2024 Meath County Council election

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2024 Meath County Council election
  2019 7 June 20242029 

All 40 seats on Meath County Council
21 seats needed for a majority

Meath in Ireland.svg
Area of Meath County Council

An election to all 40 seats on Meath County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Meath is divided into 6 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: [3]

ConstituencyDeparting CouncillorParty
RatoathDeirdre Geraghty-Smith Fianna Fáil

Results by party

PartyCandidatesSeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 17
Fine Gael 17
Sinn Féin 14
Aontú 7
Social Democrats 2
Green 4
Labour 3
Independent Ireland 2NewNew
Workers' Party 1
Party for Animal Welfare 1
Irish Freedom 1NewNew
National Party 2NewNew
Independent 21
Totals9240Steady2.svg100.00

Candidates by LEA

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

Ashbourne

Ashbourne: 6 seats [4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Independent Cathal Ashbourne-Loftus
Independent Charles Bobbett
Independent Joe Bonner [*]
Independent Marcin Czekalski
Green Martina Eskdale
Fine Gael Suzanne Jamal [*]
Fianna Fáil Bryan Mallon
Sinn Féin Helen Meyer []
National Party Jean Murray
Independent Sivakumar Murugadoss
Social Democrats Paul Nolan
Aontú Brandon Scott
Independent Amanda Smith []
Fine Gael Alan Tobin [*]
Fianna Fáil Conor Tormey [*]
Sinn Féin Maria Uí Ruairc
Quota: 

    Kells

    Kells: 7 seats [5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Fianna Fáil Mike Bray [*]
    Sinn Féin Peter Caffrey
    Fine Gael Eugene Cassidy [*]
    Independent Cormac Corr
    Sinn Féin Oliver Curran
    Aontú Peter Devlin
    Fianna Fáil Seán Drew [*]
    Sinn Féin Michael Gallagher []
    Independent David Gilroy [*]
    Independent Ireland Colm Mac an tSionnaigh
    Fianna Fáil Paul McCabe [*]
    Fine Gael Seamus McGee
    Fianna Fáil Paddy Rennick
    Fine Gael Sarah Reilly [*]
    Quota: 

      Laytown–Bettystown

      LaytownBettystown: 7 seats [6]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Fianna Fáil Tom Behan [*]
      Fianna Fáil Wayne Harding [*]
      Independent Geraldine Keoghan []
      Independent Carol Lennon
      Sinn Féin Seamus Lynch
      Green Cathal Mac Reamoinn
      Labour Elaine McGinty []
      Fianna Fáil Stephen McKee [*]
      Fine Gael Paddy Meade [*]
      Fine Gael Declan O'Neill
      Independent Marjeta Qevani
      Independent Patrick Smith
      Fine Gael Sharon Tolan [*]
      Independent Ireland Raymond Westlake
      Aontú Peter Whelan
      Sinn Féin Maria White
      Quota: 
        Navan: 7 seats [7]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        Fine Gael Yemi Adenuga [*]
        Fianna Fáil Kashif Ali
        Fianna Fáil Niamh Carroll
        Aontú Jose Cyriac
        Independent Francis Deane [*]
        Sinn Féin Eddie Fennessy [*]
        Fianna Fáil Padraig Fitzsimons [*]
        Independent Edel Gillick
        Fine Gael Ross Kelly
        Independent Alan Lawes [*]
        Green Seamus McMenamin
        Sinn Féin Frances Murphy
        Fine Gael Linda Nelson Murray
        Sinn Féin Caoimhe Ní Shluain
        Irish Freedom David O'Shea
        Aontú Francis O'Toole
        Fianna Fáil Tommy Reilly [*]
        Aontú Emer Tóibín [*]
        Quota: 

          Ratoath

          Ratoath: 7 seats [8]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1
          Labour Eilish Balfe
          Sinn Féin Fionnan Blake
          Green Ruadháin Bonham
          Independent Eleanor Carroll
          Fianna Fáil John Donohoe
          Party for Animal Welfare Carolyn Fahy
          Independent Brian Fitzgerald [*]
          Independent Nick Killian [*]
          Fine Gael Maria Murphy [*]
          National Party Jean Murray
          Sinn Féin Trish Murtagh
          Fine Gael Gerry O'Connor [*]
          Fianna Fáil Caroline O'Reilly []
          Fine Gael Fergus O'Riordan
          Workers' Party Gerry Rooney
          Independent Gillian Toole [*]
          Quota: 

            Trim

            Trim: 6 seats [9]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1
            Aontú Dave Boyne
            Fianna Fáil Padraig Coffey
            Fianna Fáil Aisling Dempsey [*]
            Sinn Féin Aoife Drew
            Fine Gael Joe Fox [*]
            Independent Noel French [*]
            Independent Trevor Golden [*]
            Fine Gael Luba Healy
            Labour Trevor McElhinney
            Sinn Féin Dáithí McEvoy
            Social Democrats Ronan Moore [*]
            Fine Gael Niamh Souhan [*]
            Quota: 

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