2024 Mayo County Council election

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2024 Mayo County Council election
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  2019 7 June 20242029 

All 30 seats on Mayo County Council
16 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Last election12111
Seats before11111

 Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Last election6
Seats before7

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Area of Mayo County Council

An election to all 30 seats on Mayo County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Mayo is divided into 6 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

Incumbents retiring

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

ConstitutencyCouncillorParty
ClaremorrisJohn Cribbin [3] Independent
BallinaSéamus Weir [4] Independent

Results by party

PartyCandidatesSeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Sinn Féin
Aontú
Social Democrats
Green
Labour
Independent Ireland NewNew
People Before Profit
Irish Freedom NewNew
The Irish People NewNew
Independent
Total30Steady2.svg100.00

Results by local electoral area

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

Ballina

Ballina: 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Fianna Fáil David Alexander [5]
Sinn Féin Antonio Cafolla [6]
Independent Joe Doocey [7]
Independent Mark Duffy [*] [8]
Independent Joe Faughan [8] [9]
Independent Keith Howley [8]
Fianna Fáil Michael Loftus [*] [5]
Fine Gael Jarlath Munnelly [*] [10]
Independent Willie Nolan [8]
Fine Gael John O'Hara [*] [10]
Sinn Féin Úna Morris [6]
Fianna Fáil Annie May Reape [*] [5]
Fine Gael Hugh Rouse [10]
Quota: 

    Belmullet

    Belmullet: 3 Seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Fianna Fáil Sean Carey [*] [5]
    Fine Gael Pat Chambers [10]
    Fine Gael Gerry Coyle [*] [10]
    Sinn Féin Rosaleen Lally [6]
    Fianna Fáil Paul McNamara [*] [5]
    Green Micheál O’Conaill [11]
    Quota: 

      Castlebar

      Castlebar: 7 Seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Independent Harry Barrett
      Social Democrats Aidan Browne [12]
      Fine Gael Cyril Burke [*] [10]
      People Before Profit Joe Daly [13]
      Fine Gael Ger Deere [*] [10]
      Fianna Fáil Blackie Gavin [5]
      Independent Ireland Donal Geraghty [14]
      Sinn Féin Donna Hyland [6]
      Independent Stephen Kerr [15]
      Independent Gerry Loftus [16]
      Fianna Fáil Al McDonnell [*] [5]
      Fianna Fáil Martin McLoughlin [*] [5]
      Sinn Féin Maura O’Sullivan [17]
      Fine Gael Donna Sheridan [*] [10]
      Labour Kamal Uddin [18]
      Quota: 

        Claremorris

        Claremorris: 6 Seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        Fine Gael Michael Burke [*] [10]
        Fine Gael Tom Connolly [*] [10]
        Independent Ireland Mark Devane [14]
        Independent Richard Finn [*] [19]
        Fine Gael Alma Gallagher [10]
        Aontú Paul Lawless [20]
        Fianna Fáil Stephen Nolan [5]
        Independent Patsy O'Brien [*] [21]
        Sinn Féin Eamon Phelan [22]
        Fianna Fáil Damien Ryan [*] [5]
        Quota: 

          Swinford

          Swinford: 4 Seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1
          Fianna Fáil John Caulfield [*] [5]
          Fine Gael Neil Cruise [*] [10]
          Fianna Fáil Adrian Forkan [] [5]
          The Irish People Marion Gordon [23]
          Aontú Tommy Horan [24]
          Sinn Féin Gerry Murray [*] [6]
          Fine Gael Antoinette Peyton [10]
          Sinn Féin John Sheahan [6]
          Quota: 

            Westport

            Westport: 4 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1
            Fine Gael Peter Flynn [*] [10]
            Sinn Féin Karen Gallagher [6]
            Independent Christy Hyland [25]
            Fine Gael Keira Keogh [10]
            Aontú John Loftus [26]
            Independent Chris Maxwell [27]
            Irish Freedom Niall McCormack [28]
            Fianna Fáil Brendan Mulroy [*] [5]
            Green Peter Nolan [11]
            Quota: 

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