2024 Wicklow County Council election

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2024 Wicklow County Council election
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  2019 7 June 20242029 

All 32 seats on Wicklow County Council
17 seats needed for a majority

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Area of Wicklow County Council

An election to all 32 seats on Wicklow County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Wicklow 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]

Contents

The period for nominations opened at 10 a.m. on Saturday 11 May and will close at 12 p.m. on Saturday 18 May 2024. [3]

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

ConstituencyDeparting CouncillorParty
BaltinglassVincent Blake Fine Gael
WicklowShay Cullen Fine Gael
GreystonesDerek Mitchell Fine Gael
Bray WestRory O'Connor Independent
WicklowIrene Winters Fine Gael

Results by party

PartyCandidatesSeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Sinn Féin
Aontú
Social Democrats
Green
Labour
Independent Ireland NewNew
People Before Profit
Irish Freedom NewNew
National Party NewNew
The Irish People NewNew
Independent
Total32Steady2.svg100.00

Candidates by LEA

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

Arklow

Arklow: 6 seats [4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Fianna Fáil Tommy Annesley [*]
Independent Viktoria Bodley
Fine Gael Sylvester Bourke [*]
Sinn Féin Sheila Busher
People Before Profit Lorraine Farrell
Fianna Fáil Pat Fitzgerald [*]
Fine Gael Laurie Kearon
Fianna Fáil Pat Kennedy [*]
Independent Peir Leonard [*]
Independent Ireland David O'Gorman
Sinn Féin Warren O'Toole
Independent Miriam Murphy [*]
Quota: 

    Baltinglass

    Baltinglass: 6 seats [5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Fianna Fáil Kieran Burke
    Sinn Féin Connor Byrne
    Fine Gael Avril Cronin [*]
    Fianna Fáil Patsy Glennon [*]
    Sinn Féin Aidan Kinsella
    Social Democrats Deirdre McCormack
    Fianna Fáil John Mullen [*]
    Independent Gerry O'Neill [*]
    Fine Gael Peter Stapleton
    Fine Gael Edward Timmins [*]
    Quota: 

      Bray East

      Bray East: 4 seats [6]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Aontú Ciaran Hogan
      Sinn Féin Denise Cahill
      Independent Lee Donnelly
      Green Erika Doyle []
      Independent Malachai Duddy
      Labour Anne Ferris [*]
      Fine Gael Aoife Flynn Kennedy [*]
      Social Democrats Aaron McAllorum
      Independent Ireland Ian Neary
      Sinn Féin Mick Ryan []
      Quota: 

        Bray West

        Bray West: 4 seats [7]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        Independent Joe Behan [*]
        Independent Rob Carry
        Fine Gael Melanie Corrigan [*]
        Independent Colm Flood
        Independent Keith Manning
        Sinn Féin Dermot O’Brien [*]
        Social Democrats Caroline Winstanley
        Quota: 

          Greystones

          Greystones: 6 seats [8]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1
          Social Democrats Mark Barry []
          Fianna Fáil Jack Commons
          Fine Gael Louise Fenelon Gaskin
          Independent Orla Finn
          Sinn Féin Brian Fogarty
          Independent Tom Fortune [*]
          Irish Freedom Anthony Goldsmith
          Sinn Féin Esther Kelly
          Fine Gael Aileen Lennon
          People Before Profit Kellie McConnell
          Green Lourda Scott [*]
          Independent Stephen Stokes []
          Labour Anne Waithira Burke
          Quota: 

            Wicklow

            Wicklow: 6 seats [9]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1
            Social Democrats Danny Alvey
            Fianna Fáil Sonia Casey-Shortt
            Fianna Fáil Gail Dunne [*]
            Green Mia Fahey McCarthy
            Sinn Féin Anthony Hill
            Independent Ireland Tim Kavanagh
            Independent Mary Kavanagh [*]
            Fine Gael Shane Langrell
            Independent John Larkin
            Independent Ciara Martin-Perks
            Labour Paul O'Brien [*]
            Sinn Féin Abbie O'Loughlin
            Fine Gael Graham Richmond
            Independent John Snell [*]
            Quota: 

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