2024 Kildare County Council election

2024 Kildare County Council election
All 40 seats on Kildare County Council ; 21 seats needed for a majority
	Area of Kildare County Council

Last updated December 03, 2024

An election to all 40 seats on Kildare County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.^[1] County Kildare is divided into 8 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		Candidates	Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	14	12		16,136	21.40	4.27
	Fine Gael	15	11		21,196	28.11	3.39
	Social Democrats	8	7	3	10,070	13.35	6.65
	Labour	8	5		7,245	9.61	3.18
	Sinn Féin	14	1		6,686	8.87	4.41
	Independent Ireland	5	1	New	3,037	4.03	New
	Green	7	0	3	2,556	3.39	3.82
	Aontú	2	0		1,157	1.53	0.60
	The Irish People	2	0	New	1,015	1.35	New
	Irish Freedom	1	0	New	339	0.45	New
	Independent	14	3	1	5,980	7.93	8.86
Total		90	40		75,417	100.00

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:


Constituency	Councillor
Celbridge	Michael Coleman^[3]	Fianna Fáil
Celbridge	Vanessa Liston	Independent
Celbridge	Ciara Galvin^[4]	Labour
Celbridge	Íde Cussen	Independent
Kildare	Anne Connolly^[5]	Fianna Fáil
Newbridge	Fiona McLoughlin Healy^[6]	Independent
Clane	Brendan Weld^[7]	Fine Gael

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2024 election.

Athy

Athy: 5 Seats ^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Labour	*Aoife Breslin^[]**	23.60%	2,347
	Fine Gael	*Ivan Keatley^[]**	16.47%	1,638	1,665
	Fianna Fáil	*Brian Dooley^[]**	10.82%	1,076	1,189	1,189	1,283	1,293	1,293	1,402	1,418	1,449	1,526
	Fianna Fáil	*Veralouise Behan^[]**	9.72%	967	1,022	1,025	1,026	1,159	1,170	1,256	1,285	1,376	1,474
	Independent Ireland	William Carton	9.08%	903	930	947	947	961	1,189	1,202	1,221	1,250	1,401
	Labour	Mark Leigh^[†]	7.36%	732	1,057	1,061	1,063	1,077	1,081	1,148	1,196	1,317	1,586
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Redmond	5.40%	537	578	583	583	587	598	620	854	926
	Sinn Féin	Geraldine Campbell	3.62%	360	386	390	390	392	404	413
	Social Democrats	Rachael Wall	3.55%	353	369	377	377	387	398	419	442
	Irish Freedom	Anthony Casey	3.41%	339	345	348	348	351
	Fianna Fáil	David Owens	3.30%	328	342	348	348	351
	Fine Gael	Brian Kenny	3.21%	319	356	357	358	393	398
	Independent	Nicola Maughan	0.45%	45	47
Electorate: 21,249 Valid: 9,944 Spoilt: 122 Quota: 1,658 Turnout: 10,066 (47.37%)

Celbridge

Celbridge: 4 Seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	David Trost	24.54%	1,687
	Social Democrats	Claire O’Rourke	20.54%	1,412
	Fine Gael	Lumi Panaite Fahey	17.76%	1,221	1,375	1,383
	Labour	Rupert Heather^[†]	9.77%	672	740	749	968	973	1,148	1,253
	Sinn Féin	David Monaghan	8.63%	593	607	613	650	650	737	839
	The Irish People	Darragh Toner	7.07%	486	500	501	517	519	590
	Independent	Zhyan Phelan	6.04%	415	442	448	514	516
	Green	Peter Paul Hughes	5.66%	389	423	429
Electorate: 16,662 Valid: 6,875 Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,376 Turnout: 6,956 (41.75%)

Clane

Clane: 5 Seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	*Brendan Wyse^[]**	21.54%	1,986
	Independent	*Pádraig McEvoy^[]**	14.50%	1,337	1,355	1,370	1,380	1,401	1,415	1,502	1,647
	Social Democrats	*Aidan Farrelly^[]**	14.10%	1,300	1,343	1,381	1,385	1,468	1,489	1,497	1,562
	Fine Gael	William Durkan	11.40%	1,051	1,229	1,254	1,257	1,300	1,309	1,319	1,365	1,438
	Fianna Fáil	*Darragh Fitzpatrick^[]**	10.99%	1,013	1,111	1,120	1,121	1,142	1,166	1,178	1,221	1,272
	Sinn Féin	Killian Brennan	7.51%	692	729	731	733	750	919	936	981	1,078
	Independent Ireland	Ryan McKeown	5.07%	467	478	482	503	508	520	596	683
	Aontú	Una O'Connor	5.04%	465	480	485	497	502	514	532
	Sinn Féin	Mick Tuohy	2.60%	240	261	266	269	278
	Labour	Eoin Coates	2.16%	199	209	234	234
	Independent	Sophie Roker	1.84%	170	176	180	284	290	293
	Independent	Jessica McLoughlin	1.75%	161	167	171
	Green	Patricia Foley	1.50%	138	144
Electorate: 20,665 Valid: 9,219 Spoilt: 103 Quota: 1,537 Turnout: 9,322 (45.11%)

Kildare

Kildare: 5 Seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	*Suzanne Doyle^[]**	20.12%	1,667
	Fine Gael	*Kevin Duffy^[]**	17.61%	1,459
	Fianna Fáil	Brian O'Loughlin	13.78%	1,142	1,246	1,253	1,261	1,313	1,349	1,368	1,394
	Fine Gael	Paddy Curran^[†]	8.94%	741	816	834	842	893	944	963	985	1,046
	Social Democrats	Pat Balfe	7.34%	608	625	640	653	729	854	882	928	1,061
	Sinn Féin	Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh	7.23%	599	616	618	637	660	684	730	1,066	1,189
	Independent	Declan Crowe	5.71%	473	492	494	559	571	594	798	823
	Sinn Féin	Noel Connolly^[†]	5.13%	425	433	437	446	455	495	515
	Independent Ireland	Paul O'Malley	4.56%	368	373	374	422	433	457
	Labour	Chris Harrison	3.85%	319	331	352	363	399
	Green	Lorraine Benson	3.34%	277	298	300	305
	Independent	Aisling Goodwin	1.50%	124	129	132
	Independent	Denis Delaney	1.01%	84	86	87
Electorate: 19,042 Valid: 8,286 Spoilt: 136 Quota: 1,382 Turnout: 8,422 (44.23%)

Leixlip

Leixlip: 3 Seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2
	Fine Gael	*Joe Neville^[]**	37.76%	2,293
	Social Democrats	*Nuala Killeen^[]**	29.10%	1,767
	Fianna Fáil	*Bernard Caldwell^[]**	20.29%	1,232	1,818
	Sinn Féin	Joan O’Boyle	9.65%	586	649
	Green	Imran Ali	3.19%	194	319
Electorate: 14,011 Valid: 6,072 Spoilt: 149 Quota: 1,519 Turnout: 6,221 (44.4%)

Maynooth

Maynooth: 5 Seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Naoise Ó Cearúil^[*]	20.02%	1,880
	Fine Gael	Tim Durkan^[*]	15.41%	1,447	1,494	1,586
	Labour	Angela Feeney^[*]	13.28%	1,247	1,351	1,478	1,484	1,551	1,678
	Social Democrats	Peter Melrose	12.72%	1,195	1,243	1,429	1,433	1,517	1,771
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Ward^[*]	11.66%	1,095	1,173	1,197	1,200	1,251	1,298	1,347
	Fine Gael	Tara Lane	10.14%	952	961	987	993	1,022	1,062	1,102
	Sinn Féin	Evelyn Gaynor	5.78%	543	548	566	566	605
	Independent Ireland	Liam Meade	5.69%	534	541	551	552
	Green	Peter Hamilton^[*]	5.30%	498	514
Electorate: 20,869 Valid: 9,391 Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,566 Turnout: 9,480 (45.43%)

Naas

Naas: 7 Seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Social Democrats	Bill Clear^[*]	14.20%	1,975
	Fine Gael	Fintan Brett^[*]	12.36%	1,719	1,735	1,741
	Fine Gael	Evie Sammon^[*]	10.57%	1,470	1,490	1,494	1,502	1,517	1,531	1,904
	Independent	Seamie Moore	9.24%	1,285	1,312	1,316	1,416	1,426	1,502	1,541	1,557	1,669	1,791
	Fianna Fáil	Carmel Kelly^[*]	8.43%	1,173	1,192	1,192	1,196	1,221	1,227	1,357	1,403	1,440	1,600	1,669	1,689
	Labour	Anne Breen^[*]	7.98%	1,110	1,148	1,153	1,156	1,182	1,196	1,278	1,313	1,467	1,868
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Larkin	7.14%	993	1,006	1,011	1,022	1,026	1,034	1,084	1,110	1,133	1,264	1,298	1,310
	Green	Bob Quinn^[†]	6.26%	871	911	917	918	932	948	1,019	1,054	1,121
	Fine Gael	Ciara Dunne	5.75%	800	821	827	830	845	857
	Independent Ireland	Ger Dunne	5.43%	755	764	768	803	813	1,114	1,154	1,160	1,275	1,324	1,350	1,370
	Sinn Féin	Caroline Hogan	3.98%	554	569	654	658	838	862	880	881
	The Irish People	Avril Corcoran	3.80%	529	533	536	554	560
	Sinn Féin	Evangeline Ngozi Omini	1.88%	262	270	336	340
	Independent	Hugo Magee	1.52%	211	215	219
	Sinn Féin	Pauline O'Neill	1.45%	201	203
Electorate: 30,143 Valid: 13,908 Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,739 Turnout: 14,046 (46.60%)

Newbridge

Newbridge: 6 Seats^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fine Gael	*Tracey O'Dwyer^[]**	17.90%	2,084
	Fine Gael	*Peggy O'Dwyer^[]**	17.31%	2,016
	Social Democrats	*Chris Pender^[]**	12.54%	1,460	1,509	1,571	1,588	1,644	1,688
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Heavey^[*]	8.97%	1,044	1,104	1,186	1,192	1,222	1,238	1,247	1,328	1,480	1,482	1,662
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Power^[*]	7.20%	839	967	1,042	1,048	1,080	1,090	1,096	1,191	1,327	1,328	1,437
	Aontú	Melissa Byrne	5.94%	692	756	779	793	818	850	877	965	1,097	1,098
	Sinn Féin	James Stokes	5.53%	644	664	675	679	683	908	935	981	1,084	1,100	1,256
	Labour	Aina Conway	5.32%	619	654	685	686	720	744	750	828
	Independent	Tom McDonnell^[a]	4.71%	548	557	565	613	613	623	987	1,128	1,160	1,159	1,419
	Independent	James Garvin	4.29%	500	515	542	564	572	580	616
	Independent	Chris McCormack ^[a]	3.95%	460	465	468	507	511	518
	Sinn Féin	Terri Thorpe	3.29%	383	390	397	402	409
	Green	Ronan Maher	1.62%	189	209	225	228
	Independent	Leanne O'Neill ^[a]	1.43%	167	175	182
Electorate: 25,116 Valid: 11,645 Spoilt: 110 Quota: 1,664 Turnout: 11,755 (46.80%)

1 2 3 Three members of Éire Saor, a minor and unregistered far-right party, ran as independent candidates in the Newbridge LEA.^[10]^[11]

Changes

Changes in affiliation

Name	LEA	Elected as		New affiliation		Date
Bill Clear	Naas		Social Democrats		Independent	September 2024^[12]

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[éiresaor-12] 1 2 3 Three members of Éire Saor, a minor and unregistered far-right party, ran as independent candidates in the Newbridge LEA.^[10]^[11]

[order-1] "Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick mayoral elections". Gov.ie (Press release). Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[citizensinformation-2] "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[3] "Fianna Fail Cllr. Michael Coleman Announces He Won't Contest The Local Elections". Kildare's Kfm. Archived from the original on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

[4] "Celbridge Councillor Ciara Galvin Won't Seek Re-Election In 2024". Kildare's Kfm. Archived from the original on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

[5] "Councillor in Kildare-Newbridge MD to step down "to enjoy more family time"". Leinster Leader. 1 November 2023. Archived from the original on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

[6] "Newbridge councillor Fiona McLoughlin Healy not to seek re election to council". Kildare Nationalist. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

[7] "Tributes Paid To Brendan Weld Who Retires As A County Councillor Following 20 Years Of Service". Kildare's Kfm. Archived from the original on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

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[11] Raymond, Shane (13 June 2024). "Profiled: Meet Ireland's new far-right councillors". The Journal. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

[13] Beatty, Eoin (5 September 2024). "BREAKING: Cllr. Bill Clear Resigns From The Social Democrats". Kfmradio. Kfmradio. Retrieved 6 September 2024.

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