2024 Galway City Council election

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2024 Galway City Council election
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  2019 07 June 20242029 

All 18 seats on Galway City Council
10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout44.40%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won441
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1Increase2.svg1

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Green Labour Social Democrats
Seats won032
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Increase2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1

 Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won4
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2

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Area of Galway City Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to all 18 seats on Galway City Council was held in Galway in Ireland on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] Councillors will be elected for a five-year term of office from 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). [2]

Contents

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

ConstituencyDeparting CouncillorParty
Galway City CentralImelda Byrne Fianna Fáil
Galway City CentralCollette Connolly

Results by party

PartyCandidatesSeats±1st pref%±%
Fine Gael 64Increase2.svg14,50718.51Increase2.svg2.66
Fianna Fáil 54Decrease2.svg14,24817.44Decrease2.svg3.03
Labour 33Increase2.svg21,9017.81Increase2.svg0.84
Social Democrats 32Increase2.svg11,7627.23Increase2.svg1.24
Sinn Féin 31Increase2.svg11,4696.03Increase2.svg0.66
Green 30Decrease2.svg21,2064.95Decrease2.svg4.47
People Before Profit 30Steady2.svg5812.39Increase2.svg0.80
Independent Ireland 20New5112.10New
Aontú 20Steady2.svg4611.89Decrease2.svg0.53
Irish Freedom 30New4441.82New
The Irish People 30New4351.79New
Solidarity 10Steady2.svg1290.53Decrease2.svg0.33
Independent 154Decrease2.svg26,70027.51Decrease2.svg2.62
Total5218Steady2.svg100.00

Candidates by local electoral area

^  *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^  †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
^  ‡: Outgoing councillor coopted in 2023 to Galway City East now contesting Galway City West

Galway City Central

Galway City Central: 6 seats [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567891011
Independent Mike Cubbard [*] 19.5%1,486          
Fine Gael Eddie Hoare [*] 16.9%1,282          
Fine Gael Frank Fahy [*] 11.6%882945 1,036 1,037 1,038 1,042 1,052 1,064 1,112  
Fianna Fáil Josie Ford9.6%732805 848 851 855 862 875 887 909 932 1,017
Labour John McDonagh8.5%643710 726 729 731 734 758 767 851 902 965
Social Democrats Eibhlín Seoighte7.6%575607 617 618 619 630 666 675 809 992 1,028
Sinn Féin Mark Lohan6.5%498541 545 547 550 557 571 587 606 689 739
Green Martina O'Connor [*] 4.2%319343 357 357 358 359 382 387    
Aontú Padraig Lenihan4.0%307321 328 332 339 366 382 477 491 503  
People Before Profit Adrian Curran4.0%304327 330 330 332 336 380 394 413   
Independent Margaretta D'Arcy2.3%175191 194 205 211 218      
Irish Freedom Mary Cummins2.2%169181 182 189 242 270 281     
Independent Ireland Shauna Ridge1.3%98114 115 118 129       
The Irish People Sean Comer1.0%7988 90 105        
Independent Dara O'Flaherty0.6%4951 51         
Independent Patrick Feeney0.1%813 13         
Electorate: 18,206  Valid: 7,606  Spoilt: 127  Quota: 1,087  Turnout: 7,733 (42.48%)  

    Galway City East

    Galway City East: 6 seats [3] [4] [5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567891011121314
    Fianna Fáil Alan Cheevers [*] 12.89%1,0311,033 1,040 1,040 1,043 1,049 1,053 1,057 1,070 1,156    
    Independent Declan McDonnell [*] 12.61%1,0091,012 1,017 1,018 1,024 1,037 1,042 1,063 1,073 1,087 1,146   
    Independent Terry O'Flaherty [*] 11.45%916924 928 929 930 945 952 964 981 1,020 1,095 1,144  
    Fianna Fáil Michael Crowe [*] 9.20%736740 742 742 743 751 754 759 761 782 802 821 918 920
    Fine Gael Shane Forde8.31%665667 667 667 667 672 675 677 684 788 817 843 932 936
    Sinn Féin Aisling Burke7.80%624628 636 645 650 656 693 702 736 747 790 895 985 988
    Labour Helen Ogbu7.31%585588 586 607 608 611 634 637 777 815 857 1,045 1,102 1,105
    Independent Ireland Noel Larkin [*] 5.16%413418 422 424 436 464 471 543 550 572 623 645   
    Independent Michael Tully4.40%352356 365 367 370 379 384 410 416 436     
    Fine Gael Aisling Keogh4.15%332334 338 340 342 344 349 352 362      
    Social Democrats Justine Delaney Heaslip3.79%303309 311 324 324 326 372 374 425 443 462    
    Green Joyce Mathias3.59%287292 295 298 298 301 322 326       
    Aontú Cormac Ó Corcoráin1.92%154154 158 158 169          
    Solidarity Conor Burke1.61%129133 137 181 185 186         
    The Irish People Jacinta Gibbons1.59%127130 133 133 183 225 231        
    Irish Freedom Susan Feeney1.41%113117 118 120           
    PBP–Solidarity Denman Rooke1.09%8790 91            
    Independent David Lynch0.87%7072             
    Independent Conor Dowd0.72%58             
    Independent Arkadiusz Wozniak0.12%10             
    Electorate: 18,110  Valid: 8,001  Spoilt: 101  Quota: 1,144  Turnout: 8,102 (44.74%)  

      Galway City West

      Galway City West: 6 seats [3] [4] [5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011121314
      Independent Donal Lyons [*] 15.96%1,415             
      Fine Gael Clodagh Higgins [*] 12.12%1,0741,106 1,108 1,111 1,112 1,221 1,232 1,247 1,309     
      Fianna Fáil John Connolly [*] 11.07%9811,004 1,005 1,013 1,013 1,043 1,085 1,132 1,184 1,224 1,232 1,236 1,325 
      Social Democrats Alan Curran [] 9.97%884897 902 902 983 999 1,010 1,122 1,168 1,289    
      Fianna Fáil Peter Keane [*] 8.66%768789 791 794 795 806 820 823 856 868 877 877 964 995
      Labour Níall McNelis [*] 7.59%673701 703 706 723 741 758 808 870 976 998 1,010 1,156 1,181
      Green Niall Murphy [] 6.77%600606 610 612 637 652 657 678 705 784 790 805 900 905
      Independent Kenny Deery4.51%400408 411 418 419 426 476 498 585 624 629 637   
      Independent Esther Oghomwenrie Osayimwen4.14%367370 370 375 411 451 462 489 511      
      Sinn Féin Cathal Ó Conchúir3.91%347351 352 359 381 390 409        
      Independent Jarlath Feeney3.90%346361 367 377 380 388 434 466       
      Fine Gael Asraf Chowdhury3.07%272277 280 280 282          
      The Irish People A.J. Cahill2.58%229231 233 330 332 334         
      People Before Profit Maisie McMaster2.14%190191 195 198           
      Irish Freedom Rory Ó Beirn1.83%162164 166            
      Independent Denis Nealis0.44%3941             
      Electorate: 18,533  Valid: 8,747  Spoilt: 117  Quota: 1,250  Turnout: 8,864 (47.83%)  

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