2019 Offaly County Council election

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2019 Offaly County Council election
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  2014 24 May 2019 2024  

All 19 seats on Offaly County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Renua
Seats won841
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Irish Democratic Social Democrats Green
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1

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

An election to all 19 seats on Offaly County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Offaly was divided into 3 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

The 2018 LEA Boundary Review Committee recommended no changes to the LEAs used in the 2014 elections. [1] [2]

Results by party

PartySeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 8Steady2.svg12,42339.95Increase2.svg5.85
Fine Gael 4Increase2.svg16,73021.64Increase2.svg4.84
Renua 1Increase2.svg13,19610.28New
Irish Democratic 1Increase2.svg11,0543.39New
Social Democrats 1Increase2.svg16572.11New
Green 1Increase2.svg15841.88Increase2.svg1.70
Sinn Féin 0Decrease2.svg31,4234.58Decrease2.svg12.62
Independent 3Decrease2.svg25,02816.17Decrease2.svg13.73
Total19Steady2.svg31,095100.00

Results by local electoral area

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

Birr

Birr: 6 seats [3] [4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678910
Renua John Leahy [*] [lower-alpha 1] 19.22%2,277         
Fianna Fáil Peter Ormond [*] 14.60%1,729         
Fine Gael John Clendennen [*] 11.23%1,3301,408 1,417 1,551 1,580 1,665 1,676 1,717  
Fianna Fáil Eamon Dooley [*] 9.39%1,1121,181 1,183 1,185 1,247 1,269 1,275 1,293 1,439 1,633
Independent John Carroll [*] 8.41%9961,018 1,030 1,059 1,084 1,161 1,116 1,346 1,447 1,770
Fine Gael Hughie Egan7.40%877934 936 970 981 994 994 1,004 1,129 1,156
Fianna Fáil Bernie Fanneran6.04%715731 739 783 839 884 893 985 1,031  
Social Democrats Clare Claffey5.55%657712 731 745 894 940 942 1,036 1,159 1,300
Sinn Féin Seán Maher [] 4.55%539559 572 593 608 640 642    
Independent Joe Wynne4.22%500573 580 593 620 681 682 737   
Fianna Fáil Alan Kenny3.26%386412 412 418       
Fine Gael Marian Pilkington2.76%327338 352        
Renua Monica Barnwell2.52%298452 461 489 498      
Independent Habibul Mukhtiar0.86%102105         
Electorate: 21,198  Valid: 11,845  Spoilt: 160  Quota: 1,693  Turnout: 12,005 (56.63%)  

    Edenderry

    Edenderry: 6 seats [5] [6]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Fianna Fáil Eddie Fitzpatrick [*] 20.89%1,714      
    Independent John Foley [*] 17.85%1,464      
    Fine Gael Liam Quinn [*] 11.24%922981 1,025 1,053 1,222  
    Fine Gael Noel Cribbin [*] 9.58%786834 871 956 963 972 1,068
    Fianna Fáil Robert McDermott8.24%676724 771 957 1,187  
    Sinn Féin Alan Davy7.28%597629 664 690 718 727  
    Green Pippa Hackett [lower-alpha 1] 7.12%584629 739 787 840 860 991
    Independent Fergus McDonnell6.72%551570 626 705 746 758 948
    Fianna Fáil Christine Traynor5.55%455546 590     
    Fianna Fáil Pat Daly5.53%454567 573 648    
    Electorate: 16,809  Valid: 8,203  Spoilt: 141  Quota: 1,172  Turnout: 8,344 (49.64%)  

      Tullamore

      Tullamore: 7 seats [7] [8]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      Fianna Fáil Frank Moran [*] 13.92%1,538       
      Fianna Fáil Declan Harvey [*] 12.84%1,418       
      Fine Gael Neil Feighery11.08%1,2241,229 1,240 1,350 1,352 1,435  
      Fianna Fáil Danny Owens [*] 10.70%1,1821,219 1,228 1,263 1,269 1,346 1,356 1,472
      Irish Democratic Ken Smollen [lower-alpha 1] 9.54%1,0541,089 1,139 1,194 1,197 1,301 1,305 1,428
      Fianna Fáil Tony McCormack [] 9.45%1,0441,066 1,081 1,162 1,175 1,227 1,230 1,328
      Independent Sean O'Brien8.07%892897 945 1,018 1,023 1,089 1,097 1,231
      Fine Gael Deirdre Fox6.63%732738 757 850 853 896 921 1,007
      Renua Brendan Galvin5.62%621624 644 674 677 728 732  
      Fine Gael Bernard Westman4.82%532537 552      
      Independent John Bracken4.73%523557 609 636 638    
      Sinn Féin Anne Marie Ennis2.60%287292       
      Electorate: 21,946  Valid: 11,047  Spoilt: 161  Quota: 1,381  Turnout: 11,208 (51.07%)  

        Footnotes

        1. 1 2 3 See change below.

        Results by gender

        2019 Offaly County Council election [9] [10]
        Candidates by gender
        GenderNumber of
        candidates
         % of
        candidates
        Elected
        councillors
         % of
        councillors
        Men2877.8%1789.5%
        Women822.2%210.5%
        TOTAL36 19 

        Changes after 2019

        Changes in affiliation

        NameLEAElected asNew affiliationDate
        John Leahy Birr Renua Independent 11 June 2019 [11]
        Ken SmollenTullamore Irish Democratic Independent October 2020

        Co-options

        PartyOutgoingLEAReasonDateCo-optee
        Green Pippa Hackett EdenderryElected to the 25th Seanad on the Agricultural Panel on 1 November 2019 [12] 19 November 2019Mark Hackett [13]
        Independent Ken SmollenTullamoreIll health [14] 19 September 2023Sandy Feehan-Smollen [15]

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