2024 Cork County Council election

2024 Cork County Council election

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All 55 seats on Cork County Council 28 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent Seats won 19 18 8 Seat change 1 2 2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Independent Ireland Social Democrats Labour Seats won 4 3 2 Seat change 4 2   Seventh party   Party Sinn Féin Seats won 1 Seat change 1
Area of Cork County Council

An election to all 55 seats on Cork County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. ^[1] County Cork is divided into 10 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	39,958	27.54	6.20	23	18	17	19	1
	Fine Gael	42,043	28.98	2.90	24	20	19	18	2
	Independent Ireland	9,828	6.77	New	8	New	1	4	4
	Social Democrats	6,573	4.65	2.13	7	1	2	3	2
	Labour	5,512	3.80	0.56	5	2	2	2
	Sinn Féin	7,185	4.95	0.49	10	2	0	1	1
	Green	3,967	2.73	0.16	10	2	1	0	2
	Aontú	3,071	2.12	0.33	6	0	0	0
	Ireland First	1,267	0.87	New	2	New	0	0
	The Irish People	678	0.47	New	3	New	0	0
	Glór	559	0.39	New	1	New	0	0
	People Before Profit	492	0.34	0.20	1	0	0	0
	Independent	23,782	16.39	1.34	22	10	13	8	2
Total Valid		145,089	99.19
Spoilt votes		1,184	0.81
Total		146,273	100.00	—	122	55	55	55
Registered voters/Turnout		284,173	51.47

Results by local electoral area

Bandon–Kinsale

Bandon–Kinsale: 6 Seats ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Alan Coleman [*]	15.08%	2,511
	Independent Ireland	John Collins	14.30%	2,380
	Fine Gael	John Michael Foley	13.18%	2,194	2,208	2,223	2,234	2,254	2,527
	Social Democrats	Ann Bambury	10.81%	1,800	1,814	1,967	2,135	2,247	2,370	2,387
	Fianna Fáil	Gillian Coughlan [*]	10.37%	1,726	1,751	1,764	1,782	1,829	1,979	1,999	2,485
	Fine Gael	Marie O'Sullivan [*]	9.60%	1,598	1,624	1,656	1,668	1,772	1,980	2,070	2,211
	Fianna Fáil	Sean O'Donovan [*]	6.72%	1,118	1,128	1,142	1,163	1,197	1,303	1,310	1,629
	Fine Gael	Gerard Seaman	5.94%	988	995	1,010	1,021	1,034
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Murphy O'Mahony	5.91%	983	1,003	1,022	1,056	1,100	1,199	1,213
	Independent	Brendan Piper	2.93%	488	497	579	663
	Sinn Féin	Clare O'Callaghan	2.66%	443	446	478
	Green	Stephen Spillane	1.63%	272	274
	The Irish People	Deborah O'Driscoll	0.87%	145	147
Electorate: 31,002  Valid: 16,646  Spoilt: 102  Quota: 2,379  Turnout: 16,748 (54.02%)

Bantry–West Cork

Bantry–West Cork: 4 Seats ^{[3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent Ireland	Danny Collins [*]	19.25%	2,386	2,431	2,515
	Independent	Finbarr Harrington	15.09%	1,870	1,894	1,968	2,048	2,071	2,258	2,668
	Fine Gael	Caroline Cronin [†]	13.68%	1,696	1,709	1,738	2,042	2,050	2,288	2,438	2,478
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Gerard Murphy [*]	10.98%	1,361	1,367	1,390	1,463	1,471	1,574	2,050	2,185
	Independent	Helen O'Sullivan	10.81%	1,340	1,369	1,403	1,499	1,510	1,768	1,962	1,995
	Fianna Fáil	Danny Crowley	10.08%	1,245	1,253	1,264	1,317	1,319	1,411
	Social Democrats	Chris Heinhold [†]	8.02%	994	1,057	1,068	1,285	1,288
	Fine Gael	Mary Lou Leahy	4.34%	562	567	586
	Green	Liz Coakley Wakefield	2.37%	294	314	318
	Aontú	Patrick Murphy	2.33%	289	304
	Sinn Féin	Colum O'Callaghan	2.08%	258
Electorate: 21,485  Valid: 12,295  Spoilt: 101  Quota: 2,460  Turnout: 12,396 (57.70%)

Carrigaline

Carrigaline: 6 Seats ^{[3] [6]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus McGrath [*]	36.06%	5,191
	Independent	Ben Dalton-O'Sullivan [*]	16.08%	2,315
	Fine Gael	Jack White [†]	10.91%	1,570	2,307
	Sinn Féin	Eoghan Fahy	9.40%	1,353	1,632	1,659	1,677	1,685	1,716	1,830	2,039
	Fine Gael	Una McCarthy [†]	7.59%	1,092	1,686	1,754	1,852	1,885	2,029	2,102
	Fianna Fáil	Audrey Buckley [*]	6.72%	967	1,983	2,030	2,110
	Green	Monica Oikeh	3.82%	550	703	726	743	749	857	1,096	1,336
	Independent	Chris O'Brien	3.76%	541	703	769	784	787	822	922
	Social Democrats	Richard Terry	3.16%	455	522	535	542	542	614
	Labour	John O'Regan	2.51%	361	487	501	516	519
Electorate: 30,679  Valid: 14,395  Spoilt: 100  Quota: 2,057  Turnout: 14,495 (47.25%)

Cobh

Cobh: 6 Seats ^{[3] [7]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Sheila O'Callaghan [†]	17.05%	2,202
	Fine Gael	Anthony Barry [*]	14.98%	1,935
	Labour	Cathal Rasmussen [*]	11.98%	1,547	1,552	1,606	1,649	1,654	1,709	1,752	1,782	1,924
	Fine Gael	Sinéad Sheppard [*]	11.59%	1,497	1,617	1,639	1,669	1,710	1,755	2,116
	Independent Ireland	Ger Curley	10.01%	1,293	1,302	1,409	1,454	1,458	1,739	1,773	1,784	2,001
	Fianna Fáil	Dominic Finn	7.28%	940	1,053	1,083	1,098	1,110	1,125	1,208	1,298	1,338	1,362	1,376
	Green	Cliona O'Halloran	6.46%	834	851	869	982	990	1,029	1,075	1,116	1,264	1,318
	Fine Gael	Keith Kelly	4.99%	645	699	703	714	728	733
	Sinn Féin	Mehdi Ozcinar	4.80%	620	628	646	788	790	872	891	894
	Glór – Voice of the People	Diarmaid Ó Cadhla	4.33%	559	567	620	663	666
	People Before Profit	Rola Abu Zeid O'Neill	3.81%	492	502	515
	Independent	Peter Kidney	2.81%	357	363
Electorate: 28,604  Valid: 12,915  Spoilt: 106  Quota: 1,846  Turnout: 13,021 (45.52%)

Fermoy

Fermoy: 6 Seats ^{[3] [8]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	William O'Leary [*]	17.70%	2,920
	Fine Gael	Noel McCarthy [*]	15.90%	2,624
	Fianna Fáil	Frank O'Flynn [*]	13.03%	2,150	2,264	2,333	2,382
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre O'Brien [*]	11.46%	1,891	1,932	1,963	1,991	2,131	2,245	2,328	2,795
	Fianna Fáil	Nelius Cotter	9.93%	1,239	1,306	1,334	1,391	1,548	1,607	1,695	1,903	2,030
	Fine Gael	Kay Dawson [*]	6.42%	1,059	1,095	1,157	1,199	1,254	1,297	1,325
	Independent	Peter O'Donoghue	5.68%	937	1,025	1,043	1,095	1,192	1,281	1,648	1,742	1,784
	Labour	Diarmuid Hanley	5.55%	915	975	987	1,095	1,125	1,289	1,369	1,625	1,742
	Ireland First	Derek Blighe	5.49%	899	939	951	1,001	1,070	1,158
	Sinn Féin	Joe O'Brien	4.39%	725	743	757	805	853
	Independent	Frank Roche [*]	3.81%	628	687	694	733
	Green	Mary Ryder	1.15%	189	197	199
	Independent Ireland	Ken Brennan	0.98%	162	178	181
	Independent	Joe Tobin	0.62%	102	114	122
	Independent	Thomas Horgan	0.37%	61	64	64
Electorate: 31,544  Valid: 16,501  Spoilt: 154  Quota: 2,358  Turnout: 16,655 (52.80%)

Kanturk

Kanturk: 4 Seats ^{[3] [9]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Moynihan [*]	26.54%	3,030
	Fine Gael	John Paul O'Shea [*]	19.14%	2,185	2,356
	Fine Gael	Trish Murphy	17.84%	2,037	2,232	2,264	2,292
	Fianna Fáil	Ian Doyle [*]	10.51%	1,200	1,396	1,409	1,434	1,503	1,632	1,705	1,855
	Aontú	Becky Kealy	8.35%	953	1,034	1,052	1,065	1,141	1,227	1,485	1,794
	Sinn Féin	Evelyn O'Keefe	4.69%	536	550	552	565	599	736	812
	Independent	Finbarr Cronin	4.46%	509	581	586	596	681	724
	Social Democrats	Andrew Ring	3.64%	416	423	424	477	530
	Independent Ireland	Brendan O'Connor	3.49%	398	404	404	407
	Green	Ted Bradley	1.35%	154	158	159
Electorate: 21,479  Valid: 11,418  Spoilt: 104  Quota: 2,284  Turnout: 11,522 (53.64%)

Macroom

Macroom: 6 Seats ^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Gobnait Moynihan [*]	15.71%	2,794
	Fine Gael	Michael Creed [*]	14.58%	2,593
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Looney [*]	14.10%	2,508	2,584
	Fine Gael	Eileen Lynch [*]	13.36%	2,376	2,408	2,460	2,473	2,739
	Fine Gael	Ted Lucey [*]	11.57%	2,058	2,085	2,116	2,136	2,269	2,419	2,536
	Independent	Martin Coughlan [*]	8.31%	1,478	1,517	1,624	1,630	1,804	2,176	2,214
	Independent Ireland	Dermot Kelleher	7.52%	1,337	1,371	1,556	1,565	1,614	1,896	1,906
	Sinn Féin	John O'Sullivan	6.28%	1,117	1,134	1,192	1,194	1,366
	Green	Harriet Burgess	5.28%	939	954	998	999
	Aontú	Rosarie O'Leary	3.31%	588	600
Electorate: 32,318  Valid: 17,788  Spoilt: 140  Quota: 2,542  Turnout: 17,928 (55.47%)

Mallow

Mallow: 5 Seats ^{[3] [10]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Tony O'Shea [*]	22.26%	2,615
	Fine Gael	Liam Madden [*]	21.89%	2,571
	Labour	Eoghan Kenny [†]	19.06%	2,239
	Fianna Fáil	Gearóid Murphy [*]	11.31%	1,329	1,583	1,790	1,874	1,911	1,971
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Hayes [*]	9.16%	1,076	1,291	1,559	1,629	1,659	1,697	1,861
	Sinn Féin	Melissa O'Brien	7.37%	866	955	1,012	1,077	1,100	1,205	1,402
	Aontú	Paddy Scully	3.08%	362	397	424	438	454	482
	The Irish People	Ross Cannon	2.74%	322	346	361	373	375	389
	Social Democrats	David Curry	1.98%	233	255	276	299	333
	Green	Paul McNally	1.14%	134	152	170	183
Electorate: 23,585  Valid: 11,747  Spoilt: 105  Quota: 1,958  Turnout: 11,852 (50.25%)

Midleton

Midleton: 7 Seats ^{[3] [11]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Independent	Mary Linehan Foley [*]	18.28%	2,962
	Fine Gael	Michael Hegarty [*]	13.06%	2,116
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Mulcahy	10.06%	1,629	1,814	1,836	1,846	1,863	1,885	1,897	1,936	1,977	1,986	2,036
	Social Democrats	Liam Quaide [*]	9.91%	1,606	1,681	1,685	1,700	1,726	1,901	1,923	2,007	2,162
	Fine Gael	Rory Cocking	8.64%	1,400	1,422	1,444	1,449	1,460	1,502	1,506	1,649	1,689	1,707	1,771	1,872
	Fianna Fáil	Ann Marie Ahern [†]	6.50%	1,053	1,092	1,099	1,101	1,108	1,132	1,136	1,210	1,253	1,267	1,328	1,468
	Independent	John Buckley	5.32%	862	898	901	920	939	946	994	1,179	1,332	1,352	1,546	1,835
	Fine Gael	Alison Curtin	4.96%	803	1,091	1,110	1,138	1,140	1,176	1,239	1,260	1,298	1,301	1,346	1,417
	Sinn Féin	Edith Adams	4.41%	715	754	755	765	774	805	836	864	905	919
	Aontú	Mona Stromsoe	4.27%	692	716	718	725	741	751	808	852	965	981	1,103
	Independent	Seán Buckley	4.04%	654	681	684	695	715	723	742
	Independent Ireland	Eileen Kelly McCarthy	3.67%	595	635	638	658	682	694	799	834
	Green	Clodagh Harrington	2.39%	387	399	400	407	414
	Ireland First	Paddy Bullman	2.27%	368	433	433	461	514	518
	The Irish People	James-Peter O'Sullivan	1.30%	211	224	226	239
	Independent	Michelle Neville	0.91%	147	218	219
Electorate: 36,345  Valid: 16,200  Spoilt: 157  Quota: 2,026  Turnout: 16,357 (45.00%)

Skibbereen–West Cork

Skibbereen–West Cork: 5 Seats ^{[3] [12]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	Noel O'Donovan	16.10%	2,445	2,469	2,517	2,539
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Carroll [*]	11.74%	1,783	1,804	1,816	1,971	2,063	2,089	2,133	2,274	2,995
	Fine Gael	Brendan McCarthy	9.11%	1,384	1,409	1,424	1,552	1,593	1,619	1,674	1,772
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Kelly [†]	8.85%	1,344	1,360	1,403	1,424	1,448	1,462	1,495	1,913	1,996	2,092
	Independent Ireland	Daniel Sexton	8.41%	1,277	1,318	1,342	1,378	1,470	1,624	1,775	2,031	2,169	2,238
	Social Democrats	Isobel Towse	8.23%	1,249	1,335	1,510	1,559	1,701	1,858	2,017	2,145	2,446	2,566
	Fianna Fáil	Padraig O'Reilly	7.90%	1,199	1,208	1,233	1,237	1,255	1,377	1,729	1,806	1,926	2,011
	Independent	Declan Hurley [*]	6.88%	1,045	1,081	1,109	1,157	1,200	1,269	1,394
	Independent	Humphrey Deegan	5.62%	853	869	895	927	949	1,068
	Independent	Barry O'Mahony	4.26%	647	665	697	719	771
	Independent	Karen Coakley [*]	3.66%	555	577	595
	Sinn Féin	Donnchadh O'Seaghdha	3.64%	552	574	597	640
	Labour	Evie Nevin	2.96%	450	483
	Green	Rory Jackson	1.41%	214
	Aontú	Lorraine Deane	1.23%	187
Electorate: 27,132  Valid: 15,184  Spoilt: 115  Quota: 2,531  Turnout: 15,299 (56.39%)

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