2024 Sligo County Council election

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2024 Sligo County Council election
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  2019 7 June 20242029 

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]

Contents

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

ConstituencyDeparting CouncillorParty
Ballymote–TubbercurryMartin Baker Fianna Fáil
Sligo–StrandhillSinead Maguire Fine Gael
Sligo–StrandhillRosaleen O'Grady Fianna Fáil

Results by party

PartyCandidatesSeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 86Increase2.svg19,85929.18Increase2.svg0.59
Fine Gael 74Decrease2.svg28,40324.87Decrease2.svg5.43
Sinn Féin 62Steady2.svg4,70113.92Increase2.svg5.72
People Before Profit 21Steady2.svg9402.78Decrease2.svg1.19
Irish Freedom 2New8942.65New
Labour 11Increase2.svg18412.49Increase2.svg1.09
Green 24391.30Increase2.svg0.78
The Irish People 2New2960.88New
Aontú 1New1860.55New
Independent 84Steady2.svg7,22421.38Decrease2.svg4.51
Total3918Steady2.svg100.00

Candidates by local electoral area

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

Ballymote–Tubbercurry

BallymoteTubbercurry: 7 seats [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789101112
Fianna Fáil Paul Taylor [*] 11.91,9241,928 1,939 1,959 1,989 2,024      
Independent Michael Clarke [*] 11.01,7731,785 1,790 1,814 1,975 2,128      
Fine Gael Gerry Mullaney [*] 10.71,7241,733 1,766 1,772 1,787 1,808 1,810 1,910 1,969 2,130  
Fine Gael Dara Mulvey [*] 10.31,6661,678 1,696 1,712 1,759 1,818 1,829 1,913 1,972 2,401  
Independent Joe Queenan [*] 9.41,5231,533 1,535 1,537 1,639 1,727 1,774 2,368    
Fianna Fáil Liam Brennan8.11,3071,309 1,349 1,356 1,382 1,414 1,420 1,451 1,512 1,765 1,944 2,001
Fianna Fáil Barry Gallagher7.71,2461,250 1,250 1,298 1,319 1,346 1,354 1,364 1,388 1,508 1,556 1,569
Fine Gael Martin Connolly [*] 6.91,1101,114 1,114 1,157 1,173 1,190 1,190 1,276 1,318 1,397 1,454 1,477
Fianna Fáil Keith Henry6.61,0601,069 1,072 1,086 1,107 1,134 1,136 1,152 1,177    
Fine Gael Patrick Cleary6.21,0041,007 1,009 1,009 1,027 1,067 1,081      
Irish Freedom James Conway3.7596598 605 632         
Sinn Féin Jennifer van Aswegen2.4383458 550 767 830        
Sinn Féin Jason Gorman2.1345356 446          
Sinn Féin Donal O'Connor1.9302321           
PBP–Solidarity Emma Hendrick1.3203           
Electorate: 26,024  Valid: 16,166  Spoilt: 111  Quota: 2,021  Turnout: 16,277 (62.55%)  

    Sligo–Drumcliff

    SligoDrumcliff: 5 seats [6] [7] [8]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Fine Gael Thomas Walsh [*] 20.31,891     
    Sinn Féin Thomas Healy [*] 15.61,4491,538 1,801  
    Independent Marie Casserly [*] 15.11,4051,451 1,764   
    Fianna Fáil Edel McSharry14.31,3271,394 1,550 1,627  
    Fianna Fáil Donal Gilroy [*] 12.51,1631,179 1,243 1,262 1,328 1,346
    Fine Gael Tom Fox [*] 10.81,0081,099 1,190 1,227 1,300 1,324
    Independent Colm McGurran4.5421441     
    Irish Freedom Amanda Gallagher3.2298302     
    Green Agnieszka Piwowarczyk2.4226233     
    The Irish People Rob De Salle1.2114114     
    Electorate: 16,973  Valid: 9,302  Spoilt: 70  Quota: 1,551  Turnout: 9,372 (55.22%)  

      Sligo–Strandhill

      SligoStrandhill: 6 seats [9]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678910
      Independent Declan Bree [*] 18.51,537         
      Fianna Fáil Tom MacSharry [*] 16.51,374         
      Fine Gael Fergal Nealon13.91,1581,197        
      Labour Nessa Cosgrave10.1841902 932 951 954 960 1,084 1,116 1,146 1,310
      Sinn Féin Arthur Gibbons [*] 8.9741790 804 811 812 822 830 856 1,094 1,145
      PBP–Solidarity Gino O'Boyle [*] 8.9737815 848 863 864 902 931 968 1,025 1,103
      Fianna Fáil Seamus Kilgannon5.5458479 536 558 559 568 590 617 626
      Independent Finbar Filan4.9406445 471 506 508 538 554 623 642 776
      Sinn Féin Pauline Donnelly3.9323346 350 353 353 364 370 379   
      Green Johnny Gogan2.6213227 232 243 243 249     
      Aontú Graham Monaghan2.2186193 200 216 217 260 264    
      The Irish People Michael Kelly2.2182189 194 211 211      
      Independent Jim Lawlor1.5127136 141        
      Independent Diarmuid Mac Conville0.43234 34        
      Electorate: 17,646  Valid: 8,315  Spoilt: 100  Quota: 1,188  Turnout: 8,415 (47.69%)  

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