2024 Meath County Council election

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2024 Meath County Council election
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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 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]

Contents

Retiring incumbents

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

ConstituencyDeparting CouncillorParty
RatoathDeirdre Geraghty-Smith Fianna Fáil

Results by party

PartyCandidatesSeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%
Fine Gael 1711Decrease2.svg118,55924.36Decrease2.svg5.22
Fianna Fáil 179Decrease2.svg315,88720.86Decrease2.svg4.42
Sinn Féin 146Increase2.svg310,17013.35Increase2.svg3.50
Aontú 72Increase2.svg14,8836.41Increase2.svg1.57
Social Democrats 21Steady2.svg1,2511.64Decrease2.svg0.57
Labour 30Decrease2.svg11,3891.82Decrease2.svg0.64
Green 40Steady2.svg1,1541.51Increase2.svg0.63
National Party 20New5560.73New
Independent Ireland 20New4640.61New
Irish Freedom 10New2970.39New
Workers' Party 10Steady2.svg1780.23Decrease2.svg0.25
Party for Animal Welfare 10New800.11New
Independent 2111Increase2.svg121,30427.97Increase2.svg4.14
Totals9240Steady2.svg76,172100.00

Results by LEA

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

Ashbourne

Ashbourne: 6 seats [4] [5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567891011
Independent Joe Bonner [*] 24.66%2,685          
Independent Amanda Smith [†] 13.91%1,5141,546         
Fine Gael Suzanne Jamal [*] 11.43%1,2441,299 1,303 1,334 1,335 1,357 1,390 1,394 1,432 1,610 
Fine Gael Alan Tobin [*] 10.28%1,1191,391 1,409 1,428 1,479 1,483 1,529 1,531 1,544  
Fianna Fáil Conor Tormey [*] 7.10%773949 955 957 975 979 1,017 1,019 1,036 1,243 1,395
Fianna Fáil Bryan Mallon5.21%567584 587 603 607 613 629 629 652   
Aontú Brandon Scott5.18%564621 638 649 658 757 811 813 862 933 1,040
Sinn Féin Helen Meyer [†] 4.96%539635 643 647 654 664 685 686 972 1,001 1,242
Social Democrats Paul Nolan4.16%453594 603 646 690 710 753 755 779 808  
Sinn Féin Maria Uí Ruairc3.99%434458 464 470 476 486 502 503    
National Party Jean Murray2.27%247285 290 295 298       
Independent Sivakumar Murugadoss1.58%172218 230 247        
Green Martina Eskdale1.51%164180 181         
Independent Charles Bobbett1.41%154270 322 324 350 411      
Independent Cathal Ashbourne-Loftus0.67%73127          
Independent Marcin Czekalski0.17%1932          
Electorate: 23,012  Valid: 10,721  Spoilt: 166  Quota: 1,532  Turnout: 10,887 (47.31%)  

    Kells

    Kells: 7 seats [6] [7]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678910
    Fine Gael Sarah Reilly [*] 13.88%2,077         
    Fine Gael Eugene Cassidy [*] 12.25%1,8331,874        
    Fianna Fáil Seán Drew [*] 9.86%1,4761,506 1,513 1,594 1,639 1,639 1,704 1,939  
    Fianna Fáil Mike Bray [*] 8.88%1,3281,347 1,355 1,388 1,480 1,480 1,528 1,730 1,775 2,086
    Sinn Féin Michael Gallagher [†] 8.41%1,2581,264 1,279 1,304 1,310 1,311 1,439 1,544 1,550 1,591
    Independent David Gilroy [*] 8.23%1,2311,239 1,309 1,427 1,442 1,442 1,688 1,735 1,738 1,876
    Sinn Féin Peter Caffrey6.60%987991 995 1,013 1,269 1,269 1,320 1,332 1,335 1,524
    Sinn Féin Oliver Curran6.38%955960 968 1,047 1,053 1,053 1,119 1,172 1,178 1,234
    Fine Gael Seamus McGee5.33%798845 848 878 1,024 1,026 1,057 1,139 1,144  
    Fianna Fáil Paul McCabe [*] 5.33%797814 814 872 899 899 941    
    Fianna Fáil Paddy Rennick4.76%712721 722 728       
    Aontú Peter Devlin4.74%709717 784 872 897 897     
    Independent Cormac Corr3.66%547558 588        
    Independent Ireland Colm Mac an tSionnaigh1.72%257258         
    Electorate: 27,565  Valid: 14,963  Spoilt: 208  Quota: 1,871  Turnout: 15,171 (55.04%)  

      Laytown–Bettystown

      Laytown–Bettystown: 7 seats [8] [9]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011
      Fine Gael Sharon Tolan [*] 13.25%1,782          
      Independent Geraldine Keoghan [†] 11.44%1,5381,540 1,557 1,595 1,612 1,666 1,824    
      Fianna Fáil Stephen McKee [*] 11.15%1,4991,515 1,521 1,528 1,561 1,625 1,651 1,657 1,824  
      Fine Gael Paddy Meade [*] 10.91%1,4671,479 1,483 1,486 1,513 1,681     
      Fianna Fáil Wayne Harding [*] 9.51%1,2781,279 1,282 1,284 1,299 1,342 1,468 1,482 1,669 1,726 
      Sinn Féin Maria White7.88%1,0591,069 1,082 1,097 1,132 1,137 1,202 1,207 1,264 1,280 1,921
      Independent Carol Lennon6.95%934944 990 1,035 1,053 1,055 1,136 1,196 1,302 1,319 1,358
      Sinn Féin Seamus Lynch5.53%744745 754 756 766 788 854 863 886 891  
      Labour Elaine McGinty [†] 5.42%729737 746 750 882 894 919 923 994 1,013 1,063
      Fianna Fáil Tom Behan [*] 4.76%640661 665 680 714 730 746 749    
      Aontú Peter Whelan4.65%625626 634 684 687 705      
      Fine Gael Declan O'Neill3.20%430440 440 446 464       
      Green Cathal Mac Reamoinn2.66%357364 370 378        
      Independent Ireland Raymond Westlake1.54%207208 226         
      Independent Patrick Smith0.78%105105          
      Independent Marjeta Qevani0.38%5152          
      Electorate: 28,991  Valid: 13,445  Spoilt: 160  Quota: 1,681  Turnout: 13,605 (46.93%)  
        Navan: 7 seats [10] [11]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678910111213
        Sinn Féin Eddie Fennessy [*] 14.30%1,711            
        Aontú Emer Tóibín [*] 13.28%1,588            
        Independent Francis Deane [*] 9.73%1,1641,176 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%920939 942 945 949 999 1,006 1,011 1,038 1,049 1,069 1,192 1,239
        Fine Gael Linda Nelson Murray7.27%870880 886 893 899 931 937 943 983 1,000 1,145 1,237 1,293
        Independent Alan Lawes [*] 6.47%774794 800 827 838 842 859 954 998 1,039 1,080 1,134 1,317
        Fianna Fáil Tommy Reilly [*] 6.64%794804 809 811 820 840 849 854 870 880 905 969 1,025
        Fine Gael Yemi Adenuga [*] 6.31%755759 762 767 773 787 791 791 861 904 1,011 1,211 1,272
        Fianna Fáil Kashif Ali5.80%694697 699 699 700 739 743 745 774 812 874   
        Sinn Féin Caoimhe Ní Shluain4.28%512588 591 591 600 610 793 809 849 867 881 913  
        Fine Gael Ross Kelly3.69%441444 446 447 449 461 463 467 498 522    
        Green Seamus McMenamin2.92%349354 355 356 366 374 380 384      
        Aontú Jose Cyriac2.78%333335 342 344 426 431 436 468 482     
        Irish Freedom David O'Shea2.48%297299 301 348 369 370 375       
        Sinn Féin Frances Murphy2.01%240280 283 285 294 296        
        Fianna Fáil Niamh Carroll1.88%225226 228 229 236         
        Aontú Francis O'Toole1.41%169175 215 223          
        Independent Edel Gillick1.05%126128 129           
        Electorate: 25,710  Valid: 11,962  Spoilt: 227  Quota: 1,496  Turnout: 12,189 (47.41%)  

          Ratoath

          Ratoath: 7 seats [12] [13]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678910111213
          Independent Gillian Toole [*] 23.82%3,158            
          Fine Gael Maria Murphy [*] 13.53%1,794            
          Independent Brian Fitzgerald [*] 11.23%1,4881,581 1,593 1,604 1,626 1,642 1,651 1,674     
          Fianna Fáil Caroline O'Reilly [†] 10.81%1,4331,500 1,564 1,573 1,599 1,609 1,614 1,668     
          Independent Nick Killian [*] 7.73%1,0251,468 1,471 1,480 1,497 1,539 1,557 1,582 1,723    
          Fianna Fáil John Donohoe6.59%874964 966 970 974 976 977 1,000 1,007 1,056 1,061 1,064  
          Fine Gael Gerry O'Connor [*] 5.69%754936 961 965 966 978 979 1,006 1,017 1,210 1,219 1,222 1,603
          Sinn Féin Fionnan Blake5.23%693769 772 779 793 817 1,006 1,039 1,061 1,085 1,094 1,094 1,215
          Labour Eilish Balfe3.64%483675 679 686 689 737 755 873 895 1,067 1,081 1,092 1,200
          Fine Gael Fergus O'Riordan2.89%383546 555 558 560 571 578 590 611     
          National Party Jean Murray2.33%309358 358 369 378 391 395 398      
          Green Ruadháin Bonham2.14%284316 324 331 337 355 360       
          Sinn Féin Trish Murtagh1.60%212238 239 243 248 267        
          Workers' Party Gerry Rooney1.34%178228 229 233 239         
          Independent Eleanor Carroll0.81%107120 123 130          
          Party for Animal Welfare Carolyn Fahy0.60%80105 107           
          Electorate: 28,420  Valid: 13,255  Spoilt: 98  Quota: 1,657  Turnout: 13,353 (46.98%)  

            Trim

            Trim: 6 seats [14] [15]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345678
            Independent Noel French [*] 33.52%3,963       
            Fine Gael Joe Fox [*] 15.91%1,881       
            Fianna Fáil Aisling Dempsey [*] 8.33%1,0441,365 1,412 1,447 1,461 1,578 1,621 1,810
            Aontú Dave Boyne7.57%8951,159 1,179 1,192 1,217 1,251 1,442 1,502
            Fianna Fáil Pádraig Coffey7.04%8331,036 1,055 1,083 1,105 1,115 1,151 1,439
            Social Democrats Ronan Moore [*] 6.75%7981,184 1,217 1,229 1,254 1,354 1,557 1,677
            Fine Gael Niamh Souhan [*] 4.37%517688 723 768 774 1,001 1,035  
            Independent Trevor Golden [*] 4.03%476952 982 992 1,005 1,069 1,187 1,282
            Sinn Féin Dáithí McEvoy3.60%426538 555 559 889 917   
            Fine Gael Luba Healy3.50%414568 581 622 637    
            Sinn Féin Aoife Drew3.38%400490 498 501     
            Labour Trevor McElhinney1.50%177273       
            Electorate: 27,282  Valid: 11,824  Spoilt: 162  Quota: 1,690  Turnout: 11,986 (43.93%)  

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