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All 40 seats on Meath County Council 21 seats needed for a majority | ||
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 Area of Meath County Council | ||
An election to all 40 seats on Meath County Council will be 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]
| Party | Outgoing | Electoral area | Reason | Date | Co-optee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Sharon Keogan | Ashbourne | Elected for two areas; chose to sit for Laytown–Bettystown[ citation needed ] | June 2019 | Amanda Smith [3] [4] | |
| Sinn Féin | Darren O'Rourke | Ashbourne | Elected to the 33rd Dáil for Meath East at the 2020 general election [5] [6] | February 2020 | Aisling Ó Néill [7] | |
| Sinn Féin | Johnny Guirke | Kells | Elected to the 33rd Dáil for Meath West at the 2020 general election [8] [9] | February 2020 | Michael Gallagher [7] | |
| Independent | Sharon Keogan | Laytown–Bettystown | Elected to the 26th Seanad on the Industrial and Commercial Panel at the 2020 Seanad election [10] [11] | June 2020 | Geraldine Keogan [12] | |
| Labour | Annie Hoey | Laytown–Bettystown | Elected to the 26th Seanad on the Agricultural Panel at the 2020 Seanad election [10] | 8 June 2020 | Elaine McGinty [13] | |
| Sinn Féin | Aisling Ó Néil | Ashbourne | Work Commitments [14] | June 2023 | Helen Meyer [15] | |
| Fianna Fáil | Damien O'Reilly | Ratoath | Death of councillor | Sept. 2023 | Caroline O’Reilly [16] | |
The following councillors are not seeking re-election: [17]
| Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratoath | Deirdre Geraghty-Smith | Fianna Fáil | |
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 14 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | 16 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | 13 | ||||||
| Aontú | 6 | ||||||
| Social Democrats | 2 | ||||||
| Green | 2 | ||||||
| Labour | 2 | ||||||
| Independent Ireland | 3 | New | New | ||||
| Workers' Party | 1 | ||||||
| Irish Freedom | 1 | New | New | ||||
| National Party | 1 | New | New | ||||
| Independent | 10 | ||||||
| Totals | 71 | 40 |  | 100.00 | |||
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent Ireland | Joe Bonner [*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Suzanne Jamal [*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Bryan Mallon | |||
| Sinn Féin | Helen Meyer [†] | |||
| Social Democrats | Paul Nolan | |||
| Aontú | Brandon Scott | |||
| Independent | Amanda Smith [†] | |||
| Fine Gael | Alan Tobin [*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Conor Tormey [*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Mike Bray [*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Peter Caffrey | |||
| Fine Gael | Eugene Cassidy [*] | |||
| Independent | Cormac Corr | |||
| Sinn Féin | Oliver Curran | |||
| Aontú | Peter Devlin | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Drew [*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Michael Gallagher [†] | |||
| Independent | David Gilroy [*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Marty Lynch | |||
| Independent Ireland | Colm Mac an tSionnaigh | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Paul McCabe [*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Seamus McGee | |||
| Fine Gael | Sarah Reilly [*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Behan [*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Wayne Harding [*] | |||
| Independent | Geraldine Keoghan [†] | |||
| Independent | Carol Lennon | |||
| Sinn Féin | Seamus Lynch | |||
| Green | Cathal Mac Reamoinn | |||
| Labour | Elaine McGinty [†] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Stephen McKee [*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Paddy Meade [*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Declan O'Neill | |||
| Fine Gael | Sharon Tolan [*] | |||
| Independent Ireland | Raymond Westlake | |||
| Aontú | Peter Whelan | |||
| Sinn Féin | Maria White | |||
| Quota: | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Yemi Adenuga [*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Kashif Ali | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Niamh Carroll | |||
| Aontú | Jose Cyriac | |||
| Independent | Francis Deane [*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Eddie Fennesy [*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Padraig Fitzsimons [*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Ross Kelly | |||
| Independent | Alan Lawes [*] | |||
| Green | Seamus McMenamin | |||
| Sinn Féin | Frances Murphy | |||
| Fine Gael | Linda Murray | |||
| Sinn Féin | Caoimhe Ní Shluain | |||
| Irish Freedom | David O'Shea | |||
| Aontú | Francis O'Toole | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Tommy Reilly [*] | |||
| Aontú | Emer Tóibín [*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Labour | Eilish Balfe | |||
| Sinn Féin | Fionnan Blake | |||
| Green | Ruadháin Bonham | |||
| Fianna Fáil | John Donohoe | |||
| Independent | Brian Fitzgerald [*] | |||
| Independent | Nick Killian [*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Maria Murphy [*] | |||
| National Party | Jean Murray | |||
| Sinn Féin | Trish Murtagh | |||
| Fine Gael | Gerry O'Connor [*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Caroline O'Reilly [†] | |||
| Fine Gael | Fergus O'Riordan | |||
| Workers' Party | Gerry Rooney | |||
| Independent | Gillian Toole [*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Aontú | Dave Boyne | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Aisling Dempsey [*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Aoife Drew | |||
| Fine Gael | Joe Fox [*] | |||
| Independent | Noel French [*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Luba Healy | |||
| Sinn Féin | Dáithí McEvoy | |||
| Social Democrats | Ronan Moore [*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Niamh Souhan [*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
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