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All 40 seats on Tipperary County Council 21 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Area of Tipperary County Council |
An election to all 40 seats on Tipperary County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Tipperary is divided into 8 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 | First-preference votes | Seats | |||||||
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Votes | % FPv | Swing (pp) | Cand. | 2019 | Out. | Elected 2024 | Change | ||
Fianna Fáil | 16,406 | 21.98 | 4.18 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 1 | |
Fine Gael | 15,183 | 20.34 | 6.73 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | |
Sinn Féin | 6,777 | 9.08 | 2.77 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
Labour | 5,167 | 6.92 | 1.81 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
Workers and Unemployed | 1,887 | 2.53 | 0.98 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Green | 664 | 0.89 | 0.29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Independent Ireland | 594 | 0.80 | New | 1 | New | 0 | 0 | New | |
National Party | 381 | 0.51 | New | 1 | New | 0 | 0 | New | |
Irish Freedom | 299 | 0.40 | New | 1 | New | 0 | 0 | New | |
Social Democrats | 99 | 0.13 | New | 1 | New | 0 | 0 | New | |
Independent | 27,187 | 36.42 | 5.53 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 1 | |
Total Valid | 74,644 | 99.16 | |||||||
Spoilt votes | 635 | 0.84 | |||||||
Total | 75,279 | 100 | — | 70 | 40 | 40 | 40 | ||
Registered voters/Turnout | 137,476 | 54.76 |
The following councillors did not seek re-election:
Constituency | Councillor | Party | |
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Roscrea-Templemore | Noel Coonan [3] | Fine Gael | |
Nenagh | Ger Darcy [4] | Fine Gael | |
Thurles | Seamus Hanafin [5] | Fianna Fáil | |
Nenagh | Hughie McGrath [6] | Independent | |
Newport | John McGrath [7] | Independent |
^ *: 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 | ||||
Independent | Máirín McGrath [*] | 28.94% | 2,079 | ||||||||
Independent | Andy Moloney [*] | 24.53% | 1,762 | ||||||||
Fine Gael | Marie Murphy [*] | 16.05% | 1,153 | 1,320 | 1,423 | 1,428 | 1,456 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Micheál Anglim [*] | 12.61% | 906 | 1,053 | 1,116 | 1,129 | 1,143 | 1,174 | 1,218 | 1,462 | |
Independent | Tom Hennessy | 5.76% | 414 | 540 | 585 | 620 | 633 | 727 | 839 | 938 | |
Fianna Fáil | PJ English | 4.81% | 346 | 420 | 457 | 464 | 465 | 486 | 516 | ||
Sinn Féin | Cathal Ó hÉanna | 3.09% | 222 | 271 | 308 | 311 | 355 | 370 | |||
Independent | Bill Fitzgerald | 1.85% | 133 | 172 | 191 | 209 | 217 | ||||
Social Democrats | Alan Moynihan | 1.38% | 99 | 120 | 134 | 135 | |||||
Independent | Shane Smith | 0.96% | 69 | 88 | 95 | ||||||
Electorate: 12,428 Valid: 7,183 Spoilt: 49 Quota: 1,437 Turnout: 7,232 (58.19%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Imelda M. Goldsboro [*] | 20.98% | 1,898 | |||||
Sinn Féin | David Dunne [*] | 18.34% | 1,659 | |||||
Labour | Michael Brennan | 16.43% | 1,486 | 1,611 | ||||
Fine Gael | Mark Fitzgerald [*] | 14.80% | 1,339 | 1,442 | 1,451 | 1,497 | 1,545 | |
Fianna Fáil | Kieran Bourke [*] | 14.75% | 1,334 | 1,396 | 1,506 | 1,518 | ||
Independent | Kevin O'Meara [*] | 11.41% | 1,032 | 1,121 | 1,138 | 1,170 | 1,319 | |
Irish Freedom | Martin Murphy | 3.30% | 299 | 310 | 325 | 330 | ||
Electorate: 16,763 Valid: 9,047 Spoilt: 57 Quota: 1,508 Turnout: 9,104 (54.31%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Independent | John O’Heney | 20.31% | 2,534 | |||||||||||
Fine Gael | Declan Burgess [*] | 14.84% | 1,852 | |||||||||||
Independent | Liam Browne | 13.34% | 1,665 | |||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Roger Kennedy [*] | 9.76% | 1,218 | 1,290 | 1,417 | 1,434 | 1,479 | 1,488 | 1,566 | |||||
Fine Gael | Mary Hanna Hourigan [*] | 9.22% | 1,151 | 1,325 | 1,371 | 1,379 | 1,384 | 1,414 | 1,535 | 1,615 | ||||
Fine Gael | John Crosse [*] | 8.20% | 1,023 | 1,206 | 1,259 | 1,264 | 1,272 | 1,315 | 1,443 | 1,518 | 1,547 | 1,739 | ||
Sinn Féin | Annemarie Ryan [*] | 6.14% | 766 | 934 | 939 | 974 | 978 | 1,020 | 1,038 | 1,077 | 1,079 | 1,186 | 1,230 | |
Sinn Féin | Tony Black [*] | 5.67% | 708 | 817 | 822 | 912 | 925 | 966 | 973 | 1,012 | 1,017 | 1,086 | 1,117 | |
Fianna Fáil | Jacqui Finnan | 3.26% | 407 | 518 | 526 | 531 | 536 | 577 | 604 | 638 | 650 | |||
National Party | John McGrath | 3.05% | 381 | 420 | 422 | 424 | 434 | 468 | 475 | |||||
Fine Gael | Matthew Fogarty | 2.72% | 340 | 388 | 420 | 423 | 428 | 441 | ||||||
Independent | Peadar O'Donnell | 2.08% | 259 | 318 | 320 | 324 | 334 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Molly Browne | 1.40% | 174 | 185 | 197 | |||||||||
Electorate: 23,832 Valid: 12,478 Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,560 Turnout: 12,575 (52.77%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Fine Gael | Michael Murphy [*] | 28.23% | 2,746 | ||||||||||
Workers and Unemployed | Pat English [*] | 16.18% | 1,574 | ||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Siobhán Ambrose [*] | 15.54% | 1,512 | ||||||||||
Fine Gael | John FitzGerald [*] | 11.66% | 1,134 | 1,824 | |||||||||
Independent | Richie Molloy [*] | 7.67% | 746 | 1,097 | 1,312 | 1,351 | 1,409 | ||||||
Independent | Niall P Dennehy [*] | 6.38% | 621 | 764 | 857 | 886 | 914 | 964 | 980 | 1,103 | 1,115 | 1,291 | |
Independent | Deirdre Dempsey | 3.30% | 321 | 338 | 344 | 350 | 355 | 369 | 376 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Dean McGrath | 3.29% | 320 | 360 | 369 | 378 | 382 | 399 | 646 | 670 | 671 | 832 | |
Workers and Unemployed | Teresa Johnson | 3.22% | 313 | 375 | 411 | 500 | 512 | 570 | 593 | 664 | 670 | ||
Sinn Féin | Natasha Dingivan | 2.90% | 282 | 303 | 309 | 317 | 322 | 333 | |||||
Green | Myriam Madigan | 1.62% | 158 | 190 | 259 | 263 | 273 | ||||||
Electorate: 19,734 Valid: 9,727 Spoilt: 110 Quota: 1,390 Turnout: 9,837 (49.85%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Independent | Joe Hannigan [*] | 21.37% | 2,233 | ||||
Independent | Michael O'Meara [*] | 17.44% | 1,822 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Ryan O'Meara | 14.61% | 1,527 | 1,651 | 1,747 | ||
Independent | Séamus Morris [*] | 13.72% | 1,434 | 1,585 | 1,633 | 1,851 | |
Labour | Louise Morgan Walsh | 11.58% | 1,210 | 1,272 | 1,390 | 1,749 | |
Sinn Féin | Damian O’Donoghue | 10.49% | 1,096 | 1,120 | 1,167 | 1,212 | |
Fine Gael | Eleanor Maher | 7.06% | 738 | 845 | 916 | ||
Green | Iva Pocock | 3.72% | 389 | 412 | |||
Electorate: 18,622 Valid: 10,449 Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,742 Turnout: 10,527 (56.53%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
Labour | Fiona Bonfield [*] | 28.93% | 2,346 | ||||
Independent | Pamela Quirke O’Meara | 20.53% | 1,665 | ||||
Fine Gael | Phyll Bugler [*] | 20.17% | 1,636 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | John Carroll [*] | 15.40% | 1,249 | 1,543 | 1,595 | ||
Independent Ireland | Eddie O'Gorman | 7.32% | 594 | 676 | 713 | ||
Sinn Féin | Gavin Ryan | 6.10% | 495 | 780 | 819 | ||
Independent | David Ahern | 1.54% | 125 | 187 | |||
Electorate: 14,247 Valid: 8,110 Spoilt: 54 Quota: 1,623 Turnout: 8,164 (57.30%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Smith [*] | 29.51% | 2,460 | ||||||
Independent | Shane Lee [*] | 26.76% | 2,231 | ||||||
Independent | Eddie Moran [*] | 17.07% | 1,423 | 1,599 | |||||
Fine Gael | Willie Kennedy | 13.71% | 1,143 | 1,319 | 1,398 | 1,438 | 1,483 | 1,616 | |
Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Ryan | 6.30% | 525 | 810 | 859 | 886 | 924 | 1,106 | |
Sinn Féin | Breandán Ó Conchúir | 3.75% | 313 | 358 | 405 | 442 | 467 | ||
Labour | Jordan Lewis | 1.50% | 125 | 174 | 225 | 245 | |||
Green | Aisling Maloney | 1.40% | 117 | 178 | 227 | 257 | 297 | ||
Electorate: 15,059 Valid: 8,337 Spoilt: 101 Quota: 1,668 Turnout: 8,438 (56.03%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Independent | Jim Ryan [*] | 26.15% | 2,435 | ||||
Independent | Micheál Lowry [*] | 23.45% | 2,184 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Sean Ryan [*] | 17.59% | 1,638 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Kay Cahill Skehan | 14.88% | 1,386 | 1,777 | |||
Fine Gael | Peggy Ryan [†] | 9.96% | 928 | 1,097 | 1,504 | 1,640 | |
Sinn Féin | Dan Harty | 7.97% | 742 | 1,064 | 1,288 | 1,376 | |
Electorate: 16,791 Valid: 9,313 Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,553 Turnout: 9,402 (55.99%) |
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