2019 Wexford County Council election

2019 Wexford County Council election

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All 34 seats on Wexford County Council 18 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 12 9 2 Seat change 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Sinn Féin Aontú Independent Seats won 2 1 8 Seat change 3 1 2
Results by local electoral area
Council control after election Fianna Fáil/ Independents

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

Boundary review

Following the recommendations of the 2018 LEA boundary review, the four LEAs used at the 2014 Wexford County Council election were revised, as each exceeded the maximum of 7 seats in the 2018 terms of reference, and replaced by a new set of 6 LEAs. ^{[1] [2]}

Results by party

Fianna Fáil gained an additional seat boosting their numbers to 12 overall while also increasing their vote by almost 3%. The party was boosted by the candidature of Malcolm Byrne in the South constituency at the 2019 European Parliament election held on the same day. However outgoing Cathaoirleach Keith Doyle proved to be a casualty in the Enniscorthy LEA. Fine Gael retained 9 seats overall while Labour returned 2 seats again; this time both from the Wexford LEA. Independents increased their numbers by 2 seats from 6 to 8. Sinn Féin lost 3 seats, including 1 to Aontú, to be reduced to just 2 seats in total.

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	12	1	18,066	30.03	2.63
	Fine Gael	9		15,095	25.09	0.49
	Labour	2		5,343	8.88	0.48
	Sinn Féin	2	3	4,540	7.55	4.55
	Aontú	1	1	1,017	1.69	New
	Renua	0		1,289	2.14	New
	People Before Profit	0	1	1,074	1.79	0.01
	Inds. 4 Change	0		757	1.26	New
	Direct Democracy	0		53	0.09	0.12
	Independent	8	2	12,929	21.49	0.99
Total		34		60,163	100.0

Results by local electoral area

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

Enniscorthy

Enniscorthy: 6 seats ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Kathleen Codd-Nolan [*]	13.16%	1,419	1,485	1,539	1,630
	Independent	John O'Rourke	12.01%	1,295	1,366	1,462	1,573
	Fianna Fáil	Barbara-Anne Murphy [*]	11.58%	1,249	1,293	1,336	1,449	1,463	1,520
	Fine Gael	Cathal Byrne	11.40%	1,230	1,270	1,332	1,368	1,381	1,419
	Fianna Fáil	Aidan Browne	9.22%	995	1,017	1,052	1,228	1,246	1,362
	Independent	Jackser Owens	9.09%	980	1,038	1,105	1,171	1,178	1,569
	Fine Gael	Paddy Kavanagh [*]	8.97%	967	993	1,026	1,152	1,175	1,298
	Sinn Féin	Johnny Mythen [*]	7.58%	818	884	928	1,016	1,021
	Fianna Fáil	Keith Doyle [*]	7.31%	788	819	863
	Renua	Gerald O'Donoghue	4.86%	524	559
	Inds. 4 Change	Annette Byrne Moran	2.67%	288
	Independent	John 'Texas' Byrne	2.16%	233
Electorate: 21,822  Valid: 10,786  Spoilt: 221  Quota: 1,541  Turnout: 11,007 (50.44%)

Gorey

Gorey: 6 seats ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Malcolm Byrne [*] [lower-alpha 1]	25.45%	2,639
	Fine Gael	Anthony Donohoe [*]	13.54%	1,404	1,511
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Kenny	10.67%	1,106	1,305	1,314	1,337	1,428	1,441	1,452
	Fine Gael	Diarmuid Devereux	9.69%	1,005	1,185	1,315	1,366	1,529
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Sullivan [*]	9.15%	949	1,219	1,236	1,273	1,431	1,446	1,455
	Sinn Féin	Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin [*]	9.11%	945	1,023	1,038	1,177	1,297	1,307	1,312
	Independent	Jimmy Fleming	8.47%	878	974	1,011	1,131	1,276	1,285	1,289
	Labour	Robert Ireton [*]	6.57%	681	801	845	925
	People Before Profit	Cinnamon Blackmore	4.79%	497	550	575
	Fine Gael	Elaine Clarke	2.57%	266	320
Electorate: 19,989  Valid: 10,370  Spoilt: 208  Quota: 1,482  Turnout: 10,578 (52.92%)

Kilmuckridge

Kilmuckridge: 4 seats ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Pip Breen [*]	18.12%	1,297	1,298	1,322	1,474
	Fine Gael	Oliver Walsh [*]	17.98%	1,287	1,289	1,307	1,360	1,375	1,383	1,544
	Independent	Mary Farrell [*]	17.08%	1,223	1,239	1,400	1,533
	Fianna Fáil	Willie Kavanagh [†]	15.64%	1,120	1,123	1,157	1,175	1,180	1,187	1,340
	Fine Gael	Edel Gahan	9.26%	663	665	686	738	772	795	937
	Renua	Peter Mernagh	8.58%	614	624	685	736	760	764
	Labour	Nicky Wafer	6.64%	475	483	528
	Sinn Féin	Colette Nolan	5.96%	427	436
	Direct Democracy	Jan Van De Ven	0.74%	53
Electorate: 13,701  Valid: 7,159  Spoilt: 117  Quota: 1,432  Turnout: 7,276 (53.11%)

New Ross

New Ross: 6 seats ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Patrick Gerard Barden	16.92%	1,980
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sheehan [*]	15.58%	1,824
	Fianna Fáil	John Fleming [*]	11.90%	1,393	1,457	1,468	1,473	1,492	1,541	1,582	1,650
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Whelan [*]	11.07%	1,296	1,333	1,348	1,359	1,381	1,415	1,462	1,765
	Independent	Anthony Connick [*]	9.44%	1,105	1,143	1,170	1,219	1,267	1,403	1,550	1,644
	Fine Gael	Brídín Murphy	7.92%	927	980	986	997	1,005	1,105	1,177	1,542
	Fine Gael	Willie Fitzharris [*]	7.26%	850	898	905	916	924	968	1,007
	Independent	John Dwyer	6.72%	787	805	819	876	900	949	1,140	1,164
	Sinn Féin	Marie Doyle [†]	4.98%	583	604	610	697	709	769
	Labour	Bridín Moloney	4.19%	490	505	508	563	573
	People Before Profit	Susan Jennifer Breen	2.73%	319	329	340
	Renua	Dorota Kulesza	1.29%	151	154
Electorate: 22,001  Valid: 11,705  Spoilt: 251  Quota: 1,673  Turnout: 11,956 (54.34%)

Rosslare

Rosslare: 5 seats ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Ger Carthy [*]	24.74%	2,317
	Fine Gael	Frank Staples [*]	16.57%	1,552	1,720
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Wallace	9.81%	919	942	946	952	1,041	1,090
	Fianna Fáil	Lisa McDonald [†]	9.71%	910	1,057	1,076	1,112	1,169	1,252	1,620
	Fine Gael	Jim Moore [*]	9.45%	885	1,027	1,065	1,120	1,266	1,361	1,539	1,562
	Sinn Féin	Mick Roche [*]	8.96%	839	912	964	983	1,015	1,150	1,250	1,258
	Aontú	Jim Codd	8.30%	777	858	892	907	1,024	1,114	1,295	1,322
	Fine Gael	Paul Codd	5.27%	494	527	529	535
	Inds. 4 Change	Jane Johnstone	5.01%	469	533	578	581	611
	Independent	Terry Lawton	2.19%	205	229
Electorate: 17,103  Valid: 9,367  Spoilt: 153  Quota: 1,562  Turnout: 9,520 (55.66%)

Wexford

Wexford: 7 seats ^{[13] [4]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	George Lawlor [*]	21.92%	2,362
	Fine Gael	John Hegarty [*]	12.53%	1,350
	Independent	Leonard Kelly	10.34%	1,114	1,239	1,259	1,297	1,362
	Fianna Fáil	Garry Laffan	8.62%	929	973	978	995	998	1,038	1,106	1,106	1,354
	Sinn Féin	Tom Forde [†]	8.61%	928	1,002	1,005	1,028	1,072	1,085	1,103	1,107	1,159
	Labour	Maura Bell	7.63%	822	1,071	1,075	1,092	1,107	1,180	1,337	1,339	1,493
	Independent	Davy Hynes [*] [lower-alpha 1]	7.02%	756	866	874	921	977	1,008	1,069	1,077	1,225
	Fianna Fáil	Colin Murphy	6.05%	652	727	729	750	757	776	832	832
	Labour	Joe Ryan	4.76%	513	734	736	740	762	805	895	895	989
	Fine Gael	Ger Walsh	3.88%	418	456	457	458	469	647
	Fine Gael	Angela Reville	3.51%	378	434	435	442	447
	People Before Profit	Tony Walsh [†]	2.39%	258	268	273	282
	Aontú	Elaine Cole	2.23%	240	246	252
	Independent	Mícheál Ó Drisceol	0.52%	56	62
Electorate: 22,044  Valid: 10,776  Spoilt: 169  Quota: 1,348  Turnout: 10,945 (49.65%)

Footnotes

1. See change below.

Results by gender

2019 Wexford County Council election [14] [15] Candidates by gender
Gender	Number of candidates	% of candidates	Elected councillors	% of councillors
Men	34	69.4%	16	80.0%
Women	15	30.6%	4	20.0%
TOTAL	49		20

Changes after the 2019 election

Co-options

Party		Outgoing	Electoral area	Reason	Date	Co-optee
	Fianna Fáil	Malcolm Byrne	Gorey	Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2019 Wexford by-election in November 2019 [16]	20 January 2020	Andrew Bolger [17] [18]

Changes in affiliation

Name	Electoral area	Elected as		New affiliation		Date
Davy Hynes	Wexford		Independent		Sinn Féin	December 2022

References

Sources

• "Wexford County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 14 May 2019. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
• "Local Elections 2019: Results". Wexford County Council. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
• "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government . Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

Citations

1. Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). Report 2018 (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 118–121, 166. ISBN   978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
2. County of Wexford Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 ( S.I. No. 637 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 2 February 2019.Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 May 2019.
3. "Local election 24 May 2019 – constituency of Enniscorthy LEA" (PDF). Wexford County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
4. DHPLG 2019, p. 213.
5. "Local election 24 May 2019 – constituency of Gorey LEA" (PDF). Wexford County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
6. DHPLG 2019, p. 214.
7. "Local election 24 May 2019 – constituency of Kilmuckridge LEA" (PDF). Wexford County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
8. DHPLG 2019, p. 215.
9. "Local election 24 May 2019 – constituency of New Ross LEA" (PDF). Wexford County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
10. DHPLG 2019, p. 216.
11. "Local election 24 May 2019 – constituency of Rosslare LEA" (PDF). Wexford County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
12. DHPLG 2019, p. 217.
13. "Local election 24 May 2019 – constituency of Wexford LEA" (PDF). Wexford County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
14. "Wexford County Council: Malcolm Byrne elected, but has sights on bigger battle". The Irish Times . Dublin. 27 May 2019 [25 May 2019]. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021.
15. DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
16. Bray, Jennifer (30 November 2019). "Wexford byelection: Fianna Fáil's Malcolm Byrne tops poll". The Irish Times . Dublin. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021.
17. Walsh, Dan. "Andrew Bolger is Gorey's new Council member". Wexford Today. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
18. Walsh, Dan (20 January 2020). "Welcome for Council's youngest member Andrew Bolger". Wexford Today. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020.