2019 Louth County Council election

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2019 Louth County Council election
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  2014 24 May 2019 2024  

All 29 seats on Louth County Council
15 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Fine Gael
Seats won775
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 2

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Labour Green Independent
Seats won316
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 3

2019 Louth County Council Election Map.svg
Results by local electoral area

Council control after election

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An election to all 29 seats on Louth County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Louth was divided into 5 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).

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Boundary review

Following a recommendation of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, the local electoral areas in County Louth were altered. The committee's terms of reference required a maximum number of councillors of 7 seats, which had been breached by the 10-seat Drogheda LEA used at the 2014 Louth County Council election. There were boundary adjustments in other LEAs to reflect by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census. [1] The boundary committee recommended that Dundalk be designated a borough district. This was implemented in the initial statutory instrument, but reversed as being contrary to the terms of the Local Government Act 2001. [2]

Overview

Following the elections Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil emerged as the joint largest party with 7 seats. Sinn Féin lost 1 seat in Dundalk and 2 in Drogheda. Fianna Fáil gained a seat from Sinn Féin and also from the Green Party in Dundalk. Accounting for the defection of Kevin Callan after 2014, Fine Gael returned with 5 seats, a loss of 2 seats overall. The Labour Party increased their numbers by 1 seat to 3 by gaining another seat in Drogheda.

Kevin Callan won a seat in each of the 2 Drogheda LEAs. He chose to sit for Drogheda Urban. The casual vacancy was filled at a meeting of the council on 17 June 2019 by Declan Power, who had run for Fianna Fáil in 2019 but who had since quit the party.

Results by party

PartySeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Sinn Féin 7Decrease2.svg310,65124.10Decrease2.svg7.32
Fianna Fáil 7Increase2.svg28,62419.51Increase2.svg0.48
Fine Gael 5Decrease2.svg28,89120.12Decrease2.svg0.56
Labour 3Increase2.svg13,5017.92Increase2.svg2.95
Green 1Decrease2.svg12,8296.40Increase2.svg2.54
Renua 0Steady2.svg1,4633.31New
Direct Democracy 0Steady2.svg1420.32Decrease2.svg1.59
United People 0Steady2.svg1340.30New
People Before Profit 0Steady2.svg1010.23Increase2.svg0.06
Independent 6Increase2.svg37,85417.77Increase2.svg1.27
Total29Steady2.svg44,190100.00Steady2.svg

Results by local electoral area

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

Ardee

Ardee: 6 seats [3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
Fine Gael Dolores Minogue [*] 15.28%1,404        
Fine Gael Colm Markey [*] [lower-alpha 1] 15.11%1,388        
Sinn Féin Pearse McGeough [*] 10.96%1,0071,011 1,018 1,040 1,055 1,113 1,411  
Independent Jim Tenanty [*] 10.40%955978 983 1,048 1,178 1,295 1,396  
Fianna Fáil John Sheridan9.47%870877 887 902 933 976 996 1,114 1,131
Independent Hugh D. Conlon [lower-alpha 1] 8.35%767771 786 825 842 911 928 1,054 1,099
Fianna Fáil Fintan Malone7.07%649661 664 685 757 808 851 917 949
Green Seán Connolly5.54%509514 519 557 577 635 652   
Sinn Féin Brendan McKenna5.36%492500 501 515 553 576    
Independent Kevin Carroll4.57%420426 428 483 512     
Fine Gael Finnan McCoy4.42%406423 448 464      
Independent Albert D. Byrne2.07%190192 194       
Independent Enda Murray1.40%129132        
Electorate: 20,007  Valid: 9,186  Spoilt: 281  Quota: 1,313  Turnout: 9,467 (47.32%)  

    Drogheda Rural

    Drogheda Rural: 4 seats [4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Fine Gael Oliver Tully [*] [lower-alpha 1] 16.62%965971 1,005 1,060 1,173  
    Labour Michelle Hall16.60%964977 1,000 1,035 1,095 1,097 1,214
    Independent Kevin Callan [*] [lower-alpha 1] 15.43%896912 937 1,048   
    Sinn Féin Tom Cunningham [*] 11.42%663672 708 730 765 765 1,113
    Sinn Féin Leanne Saurin10.38%603616 628 651 689 690  
    Renua Eamon Sweeney9.78%568579 591 620 727 732 787
    Fianna Fáil Richard Cooney8.21%477479 561 585    
    Independent Frank Godfrey [*] 5.46%317323 343     
    Fianna Fáil Declan Power4.46%259261      
    United People Jeffrey Rudd0.88%51      
    Direct Democracy Patrick Greene0.77%45      
    Electorate: 13,070  Valid: 5,808  Spoilt: 123  Quota: 1,162  Turnout: 5,931 (45.62%)  

      Drogheda Urban

      Drogheda Urban: 6 seats [5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011
      Labour Paul Bell [*] [lower-alpha 1] 14.76%1,292          
      Labour Pio Smith [*] 14.22%1,2451,255         
      Sinn Féin Joanna Byrne [] 10.54%923927 939 959 975 1,109 1,129 1,372   
      Independent Kevin Callan [*] 10.25%897902 905 913 936 951 996 1,012 1,030 1,124 1,292
      Fianna Fáil James Byrne9.10%797801 804 804 807 816 838 848 853 1,076 1,251
      Independent Paddy McQuillan8.78%769774 793 819 858 875 907 943 993 1,035 1,086
      Fine Gael Richie Culhane [*] 6.64%581583 585 587 593 596 623 629 634 671  
      Independent Frank Godfrey [*] 5.92%518523 525 527 551 560 646 664 681 772 881
      Fianna Fáil Anthony Moore5.78%506507 510 511 521 524 577 586 589   
      Renua Michael O'Dowd3.45%302304 309 314 354 359      
      Sinn Féin David Saurin [] 3.19%279280 290 295 303 367 373     
      Sinn Féin Kenneth Flood [*] 2.98%261262 265 271 278       
      Renua Maria McCabe1.19%104105 107 111        
      People Before Profit Angus Macdonald1.15%101101 101         
      Direct Democracy Christopher Faulkner1.11%9797 108 117        
      United People Jeffrey Rudd0.95%8383          
      Electorate: 20,424  Valid: 8,755  Spoilt: 241  Quota: 1,251  Turnout: 8,496 (44.05%)  

        Dundalk–Carlingford

        DundalkCarlingford: 6 seats [6]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        Sinn Féin Antóin Watters [] 16.48%1,563     
        Fine Gael John McGahon [*] [lower-alpha 1] 14.31%1,357     
        Fianna Fáil Erin McGreehan [lower-alpha 1] 12.14%1,1511,216 1,222 1,237 1,535 
        Fianna Fáil Seán Kelly11.30%1,0721,077 1,157 1,216 1,297 1,361
        Fianna Fáil Conor Keelan [*] 10.66%1,0111,015 1,052 1,089 1,221 1,279
        Sinn Féin Edel Corrigan [*] 9.82%9311,005 1,588   
        Green Eoin Daly8.68%823834 875 976 1,112 1,180
        Fine Gael Roisin Duffy8.53%809823 832 844   
        Sinn Féin Eugene Garvey8.09%767802     
        Electorate: 20,308  Valid: 9,484  Spoilt: 254  Quota: 1,355  Turnout: 9,738 (48.55%)  

          Dundalk South

          Dundalk South: 7 seats [7]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456789
          Independent Maeve Yore [*] 15.52%1,701        
          Green Marianne Butler [*] 13.66%1,497        
          Sinn Féin Ruairí Ó Murchú [] [lower-alpha 1] 12.99%1,423        
          Fine Gael Maria Doyle [*] 12.28%1,3461,409       
          Sinn Féin Tomás Sharkey [*] 10.37%1,1361,185 1,201 1,264 1,289 1,333 1,336 1,825 
          Fianna Fáil Liam Reilly [*] 9.87%1,0821,131 1,142 1,155 1,157 1,229 1,233 1,262 1,300
          Fianna Fáil Emma Coffey [] 6.84%750805 836 885 888 1,006 1,021 1,098 1,181
          Fine Gael Linus English5.80%635660 679 701 702 778 792 806 832
          Sinn Féin Anne Campbell [] 5.50%603621 638 674 695 755 758   
          Renua Niamh Boyle4.46%489524 544 602 603     
          Independent Oliver Morgan2.69%295332 345       
          Electorate: 23,841  Valid: 10,957  Spoilt: 267  Quota: 1,370  Turnout: 11,224 (47.08%)  

            Footnotes

            1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 See change below.

            Results by gender

            2019 Louth County Council election [8] [9]
            Candidates by gender
            GenderNumber of
            candidates
             % of
            candidates
            Elected
            councillors
             % of
            councillors
            Men4676.7%2069.0%
            Women1423.3%931.0%
            TOTAL60 29 

            Changes after 2019

            PartyOutgoingElectoral areaReasonDateCo-optee
            Independent Kevin CallanDrogheda RuralElected for two areas; chose to sit for Drogheda UrbanJune 2019Declan Power [10]
            Fine Gael Oliver TullyDrogheda RuralDeath on 9 July 2019 [11] 16 September 2019Eileen Tully [12] [13]
            Sinn Féin Ruairí Ó Murchú Dundalk SouthElected for Louth to the 33rd Dáil at the 2020 general election 24 February 2020Kevin Meenan [14]
            Fine Gael John McGahon Dundalk–CarlingfordElected for the Cultural and Educational Panel to the 26th Seanad at the 2020 Seanad election [15] [16] 20 July 2020John Reilly [17] [18]
            Fianna Fáil Erin McGreehan Dundalk–Carlingford Nominated by the Taoiseach to the 26th Seanad [19] 20 July 2020Andrea McKevitt [18]
            Labour Paul BellDrogheda UrbanResigned on 28 June 2020 on his appointment to the Labour Court [20] 21 September 2020Fiachra Mac Raghnaill [21]
            Fine Gael Colm Markey ArdeeCo-opted to the European Parliament [22] 16 February 2021Paula Butterly [23]
            Independent Hugh ConlonArdeeDeathJuly 2021Bernie Conlon
            Labour Fiachra Mac RaghnaillDrogheda UrbanResigned on 6 February 2023 [24] 21 March 2023Emma Cutlip Gallagher [25]

            Sources

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