2024 Tipperary County Council election

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2024 Tipperary County Council election
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  2019 7 June 20242029 

All 40 seats on Tipperary County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Last election1292
Seats before1293
Seats won10102
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Increase2.svg1Steady2.svg

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Labour Workers and Unemployed Independent
Last election1115
Seats before1114
Seats won3114
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg1

Tipperary in Ireland.svg
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]

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Results by party

PartyFirst-preference votesSeats
Votes % FPv Swing (pp)Cand. 2019 Out.Elected
2024
Change
Fianna Fáil 16,40621.98Decrease2.svg4.18139910Increase2.svg1
Fine Gael 15,18320.34Decrease2.svg6.7312121210Decrease2.svg2
Sinn Féin 6,7779.08Increase2.svg2.7711232Steady2.svg
Labour 5,1676.92Increase2.svg1.814113Increase2.svg2
Workers and Unemployed 1,8872.53Decrease2.svg0.982111Steady2.svg
Green 6640.89Increase2.svg0.293000Steady2.svg
Independent Ireland 5940.80New1New00New
National Party 3810.51New1New00New
Irish Freedom 2990.40New1New00New
Social Democrats 990.13New1New00New
Independent 27,18736.42Increase2.svg5.5321151414Decrease2.svg1
Total Valid74,64499.16
Spoilt votes6350.84
Total75,27910070404040Steady2.svg
Registered voters/Turnout137,47654.76

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors did not seek re-election:

ConstituencyCouncillorParty
Roscrea-Templemore Noel Coonan [3] Fine Gael
Nenagh Ger Darcy [4] Fine Gael
Thurles Seamus Hanafin [5] Fianna Fáil
NenaghHughie McGrath [6] Independent
Newport John McGrath [7] Independent

Results by local electoral area

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

Cahir

Cahir: 4 Seats [8] [9] [10]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Independent Máirín McGrath [*] 28.94%2,079       
Independent Andy Moloney [*] 24.53%1,762       
Fine Gael Marie Murphy [*] 16.05%1,1531,320 1,423 1,428 1,456   
Fianna Fáil Micheál Anglim [*] 12.61%9061,053 1,116 1,129 1,143 1,174 1,218 1,462
Independent Tom Hennessy5.76%414540 585 620 633 727 839 938
Fianna Fáil PJ English4.81%346420 457 464 465 486 516  
Sinn Féin Cathal Ó hÉanna3.09%222271 308 311 355 370   
Independent Bill Fitzgerald1.85%133172 191 209 217    
Social Democrats Alan Moynihan1.38%99120 134 135     
Independent Shane Smith0.96%6988 95      
Electorate: 12,428  Valid: 7,183  Spoilt: 49  Quota: 1,437  Turnout: 7,232 (58.19%)  

    Carrick-on-Suir

    Carrick-on-Suir: 5 Seats [11] [12]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Fianna Fáil Imelda M. Goldsboro [*] 20.98%1,898    
    Sinn Féin David Dunne [*] 18.34%1,659    
    Labour Michael Brennan16.43%1,4861,611   
    Fine Gael Mark Fitzgerald [*] 14.80%1,3391,442 1,451 1,497 1,545
    Fianna Fáil Kieran Bourke [*] 14.75%1,3341,396 1,506 1,518 
    Independent Kevin O'Meara [*] 11.41%1,0321,121 1,138 1,170 1,319
    Irish Freedom Martin Murphy3.30%299310 325 330  
    Electorate: 16,763  Valid: 9,047  Spoilt: 57  Quota: 1,508  Turnout: 9,104 (54.31%)  

      Cashel–Tipperary

      CashelTipperary: 7 seats [13] [14]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011
      Independent John O’Heney20.31%2,534          
      Fine Gael Declan Burgess [*] 14.84%1,852          
      Independent Liam Browne13.34%1,665          
      Fianna Fáil Roger Kennedy [*] 9.76%1,2181,290 1,417 1,434 1,479 1,488 1,566    
      Fine Gael Mary Hanna Hourigan [*] 9.22%1,1511,325 1,371 1,379 1,384 1,414 1,535 1,615   
      Fine Gael John Crosse [*] 8.20%1,0231,206 1,259 1,264 1,272 1,315 1,443 1,518 1,547 1,739 
      Sinn Féin Annemarie Ryan [*] 6.14%766934 939 974 978 1,020 1,038 1,077 1,079 1,186 1,230
      Sinn Féin Tony Black [*] 5.67%708817 822 912 925 966 973 1,012 1,017 1,086 1,117
      Fianna Fáil Jacqui Finnan3.26%407518 526 531 536 577 604 638 650   
      National Party John McGrath3.05%381420 422 424 434 468 475     
      Fine Gael Matthew Fogarty2.72%340388 420 423 428 441      
      Independent Peadar O'Donnell2.08%259318 320 324 334       
      Sinn Féin Molly Browne1.40%174185 197         
      Electorate: 23,832  Valid: 12,478  Spoilt: 97  Quota: 1,560  Turnout: 12,575 (52.77%)  

        Clonmel

        Clonmel: 6 Seats [15] [16]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678910
        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%1,1341,824        
        Independent Richie Molloy [*] 7.67%7461,097 1,312 1,351 1,409     
        Independent Niall P Dennehy [*] 6.38%621764 857 886 914 964 980 1,103 1,115 1,291
        Independent Deirdre Dempsey3.30%321338 344 350 355 369 376    
        Sinn Féin Dean McGrath3.29%320360 369 378 382 399 646 670 671 832
        Workers and Unemployed Teresa Johnson3.22%313375 411 500 512 570 593 664 670  
        Sinn Féin Natasha Dingivan2.90%282303 309 317 322 333     
        Green Myriam Madigan1.62%158190 259 263 273      
        Electorate: 19,734  Valid: 9,727  Spoilt: 110  Quota: 1,390  Turnout: 9,837 (49.85%)  

          Nenagh

          Nenagh: 5 Seats [17] [18]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234
          Independent Joe Hannigan [*] 21.37%2,233   
          Independent Michael O'Meara [*] 17.44%1,822   
          Fianna Fáil Ryan O'Meara 14.61%1,5271,651 1,747 
          Independent Séamus Morris [*] 13.72%1,4341,585 1,633 1,851
          Labour Louise Morgan Walsh11.58%1,2101,272 1,390 1,749
          Sinn Féin Damian O’Donoghue10.49%1,0961,120 1,167 1,212
          Fine Gael Eleanor Maher7.06%738845 916  
          Green Iva Pocock3.72%389412   
          Electorate: 18,622  Valid: 10,449  Spoilt: 78  Quota: 1,742  Turnout: 10,527 (56.53%)  

            Newport

            Newport: 4 seats [19] [20]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            123
            Labour Fiona Bonfield [*] 28.93%2,346  
            Independent Pamela Quirke O’Meara20.53%1,665  
            Fine Gael Phyll Bugler [*] 20.17%1,636  
            Fianna Fáil John Carroll [*] 15.40%1,2491,543 1,595
            Independent Ireland Eddie O'Gorman7.32%594676 713
            Sinn Féin Gavin Ryan6.10%495780 819
            Independent David Ahern1.54%125187  
            Electorate: 14,247  Valid: 8,110  Spoilt: 54  Quota: 1,623  Turnout: 8,164 (57.30%)  

              Roscrea–Templemore

              RoscreaTemplemore: 4 seats [21] [22]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              123456
              Fianna Fáil Michael Smith [*] 29.51%2,460     
              Independent Shane Lee [*] 26.76%2,231     
              Independent Eddie Moran [*] 17.07%1,4231,599    
              Fine Gael Willie Kennedy13.71%1,1431,319 1,398 1,438 1,483 1,616
              Fianna Fáil Deirdre Ryan6.30%525810 859 886 924 1,106
              Sinn Féin Breandán Ó Conchúir3.75%313358 405 442 467  
              Labour Jordan Lewis1.50%125174 225 245   
              Green Aisling Maloney1.40%117178 227 257 297  
              Electorate: 15,059  Valid: 8,337  Spoilt: 101  Quota: 1,668  Turnout: 8,438 (56.03%)  

                Thurles

                Thurles: 5 Seats [23] [24]
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                1234
                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 Skehan14.88%1,3861,777  
                Fine Gael Peggy Ryan [] 9.96%9281,097 1,504 1,640
                Sinn Féin Dan Harty7.97%7421,064 1,288 1,376
                Electorate: 16,791  Valid: 9,313  Spoilt: 89  Quota: 1,553  Turnout: 9,402 (55.99%)  

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