2024 Kildare County Council election

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2024 Kildare County Council election
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All 40 seats on Kildare County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Last election12115
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Social Democrats Green Sinn Féin
Last election431
 Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Last election1
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Area of Kildare County Council

An election to all 40 seats on Kildare County Council will be 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]

Contents

Results by party

PartySeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Sinn Féin
Green
Social Democrats
Aontú
Labour
Independent Ireland
The Irish People
Independent
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Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

ConstituencyCouncillorParty
Celbridge Michael Coleman [3] Fianna Fáil
Kildare Anne Connolly [4] Fianna Fáil
CelbridgeCiara Galvin [5] Labour
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 2019 election.

Athy

Athy: 5 Seats [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Fianna Fáil Veralouise Behan [*]
Labour Aoife Breslin [*]
Sinn Féin Geraldine Campbell
Independent Ireland William Carton
Fianna Fáil Brian Dooley [*]
Fine Gael Ivan Keatley [*]
Fine Gael Brian Kenny
Labour Mark Leigh [†]
Fianna Fáil David Owens
Sinn Féin Thomas Redmond
Social Democrats Rachael Wall
Quota: 

    Celbridge

    Celbridge: 4 Seats [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [8]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Labour Rupert Heather [*]
    Green Peter Paul Hughes
    Sinn Féin David Monaghan
    Social Democrats Claire O’Rourke
    Independent Zhyan Phelan
    The Irish People Darragh Toner
    Fianna Fáil David Trost
    Quota: 

      Clane

      Clane: 5 Seats [16] [14] [20] [8] [21] [10] [22] [11]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Sinn Féin Killian Brennan
      Labour Eoin Coates
      Social Democrats Aidan Farrelly [*]
      Fianna Fáil Darragh Fitzpatrick [*]
      Independent Pádraig McEvoy [*]
      Independent Ireland Ryan McKeown
      Aontú Una O’Connor
      Sinn Féin Mick Tuohy
      Fine Gael Brendan Wyse [*]
      Quota: 

        Kildare

        Kildare: 5 Seats [13] [23] [12] [11] [8] [9] [10]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        Social Democrats Pat Balfe
        Green Lorraine Benson
        Sinn Féin Noel Connolly [†]
        Fine Gael Paddy Curran [†]
        Fianna Fáil Suzanne Doyle [*]
        Fine Gael Kevin Duffy [*]
        Labour Chris Harrison
        Fianna Fáil Brian O'Loughlin
        Independent Ireland Paul O'Malley
        Quota: 

          Leixlip

          Leixlip : 3 Seats [23] [8] [13] [16] [11]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1
          Green Imran Ali
          Fianna Fáil Bernard Caldwell [*]
          Social Democrats Nuala Killeen [*]
          Sinn Féin Joan O’Boyle
          Fine Gael Joe Neville [*]
          Quota: 

            Maynooth

            Maynooth: 5 Seats [11] [14] [16] [23] [13] [8]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1
            Fine Gael Tim Durkan [*]
            Labour Angela Feeney [*]
            Sinn Féin Evelyn Gaynor
            Green Peter Hamilton [*]
            Fine Gael Tara Lane
            Social Democrats Peter Melrose
            Fianna Fáil Naoise Ó Cearúil [*]
            Fianna Fáil Paul Ward [*]
            Spoilt: [23]  Quota: 

              Naas

              Naas: 7 Seats [14] [11] [13] [19] [16] [8] [15]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1
              Labour Anne Breen [*]
              Fine Gael Fintan Brett [*]
              Social Democrats Bill Clear [*]
              The Irish People Avril Corcoran
              Fine Gael Ciara Dunne
              Sinn Féin Caroline Hogan
              Fianna Fáil Carmel Kelly [*]
              Fianna Fáil Brian Larkin
              Sinn Féin Evangeline Ngozi Omini
              Sinn Féin Pauline O’Neill
              Green Bob Quinn [†]
              Fine Gael Evie Sammon [*]
              Quota: 

                Newbridge

                Newbridge: 6 Seats [24] [25] [26] [8] [23] [11] [27] [12]
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                1
                Aontú Melissa Byrne
                Labour Aina Dugenio Conway
                Independent James Garvin
                Fianna Fáil Noel Heavey [*]
                Green Ronan Maher
                Fine Gael Peggy O’Dwyer [*]
                Fine Gael Tracey O’Dwyer [*]
                Fianna Fáil Robert Power [*]
                Social Democrats Chris Pender [*]
                Sinn Féin James Stokes
                Sinn Féin Terri Thorpe
                Quota: 

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