2024 Louth County Council election

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2024 Louth County Council election
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  2019 7 June 20242029 

All 29 seats to Louth County Council
15 seats needed for a majority

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Area of Louth County Council



An election to all 29 seats on Louth County Council election will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Louth 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]

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Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

ConstituencyDeparting CouncillorPartyDate announced
Dundalk–CarlingfordEdel Corrigan Sinn Féin 18 December 2023 [3]
Dundalk SouthLiam Reilly Fianna Fáil 25 October 2023 [4]
Dundalk SouthTomás Sharkey Sinn Féin 18 December 2023 [3]

Results by party

PartyCandidatesSeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 8
Fine Gael 11
Sinn Féin 17
Aontú 2
Social Democrats 1
Green 5
Labour 5
Independent Ireland 1NewNew
People Before Profit 1
Irish Freedom 4NewNew
The Irish People 3NewNew
Independent 19
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Candidates by LEA

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

Ardee

Ardee: 6 Seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Independent Seán Brown
Fine Gael Paula Butterly []
Sinn Féin Kitty Colbert
Independent Thomas Commins
Independent Bernie Conlon []
Green Adam Devine
Independent Peter Farrell
Labour Katerina Karpenko
Fine Gael Rachel Kerley
Independent Fintan Malone
Social Democrats Niall McCreanor
Sinn Féin Pearse McGeough [*]
Fine Gael Dolores Minogue [*]
Sinn Féin Phyllis Murphy
Fianna Fáil John Sheridan [*]
Independent Jim Tenanty [*]
Quota: 

    Drogheda Rural

    Drogheda Rural: 4 Seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Fine Gael Marian Agrios [5]
    Sinn Féin Tom Cunningham [*]
    Sinn Féin Eric Donovan
    Fine Gael Anne-Marie Ford
    Independent Frank Godfrey
    Labour Michelle Hall [*]
    Irish Freedom Patrice Johnson
    Independent Mick Martin
    The Irish People Derek McElearney
    Green Anthony Murphy
    Independent Declan Power []
    Fianna Fáil Tomás Wilkinson
    Quota: 

      Drogheda Urban

      Drogheda Urban: 6 Seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Independent John Bannon
      Fianna Fáil James Byrne [*]
      Sinn Féin Joanna Byrne [*]
      Independent Kevin Callan [*]
      Sinn Féin Laura Clinton
      Labour Emma Cutlip []
      The Irish People Alan Fagan
      Independent Frank Godfrey
      Independent Vincent Hynes
      Irish Freedom Patrice Johnson
      Green Michael Kennedy
      Sinn Féin Debbie McCole
      Fine Gael Shóna McManus
      Independent Paddy McQuillan [*]
      The Irish People John Morgan
      Independent Peter James Nugent
      Aontú Michael O'Dowd
      Fine Gael Ejiro O'Hare Stratton
      Labour Pio Smith [*]
      Sinn Féin Joanne Thompson
      Quota: 

        Dundalk–Carlingford

        DundalkCarlingford: 6 Seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        Sinn Féin Kathleen Byrne
        Green Gerard Crawley
        Independent Ciarán Fisher
        Fianna Fáil Conor Keelan [*]
        Fine Gael Yvonne Keenan Ross
        Fianna Fáil Seán Kelly [*]
        Fianna Fáil Andrea McKevitt []
        Sinn Féin Fiona Mhic Conchoille
        Sinn Féin Seán Ó Broin
        Irish Freedom Tracy O'Hanlon
        Labour Jamie O'Hare
        Aontú Liam Reichenberg
        Fine Gael John Reilly []
        Sinn Féin Antóin Watters [*]
        Quota: 

          Dundalk South

          Dundalk South: 7 Seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1
          Independent Seun Grace Atiroko
          Green Marianne Butler [*]
          Fianna Fáil Emma Coffey [*]
          Fine Gael Linus English
          People Before Profit James Hickey
          Independent Ireland Barry Kieran
          Independent Dilip Mahapatra
          Sinn Féin Sionainn McCann
          Fianna Fáil Shane McGuinness
          Sinn Féin Kevin Meenan []
          Sinn Féin Jimmy Myers
          Fine Gael Robert Nash [*]
          Irish Freedom Cathal Ó Murchú
          Sinn Féin Aideen Smith
          Independent Maeve Yore
          Quota: 

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