2024 Kilkenny County Council election

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2024 Kilkenny County Council election
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  2019 7 June 20242029 

All 24 seats on Kilkenny County Council
13 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Last election1192
Seats before1181

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Green Independent
Last election011
Seats before112

Kilkenny in Ireland.svg
Area of Kilkenny County Council

An election to all 24 seats on Kilkenny County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Kilkenny is divided into 4 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

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors did not seek re-election:

ConstituencyCouncillorParty
Piltown Eamon Aylward [3] Fianna Fáil
Callan-Thomastown Matt Doran [4] Fianna Fáil
Callan-ThomastownPatrick O’Neill [4] Fine Gael


Results by party

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

PartyCandidatesSeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 1211Steady2.svg15,50439.45Decrease2.svg1.66
Fine Gael 107Decrease2.svg211,66829.69Decrease2.svg2.41
Labour 32Steady2.svg2,4036.11Decrease2.svg1.43
Sinn Féin 81Increase2.svg13,98710.14Increase2.svg3.78
Green 31Steady2.svg1,1052.81Decrease2.svg1.03
Social Democrats 20New7501.91New
Independent Ireland 10New3540.90New
Irish Freedom 10New3090.79New
The Irish People 20New2350.60New
People Before Profit 10Steady2.svg890.23Decrease2.svg0.37
Independent 72Increase2.svg12,9007.38Decrease2.svg1.08
Total5024Steady2.svg39,30451.4%Steady2.svg

Results by local electoral area

Callan–Thomastown

CallanThomastown: 6 seats [5] [6]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Fianna Fáil Peter Cleere [*] 19.02%2,057     
Fianna Fáil Joe Sheridan18.38%1,988     
Fine Gael Joe Lyons [*] 14.99%1,621     
Fine Gael Michael Doyle [*] 12.41%1,3421,519 1,558   
Fianna Fáil Deirdre Cullen [*] 11.17%1,2081,441 1,699   
Sinn Féin Stephanie Doheny7.97%862891 935 960 1,068 1,442
Fine Gael Orla Kelly7.53%814860 921 983 1,156 1,217
Sinn Féin David Kennedy4.91%531547 569 577 600  
Green Kristina Doyle3.64%394404 422 446   
Electorate: 20,510  Valid: 10,817  Spoilt: 215  Quota: 1,546  Turnout: 11,032 (53.79%)  

    Castlecomer

    Castlecomer: 6 seats [5] [7]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Fianna Fáil Pat Fitzpatrick [*] 21.90%2,308    
    Fine Gael Mary Hilda Cavanagh [*] 17.69%1,865    
    Fianna Fáil Michael McCarthy [*] 14.13%1,4891,678   
    Independent Maurice Shortall10.94%1,1531,284 1,308 1,332 1,654
    Fine Gael John Brennan [*] 10.70%1,1281,339 1,511  
    Sinn Féin Denis Hynes [*] 9.68%1,0201,082 1,101 1,114 1,172
    Fianna Fáil Michael Delaney [*] 9.37%9881,154 1,266 1,374 1,463
    Independent Ireland Daniel Burke3.36%354388 404 411  
    The Irish People Stephen Delaney2.23%235244 260 260  
    Electorate: 19,995  Valid: 10,540  Spoilt: 138  Quota: 1,506  Turnout: 10,678 (53.40%)  

      Kilkenny

      Kilkenny: 7 seats [5] [8]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789101112131415
      Fianna Fáil Andrew McGuinness [*] 14.52%1,420              
      Fine Gael David Fitzgerald [*] 12.59%1,231              
      Independent Eugene McGuinness [*] 11.61%1,1361,170 1,170 1,189 1,192 1,199 1,208 1,235       
      Fianna Fáil Joe Malone [*] 10.64%1,0411,114 1,116 1,118 1,130 1,135 1,139 1,164 1,179 1,204 1,205 1,239   
      Fianna Fáil John Coonan [*] 7.13%697721 721 724 728 731 731 738 742 770 772 782 821 1,020 1,078
      Labour Seán Ó hArgáin6.72%657669 669 669 671 677 678 691 700 814 816 832 881 1,015 1,106
      Green Maria Dollard [] 6.08%595601 602 604 606 616 618 632 641 683 684 690 767 832 891
      Social Democrats Martin O'Neill5.36%524530 531 533 533 560 561 568 583 611 612 640 687 725 856
      Fine Gael Martin Brett [*] 4.99%488504 506 506 507 508 509 531 534 559 559 569 603   
      Sinn Féin Evan Barry3.77%369375 377 378 382 386 428 432 589 603 603 626 669 687  
      Independent Toluwani Akaehomen3.30%323327 328 329 341 346 350 361 373 390 391 413    
      Irish Freedom Luke O’Connor3.16%309311 313 327 327 333 335 342 348 349 353     
      Labour Andrea Cleere2.99%292298 298 298 298 300 302 313 326       
      Sinn Féin Aoife O'Brien1.96%192193 193 193 205 215 271 272        
      Independent Liam Heffernan1.56%153155 156 158 159 161 163         
      Sinn Féin Mark O’Farrell1.33%130132 132 135 137 138          
      People Before Profit Kevin Shore0.91%8990 92 93 95           
      Independent Jony Aza0.66%6566 67 67            
      Independent Michael McGrath0.53%5253 54             
      Independent Noel Gerald Walsh0.18%1818              
      Electorate: 20,706  Valid: 9,781  Spoilt: 128  Quota: 1,223  Turnout: 9,909 (47.86%)  

        Piltown

        Piltown: 5 seats [5]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789
        Fine Gael Patrick Dunphy [*] 21.96%1,874        
        Labour Tomás Breathnach [*] 17.04%1,454        
        Fianna Fáil Ger Frisby [*] 11.28%963991 999 1,019 1,023 1,048 1,150 1,193 1,351
        Fine Gael Fidelis Doherty [*] 11.10%9471,055 1,074 1,095 1,101 1,119 1,253 1,278 1,381
        Fianna Fáil Jenny Slattery Catt9.51%812858 868 874 880 891 920 935 1,178
        Fianna Fáil Maria Wall6.25%533682 702 756 762 779 804 811  
        Sinn Féin Natasha Newsome Drennan5.85%499527 540 607 611 655 686 992 1,087
        Sinn Féin Michael Wemyss4.50%384391 395 413 415 440 468   
        The Irish People Richard Daly4.31%368376 377 392 393     
        Fine Gael Damien Donoghue4.19%358394 400 422 424 433    
        Social Democrats David Kane2.65%226257 282       
        Green Benny McDonagh1.36%116126        
        Electorate: 17,132  Valid: 8,534  Spoilt: 96  Quota: 1,423  Turnout: 8,630 (50.37%)  

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