2024 Clare County Council election

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2024 Clare County Council election
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  2019 7 June 20242029 

All 28 seats on Clare County Council
15 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Last election1381

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Green Independent
Last election15

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Area of Clare County Council

An election to all 28 seats on Clare County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Clare is divided into 5 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 16
Fine Gael 11
Sinn Féin 6
Green 5
Social Democrats 2
Aontú 1
Labour 2
Independent Ireland 3
Irish Freedom 1
Farmers' Alliance 1
The Irish People 1
Independent 10
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Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

ConstituencyCouncillorParty
Ennis Johnny Flynn [3] Fine Gael
Kilrush PJ Kelly [4] Fianna Fáil
EnnisAnn Norton [5] Independent

Candidates by local electoral area

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

Ennis

Ennis: 7 seats [6]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Fianna Fáil Antoinette Bashua
Fianna Fáil Clare Colleran Molloy [*]
Fianna Fáil Pat Daly [*]
Green Bridget Ginnity
Sinn Féin Tommy Guilfoyle
Fine Gael Mary Howard [*]
Independent Ruairi Keenan
Independent Jacek Kazimierz Kwasny
Independent Amanda Major
Fine Gael Paul Murphy [*]
Fianna Fáil Tom O'Callaghan []
Labour Seamus Ryan
Social Democrats Hilary Tonge
Quota: 

    Ennistymon

    Ennistymon: 4 seats [7]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Fine Gael Joe Garrihy [*]
    Green Liam Grant []
    Fianna Fáil Joe Killeen [*]
    The Irish People Mike Loughrey
    Farmers' Alliance Pam O'Loughlin
    Sinn Féin Conor O'Sullivan
    Fine Gael Bill Slattery
    Fianna Fáil Shane Talty [*]
    Labour Denis Vaughan
    Quota: 

      Killaloe

      Killaloe: 5 seats [8]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Fine Gael Pat Burke [*]
      Sinn Féin Martina Cleary
      Fine Gael Joe Cooney [*]
      Green Audrey Flynn
      Fianna Fáil Pat Hayes [*]
      Social Democrats Fiona Levie
      Independent Ireland Matthew Moroney
      Fianna Fáil Tony O'Brien [*]
      Fianna Fáil Alan O'Callaghan [*]
      Quota: 

        Kilrush

        Kilrush: 5 seats [9]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        Sinn Féin Dawn Bennett
        Fine Gael Therese Doohan
        Independent Dinny Gould
        Green Susan Griffin
        Independent Ireland Kevin Hassett
        Irish Freedom John Hill
        Fine Gael Gabriel Keating [*]
        Independent Ian Lynch [*]
        Fianna Fáil Rita McInerney []
        Fianna Fáil Cillian Murphy [*]
        Fianna Fáil Michael Shannon
        Fianna Fáil Alan Troy
        Independent Ireland Joe Woulfe
        Quota: 

          Shannon

          Shannon: 7 seats [10]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1
          Independent Pat Barry
          Independent Michael Begley [*]
          Green Fursa Cavanagh
          Fine Gael John Crowe [*]
          Fine Gael Val Gillane
          Fianna Fáil David Griffin
          Fianna Fáil Rachel Hartigan
          Aontú John Haugh
          Sinn Féin Donna McGettigan []
          Independent Keith McNamara
          Fine Gael Tony Mulcahy
          Independent Conor O'Brien
          Fianna Fáil Pat O'Gorman []
          Sinn Féin James Ryan
          Independent PJ Ryan [*]
          Quota: 

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