke [*] 6.23%810838 851 862 901 1,000 1,035 1,122 1,144 1,144 1,228 1,305
            Green Anne-Marie Fuller5.25%683704 708 753 775 815 868 890 915 920 974 996
            Sinn Féin Cathal Foley5.02%653661 669 674 685 693 704 730 734 737 753  
            Fine Gael Dr Bridget O'Brien4.71%612639 643 647 655 668 687 725 730 730   
            Labour Ben Slimm3.23%420429 432 443 452 460       
            Fianna Fáil Johnnie Wall3.17%412449 455 458 462 473 501      
            Aontú Mary Fitzgibbon2.45%318327 336 338 350        
            Independent Ted Cronin1.52%197203 213 225         
            People Before Profit Bec Fahy1.34%174176 184          
            Independent Yvonne Dineen0.62%8081           
            Independent Denis O'Reilly0.22%2829           
            Electorate: 25,036  Valid: 12,999  Spoilt: 170  Quota: 1,625  Turnout: 13,169 (52.6%)  

              Footnotes

              1. 1 2 3 4 See change below.

              Results by gender

              2019 Kerry County Council election [6] [15]
              Candidates by gender
              GenderNumber of
              candidates              		 % of
              candidates              		Elected
              councillors              		 % of
              councillors
              Men4979.0%2781.8%
              Women1321.0%618.2%
              TOTAL62 33 

              Changes after the 2019 election

              PartyOutgoingElectoral areaReasonDateCo-optee
              Sinn Féin Toiréasa Ferris TraleeResignation on 2 September 2019 [16] [17] 21 October 2019Cathal Foley [18]
              Fianna Fáil Norma Foley TraleeElected to the 33rd Dáil at the 2020 general election [19] [20] 25 February 2020Johnnie Wall [21]
              Sinn Féin Pa Daly TraleeElected to the 33rd Dáil at the 2020 general election [19] [20] 25 February 2020Deirdre Ferris [21]
              KIA Michael Gleeson KillarneyResignationMay 2021John O'Donoghue [22]

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