2024 Galway City Council election

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2024 Galway City Council election
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  2019 07 June 20242029 

All 18 seats on Galway City Council
10 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Green
Seats wonTBDTBDTBD
Seat changeTBDTBDTBD

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Labour Social Democrats Independent
Seats wonTBDTBDTBD
Seat changeTBDTBDTBD

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Area of Galway City Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to all 18 seats on Galway City Council will be held in Galway in Ireland on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] Councillors will be elected for a five-year term of office from 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). [2]

Contents

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

ConstituencyDeparting CouncillorParty
Galway City CentralImelda Byrne Fianna Fáil
Galway City CentralCollette Connolly

Results by party

PartyCandidatesSeats±1st pref%±%
Fianna Fáil 5
Fine Gael 6
Sinn Féin 3
Aontú 2
Social Democrats 3
Green 3
Labour 3
Independent Ireland 2NewNew
People Before Profit 3
Solidarity 1
The Irish People 3NewNew
Irish Freedom 3NewNew
Independent 15
Total5218Steady2.svg100.00

Candidates by local electoral area

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

Galway City Central

Galway City Central: 6 seats [3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
The Irish People Sean Comer
Independent Mike Cubbard [*]
Irish Freedom Mary Cummins
People Before Profit Adrian Curran
Independent Margaretta D'Arcy
Fine Gael Frank Fahy [*]
Independent Patrick Feeney
Fianna Fáil Josie Ford
Fine Gael Eddie Hoare [*]
Aontú Padraig Lenihan
Sinn Féin Mark Lohan
Labour John McDonagh
Green Martina O'Connor [*]
Independent Dara O'Flaherty
Independent Ireland Shauna Ridge
Social Democrats Eibhlín Seoighte
Quota: 

    Galway City East

    Galway City East: 6 seats [3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Solidarity Conor Burke
    Sinn Féin Aisling Burke
    Fianna Fáil Alan Cheevers [*]
    Fianna Fáil Michael John Crowe [*]
    Social Democrats Justine Delaney Heaslip
    Independent Conor Dowd
    Irish Freedom Susan Feeney
    Fine Gael Shane Forde
    The Irish People Jacinta Gibbons
    Fine Gael Aisling Keogh
    Independent Ireland Noel Larkin [*]
    Independent David Lynch
    Green Joyce Mathias
    Independent Declan McDonnell [*]
    Aontú Cormac Ó Corcoráin
    Independent Terry O'Flaherty [*]
    Labour Helen Ogbu
    PBP–Solidarity Denman Rooke
    Independent Michael Tully
    Independent Arkadiusz Wozniak
    Quota: 

      Galway City West

      Galway City West: 6 seats [3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      The Irish People A.J. Cahill
      Fine Gael Asraf Chow Dhury
      Fianna Fáil John Connolly [*]
      Social Democrats Alan Curran []
      Independent Kenny Deery
      Independent Jarlath Feeney
      Fine Gael Clodagh Higgins [*]
      Fianna Fáil Peter Keane [*]
      Independent Donal Lyons
      People Before Profit Maisie McMaster
      Labour Níall McNelis [*]
      Green Niall Murphy []
      Independent Denis Nealis
      Irish Freedom Rory Ó Beirn
      Sinn Féin Cathal Ó Conchúir
      Independent Esther Oghomwenrie Osayimwen
      Quota: 

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