2024 Offaly County Council election

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2024 Offaly County Council election
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  2019 7 June 20242029 

All 19 seats on Offaly County Council
10 seats needed for a majority

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Area of Offaly County Council

An election to all 19 seats on Offaly County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Offaly is divided into 3 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]

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Results by party

PartyCandidatesSeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 108Steady2.svg12,60338.89-1.06
Fine Gael 55Increase2.svg16,65220.53-1.11
Sinn Féin 53Increase2.svg33,1869.83+5.25
Independent Ireland 11New1,3204.07New
Social Democrats 20Decrease2.svg11,2203.77+1.66
Green 30Decrease2.svg18072.49+0.61
Irish Freedom 10New4181.29New
Aontú 10New1910.59New
Independent 92Decrease2.svg16,00618.53+2.36
Total3719Steady2.svg32,403100.00

Results by local electoral area

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

Birr

Birr: 6 Seats [3] [4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil Peter Ormond [*] 16.22%1,943           
Independent John Leahy [*] 15.15%1,815           
Fine Gael John Clendennen [*] 13.03%1,5621,644 1,666 1,677 1,708 1,782      
Fine Gael Hugh Egan9.77%1,1711,176 1,185 1,185 1,196 1,206 1,307 1,378 1,393 1,458 1,877 
Sinn Féin Sean Maher7.74%927943 949 957 981 1,055 1,088 1,113 1,137 1,236 1,264 1,282
Fianna Fáil Barbara Daly7.34%879895 905 905 916 918 979 1,012 1,012 1,047   
Fianna Fáil Audrey Hennessy-Kennedy6.92%829907 916 923 940 1,022 1,039 1,083 1,110 1,212 1,507 1,573
Social Democrats Clare Claffey [*] 5.03%603609 618 624 700 734 785 901 913 1,089 1,175 1,256
Independent Jonathan O'Meara4.62%554561 570 577 622 671 727 880 881    
Independent Mike Boylan4.03%483486 493 499 548 578 645      
Independent Martin Buckley3.58%429431 443 444 459 470       
Independent Michael Deegan3.17%380385 388 402 425        
Aontú Aubrey Claffey1.59%191194 198 199         
Green Ekaterina Koneva1.19%143147 148 153         
Independent Garrett Kelly0.59%7175 76          
Electorate: 22,379  Valid: 11,980  Spoilt: 159  Quota: 1,712  Turnout: 12,139 (54.24%)  

    Edenderry

    Edenderry: 6 Seats [3] [5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Fianna Fáil Eddie Fitzpatrick [*] 22.83%1,998     
    Independent Ireland Fergus McDonnell15.08%1,320     
    Fianna Fáil Claire Murray12.96%1,1341,361    
    Fine Gael Liam Quinn [*] 12.18%1,0661,156 1,172 1,179 1,271 
    Fine Gael Noel Cribben [*] 10.18%891978 987 992 1,043 1,185
    Sinn Féin Claire Murray7.40%648709 716 884 912 1,128
    Social Democrats John McNamee7.05%617639 641 650 692  
    Fianna Fáil Robert McDermott [*] 7.01%614757 817 820 867 1,112
    Green Mark Hackett3.08%270362 371 380   
    Sinn Féin Rory Ryan2.22%194219 226    
    Electorate: 18,340  Valid: 8,752  Spoilt: 133  Quota: 1,251  Turnout: 8,885 (48.45%)  

      Tullamore

      Tullamore: 7 Seats [3] [6]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      Fine Gael Neil Feighery [*] 16.81%1,962     
      Fianna Fáil Frank Moran [*] 12.24%1,4291,450 1,459   
      Independent Sean O'Brien [*] 11.45%1,3371,393 1,445 1,538  
      Fianna Fáil Tony McCormack [*] 11.36%1,3261,422 1,429 1,509  
      Fianna Fáil Declan Harvey [*] 10.87%1,2691,339 1,357 1,415 1,441 1,466
      Sinn Féin Aoife Masterson10.42%1,2161,267 1,418 1,483  
      Fianna Fáil Ollie Bryant10.13%1,1821,308 1,323 1,373 1,388 1,408
      Independent Sandy Feehan-Smollen [] 6.70%782808 863 895 913 916
      Irish Freedom Paddy Broder4.12%418423 449 453 454 456
      Green Liam Walsh3.37%394425 435    
      Sinn Féin Tim Farrell1.72%201204     
      Independent Deirdre Dillon1.33%155173     
      Electorate: 23,791  Valid: 11,671  Spoilt: 162  Quota: 1,459  Turnout: 11,833 (49.74%)  

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