2024 Cork City Council election

2024 Cork City Council election

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All 31 seats on Cork City Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Last election 8 7 4 Seats before 7 7 4 Seats won 9 5 4 Seat change 2 2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Green Labour Social Democrats Last election 4 1 0 Seats before 3 1 0 Seats won 3 3 1 Seat change 2 1   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Party Independent Ireland PBP–Solidarity Rabharta Last election 0 1 0 Seats before 1 1 1 Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 1

An election to all 31 seats on Cork City Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. ^[1] Cork is 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). ^[2]

Results by party

Party		First-preference votes			Seats
		Votes	% FPv	Swing (pp)	Cand.	2019	Out.	Elected 2024	Change
	Fianna Fáil	16,648	24.28	0.24	12	8	7	9	1
	Fine Gael	12,780	18.64	1.95	10	7	7	5	2
	Sinn Féin	9,680	14.12	2.09	12	4	4	4
	Labour	5,125	7.48	1.86	5	1	1	3	2
	Green	4,117	6.01	4.24	5	4	3	3	1
	Social Democrats	3,695	5.39	2.55	5	0	0	1	1
	Independent Ireland	3,334	4.86	New	2	0	New	1	New
	Solidarity	1,356	1.98	0.36	2	1	1	1
	Aontú	1,815	2.65	0.28	3	0	0	0
	The Irish People	1,419	2.07	New	3	New	0	0	New
	Rabharta	523	0.76	New	1	0	1	0	1
	Ireland First	330	0.48	New	1	New	0	0	New
	People Before Profit	226	0.33	0.50	1	0	0	0
	Independent	6,400	9.34	5.34	14	5	5	4	1
Total Valid		68,554	98.65
Spoilt votes		938	1.35
Total		69,492	100.00	—	76	30	29	31
Registered voters/Turnout		158,902	43.73

Results by local electoral area

^  *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^  †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.

Cork City North East

Cork City North East: 6 Seats ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent Ireland	Ken O'Flynn [*]	22.58	3,134
	Labour	John Maher [*]	14.44	2,005
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret McDonnell	9.93	1,379	1,489	1,500	1,516	1,543	1,548	1,804	1,823	2,134
	Fine Gael	Joe Kavanagh [*]	9.75	1,353	1,573	1,585	1,610	1,626	1,633	1,705	1,733	2,180
	Independent	Ted Tynan [*]	6.55	909	1,118	1,207	1,248	1,284	1,432	1,476	1,699	1,734	1,768	1,803
	Green	Oliver Moran [*]	6.53	906	947	959	1,068	1,083	1,094	1,132	1,336	1,436	1,585	1,668
	Fine Gael	Imelda Daly	6.31	876	925	928	955	969	975	1,017	1,048
	Sinn Féin	Christa Daley	6.07	843	934	947	991	1,290	1,326	1,344	1,546	1,574	1,587	1,607
	Solidarity	Edith Busteed	4.49	623	666	685	809	824	849	862
	Fianna Fáil	Shane Ryan	3.23	448	543	550	559	574	579
	Social Democrats	Sinéad Halpin	3.00	416	442	454
	Sinn Féin	Mandy O'Leary-Hegarty	2.93	407	474	485	495
	The Irish People	Anita Ward	2.50	347	461	515	521	531
	Independent	Martin Condon	1.42	197	265
	Independent	Tamasin MacCarthy Morrogh	0.27	38	55
Electorate: 32,628  Valid: 13,881  Spoilt: 190  Quota: 1,984  Turnout: 14,071 (43.13%)

Cork City North West

Cork City North West: 6 Seats ^{[3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Fitzgerald [*]	15.73	1,930
	Fine Gael	Damian Boylan [*]	15.26	1,872
	Fianna Fáil	John Sheehan [*]	12.82	1,573	1,655	1,727	1,780
	Sinn Féin	Kenneth Collins [*]	10.42	1,279	1,298	1,303	1,313	1,332	1,373	1,374	1,424	1,463	1,769
	Sinn Féin	Michelle Gould	9.18	1,126	1,147	1,153	1,172	1,223	1,278	1,279	1,321	1,411	1,773
	Sinn Féin	Mick Nugent [†]	6.02	739	757	759	772	788	826	827	871	908
	Solidarity	Brian McCarthy [†]	5.97	733	740	743	772	917	978	981	1,055	1,291	1,366
	The Irish People	Ross Lahive	5.90	724	728	730	742	748	883	885	1,104	1,130	1,173
	Aontú	Finian Twomey	4.65	570	575	580	590	609	700	702
	Independent	Stephen Morrissey	4.36	535	541	542	560	574
	Green	Louise Jordan	3.75	460	465	476	546	692	704	721	760
	Social Democrats	Saoirse Mackin	3.19	391	394	398	468
	Labour	James Joy	2.75	337	344	352
Electorate: 30,018  Valid: 12,269  Spoilt: 257  Quota: 1,753  Turnout: 12,526 (41.73%)

Cork City South Central

Cork City South Central: 6 Seats ^{[3] [6]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	Shane O'Callaghan [*]	17.49	1,870
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Martin [*]	13.11	1,402	1,489	1,490	1,502	1,503	1,508	1,537
	Social Democrats	Pádraig Rice	10.11	1,081	1,103	1,105	1,114	1,216	1,228	1,355	1,397	1,447	1,555
	Green	Dan Boyle [*]	8.26	883	918	921	929	942	945	1,025	1,073	1,097	1,281
	Independent	Paudie Dineen [*]	8.22	879	895	897	931	935	1,003	1,015	1,152	1,197	1,311
	Sinn Féin	Fiona Kerins [*]	7.91	846	853	854	865	887	896	927	979	1,447	1,491
	Independent	William O'Brien	7.90	845	854	854	875	892	981	997	1,088	1,134	1,176
	Fianna Fáil	David Boyle	5.84	624	732	735	745	746	749	765	827	858
	Sinn Féin	Luke McGrath	5.76	616	628	629	643	666	689	701	734
	Aontú	Anna Daly	4.93	527	539	540	557	558	637	653
	Labour	Lekha Margassery	3.16	338	352	358	362	396	398
	Ireland First	Tommy Murphy	3.09	330	334	335	373	376
	People Before Profit	Shane Laird	2.11	226	227	228	231
	Independent Ireland	Joe Harris	1.87	200	212	214
	Independent	Joel Rajesh	0.23	25	28
Electorate: 26,020  Valid: 10,692  Spoilt: 108  Quota: 1,528  Turnout: 10,800 (41.51%)

Cork City South East

Cork City South East: 6 Seats ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Terry Shannon [*]	13.77%	2,157	2,160	2,163	2,169	2,188	2,201	2,214	2,302
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Rose Desmond [*]	12.11%	1,897	1,898	1,900	1,904	1,909	1,932	1,967	2,100	2,176	2,191	2,196	2,269
	Independent	Kieran McCarthy [*]	11.18%	1,752	1,771	1,791	1,818	1,906	1,939	2,046	2,155	2,302
	Fine Gael	Des Cahill [*]	11.16%	1,748	1,750	1,754	1,757	1,764	1,775	1,814	1,975	2,015	2,033	2,040	2,119
	Labour	Peter Horgan	7.69%	1,205	1,209	1,215	1,221	1,228	1,248	1,275	1,321	1,547	1,556	1,575	1,814
	Fine Gael	Deirdre Forde [*]	7.58%	1,187	1,189	1,191	1,195	1,198	1,213	1,230	1,478	1,528	1,539	1,543	1,592
	Green	Honore Kamegni	7.57%	1,186	1,189	1,200	1,207	1,213	1,238	1,331	1,400	1,706	1,715	1,731	1,934
	Fine Gael	Barry O'Brien	5.90%	924	925	925	928	937	951	968
	Sinn Féin	Chris O'Leary	5.36%	840	840	852	869	894	1,274	1,320	1,339	1,434	1,446	1,449
	Social Democrats	Susan Doyle	5.10%	799	799	816	820	830	863	1,061	1,084
	Sinn Féin	Michelle Cowhey Shahid	3.95%	619	620	628	634	643
	Rabharta	Lorna Bogue [*]	3.34%	523	532	594	629	688	730
	The Irish People	Michael O'Riordan	2.22%	348	363	367	456
	Independent	Shannon Wright	1.49%	234	243	252
	Independent	Rachel Hurley Roche	1.02%	160	168
	Independent	Tony Field	0.55%	86
Electorate: 34,109  Valid: 15,665  Spoilt: 183  Quota: 2,238  Turnout: 15,848 (46.46%)

Cork City South West

Cork City South West: 7 Seats ^{[3] [9]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Kelleher [*]	10.88%	1,746	1,748	1,759	1,770	1,775	1,902	1,919	1,967	1,970	2,174
	Fianna Fáil	Fergal Dennehy [*]	10.67%	1,713	1,724	1,758	1,826	1,870	1,943	1,994	2,051
	Fine Gael	Garret Kelleher [*]	9.72%	1,559	1,566	1,575	1,766	1,766	1,823	1,896	1,942	1,946	2,373
	Labour	Laura Harmon	7.73%	1,240	1,260	1,290	1,346	1,377	1,435	1,648	1,689	1,692	1,735	1,789	1,816	1,951	1,986
	Fianna Fáil	Terry Coleman	7.33%	1,176	1,184	1,196	1,267	1,274	1,334	1,373	1,404	1,415	1,456	1,573	1,595	1,654	1,663
	Independent	Albert Deasy	7.10%	1,137	1,166	1,356	1,380	1,395	1,410	1,431	1,688	1,704	1,728	1,756	1,769	1,830	1,860
	Sinn Féin	Joe Lynch	6.40%	1,027	1,034	1,046	1,049	1,154	1,169	1,192	1,223	1,224	1,293	1,309	1,337	2,120
	Social Democrats	Ciarán McCarthy	6.28%	1,008	1,030	1,048	1,058	1,075	1,110	1,274	1,309	1,311	1,385	1,431	1,459	1,548	1,588
	Fine Gael	Gary O'Brien	5.35%	858	863	870	917	922	970	1,003	1,035	1,035
	Sinn Féin	Orla O'Leary	4.90%	787	800	823	833	1,177	1,188	1,224	1,261	1,262	1,290	1,297	1,306
	Aontú	Joanne Murphy	4.47%	718	729	762	765	770	787	811
	Green	Colette Finn [*]	4.25%	682	692	698	723	731	759
	Fianna Fáil	Olga Shevchenko	3.76%	603	609	613	623	625
	Sinn Féin	Trevor McCarthy	3.43%	551	569	615	620
	Fine Gael	Andrea Christopher-Rea	3.32%	533	537	544
	Independent	Thomas Kiely	2.92%	469	519
	Independent	Aran MacDonnchadha	1.50%	240
Electorate: 36,127  Valid: 16,047  Spoilt: 200  Quota: 2,006  Turnout: 16,247 (44.97%)

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