2019 Westmeath County Council election

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2019 Westmeath County Council election
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  2014 24 May 2019 2024  

All 20 seats on Westmeath County Council
11 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats before852
Seats won952
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svgSteady2.svg

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Green Independent
Seats before02
Seats won22
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg

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

Council control before election

Fianna Fáil–Fine Gael

Council control after

Fianna Fáil–Green Party

An election to all 20 seats on Westmeath County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Westmeath was divided into 4 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on using the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Contents

Boundary review

Following the recommendations of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, the three LEAs used at the 2014 Westmeath County Council election were revised and replaced with four LEAs. [1] [2]

Results by party

Fianna Fáil gained one seat in this election, Fine Gael and the Labour Party retained their five and two seats respectively, the Green Party had its first ever two local councillors in Westmeath elected, Sinn Féin lost their representation on this council while two Independent candidates were elected. The smaller parties that ran candidates in Westmeath (Aontú, the Social Democrats and Renua) failed to make any breakthrough.

PartySeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 9Increase2.svg112,25936.34Increase2.svg3.44
Fine Gael 5Steady2.svg7,86023.30Decrease2.svg0.60
Labour 2Steady2.svg3,46910.28Decrease2.svg3.42
Green 2Increase2.svg21,1743.48New
Sinn Féin 0Decrease2.svg31,9575.80Decrease2.svg5.30
Aontú 0Steady2.svg3941.17New
Social Democrats 0Steady2.svg1940.58New
Renua 0Steady2.svg860.25New
Independent 2Steady2.svg6,34418.80Decrease2.svg0.40
Total20Steady2.svg33,737100.00

Results by local electoral area

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

Athlone

Athlone: 5 seats [3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567891011
Fianna Fáil Frankie Keena [*] 18.551,584          
Fianna Fáil Aengus O'Rourke [*] 15.391,3141,374 1,390 1,403 1,437      
Fine Gael John Dolan [*] 14.911,2731,298 1,305 1,320 1,335 1,337 1,433    
Independent Jamie Moran [lower-alpha 1] 12.041,0281,042 1,072 1,089 1,126 1,128 1,167 1,238 1,417 1,420 1,615
Green Louise Heavin6.95593604 627 706 729 731 771 864 935 939 1,071
Fine Gael Alan Shaw6.59563574 578 594 601 603 623 692 752 754 794
Sinn Féin Pádraig Hegarty6.11522528 538 558 567 567 581 605 715 716  
Independent Paul Hogan [*] 5.33455464 475 481 503 505 530 581    
Independent Michael O'Brien [*] 4.03344352 363 380 392 394 429     
Independent P.J. Coghill3.64311318 325 328 347 349      
Aontú Noel Peter McKervey2.30196198 223 226        
Social Democrats Fiona Lynam2.27194199 204         
Renua Anthony Moran1.018688          
Independent Imelda Geraghty0.494242          
Independent Donal Jackson0.373233          
Electorate: 19,157  Valid: 8,537  Spoilt: 119  Quota: 1,423  Turnout: 8,656  

    Kinnegad

    Kinnegad: 5 seats [4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Fine Gael Frank McDermott [*] 15.161,2461,281 1,303 1,392  
    Fianna Fáil John Shaw [*] 14.791,2161,244 1,258 1,279 1,322 1,521
    Fianna Fáil Paddy Hill [*] 12.411,0201,021 1,048 1,142 1,303 1,434
    Labour Denis Leonard12.039891,014 1,020 1,046 1,191 1,314
    Fine Gael Emily Wallace [] 11.12914956 973 993 1,122 1,285
    Fianna Fáil Shauna Coyne8.41691699 710 725 765  
    Sinn Féin Hazel Behan7.65629631 646 749 823 898
    Labour Lorraine Scally7.08582597 608 698   
    Independent Úna D'Arcy [*] 5.99492502 569    
    Independent Patrick Joseph Boyhan3.19262268     
    Fine Gael Becky Loftus Dore2.18179     
    Electorate: 16,746  Valid: 8,220  Spoilt: 169  Quota: 1,371  Turnout: 8,389  

      Moate

      Moate: 4 seats [5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234
      Fine Gael Thomas Farrell [*] 18.481,5671,588 1,806 
      Fianna Fáil Liam McDaniel [] 15.681,3291,363 1,528 1,597
      Fianna Fáil Vinny McCormack15.491,3131,332 1,358 1,595
      Labour Johnnie Penrose [*] 14.891,2621,342 1,474 1,922
      Independent Michael O'Brien12.661,0731,199 1,223 1,249
      Fianna Fáil Brian Crum [] 10.05852872 899  
      Fine Gael Damien Clear7.16607644   
      Sinn Féin Peter Judge3.48295   
      Independent Searlait Cabdi Ní Chianáin2.12180   
      Electorate: 15,319  Valid: 8,478  Spoilt: 165  Quota: 1,696  Turnout: 8,643  

        Mullingar

        Mullingar: 6 seats [6]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678910
        Independent Mick Dollard [*] 15.131,286         
        Fianna Fáil Ken Glynn [*] 14.021,1921,201 1,203 1,217      
        Fianna Fáil Aoife Davitt10.42886891 892 907 907 921 951 1,008 1,059 1,120
        Fianna Fáil William Patrick Collentine [] 10.14862872 873 886 888 906 930 979 1,029 1,106
        Fine Gael Andrew Joseph Duncan [*] 9.27788795 797 811 811 850 880 937 980 1,078
        Fine Gael Gerard Joseph Heery8.5723728 732 741 741 767 786 831 853 955
        Green Hazel Smyth6.83581584 591 605 605 655 681 753 860 1,019
        Independent Sean Lynch6.25531537 545 569 569 611 627 665 742  
        Sinn Féin Sorca Clarke [*] 6.01511518 522 537 537 561 587 616   
        Labour Mark Scally4.16354359 360 363 363 384 487    
        Labour Margaret Lynam Sweeney3.32282290 291 295 295 307     
        Independent Chris Murtagh2.98253256 267 294 294      
        Aontú Séamus Burke2.33198200 205        
        Independent Alice McDonnell0.655556         
        Electorate: 19,946  Valid: 8,502  Spoilt: 200  Quota: 1,215  Turnout: 8,702  

          Footnotes

          1. See change below.

          Results by gender

          2019 Westmeath County Council election [7] [8]
          Candidates by gender
          GenderNumber of
          candidates
           % of
          candidates
          Elected
          councillors
           % of
          councillors
          Men3469.4%1680.0%
          Women1530.6%420.0%
          TOTAL49 20 

          Changes after 2019

          PartyOutgoingLEAReasonDateCo-optee
          Independent Jamie MoranAthloneResignationJanuary 2022Paul Hogan [9]

          Changes in affiliation

          NameLEAElected asNew affiliationDate
          Paul HoganAthlone Independent Independent Ireland April 2024 [10]

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