2019 Kilkenny County Council election

2019 Kilkenny County Council election

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All 24 seats on Kilkenny County Council 13 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 11 9 2 Seat change 1 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Green Independent Seats won 1 1 Seat change
Results by local electoral Area

An election to all 24 seats on Kilkenny County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Kilkenny was divided into 4 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 a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used in the 2014 elections. ^{[1] [2]}

Overview

Fianna Fáil gained 1 additional seat to increase their numbers to 11 while also increasing their vote by 4%. Fine Gael gained 2 seats and also increased their vote by 2%. Labour and the Greens retained their previous position but it was a disastrous election for Sinn Féin. The party lost all 3 seats, including Sean Tyrell, the partner of Kathleen Funchion TD and saw a significant drop in their vote-share. Breda Gardner, a sitting Independent who also contested the Ireland South European Parliament constituency unsuccessfully, failed to retain her seat.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	11	1	15,895	41.11	3.91
	Fine Gael	9	2	12,410	32.10	2.20
	Labour	2		2,915	7.54	3.66
	Green	1		1,485	3.84	0.34
	Sinn Féin	0	3	2,458	6.36	3.54
	People Before Profit	0		231	0.60	New
	Independent	1		3,270	8.46	1.26
Total		24		38,664	100.00

Results by local electoral area

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

Callan–Thomastown

Callan–Thomastown: 6 seats ^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Peter "Chap" Cleere [*]	17.85%	1,945
	Fianna Fáil	Matt Doran [*]	16.88%	1,839
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Neill [*]	12.84%	1,399	1,436	1,452	1,456	1,482	1,515	1,581
	Fine Gael	Michael Doyle [*]	12.65%	1,378	1,490	1,496	1,504	1,528	1,567
	Fine Gael	Joe Lyons	9.56%	1,042	1,047	1,146	1,152	1,220	1,330	1,388
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Cullen	7.91%	862	1,020	1,095	1,116	1,151	1,234	1,426
	Independent	Breda Gardner [*]	7.54%	821	851	863	886	997	1,070	1,315
	Sinn Féin	David Kennedy [*]	6.68%	728	746	759	768	789	838
	Independent	Trish Finegan	3.35%	365	369	392	406
	Independent	John Kelly	3.32%	362	380	392	445	511
	Independent	Michael McGrath	1.04%	113	116	118
	Independent	John Carroll	0.38%	41	44	46
Electorate: 19,643  Valid: 10,895  Spoilt: 182  Quota: 1,557  Turnout: 11,077 (56.39%)

Castlecomer

Castlecomer: 6 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Fitzpatrick [*]	22.21%	2,249
	Fine Gael	Mary Hilda Cavanagh [*]	16.66%	1,687
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McCarthy [*]	15.71%	1,591
	Fine Gael	John Brennan	11.74%	1,189	1,413	1,493
	Labour	Denis Hynes [lower-alpha 1]	10.84%	1,098	1,175	1,190	1,201	1,403
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Delaney	9.73%	985	1,340	1,416	1,520
	Fine Gael	Pat O'Neill	8.09%	819	911	964	980	1,049
	Sinn Féin	Joseph Kavanagh	5.01%	507	561	577	590
Electorate: 19,146  Valid: 10,125  Spoilt: 233  Quota: 1,447  Turnout: 10,358 (54.1%)

Kilkenny

Kilkenny: 7 seats ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Andrew McGuinness [*]	19.40%	1,860
	Green	Malcolm Noonan [*] [lower-alpha 1]	15.49%	1,485
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Malone [*]	13.26%	1,271
	Fine Gael	David Fitzgerald [*]	12.01%	1,151	1,236
	Independent	Eugene McGuinness	8.62%	826	922	932	935	944	965	1,030	1,033	1,075	1,095	1,141
	Fianna Fáil	John Coonan	7.28%	698	929	963	967	991	1,005	1,039	1,053	1,076	1,129	1,230
	Sinn Féin	Sean Tyrrell [†]	5.72%	548	616	632	641	649	666	689	691	760	813	836
	Fine Gael	Martin Brett [lower-alpha 1]	5.00%	479	550	592	592	602	617	650	662	676	774	955
	Fine Gael	Orla Kelly	3.22%	309	327	370	370	373	382	404	407	431
	Labour	Andrea Cleere	3.14%	301	325	382	384	387	411	426	428	495	582
	Independent	Luke O'Connor	2.46%	236	252	266	273	284	301
	People Before Profit	Stephanie Hanlon	2.41%	231	258	298	300	302	349	370	371
	Independent	Enya Kennedy	1.68%	161	184	210	216	218
	Independent	Noel Gerard Walsh	0.32%	31	33	37
Electorate: 19,337  Valid: 9,587  Spoilt: 155  Quota: 1,199  Turnout: 9,742 (50.38%)

Piltown

Piltown: 5 seats ^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Pat Dunphy [*]	19.60%	1,579
	Labour	Tomás Breathnach [*]	18.82%	1,516
	Fine Gael	Fidelis Doherty [*]	13.14%	1,059	1,118	1,145	1,147	1,284	1,356
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Aylward [*]	12.57%	1,013	1,065	1,106	1,112	1,164	1,432
	Fianna Fáil	Ger Frisby [*]	12.04%	970	984	1,010	1,017	1,143	1,246
	Sinn Féin	Grace Doyle	8.38%	675	690	720	730	859	950
	Fianna Fáil	Rob Duggan	7.60%	612	667	681	686	714
	Fine Gael	John Hayes	3.96%	319	345	363	365
	Independent	Melissa O'Neill [*]	2.89%	233	241	253	291
	Independent	Alan Curran	1.01%	81	88	93
Electorate: 16,125  Valid: 8,057  Spoilt: 130  Quota: 1,343  Turnout: 8,187 (50.77%)

Footnotes

1. See change below.

Results by gender

2019 Kilkenny County Council election [7] [8] Candidates by gender
Gender	Number of candidates	% of candidates	Elected councillors	% of councillors
Men	33	75.0%	21	87.5%
Women	11	25.0%	3	12.5%
TOTAL	44		24

Changes after 2019

Co-options

Party		Outgoing	Electoral area	Reason	Date	Co-optee
	Green	Malcolm Noonan	Kilkenny	Elected to the 33rd Dáil for Carlow–Kilkenny at the 2020 general election [9] [10]	24 February 2020	Maria Dollard [11]

Changes in affiliation

Name	Electoral area	Elected as		New affiliation		Date
Martin Brett	Kilkenny		Independent		Fine Gael	August 2020
Denis Hynes	Castlecomer		Labour		Sinn Féin	November 2021 [12]

Sources

• "Kilkenny County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
• "2019 Election Website". Kilkenny County Council. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
• "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 136–139. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

References

1. Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). Report 2018 (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 52–55, 149. ISBN   978-1-4064-2990-9 . Retrieved 8 May 2019.
2. County of Kilkenny Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 ( S.I. No. 621 of 2018 ). Signed on 19 December 2018by 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 3 February 2019.Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 May 2019.
3. "Local Election 2019 — Callan–Thomastown LEA" (PDF). Kilkenny County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
4. "Local Election 2019 — Castlecomer LEA" (PDF). Kilkenny County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
5. "Local Election 2019 — Kilkenny LEA" (PDF). Kilkenny County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
6. "Local Election 2019 — Piltown LEA" (PDF). Kilkenny County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
7. Matthews, Sam (27 May 2019) [25 May 2019]. "Kilkenny County Council: Brother of high-profile FF TD elected on 11th count". The Irish Times . Dublin. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
8. DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
9. Tracey, Michael (10 February 2020) [9 February 2020]. "Carlow-Kilkenny results: Green Party's Malcolm Noonan takes final seat". The Irish Times . Dublin. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
10. "Election 2020: Carlow–Kilkenny". The Irish Times . Dublin. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
11. "Disability rights campaigner 'honoured' to fill vacant Green seat on Kilkenny Council". Kilkenny Now. 24 February 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
12. "Kilkenny county councillor leaves Labour to join Sinn Féin". KCLR 96FM. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.