2019 Longford County Council election

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2019 Longford County Council election
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  2014 24 May 2019 2024  

All 18 seats on Longford County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Independent
Seats won963
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg

2019 Longford County Council Election Map.svg
Results by Local Electoral Area

An election to all 18 seats on Longford County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Longford was divided into 3 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).

Contents

The votes were counted in St. Mary's Community Centre, Edgeworthstown. Counting began on Saturday 25 May, and ended at 9.25 p.m. on Tuesday 28 May when returning officer Nora O'Farrell declared the last 4 councillors to be elected in the Ballymahon LEA, where there had been a recount. [1]

Boundary review

Following the recommendations of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, there was a revision to the LEAs used at the 2014 elections, with an adjustment in boundaries and the transfer of one seat from Granard to Longford LEA. [2] [3]

Results by party

PartySeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fine Gael 9Increase2.svg17,82839.27Decrease2.svg2.82
Fianna Fáil 6Decrease2.svg 16,47132.47Increase2.svg0.57
Sinn Féin 0Steady2.svg9124.58Decrease2.svg1.97
People Before Profit 0Steady2.svg960.48New
Independent 3Steady2.svg4,62523.20Increase2.svg3.80
Total18Steady2.svg19,932100.00

Results by local electoral area

^  *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
^  †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

Ballymahon

Ballymahon: 6 seats [4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Fine Gael Paul Ross [*] 18.33%1,217       
Independent Mark Casey [*] 14.99%995       
Fianna Fáil Mick Cahill [*] 11.25%747807 825 830 855 873 938 1,024
Fianna Fáil Pat O'Toole [*] 10.08%669689 727 728 772 796 849 895
Fine Gael Colm Murray [*] 9.54%633705 713 718 740 750 859 927
Fine Gael Gerard Farrell [*] 9.37%622651 656 675 687 692 715 867
Fianna Fáil Brigid Duffy7.55%501554 556 558 562 580 593 640
Fianna Fáil John Kenny6.31%419427 431 438 442 448 499  
Independent Tony Moran4.90%325331 350 353 405 448   
Sinn Féin Geraldine Ryan2.95%196204 211 213 224    
Independent Charlie McMonagle2.73%181186 206 209     
Independent P.J. Walsh2.00%133138       
Electorate: 11,204  Valid: 6,638  Spoilt: 94  Quota: 949  Turnout: 6,732 (60.09%)  

    Granard

    Granard: 5 seats [5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789
    Independent Turlough 'Pott' McGovern19.41%1,280        
    Fine Gael Micheál Carrigy [*] [lower-alpha 1] 17.94%1,183        
    Fine Gael Paraic Brady [*] 13.15%867881 899 943 1,025 1,053 1,235  
    Fine Gael Garry Murtagh11.07%730747 764 803 876 912 942 980 1,123
    Fianna Fáil P.J. Reilly [*] 9.83%648710 720 760 816 957 1,008 1,029 1,070
    Fianna Fáil Joe Murphy5.92%390397 399 412 424 452 524 565 708
    Sinn Féin Mark Maguire5.46%360370 373 387 420 456 486 514  
    Fianna Fáil Amanda Duffy4.52%298304 306 372 386 421    
    Independent Grace Kearney4.41%291331 338 359 383     
    Fine Gael Frank Kilbride4.25%280297 307 334      
    Fianna Fáil Victor Connell4.03%266274 289       
    Electorate: 10,032  Valid: 6,593  Spoilt: 104  Quota: 1,099  Turnout: 6,697 (66.76%)  

      Longford

      Longford: 7 seats [6]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      Fianna Fáil Joe Flaherty [] [lower-alpha 1] 15.71%1,053        
      Fine Gael Peggy Nolan [*] 11.06%741763 765 776 779 796 808 841 
      Fine Gael Gerry Hagan [] 10.89%730748 749 753 755 788 824 833 842
      Fine Gael John Browne [*] 10.33%692706 707 712 715 746 767 813 854
      Independent Gerry Warnock [*] 9.83%659689 693 701 722 736 756 778 899
      Fianna Fáil Seamus Butler [*] 9.79%656700 702 705 708 718 737 779 792
      Fianna Fáil Martin Monaghan8.60%576609 613 627 634 645 695 736 781
      Independent Mae Sexton [*] 7.07%474484 484 488 493 496 510 528 586
      Sinn Féin Tena Keown5.31%356369 383 390 411 411 418 437  
      Fianna Fáil Uruemu Adejinmi3.70%248265 268 269 279 284 292   
      Independent Seamus Gallagher2.33%156161 163 174 184 201    
      Fine Gael Gerard Cooney1.98%133137 138 147 149     
      People Before Profit Barbara Smyth1.43%9697 99 106      
      Independent Tony Reilly1.33%8991 92       
      Independent Julie O'Reilly0.42%2829        
      Independent George Breaden0.21%1415        
      Electorate: 12,356  Valid: 6,701  Spoilt: 112  Quota: 838  Turnout: 6,813 (55.14%)  

        Footnotes

        1. 1 2 See change below.

        Results by gender

        2019 Longford County Council election [7] [8]
        Candidates by gender
        GenderNumber of
        candidates
         % of
        candidates
        Elected
        councillors
         % of
        councillors
        Men2974.4%1794.4%
        Women1025.6%15.6%
        TOTAL39 18 

        Changes after 2019

        Co-options

        PartyOutgoingElectoral areaReasonDateCo-optee
        Fianna Fáil Joe Flaherty LongfordElected to the 33rd Dáil at the 2020 general election [9] 25 February 2020Uruemu Adejinmi [10]
        Fine Gael Micheál Carrigy GranardElected to the 26th Seanad at the 2020 Seanad election [11] 16 May 2020Colin Dalton [12]

        Changes in affiliation

        NameElectoral areaElected asNew affiliationDate
        Gerard FarrellBallymahon Fine Gael Independent March 2024

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