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All 55 seats on Cork County Council 28 seats needed for a majority | ||
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 Area of Cork County Council | ||
An election to all 55 seats on Cork County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Cork is divided into 10 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]
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 23 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | 24 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | 10 | ||||||
| Green | 10 | ||||||
| Social Democrats | 7 | ||||||
| Aontú | 6 | ||||||
| Labour | 5 | ||||||
| People Before Profit | 1 | ||||||
| Independent Ireland | 8 | ||||||
| Ireland First | 2 | ||||||
| The Irish People | 3 | ||||||
| Glór | 1 | ||||||
| Independent | 22 | ||||||
| Total | 122 | 55 |  | 100.00 | | ||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Social Democrats | Ann Bambury | |||
| Independent | Alan Coleman | |||
| Independent Ireland | John Collins | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Gillian Coughlan | |||
| Fine Gael | John Michael Foley | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Margaret Murphy O'Mahony | |||
| Sinn Féin | Clare O'Callaghan | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Sean O'Donovan | |||
| The Irish People | Deborah O'Driscoll | |||
| Fine Gael | Marie O'Sullivan | |||
| Independent | Brendan Piper | |||
| Fine Gael | Gerard Seaman | |||
| Green | Stephen Spillane | |||
| Quota: | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Green | Liz Coakley Wakefield | |||
| Independent Ireland | Danny Collins | |||
| Fine Gael | Caroline Cronin | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Danny Crowley | |||
| Independent | Finbarr Harrington | |||
| Social Democrats | Chris Heinhold [†] | |||
| Fine Gael | Mary Lou Leahy | |||
| Aontú | Patrick Murphy | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Murphy [*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Colum O'Callaghan | |||
| Independent | Helen O'Sullivan | |||
| Quota: | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Audrey Buckley [*] | |||
| Independent | Ben Dalton-O'Sullivan | |||
| Sinn Féin | Eoghan Fahy | |||
| Fine Gael | Una McCarthy | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus McGrath | |||
| Independent | Chris O'Brien | |||
| Green | Monica Oikeh | |||
| Labour | John O'Regan | |||
| Social Democrats | Richard Terry | |||
| Fine Gael | Jack White | |||
| Quota: | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| People Before Profit | Rola Abu Zeid O'Neill | |||
| Fine Gael | Anthony Barry [*] | |||
| Independent Ireland | Ger Curley | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Dominic Finn | |||
| Fine Gael | Keith Kelly | |||
| Independent | Peter Kidney | |||
| Glór – Voice of the People | Diarmaid Ó Cadhla | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Sheila O'Callaghan [†] | |||
| Green | Cliona O'Halloran | |||
| Sinn Féin | Mehdi Ozcinar | |||
| Labour | Cathal Rasmussen [*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Sinéad Sheppard [*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Ireland First | Derek Blighe | |||
| Independent Ireland | Ken Brennan | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Nelius Cotter | |||
| Fine Gael | Kay Dawson [*] | |||
| Labour | Diarmuid Hanley | |||
| Independent | Thomas Horgan | |||
| Fine Gael | Noel McCarthy [*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Deirdre O'Brien [*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Joe O'Brien | |||
| Independent | Peter O'Donoghue | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Frank O'Flynn [*] | |||
| Independent | William O'Leary [*] | |||
| Independent | Frank Roche | |||
| Green | Mary Ryder | |||
| Independent | Joe Tobin | |||
| Quota: | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Green | Ted Bradley | |||
| Independent | Finbarr Cronin | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Ian Doyle [*] | |||
| Aontú | Becky Kealy | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Bernard Moynihan [*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Trish Murphy | |||
| Independent Ireland | Brendan O'Connor | |||
| Sinn Féin | Evelyn O'Keefe | |||
| Fine Gael | John Paul O'Shea [*] | |||
| Social Democrats | Andrew Ring | |||
| Quota: | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Green | Harriet Burgess | |||
| Independent | Martin Coughlan [*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Michael Creed [*] | |||
| Independent Ireland | Dermot Kelleher | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Looney [*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Ted Lucy [*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Eileen Lynch [*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Gobnait Moynihan [*] | |||
| Aontú | Rosarie O'Leary | |||
| Sinn Féin | John O'Sullivan | |||
| Quota: | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| The Irish People | Ross Cannon | |||
| Social Democrats | David Curry | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Pat Hayes [*] | |||
| Labour | Eoghan Kenny [†] | |||
| Fine Gael | Liam Madden [*] | |||
| Green | Paul McNally | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Gearóid Murphy [*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Melissa O'Brien | |||
| Fine Gael | Tony O'Shea [*] | |||
| Aontú | Paddy Scully | |||
| Quota: | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Edith Adams | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Ann Marie Ahern [†] | |||
| Independent | John Buckley | |||
| Independent | Seán Buckley | |||
| Ireland First | Paddy Bullman | |||
| Fine Gael | Rory Cocking | |||
| Fine Gael | Alison Curtin | |||
| Green | Clodagh Harrington | |||
| Fine Gael | Michael Hegarty [*] | |||
| Independent Ireland | Eileen Kelly McCarthy | |||
| Independent | Mary Linehan Foley | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Mulcahy | |||
| Independent | Michelle Neville | |||
| The Irish People | James-Peter O'Sullivan | |||
| Social Democrats | Liam Quaide [*] | |||
| Aontú | Mona Stromsoe | |||
| Quota: | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Carroll [*] | |||
| Independent | Karen Coakley [*] | |||
| Aontú | Lorraine Deane | |||
| Independent | Humphrey Deegan | |||
| Independent | Declan Hurley [*] | |||
| Green | Rory Jackson | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Kelly | |||
| Fine Gael | Brendan McCarthy | |||
| Labour | Evie Nevin | |||
| Fine Gael | Noel O'Donovan | |||
| Independent | Barry O'Mahony | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Padraig O'Reilly | |||
| Sinn Féin | Donnchadh O'Seaghdha | |||
| Independent Ireland | Daniel Sexton | |||
| Social Democrats | Isobel Towse | |||
| Quota: | ||||
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