2019 Wicklow County Council election

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2019 Wicklow County Council election
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  2014 24 May 2019 2024  

All 32 seats on Wicklow County Council
17 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Seats won972
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 4

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Green Labour Social Democrats
Seats won221
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1

 Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won9
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1

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

Council control before election

Fine Gael
Fianna Fáil
Independent

Council control after election

Fine Gael
Fianna Fáil

An election to all 32 seats on Wicklow County Council took place on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Wicklow 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).

Contents

Boundary review

Following the recommendations of the 2018 Local Area Boundary Committee Report, the Bray LEA from the 2014 Wicklow County Council election was divided in two, as its 8 seats exceeded the terms of reference of the report of a maximum of seven seats per LEA. All other LEAs retained the same boundaries. [1] [2] The boundary committee recommended that Bray 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. [3]

Results by party

Fine Gael increased their seat numbers by 1 to emerge with 9 seats while Fianna Fáil retained 7 seats overall. Fianna Fáil again won 3 seats in Arklow but did secure 2 seats in Baltinglass. However they emerged seatless in both LEAs in Bray. Sinn Féin lost 4 seats to emerge 2 seats overall both in Bray, the base of the TD John Brady. Several party councillors had quit since 2014 and Gerry O'Neill and John Snell were both re-elected as Independents. The Greens gained an additional seat to return with 2 seats. Labour returned to the council with 2 seats in Bray and Wicklow while Jennifer Whitmore won a seat for the Social Democrats in Greystones. While there were a lot of changes Independent numbers reduced by just 1 seat to 9.

PartySeats±1st prefFPv%±
Fine Gael 9Increase2.svg114,14926.18Increase2.svg6.28
Fianna Fáil 7Steady2.svg011,92422.06Increase2.svg2.16
Sinn Féin 2Decrease2.svg44,2247.81Decrease2.svg8.89
Green 2Increase2.svg12,6984.99Increase2.svg2.59
Labour 2Increase2.svg22,5044.63Increase2.svg1.53
Social Democrats 1Increase2.svg12,8615.29New
People Before Profit 0Steady2.svg08111.50Decrease2.svg0.55
Aontú 0Steady2.svg06051.12New
Independent 9Decrease2.svg114,27726.41Decrease2.svg9.29
Total32Steady2.svg054,054100.00

Retiring incumbents

The following members of Wicklow County Council announced in advance of the poll that they would not be seeking re-election:

LEADeparting councillorParty
BaltinglassTommy Cullen Independent
BaltinglassPat Doran Fianna Fáil
BrayChristopher Fox Independent
GreystonesGráinne McLoughlin Fine Gael
WicklowDáire Nolan Independent
Baltinglass Jim Ruttle Independent
BrayJohn Ryan Fine Gael
BrayPat Vance Fianna Fáil

Results by local electoral area

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

Arklow

Arklow - 6 seats [4] [5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
Fianna Fáil Pat Kennedy [*] 24.29%2,471      
Fianna Fáil Pat Fitzgerald [*] 18.23%1,854      
Independent Miriam Murphy [*] 9.26%9421,106 1,158 1,194 1,273 1,387 1,525
Independent Peir Leonard10.16%1,0331,068 1,106 1,178 1,257 1,370 1,466
Fine Gael Sylvester Bourke [*] 8.77%8921,054 1,089 1,107 1,121 1,136 1,425
Fianna Fáil Tommy Annesley [*] 7.57%7701,041 1,207 1,245 1,285 1,339 1,413
Independent Tommy Breen6.33%644703 754 792 840 950 1,012
Fine Gael Chantel Kanowga5.60%570803 813 827 843 885  
Sinn Féin John Kelly4.65%473527 541 560 581   
Independent Mary McDonald [*] 2.67%272295 313 331    
Independent Pat Hoey2.47%251267 283     
Electorate: 17,703  Valid: 10,172  Quota: 1,454  Turnout: 57.5%  

    Baltinglass

    Baltinglass - 6 seats [6] [7]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Fine Gael Edward Timmins [*] 17.62%1,875     
    Independent Gerry O'Neill [*] 17.12%1,822     
    Fianna Fáil Patsy Glennon14.14%1,5051,579    
    Fine Gael Vincent Blake [*] 13.91%1,4811,526    
    Fine Gael Avril Cronin11.01%1,1721,346 1,447 1,495 1,529 
    Fianna Fáil John Mullen10.20%1,0861,109 1,138 1,179 1,188 1,315
    Sinn Féin Aidan Kinsella7.30%777786 827 870 871 1,115
    Social Democrats Dave McGinn6.33%674690 780 850 854  
    Independent Lorraine O'Brien2.37%252265 305    
    Electorate: 19,530  Valid: 10,644  Quota: 1,521  Turnout: 54.5%  

      Bray East

      Bray East - 4 seats [8] [9]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      Green Steven Matthews [*] [lower-alpha 1] 24.98%1,579        
      Sinn Féin Grace McManus15.42%9751,010 1,129 1,185 1,233 1,251 1,475  
      Fine Gael Aoife Flynn-Kennedy8.54%540585 598 638 652 931 961 968 1,093
      Labour Anne Ferris 8.53%539606 615 680 727 785 859 892 1,007
      Independent Malachai Duddy8.18%517553 572 598 706 757 833 878 1,006
      Fianna Fáil Chris Walsh7.04%445469 488 520 553 610 629 646  
      People Before Profit Sharon Briggs6.22%393413 468 502 538 554    
      Fine Gael Edward Whelan6.85%433456 459 476 518     
      Aontú Brendan Thornhill [*] 5.36%339355 379 402      
      Social Democrats Eamonn Moran4.22%267307 328       
      Independent Barry Murphy4.67%295303        
      Electorate: 11,636  Valid: 6,322  Quota: 1,265  Turnout: 54.3%  

        Bray West

        Bray West - 4 seats [10] [11]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Independent Joe Behan [*] 28.87%1,880      
        Fine Gael Melanie Corrigan22.16%1,443      
        Sinn Féin Dermot "Daisy" O'Brien [] 13.99%9111,012 1,018 1,101 1,197 1,240 1,265
        Independent Rory O'Connor8.77%571673 696 742 843 984 1,175
        Labour Ian McGahon7.86%512593 607 661 694 793 926
        Fine Gael David Miller5.18%337406 481 488 503 570  
        Fianna Fáil Sárán Fogarty5.37%350439 453 461 488   
        Aontú Oliver O'Brien [*] 4.08%266357 360 385    
        People Before Profit June Maher3.72%242286 291     
        Electorate: 12,548  Valid: 6,512  Quota: 1,303  Turnout: 51.9%  

          Greystones

          Greystones - 6 seats [12] [13]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678
          Social Democrats Jennifer Whitmore [*] [lower-alpha 1] 19.58%1,920       
          Independent Tom Fortune [*] 14.23%1,3961,453      
          Green Lourda Scott11.42%1,1201,244 1,253 1,312 1,337 1,371 1,613 
          Fianna Fáil Gerry Walsh [*] 10.54%1,0341,068 1,070 1,073 1,100 1,248 1,334 1,348
          Independent Mags Crean [lower-alpha 1] 8.19%803902 915 955 982 991 1,226 1,308
          Fine Gael Derek Mitchell [*] 11.05%1,0841,133 1,139 1,146 1,152 1,180 1,256 1,274
          Fine Gael Alice O'Donnell10.22%1,0021,084 1,088 1,093 1,095 1,119 1,177 1,200
          Sinn Féin Nicola Lawless [*] 4.35%427442 444 459 476 493   
          Labour Anna Waithira Burke3.78%371397 401 423 442 465   
          Fianna Fáil Elaine Wills2.90%284303 309 311 317    
          Independent Charlie Keddy1.94%190192 194 203     
          People Before Profit Pyper Ludlow1.79%176187 189      
          Electorate: 18,414  Valid: 9,807  Quota: 1,402  Turnout: 53.3%  

            Wicklow

            Wicklow - 6 seats [14] [15]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234567
            Fine Gael Shay Cullen [*] 21.58%2,287      
            Independent John Snell [*] 18.65%1,976      
            Fianna Fáil Gail Dunne [] 12.36%1,3101,388 1,462 1,477 1,571  
            Fine Gael Irene Winters [*] 9.75%1,0331,354 1,388 1,406 1,491 1,502 1,532
            Labour Paul O'Brien10.21%1,0821,138 1,223 1,240 1,331 1,340 1,486
            Independent Mary Kavanagh [] 7.36%780811 897 973 1,069 1,081 1,241
            Fianna Fáil Anne Gregory7.69%815944 968 980 1,031 1,053 1,217
            Sinn Féin Muireann Dalton6.24%661688 733 739 790 793  
            Independent Jimmy O'Shaughnessy4.34%460576 671 690    
            Independent Dáire Fitzgerald1.82%193208 227     
            Electorate: 20,545  Valid: 10,597  Quota: 1,514  Turnout: 51.6%  

              Footnotes

              1. 1 2 3 See change below.

              Results by gender

              2019 Wicklow County Council election [16] [17]
              Candidates by gender
              GenderNumber of
              candidates
               % of
              candidates
              Elected
              councillors
               % of
              councillors
              Men3759.7%2062.5%
              Women2540.3%1237.5%
              TOTAL62 32 

              Changes after the 2019 election

              Co-options

              PartyOutgoingLEAReasonDateCo-optee
              Green Steven Matthews Bray EastElected to the 33rd Dáil for the Wicklow constituency at the 2020 general election [18] [19] 25 February 2020Erika Doyle [20]
              Social Democrats Jennifer Whitmore GreystonesElected to 33rd Dáil for the Wicklow constituency at the 2020 general election [18] [19] 25 February 2020Jodie Neary [20]
              Independent Mags CreanGreystonesResignation in May 2022 [21] 14 June 2022Stephen Stokes [22]
              Social Democrats Jodie NearyGreystonesResignation in November 2022 [23] December 2022Mark Barry [24]
              Sinn Féin Grace McManusBray EastResignation in October 2023 [25] January 2024Mick Ryan [26]

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