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All 18 seats on Sligo County Council 10 seats needed for a majority | ||
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Area of Sligo County Council |
An election to all 18 seats on Sligo County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Sligo 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]
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | |
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Ballymote–Tubbercurry | Martin Baker | Fianna Fáil | |
Sligo–Strandhill | Sinead Maguire | Fine Gael | |
Sligo–Strandhill | Rosaleen O'Grady | Fianna Fáil |
Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 8 | 6 | 1 | 9,859 | 29.18 | 0.59 | |
Fine Gael | 7 | 4 | 2 | 8,403 | 24.87 | 5.43 | |
Sinn Féin | 6 | 2 | 4,701 | 13.92 | 5.72 | ||
People Before Profit | 2 | 1 | 940 | 2.78 | 1.19 | ||
Irish Freedom | 2 | New | 894 | 2.65 | New | ||
Labour | 1 | 1 | 1 | 841 | 2.49 | 1.09 | |
Green | 2 | 439 | 1.30 | 0.78 | |||
The Irish People | 2 | New | 296 | 0.88 | New | ||
Aontú | 1 | New | 186 | 0.55 | New | ||
Independent | 8 | 4 | 7,224 | 21.38 | 4.51 | ||
Total | 39 | 18 | 100.00 |
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Paul Taylor [*] | 11.9 | 1,924 | 1,928 | 1,939 | 1,959 | 1,989 | 2,024 | |||||||
Independent | Michael Clarke [*] | 11.0 | 1,773 | 1,785 | 1,790 | 1,814 | 1,975 | 2,128 | |||||||
Fine Gael | Gerry Mullaney [*] | 10.7 | 1,724 | 1,733 | 1,766 | 1,772 | 1,787 | 1,808 | 1,810 | 1,910 | 1,969 | 2,130 | |||
Fine Gael | Dara Mulvey [*] | 10.3 | 1,666 | 1,678 | 1,696 | 1,712 | 1,759 | 1,818 | 1,829 | 1,913 | 1,972 | 2,401 | |||
Independent | Joe Queenan [*] | 9.4 | 1,523 | 1,533 | 1,535 | 1,537 | 1,639 | 1,727 | 1,774 | 2,368 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Liam Brennan | 8.1 | 1,307 | 1,309 | 1,349 | 1,356 | 1,382 | 1,414 | 1,420 | 1,451 | 1,512 | 1,765 | 1,944 | 2,001 | |
Fianna Fáil | Barry Gallagher | 7.7 | 1,246 | 1,250 | 1,250 | 1,298 | 1,319 | 1,346 | 1,354 | 1,364 | 1,388 | 1,508 | 1,556 | 1,569 | |
Fine Gael | Martin Connolly [*] | 6.9 | 1,110 | 1,114 | 1,114 | 1,157 | 1,173 | 1,190 | 1,190 | 1,276 | 1,318 | 1,397 | 1,454 | 1,477 | |
Fianna Fáil | Keith Henry | 6.6 | 1,060 | 1,069 | 1,072 | 1,086 | 1,107 | 1,134 | 1,136 | 1,152 | 1,177 | ||||
Fine Gael | Patrick Cleary | 6.2 | 1,004 | 1,007 | 1,009 | 1,009 | 1,027 | 1,067 | 1,081 | ||||||
Irish Freedom | James Conway | 3.7 | 596 | 598 | 605 | 632 | |||||||||
Sinn Féin | Jennifer van Aswegen | 2.4 | 383 | 458 | 550 | 767 | 830 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Jason Gorman | 2.1 | 345 | 356 | 446 | ||||||||||
Sinn Féin | Donal O'Connor | 1.9 | 302 | 321 | |||||||||||
PBP–Solidarity | Emma Hendrick | 1.3 | 203 | ||||||||||||
Electorate: 26,024 Valid: 16,166 Spoilt: 111 Quota: 2,021 Turnout: 16,277 (62.55%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Fine Gael | Thomas Walsh [*] | 20.3 | 1,891 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Thomas Healy [*] | 15.6 | 1,449 | 1,538 | 1,801 | ||||
Independent | Marie Casserly [*] | 15.1 | 1,405 | 1,451 | 1,764 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Edel McSharry | 14.3 | 1,327 | 1,394 | 1,550 | 1,627 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Donal Gilroy [*] | 12.5 | 1,163 | 1,179 | 1,243 | 1,262 | 1,328 | 1,346 | |
Fine Gael | Tom Fox [*] | 10.8 | 1,008 | 1,099 | 1,190 | 1,227 | 1,300 | 1,324 | |
Independent | Colm McGurran | 4.5 | 421 | 441 | |||||
Irish Freedom | Amanda Gallagher | 3.2 | 298 | 302 | |||||
Green | Agnieszka Piwowarczyk | 2.4 | 226 | 233 | |||||
The Irish People | Rob De Salle | 1.2 | 114 | 114 | |||||
Electorate: 16,973 Valid: 9,302 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,551 Turnout: 9,372 (55.22%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Independent | Declan Bree [*] | 18.5 | 1,537 | ||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Tom MacSharry [*] | 16.5 | 1,374 | ||||||||||
Fine Gael | Fergal Nealon | 13.9 | 1,158 | 1,197 | |||||||||
Labour | Nessa Cosgrave | 10.1 | 841 | 902 | 932 | 951 | 954 | 960 | 1,084 | 1,116 | 1,146 | 1,310 | |
Sinn Féin | Arthur Gibbons [*] | 8.9 | 741 | 790 | 804 | 811 | 812 | 822 | 830 | 856 | 1,094 | 1,145 | |
PBP–Solidarity | Gino O'Boyle [*] | 8.9 | 737 | 815 | 848 | 863 | 864 | 902 | 931 | 968 | 1,025 | 1,103 | |
Fianna Fáil | Seamus Kilgannon | 5.5 | 458 | 479 | 536 | 558 | 559 | 568 | 590 | 617 | 626 | ||
Independent | Finbar Filan | 4.9 | 406 | 445 | 471 | 506 | 508 | 538 | 554 | 623 | 642 | 776 | |
Sinn Féin | Pauline Donnelly | 3.9 | 323 | 346 | 350 | 353 | 353 | 364 | 370 | 379 | |||
Green | Johnny Gogan | 2.6 | 213 | 227 | 232 | 243 | 243 | 249 | |||||
Aontú | Graham Monaghan | 2.2 | 186 | 193 | 200 | 216 | 217 | 260 | 264 | ||||
The Irish People | Michael Kelly | 2.2 | 182 | 189 | 194 | 211 | 211 | ||||||
Independent | Jim Lawlor | 1.5 | 127 | 136 | 141 | ||||||||
Independent | Diarmuid Mac Conville | 0.4 | 32 | 34 | 34 | ||||||||
Electorate: 17,646 Valid: 8,315 Spoilt: 100 Quota: 1,188 Turnout: 8,415 (47.69%) |
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