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All 34 seats on Wexford County Council 18 seats needed for a majority | ||
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Area of Wexford County Council |
An election to all 34 seats on Wexford County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Wexford is divided into 6 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]
Voting took place in 197 polling booths across 6 local electoral areas on 7th June, which coincided with voting for the 2024 European elections in the constituency of Ireland South.
Counting of votes took place from 8th-10th of June in St. Joseph's Community Centre in Wexford town. Counting of votes was suspended 10pm on Sunday 9th after the Sixth count in the Enniscorthy electoral area, due to a request for a recount from Wexford Independent Alliance candidate Cyril Wheelock following the discovery of a vote with two first preferences indicated on it, which should have been deemed a spoiled vote, which would have reduced the number of votes separating the two lowest remaining candidates to just 4 votes.
Counting resumed 11am Monday following a review of the 2nd preference votes of the candidate with the next lowest votes, Sinn Fein's Colette Nolan, determined there would not be any effect on the outcome of the election.
A recount was also called in the Rosslare area.
The following councillors did not seek re-election:
Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | |
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Enniscorthy | Kathleen Codd-Nolan | Fine Gael | |
Gorey | Diarmuid Devereux | Fine Gael | |
Rosslare | Jim Moore | Fine Gael | |
Wexford | Maura Bell | Labour | |
Wexford | John Hegarty | Fine Gael |
Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 14 | 9 | 3 | 16,500 | 25.72 | 4.31 | |
Fine Gael | 10 | 8 | 1 | 11,826 | 18.43 | 6.66 | |
Wexford Ind. Alliance | 12 | 5 | New | 10,223 | 15.93 | New | |
Sinn Féin | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7,039 | 10.97 | 3.42 | |
Labour | 6 | 2 | 4,421 | 6.89 | 1.99 | ||
Aontú | 1 | 1 | 2,455 | 3.83 | 2.14 | ||
Green | 2 | 0 | New | 586 | 0.92 | New | |
Ireland First | 1 | 0 | New | 389 | 0.61 | New | |
The Irish People | 1 | 0 | New | 145 | 0.23 | New | |
People Before Profit | 1 | 0 | 133 | 0.21 | 1.58 | ||
National Party | 1 | 0 | New | 125 | 0.19 | New | |
Independent | 12 | 6 | 2 | 10,312 | 16.07 | 5.42 | |
Total | 72 | 34 | 64,154 | 100.00 | — |
The Wexford Independent Alliance is a team of candidates associated with the Independent politician TD Verona Murphy [3]
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor co-opted subsequent to the 2019 election.
*Note a recount was called following the discovery of an invalid ballot paper in the transfers following count 6. The request for recount was repealed after review of the transfer pattern for the next proposed elimination revealed there would be no change to the election outcome.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Fine Gael | Cathal Byrne [*] | 20.22 | 2,275 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Aidan Browne [*] | 14.37 | 1,617 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Barbara-Anne Murphy [*] | 11.91 | 1,340 | 1,436 | 1,443 | 1,481 | 1,496 | 1,561 | 1,564 | 1,694 | |
Independent | John O'Rourke [*] | 10.33 | 1,162 | 1,223 | 1,257 | 1,289 | 1,401 | 1,525 | 1.526 | 1,643 | |
Independent | Jackser Owens [*] | 10.14 | 1,141 | 1,192 | 1,214 | 1,261 | 1,315 | 1,444 | 1,446 | 1,675 | |
Fine Gael | Patrick Kehoe | 8.33 | 937 | 1,186 | 1,189 | 1,226 | 1,240 | 1,296 | 1,297 | 1,467 | |
Sinn Féin | Colette Nolan | 6.16 | 693 | 713 | 882 | 932 | 964 | 1,021 | 1,022 | 1,077 | |
Wexford Ind. Alliance | Cyril Wheelock | 5.87 | 660 | 729 | 734 | 754 | 786 | 1,016 | 1,017 | ||
Wexford Ind. Alliance | Majella Wall | 5.31 | 597 | 658 | 674 | 694 | 740 | ||||
Independent | Eamonn Doyle | 2.63 | 296 | 310 | 318 | 334 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Alfie Ó Súilleabháin | 2.45 | 276 | 284 | |||||||
Green | Brendan Cahill Flynn | 2.30 | 259 | 297 | 308 | ||||||
Electorate: 22,900 Valid: 11,253 Spoilt: 157 Quota: 1,608 Turnout: 11,410 (49.83%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Donal Kenny [*] | 14.82 | 1,702 | |||||||||||
Wexford Ind. Alliance | Nicky Boland | 11.68 | 1,341 | 1,350 | 1,357 | 1,375 | 1,475 | 1,590 | 1,619 | 1,686 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Joe Sullivan [*] | 11.05 | 1,269 | 1,271 | 1,284 | 1,316 | 1,324 | 1,350 | 1,378 | 1,418 | 1,710 | |||
Fine Gael | Anthony Donohoe [*] | 10.23 | 1,175 | 1,177 | 1,191 | 1,209 | 1,214 | 1,237 | 1,240 | 1,276 | 1,399 | 1,434 | 1,441 | |
Fine Gael | Darragh McDonald | 9.28 | 1,065 | 1,069 | 1,076 | 1,139 | 1,146 | 1,202 | 1,222 | 1,344 | 1,647 | |||
Wexford Ind. Alliance | Jimmy Fleming | 8.51 | 977 | 984 | 987 | 995 | 1,084 | 1,156 | 1,198 | 1,260 | 1,386 | 1,405 | 1,421 | |
Sinn Féin | Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin [*] | 7.44 | 854 | 867 | 870 | 885 | 914 | 971 | 1,383 | 1,501 | 1,594 | 1,609 | 1,620 | |
Fianna Fáil | Andrew Bolger [†] | 7.41 | 851 | 852 | 861 | 882 | 887 | 929 | 949 | 1,048 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Kevin Molloy | 4.54 | 521 | 536 | 537 | 552 | 569 | 599 | ||||||
Independent | Cillian Byrne | 3.91 | 449 | 461 | 462 | 485 | 541 | |||||||
Labour | Lorna Fitzpatrick | 3.70 | 425 | 448 | 450 | 569 | 575 | 629 | 649 | |||||
Ireland First | Darren McGovern | 3.39 | 389 | 391 | 392 | 400 | ||||||||
Green | Ann Walsh | 2.87 | 330 | 361 | 361 | |||||||||
People Before Profit | Aisling Hudson | 1.16 | 133 | |||||||||||
Electorate: 22,114 Valid: 11,481 Spoilt: 100 Quota: 1,641 Turnout: 11,581 (53.37%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Independent | Mary Farrell [*] | 22.97 | 1,720 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Pip Breen [*] | 19.51 | 1,461 | 1,525 | |||
Fine Gael | Oliver Walsh [*] | 18.31 | 1,371 | 1,421 | 1,431 | 1,547 | |
Fianna Fáil | Willie Kavanagh [*] | 14.70 | 1,101 | 1,116 | 1,124 | 1,224 | |
Sinn Féin | Declan Kenny | 12.30 | 921 | 955 | 958 | ||
Wexford Ind. Alliance | Paddy Kavanagh | 12.21 | 914 | 973 | 979 | 1,360 | |
Electorate: 14,699 Valid: 7,488 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,498 Turnout: 7,572 (51.51%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Wexford Ind. Alliance | Pat Barden [*] | 15.49 | 1,900 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | John Fleming [*] | 10.75 | 1,318 | 1,348 | 1,399 | 1,452 | 1,469 | 1,508 | 1,574 | 1,658 | |
Wexford Ind. Alliance | Marty Murphy | 10.53 | 1,292 | 1,315 | 1,366 | 1,399 | 1,507 | 1,620 | 1,712 | 1,725 | |
Fianna Fáil | Michael Sheehan [*] | 10.53 | 1,291 | 1,303 | 1,334 | 1,403 | 1,477 | 1,563 | 1,884 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Whelan [*] | 9.16 | 1,123 | 1,130 | 1,134 | 1,155 | 1,407 | 1,455 | 1,512 | 1,543 | |
Fine Gael | Bridín Murphy [*] | 8.29 | 1,017 | 1,038 | 1,086 | 1,173 | 1,451 | 1,529 | 1,645 | 1,669 | |
Independent | John Dwyer | 8.28 | 1,015 | 1,022 | 1,086 | 1,126 | 1,148 | 1,383 | 1,574 | 1,608 | |
Independent | Anthony Connick [*] | 6.66 | 817 | 835 | 878 | 930 | 956 | 1,039 | |||
Fine Gael | Harry Twomey | 6.58 | 807 | 817 | 823 | 849 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Kayley Goodison | 6.52 | 799 | 804 | 854 | 933 | 947 | ||||
Labour | Bridín Lyng-Moloney | 3.78 | 463 | 469 | 497 | ||||||
Independent | Raymond Forte | 1.18 | 145 | 147 | |||||||
Independent | Anne Flynn | 1.17 | 143 | 146 | |||||||
Independent | James Furlong | 1.09 | 134 | 137 | |||||||
Electorate: 23,213 Valid: 12,264 Spoilt: 143 Quota: 1,753 Turnout: 12,407 (53.45%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Aontú | Jim Codd [*] | 23.89 | 2,455 | ||||||||||
Independent | Ger Carthy [*] | 18.97 | 1,949 | ||||||||||
Fine Gael | Frank Staples [*] | 13.70 | 1,408 | 1,526 | 1,586 | 1,591 | 1,703 | 1,783 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Lisa McDonald [*] | 10.76 | 1,106 | 1,201 | 1,245 | 1,248 | 1,277 | 1,367 | 1,390 | 1,611 | 1,664 | 1,828 | |
Wexford Ind. Alliance | Joe Druhan | 6.84 | 703 | 751 | 803 | 833 | 839 | 869 | 873 | 893 | 923 | 1,210 | |
Sinn Féin | Aoife Rose O'Brien | 5.72 | 588 | 681 | 699 | 712 | 717 | 773 | 776 | 821 | 1,245 | 1,342 | |
Fianna Fáil | Simon Boyse | 4.76 | 489 | 570 | 576 | 580 | 620 | 642 | 648 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Michael Roche | 4.70 | 483 | 578 | 590 | 602 | 602 | 641 | 650 | 680 | |||
Wexford Ind. Alliance | Jack Barden | 4.28 | 440 | 569 | 582 | 616 | 640 | 668 | 669 | 816 | 844 | ||
Labour | Damien Corish | 3.26 | 335 | 362 | 382 | 390 | 402 | ||||||
Fine Gael | Willie Fitzharris | 1.90 | 195 | 235 | 241 | 244 | |||||||
National Party | Jason Murphy | 1.22 | 125 | 141 | 146 | ||||||||
Electorate: 18,400 Valid: 10,276 Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,713 Turnout: 10,357 (56.29%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Labour | George Lawlor [*] | 20.72 | 2,361 | |||||||||||
Fine Gael | Robbie Staples | 13.83 | 1,576 | |||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Garry Laffan [*] | 12.39 | 1,412 | 1,499 | ||||||||||
Independent | Leonard Kelly [*] | 11.77 | 1,341 | 1,492 | ||||||||||
Sinn Féin | Tom Forde [*] | 10.09 | 1,150 | 1,217 | 1,225 | 1,229 | 1,237 | 1,378 | 1,388 | 1,427 | ||||
Wexford Ind. Alliance | Dave Ryan | 4.60 | 524 | 547 | 585 | 594 | 633 | 644 | 646 | 754 | 801 | 845 | ||
Wexford Ind. Alliance | Raymond Shannon | 4.45 | 507 | 541 | 546 | 547 | 580 | 586 | 591 | 662 | 758 | 897 | 1,180 | |
Sinn Féin | Davy Hynes [*] | 4.30 | 490 | 534 | 539 | 547 | 552 | 611 | 615 | 654 | 710 | |||
Labour | Catherine Walsh | 3.73 | 425 | 674 | 697 | 711 | 715 | 723 | 741 | 795 | 892 | 1,002 | 1,092 | |
Fianna Fáil | Emmet Moloney | 3.69 | 420 | 468 | 495 | 514 | 515 | 517 | 523 | 557 | ||||
Labour | Vicky Clancy-Barron | 3.62 | 412 | 586 | 609 | 622 | 624 | 644 | 657 | 706 | 771 | 878 | 986 | |
Wexford Ind. Alliance | Michelle O'Neill | 3.23 | 368 | 410 | 428 | 433 | 449 | 460 | 469 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Lorraine Smyth | 2.32 | 264 | 277 | 280 | 281 | 283 | |||||||
The Irish People | Stephen Power | 1.27 | 145 | 149 | 150 | 150 | ||||||||
Electorate: 23,333 Valid: 11,395 Spoilt: 118 Quota: 1,425 Turnout: 11,513 (49.34%) |
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