2024 Meath County Council election

2024 Meath County Council election

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All 40 seats on Meath County Council 21 seats needed for a majority
Area of Meath County Council

An election to all 40 seats on Meath County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. ^[1] County Meath 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]

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election: ^[3]

Constituency	Departing Councillor	Party
Ratoath	Deirdre Geraghty-Smith		Fianna Fáil

Results by party

Party		Candidates	Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	17	11	1	18,559	24.36	5.22
	Fianna Fáil	17	9	3	15,887	20.86	4.42
	Sinn Féin	14	6	3	10,170	13.35	3.50
	Aontú	7	2	1	4,883	6.41	1.57
	Social Democrats	2	1		1,251	1.64	0.57
	Labour	3	0	1	1,389	1.82	0.64
	Green	4	0		1,154	1.51	0.63
	National Party	2	0	New	556	0.73	New
	Independent Ireland	2	0	New	464	0.61	New
	Irish Freedom	1	0	New	297	0.39	New
	Workers' Party	1	0		178	0.23	0.25
	Party for Animal Welfare	1	0	New	80	0.11	New
	Independent	21	11	1	21,304	27.97	4.14
Totals		92	40		76,172	100.00

Results by LEA

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

Ashbourne

Ashbourne: 6 seats ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent	Joe Bonner [*]	24.66%	2,685
	Independent	Amanda Smith [†]	13.91%	1,514	1,546
	Fine Gael	Suzanne Jamal [*]	11.43%	1,244	1,299	1,303	1,334	1,335	1,357	1,390	1,394	1,432	1,610
	Fine Gael	Alan Tobin [*]	10.28%	1,119	1,391	1,409	1,428	1,479	1,483	1,529	1,531	1,544
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Tormey [*]	7.10%	773	949	955	957	975	979	1,017	1,019	1,036	1,243	1,395
	Fianna Fáil	Bryan Mallon	5.21%	567	584	587	603	607	613	629	629	652
	Aontú	Brandon Scott	5.18%	564	621	638	649	658	757	811	813	862	933	1,040
	Sinn Féin	Helen Meyer [†]	4.96%	539	635	643	647	654	664	685	686	972	1,001	1,242
	Social Democrats	Paul Nolan	4.16%	453	594	603	646	690	710	753	755	779	808
	Sinn Féin	Maria Uí Ruairc	3.99%	434	458	464	470	476	486	502	503
	National Party	Jean Murray	2.27%	247	285	290	295	298
	Independent	Sivakumar Murugadoss	1.58%	172	218	230	247
	Green	Martina Eskdale	1.51%	164	180	181
	Independent	Charles Bobbett	1.41%	154	270	322	324	350	411
	Independent	Cathal Ashbourne-Loftus	0.67%	73	127
	Independent	Marcin Czekalski	0.17%	19	32
Electorate: 23,012  Valid: 10,721  Spoilt: 166  Quota: 1,532  Turnout: 10,887 (47.31%)

Kells

Kells: 7 seats ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	Sarah Reilly [*]	13.88%	2,077
	Fine Gael	Eugene Cassidy [*]	12.25%	1,833	1,874
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Drew [*]	9.86%	1,476	1,506	1,513	1,594	1,639	1,639	1,704	1,939
	Fianna Fáil	Mike Bray [*]	8.88%	1,328	1,347	1,355	1,388	1,480	1,480	1,528	1,730	1,775	2,086
	Sinn Féin	Michael Gallagher [†]	8.41%	1,258	1,264	1,279	1,304	1,310	1,311	1,439	1,544	1,550	1,591
	Independent	David Gilroy [*]	8.23%	1,231	1,239	1,309	1,427	1,442	1,442	1,688	1,735	1,738	1,876
	Sinn Féin	Peter Caffrey	6.60%	987	991	995	1,013	1,269	1,269	1,320	1,332	1,335	1,524
	Sinn Féin	Oliver Curran	6.38%	955	960	968	1,047	1,053	1,053	1,119	1,172	1,178	1,234
	Fine Gael	Seamus McGee	5.33%	798	845	848	878	1,024	1,026	1,057	1,139	1,144
	Fianna Fáil	Paul McCabe [*]	5.33%	797	814	814	872	899	899	941
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Rennick	4.76%	712	721	722	728
	Aontú	Peter Devlin	4.74%	709	717	784	872	897	897
	Independent	Cormac Corr	3.66%	547	558	588
	Independent Ireland	Colm Mac an tSionnaigh	1.72%	257	258
Electorate: 27,565  Valid: 14,963  Spoilt: 208  Quota: 1,871  Turnout: 15,171 (55.04%)

Laytown–Bettystown

Laytown–Bettystown: 7 seats ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fine Gael	Sharon Tolan [*]	13.25%	1,782
	Independent	Geraldine Keoghan [†]	11.44%	1,538	1,540	1,557	1,595	1,612	1,666	1,824
	Fianna Fáil	Stephen McKee [*]	11.15%	1,499	1,515	1,521	1,528	1,561	1,625	1,651	1,657	1,824
	Fine Gael	Paddy Meade [*]	10.91%	1,467	1,479	1,483	1,486	1,513	1,681
	Fianna Fáil	Wayne Harding [*]	9.51%	1,278	1,279	1,282	1,284	1,299	1,342	1,468	1,482	1,669	1,726
	Sinn Féin	Maria White	7.88%	1,059	1,069	1,082	1,097	1,132	1,137	1,202	1,207	1,264	1,280	1,921
	Independent	Carol Lennon	6.95%	934	944	990	1,035	1,053	1,055	1,136	1,196	1,302	1,319	1,358
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Lynch	5.53%	744	745	754	756	766	788	854	863	886	891
	Labour	Elaine McGinty [†]	5.42%	729	737	746	750	882	894	919	923	994	1,013	1,063
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Behan [*]	4.76%	640	661	665	680	714	730	746	749
	Aontú	Peter Whelan	4.65%	625	626	634	684	687	705
	Fine Gael	Declan O'Neill	3.20%	430	440	440	446	464
	Green	Cathal Mac Reamoinn	2.66%	357	364	370	378
	Independent Ireland	Raymond Westlake	1.54%	207	208	226
	Independent	Patrick Smith	0.78%	105	105
	Independent	Marjeta Qevani	0.38%	51	52
Electorate: 28,991  Valid: 13,445  Spoilt: 160  Quota: 1,681  Turnout: 13,605 (46.93%)

Navan

Navan: 7 seats ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Sinn Féin	Eddie Fennessy [*]	14.30%	1,711
	Aontú	Emer Tóibín [*]	13.28%	1,588
	Independent	Francis Deane [*]	9.73%	1,164	1,176	1,182	1,198	1,222	1,244	1,261	1,335	1,371	1,419	1,452	1,520
	Fianna Fáil	Padraig Fitzsimons [*]	7.69%	920	939	942	945	949	999	1,006	1,011	1,038	1,049	1,069	1,192	1,239
	Fine Gael	Linda Nelson Murray	7.27%	870	880	886	893	899	931	937	943	983	1,000	1,145	1,237	1,293
	Independent	Alan Lawes [*]	6.47%	774	794	800	827	838	842	859	954	998	1,039	1,080	1,134	1,317
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Reilly [*]	6.64%	794	804	809	811	820	840	849	854	870	880	905	969	1,025
	Fine Gael	Yemi Adenuga [*]	6.31%	755	759	762	767	773	787	791	791	861	904	1,011	1,211	1,272
	Fianna Fáil	Kashif Ali	5.80%	694	697	699	699	700	739	743	745	774	812	874
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhe Ní Shluain	4.28%	512	588	591	591	600	610	793	809	849	867	881	913
	Fine Gael	Ross Kelly	3.69%	441	444	446	447	449	461	463	467	498	522
	Green	Seamus McMenamin	2.92%	349	354	355	356	366	374	380	384
	Aontú	Jose Cyriac	2.78%	333	335	342	344	426	431	436	468	482
	Irish Freedom	David O'Shea	2.48%	297	299	301	348	369	370	375
	Sinn Féin	Frances Murphy	2.01%	240	280	283	285	294	296
	Fianna Fáil	Niamh Carroll	1.88%	225	226	228	229	236
	Aontú	Francis O'Toole	1.41%	169	175	215	223
	Independent	Edel Gillick	1.05%	126	128	129
Electorate: 25,710  Valid: 11,962  Spoilt: 227  Quota: 1,496  Turnout: 12,189 (47.41%)

Ratoath

Ratoath: 7 seats ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Independent	Gillian Toole [*] †	23.82%	3,158
	Fine Gael	Maria Murphy [*]	13.53%	1,794
	Independent	Brian Fitzgerald [*]	11.23%	1,488	1,581	1,593	1,604	1,626	1,642	1,651	1,674
	Fianna Fáil	Caroline O'Reilly [†]	10.81%	1,433	1,500	1,564	1,573	1,599	1,609	1,614	1,668
	Independent	Nick Killian [*]	7.73%	1,025	1,468	1,471	1,480	1,497	1,539	1,557	1,582	1,723
	Fianna Fáil	John Donohoe	6.59%	874	964	966	970	974	976	977	1,000	1,007	1,056	1,061	1,064
	Fine Gael	Gerry O'Connor [*]	5.69%	754	936	961	965	966	978	979	1,006	1,017	1,210	1,219	1,222	1,603
	Sinn Féin	Fionnan Blake	5.23%	693	769	772	779	793	817	1,006	1,039	1,061	1,085	1,094	1,094	1,215
	Labour	Eilish Balfe	3.64%	483	675	679	686	689	737	755	873	895	1,067	1,081	1,092	1,200
	Fine Gael	Fergus O'Riordan	2.89%	383	546	555	558	560	571	578	590	611
	National Party	Jean Murray	2.33%	309	358	358	369	378	391	395	398
	Green	Ruadháin Bonham	2.14%	284	316	324	331	337	355	360
	Sinn Féin	Trish Murtagh	1.60%	212	238	239	243	248	267
	Workers' Party	Gerry Rooney	1.34%	178	228	229	233	239
	Independent	Eleanor Carroll	0.81%	107	120	123	130
	Party for Animal Welfare	Carolyn Fahy	0.60%	80	105	107
Electorate: 28,420  Valid: 13,255  Spoilt: 98  Quota: 1,657  Turnout: 13,353 (46.98%)

Trim

Trim: 6 seats ^{[14] [15]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Noel French [*]	33.52%	3,963
	Fine Gael	Joe Fox [*]	15.91%	1,881
	Fianna Fáil	Aisling Dempsey [*] ††	8.33%	1,044	1,365	1,412	1,447	1,461	1,578	1,621	1,810
	Aontú	Dave Boyne	7.57%	895	1,159	1,179	1,192	1,217	1,251	1,442	1,502
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig Coffey	7.04%	833	1,036	1,055	1,083	1,105	1,115	1,151	1,439
	Social Democrats	Ronan Moore [*]	6.75%	798	1,184	1,217	1,229	1,254	1,354	1,557	1,677
	Fine Gael	Niamh Souhan [*]	4.37%	517	688	723	768	774	1,001	1,035
	Independent	Trevor Golden [*]	4.03%	476	952	982	992	1,005	1,069	1,187	1,282
	Sinn Féin	Dáithí McEvoy	3.60%	426	538	555	559	889	917
	Fine Gael	Luba Healy	3.50%	414	568	581	622	637
	Sinn Féin	Aoife Drew	3.38%	400	490	498	501
	Labour	Tracey McElhinney	1.50%	177	273
Electorate: 27,282  Valid: 11,824  Spoilt: 162  Quota: 1,690  Turnout: 11,986 (43.93%)

Changes since 2024

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16. url=https://meathlive.net/2024/12/18/new-councillors-obrien-and-everard-co-opted-to-council/%7CRatoath Independent Cllr Gillian Toole was elected to Dáil Eireann for Meath East at the 2024 Irish general election. Yvonne Everard was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 18 December 2024.
17. url=https://meathlive.net/2024/12/18/new-councillors-obrien-and-everard-co-opted-to-council/%7CTrim Fianna Fáil Cllr Aisling Dempsey was elected to Dáil Eireann for Meath West at the 2024 Irish general election. Paul O'Rourke was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 18 December 2024.