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

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Labour WUA Independent
Last election1115
Seats before1114

Tipperary in Ireland.svg
Area of Tipperary County Council

An election to all 40 seats on Tipperary County Council will be 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]

Contents

Results by party

PartyCandidatesSeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Sinn Féin
WUA
Social Democrats
Green
Labour
Independent Ireland NewNew
Irish Freedom NewNew
National Party NewNew
Independent
Total40Steady2.svg100.00

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking 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
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Fianna Fáil Micheál Anglim [*] [8]
Fianna Fáil PJ English [8]
Independent Tom Hennessey [9]
Independent Máirín McGrath [*] [10]
Independent Andy Moloney [*] [11]
Social Democrats Alan Moynihan [12]
Fine Gael Marie Murphy [*] [13]
Sinn Féin Cathal Ó hÉanna [14]
Quota: 

    Carrick-on-Suir

    Carrick-on-Suir: 5 Seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Fianna Fáil Kieran Bourke [*] [8]
    Labour Michael Brennan [15]
    Sinn Féin David Dunne [14]
    Fine Gael Mark Fitzgerald [*] [13]
    Fianna Fáil Imelda M. Goldsboro [*] [8]
    Irish Freedom Martin Murphy [16]
    Independent Kevin O'Meara [*] [17]
    Quota: 

      Cashel–Tipperary

      CashelTipperary: 7 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Sinn Féin Tony Black [14]
      Independent Liam Browne [18]
      Fine Gael Declan Burgess [*] [13]
      Fine Gael John Crosse [*] [13]
      Fianna Fáil Jacqui Finnan [8]
      Fine Gael Matthew Fogarty [13]
      Fine Gael Mary Hanna Hourigan [*] [13]
      Fianna Fáil Roger Kennedy [*] [8]
      National Party John McGrath [19]
      Independent Peadar O'Donnell [20]
      Independent John O’Heney [20]
      Sinn Féin Annemarie Ryan [14]
      Quota: 

        Clonmel

        Clonmel: 6 Seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        Fianna Fáil Siobhán Ambrose [*] [8]
        Sinn Féin Natasha C Dingivan [14]
        WUA Pat English [*] [21]
        Fine Gael John FitzGerald [*] [13]
        WUA Teresa Johnson [21]
        Independent Richie Molloy [22]
        Sinn Féin Dean McGrath [14]
        Fine Gael Michael Murphy [*] [13]
        Independent Thomas Ryan [23]
        Quota: 

          Nenagh

          Nenagh: 5 Seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1
          Independent Joe Hannigan [*] [24]
          Sinn Féin Damian O’Donoghue [14]
          Fine Gael Eleanor Maher [13]
          Labour Louise Morgan Walsh [25]
          Independent Séamus Morris [*] [26]
          Fianna Fáil Ryan O’Meara [8]
          Green Iva Pocock [27]
          Quota: 

            Newport

            Newport: 4 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1
            Labour Fiona Bonfield [*] [28]
            Fine Gael Phyll Bugler [*] [13]
            Fianna Fáil John Carroll [*] [8]
            Independent Ireland Eddie O'Gorman [29]
            Independent Pamela Quirke O’Meara [30]
            Sinn Féin Gavin Ryan [14]
            Quota: 

              Roscrea–Templemore

              RoscreaTemplemore: 4 seats
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1
              Fine Gael Willie Kennedy [13]
              Labour Jordan Lewis [31]
              Independent Shane Lee [*] [30] [32]
              Green Aisling Maloney [33]
              Independent Eddie Moran [*] [30]
              Sinn Féin Breandán Ó Conchúir [14]
              Fianna Fáil Deirdre Ryan [8]
              Fianna Fáil Michael Smith [*] [8]
              Quota: 

                Thurles

                Thurles: 5 Seats
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                1
                Fianna Fáil Kay Cahill Skehan [8]
                Sinn Féin Dan Harty [14]
                Independent Micheál Lowry [30]
                Fine Gael Peggy Ryan [] [13]
                Independent Jim Ryan [*] [34]
                Fianna Fáil Sean Ryan [*] [8]
                Quota: 

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