2019 Cavan County Council election
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All 18 seats to Cavan County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Map showing the area of Cavan County Council |
An election to Cavan County Council took place on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 18 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from three local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote. The 2018 boundary review committee did not recommend any alteration in the LEAs used by Cavan in the 2014 elections.
The election was disastrous for Sinn Féin, which lost all but one of their seats. Fianna Fáil returned with one extra seat, to give a total of eight seats; while Independent candidate Brendan Fay was elected and became the first Independent councillor in the county since 1999. Fine Gael returned with the same number of seats as on the previous council.
Results by party[]
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 8 | ![]() |
12,492 | 38.92 | ![]() | |
Fine Gael | 7 | ![]() |
10,712 | 33.37 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 1 | ![]() |
3,974 | 12.38 | ![]() | |
Aontú | 1 | ![]() |
2,482 | 7.73 | New | |
Labour | 0 | ![]() |
705 | 2.20 | ![]() | |
People Before Profit | 0 | ![]() |
498 | 1.55 | New | |
Independent | 1 | ![]() |
1,236 | 3.85 | ![]() | |
Totals | 18 | ![]() |
32,099 | 100% | ![]() |
Results by local electoral area[]
Bailieborough–Cootehill[]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Aontú | Sarah O'Reilly[a] | 14.93% | 1,704 | ||||||||
Fine Gael | Val Smith[b] | 10.07% | 1,150 | 1,158 | 1,163 | 1,173 | 1,263 | 1,512 | 1,643 | ||
Fine Gael | Carmel Brady[b] | 8.94% | 1,021 | 1,035 | 1,038 | 1,064 | 1,152 | 1,206 | 1,505 | 1,669 | |
Fianna Fáil | Clifford Kelly[b] | 11.94% | 1,363 | 1,365 | 1,369 | 1,425 | 1,448 | 1,543 | 1,557 | 1,611 | |
Fianna Fáil | Aiden Fitzpatrick | 7.93% | 905 | 910 | 917 | 1,042 | 1,101 | 1,274 | 1,380 | 1,502 | |
Sinn Féin | Paddy McDonald | 6.76% | 772 | 782 | 801 | 941 | 980 | 1,005 | 1,075 | 1,500 | |
Fianna Fáil | Francis McDermott | 8.14% | 929 | 930 | 936 | 1,009 | 1,131 | 1,214 | 1,302 | 1,353 | |
Fianna Fáil | Gerry Murray | 6.88% | 785 | 791 | 794 | 822 | 829 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Bridget Boyle | 6.84% | 781 | 804 | 807 | 824 | 883 | 916 | 938 | ||
Fine Gael | John O'Hare | 5.79% | 661 | 665 | 670 | 699 | |||||
Fine Gael | Shirley Hall | 5.52% | 630 | 642 | 652 | 714 | 860 | 880 | |||
Fianna Fáil | P.J. Barry | 5.26% | 601 | 606 | 614 | ||||||
Labour | Mary Roche | 1.00% | 114 | ||||||||
Electorate: 20,421 Valid: 11,416 Spoilt: 249 Quota: 1,631 Turnout: 11,665 (57.12%) |
Ballyjamesduff[]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Fine Gael | Trevor Smith | 16.20% | 1,826 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Shane P. O'Reilly[b]† | 15.11% | 1,703 | |||||
Fine Gael | T.P. O'Reilly | 13.98% | 1,576 | 1,635 | ||||
Fine Gael | Winston Bennett[b] | 13.28% | 1,497 | 1,527 | 1,533 | 1,544 | 1,694 | |
Fianna Fáil | Craig Lovett | 11.45% | 1,290 | 1,356 | 1,389 | 1,446 | 1,642 | |
Fianna Fáil | Philip "The Gunner" Brady[b] | 11.78% | 1,328 | 1,339 | 1,360 | 1,375 | 1,489 | |
Sinn Féin | Noel Connell[b] | 7.13% | 804 | 826 | 840 | 1,171 | 1,307 | |
Aontú | Gráinne McPhillips | 6.90% | 778 | 796 | 808 | 842 | ||
Sinn Féin | Geraldine Harten | 4.16% | 469 | 478 | 484 | |||
Electorate: 20,222 Valid: 11,271 Spoilt: 204 Quota: 1,611 Turnout: 11,475 (56.75%) |
Cavan–Belturbet[]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | John Paul Feeley[b] | 15.02% | 1,414 | |||||||
Independent | Brendan Fay | 13.13% | 1,236 | 1,237 | 1,241 | 1,265 | 1,349 | |||
Fine Gael | Madeleine Argue[b] | 13.02% | 1,225 | 1,289 | 1,294 | 1,337 | 1,392 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Patricia Walsh | 11.26% | 1,060 | 1,067 | 1,075 | 1,113 | 1,176 | 1,389 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Seán Smith[b] | 11.84% | 1,114 | 1,124 | 1,150 | 1,155 | 1,174 | 1,244 | 1,246 | |
Fine Gael | Peter McVitty[b] | 10.14% | 954 | 1,007 | 1,020 | 1,027 | 1,039 | 1,144 | 1,159 | |
Sinn Féin | Damien Brady[b] | 7.63% | 718 | 722 | 729 | 922 | 1,006 | 1,096 | 1,106 | |
Labour | Liam van der Spek | 6.28% | 591 | 608 | 611 | 643 | 761 | |||
People Before Profit | Emmett Smith | 5.29% | 498 | 500 | 502 | 567 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Daniel Downey[a] | 4.57% | 430 | 434 | 435 | |||||
Fine Gael | Seán McKiernan, Jnr. | 1.83% | 172 | |||||||
Electorate: 18,308 Valid: 9,412 Spoilt: 188 Quota: 1,345 Turnout: 9,600 (52.44%) |
Results by gender[]
2019 Carlow County Council election[4][5] Candidates by gender | ||||
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Gender | Number of candidates |
% of candidates |
Elected councillors |
% of councillors |
Men | 24 | 72.7% | 14 | 77.8% |
Women | 9 | 27.3% | 4 | 22.2% |
TOTAL | 33 | 18 |
Changes since 2019 Elections[]
- †Ballyjamesduff Fianna Fáil Cllr Shane P. O'Reilly resigned from the party citing irreconcilable differences on 18 June 2020 and became an Independent.[6]
Footnotes[]
Sources[]
- "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 69–71. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- "Cavan County Council – Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 24–27, 142. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "County of Cavan Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Archived from the original on 23 January 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- "Local Election Count - News - Cavan County Council". Cavan County Council. 26 May 2019. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
References[]
- ^ "Local Election 2019 — Bailieborough-Cootehill LEA" (PDF). Cavan County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Local Election 2019 — Ballyjamesduff LEA" (PDF). Cavan County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Local Election 2019 — Cavan–Belturbet LEA" (PDF). Cavan County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Cavan County Council: Sinn Féin prevent wipeout but lose three seats". The Irish Times. Dublin. 26 May 2019 [25 May 2019]. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021.
- ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
- ^ "Reaction to FF Cllr's resignation". The Anglo-Celt. 18 June 2020. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020.
Categories:
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