2024 Sligo County Council election

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2024 Sligo County Council election
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  2019 7 June 20242029 

All 18 seats on Sligo County Council
10 seats needed for a majority

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Area of Sligo County Council

An election to all 18 seats on Sligo County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Sligo is divided into 3 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 CouncillorParty
Ballymote–TubbercurryMartin Baker Fianna Fáil
Sligo–StrandhillSinead Maguire Fine Gael
Sligo–StrandhillRosaleen O'Grady Fianna Fáil

Results by party

PartyCandidatesSeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 8
Fine Gael 7
Sinn Féin 6
Aontú 1
Green 3
Labour 1
People Before Profit 2
Inds. 4 Change 1
Irish Freedom 2NewNew
The Irish People 1NewNew
Independent 7
Total3918Steady2.svg100.00

Candidates by local electoral area

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

Ballymote–Tubbercurry

BallymoteTubbercurry: 7 seats [3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Fianna Fáil Liam Brennan
Independent Michael Clarke [*]
Fine Gael Patrick Cleary
Fine Gael Martin Connolly [*]
Irish Freedom James Conway
Fianna Fáil Barry Gallagher
Sinn Féin Jason Gorman
PBP–Solidarity Emma Hendrick
Fianna Fáil Keith Henry
Fine Gael Gerry Mullaney [*]
Fine Gael Dara Mulvey [*]
Sinn Féin Donal O'Connor
Independent Joe Queenan [*]
Fianna Fáil Paul Taylor [*]
Sinn Féin Jennifer van Aswegen
Quota: 

    Sligo–Drumcliff

    SligoDrumcliff: 5 seats [4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Independent Marie Casserly [*]
    The Irish People Rob De Salle
    Fine Gael Tom Fox [*]
    Irish Freedom Amanda Gallagher
    Fianna Fáil Donal Gilroy [*]
    Sinn Féin Thomas Healy [*]
    Fianna Fáil Edel McSharry
    Green Agnieszka Piwowarczyk
    Independent Colm McGurran
    Fine Gael Thomas Walsh [*]
    Quota: 

      Sligo–Strandhill

      SligoStrandhill: 6 seats [5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Inds. 4 Change Declan Bree [*]
      Labour Nessa Cosgrave
      Sinn Féin Pauline Donnelly
      Independent Finbar Filan
      Sinn Féin Arthur Gibbons [*]
      Green Johnny Gogan
      The Irish People Michael Kelly
      Fianna Fáil Seamus Kilgannon
      Independent Jim Lawlor
      Independent Diarmuid Mac Conville
      Fianna Fáil Tom MacSharry [*]
      Aontú Graham Monaghan
      Fine Gael Fergal Nealon
      PBP–Solidarity Gino O'Boyle [*]
      Quota: 

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