2024 Kilkenny County Council election

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2024 Kilkenny County Council election
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  2019 7 June 20242029 

All 24 seats on Kilkenny County Council
13 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Last election1192
Seats before1181

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Green Independent
Last election011
Seats before112

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Area of Kilkenny County Council

An election to all 24 seats on Kilkenny County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Kilkenny is divided into 4 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

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

ConstituencyCouncillorParty
Piltown Eamon Aylward [3] Fianna Fáil
Callan-Thomastown Matt Doran [4] Fianna Fáil
Callan-ThomastownPatrick O’Neill [4] Fine Gael


Results by party

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

PartyCandidatesSeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 12
Fine Gael 10
Sinn Féin 8
Green 3
Social Democrats 2
Labour 3
Independent Ireland 1
People Before Profit 1
Irish Freedom 1
The Irish People 2
Independent 7
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Candidates by local electoral area

Callan–Thomastown

CallanThomastown: 6 seats [5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Fianna Fáil Peter 'Chap' Cleere [*]
Fianna Fáil Deirdre Cullen [*]
Sinn Féin Stephanie Doheny
Green Kristina Doyle
Fine Gael Michael Doyle [*]
Fine Gael Orla Kelly
Sinn Féin David Kennedy
Fine Gael Joe Lyons [*]
Fianna Fáil Joe Sheridan
Quota: 

    Castlecomer

    Castlecomer: 6 seats [5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Fine Gael John Brennan [*]
    Independent Ireland Daniel Burke
    Fine Gael Mary Hilda Cavanagh [*]
    Fianna Fáil Michael Delaney [*]
    The Irish People Stephen Delaney
    Fianna Fáil Pat Fitzpatrick [*]
    Sinn Féin Denis Hynes [*]
    Fianna Fáil Michael McCarthy [*]
    Independent Maurice Shortall
    Quota: 

      Kilkenny

      Kilkenny: 7 seats [5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Independent Toluwani Akaehomen
      Independent Jony Aza
      Sinn Féin Evan Barry
      Fine Gael Martin Brett [*]
      Labour Andrea Cleere
      Fianna Fáil John Coonan [*]
      Green Maria Dollard []
      Fine Gael David Fitzgerald [*]
      Independent Liam Heffernan
      Fianna Fáil Joe Malone [*]
      Independent Michael McGrath
      Fianna Fáil Andrew McGuinness [*]
      Independent Eugene McGuinness [*]
      Irish Freedom Luke O’Connor
      Sinn Féin Mark O’Farrell
      Sinn Féin Aoife O Brien
      Labour Seán Ó hArgáin
      Social Democrats Martin O'Neill
      People Before Profit Kevin Shore
      Independent Noel Gerald Walsh
      Quota: 

        Piltown

        Piltown: 5 seats [5]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        Labour Tomás Breathnach [*]
        The Irish People Richard Daly
        Fine Gael Fidelis Doherty [*]
        Fine Gael Damien Donoghue
        Fine Gael Patrick Dunphy [*]
        Fianna Fáil Ger Frisby [*]
        Social Democrats David Kane
        Green Benny McDonagh
        Sinn Féin Natasha Newsome Drennan
        Fianna Fáil Jenny Slattery Catt
        Fianna Fáil Maria Wall
        Sinn Féin Michael Wemyss
        Quota: 

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