2019 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election

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2019 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election
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All 40 seats to Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Green
Seats won 13 7 6
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 1 Increase 4
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour People Before Profit Social Democrats
Seats won 6 2 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1 Increase 1
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 5
Seat change Decrease 1
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
Council control after election

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A Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election was held in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. Forty councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from six local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote.

Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used in the 2014 elections.[1][2] Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a lower maximum LEA size of seven councillors, requiring a change to the eight-seat Dún Laoghaire LEA. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.

Uniquely after 2019 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown became Ireland's first 50:50 gender-neutral Council. Fine Gael remained the largest party gaining an additional 2 seats while seeing a slight reduction in vote-share. Fianna Fáil lost a seat in Stillorgan to return 7 in total and saw a slight reduction in vote share. The main winners in Dún Laoghaire were the Greens who won 6 seats and saw all 6 of their candidates elected in the process. They topped the poll in 4 of the 6 LEAs. Labour gained a seat in Dun Laoghaire but lost seats in Stillorgan and Glencullen-Sandyford to reduce their numbers to 6 seats overall. Solidarity-People Before Profit lost a seat in Dún Laoghaire to only return with 2 seats while Sinn Féin had a terrible election losing all 3 of their seats.

Results by party[]

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 13 Increase2 21,156 27.30 Decrease0.85
Fianna Fáil 7 Decrease1 13,634 17.59 Decrease1.07
Green 6 Increase4 15,234 19.66 Increase12.69
Labour 6 Decrease1 9,132 11.78 Decrease1.36
People Before Profit 2 Decrease1 5,108 6.59 Decrease1.31
Social Democrats 1 Increase1 1,267 1.63 New
Sinn Féin 0 Decrease3 2,656 3.43 Decrease6.22
Aontú 0 Steady 728 0.94 New
Éirígí 0 Steady 631 0.81 New
Independent 5 Decrease1 7,959 10.27 Decrease5.27
Total 40 Steady 77,505 100.0

Results by local electoral area[]

Blackrock[]

Blackrock — 6 Seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Green Séafra Ó Faoláin  24.95% 3,128                
Fine Gael Marie Baker[c 1]  16.76% 2,101                
Fianna Fáil Mary Hanafin[c 1]  14.72% 1,846                
Fine Gael Barry Ward[c 1][c 2]†††††  9.62% 1,206 1,464 1,564 1,568 1,628 1,638 1,677 2,420  
Fianna Fáil Kate Feeney[c 1]  8.74% 1,096 1,285 1,331 1,354 1,447 1,476 1,532 1,657 1,873
Fine Gael Rebecca Molloy  6.14% 770 980 1,048 1,054 1,097 1,104 1,133    
Labour Deirdre Kingston[c 1]††††††  5.12% 642 893 916 928 979 983 1,156 1,217 1,412
People Before Profit Lola Hynes  4.73% 593 729 735 814 867 869      
Social Democrats Sinéad Gibney  4.40% 552 754 766 805 873 875 1,189 1,238 1,283
Independent Reji Chacko Jacob  3.17% 397 504 516 536          
Sinn Féin Grainne Ferris  1.64% 206 229 231            
Electorate: 26,344   Valid: 12,537   Spoilt: 271   Quota: 1,792   Turnout: 12,808 (48.62%)

Dundrum[]

Dundrum — 7 Seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Green Daniel Dunne[c 3]  19.63% 2,897                
Independent Sean McLoughlin  10.88% 1,606 1,660 1,700 1,743 1,838 1,920      
Fianna Fáil Shay Brennan[c 1]  10.07% 1,487 1,549 1,566 1,612 1,629 1,770 1,843 1,847  
Fine Gael Anna Grainger  8.54% 1,261 1,377 1,382 1,415 1,432 1,461 1,488 1,490 1,908
Fianna Fáil Olivia Buckley  7.54% 1,113 1,178 1,184 1,211 1,231 1,288 1,328 1,334 1,442
Fine Gael Pat Hand[c 1]  6.90% 1,019 1,081 1,086 1,121 1,135 1,170 1,216 1,216  
Labour Peter O'Brien[c 1]  6.66% 983 1,258 1,299 1,327 1,475 1,506 1,660 1,667 1,762
Fine Gael Jim O'Leary  6.53% 964 1,035 1,041 1,081 1,098 1,210 1,233 1,239 1,536
Independent Anne Colgan[c 3]  6.16% 909 1,015 1,031 1,078 1,172 1,303 1,482 1,508 1,598
Aontú Liam Coughlan  4.93% 728 757 771 805 828        
Éirígí Brian Leeson  4.27% 631 673 719 730 852 903      
People Before Profit Eoghan Pádraig Ó Ceannabháin  3.49% 515 625 701 727          
Independent Seamas O'Neill[c 1]  2.38% 351 383 401            
Sinn Féin Sorcha Nic Cormaic[c 1]  2.01% 297 324              
Electorate: 30,064   Valid: 14,761   Spoilt: 384   Quota: 1,846   Turnout: 15,145 (50.38%)

Dún Laoghaire[]

Dún Laoghaire — 7 Seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Green Ossian Smyth[c 1]††  20.16% 3,147                  
Fianna Fáil Cormac Devlin[c 1]†††  17.20% 2,684                  
Fine Gael John Bailey[c 1]†  9.64% 1,504 1,594 1,690 1,702 1,735 1,759 1,778 1,900 1,996  
Labour Juliet O'Connell  9.63% 1,503 1,761 1,835 1,868 2,192          
Fine Gael Lorraine Hall  8.58% 1,339 1,465 1,520 1,526 1,567 1,603 1,611 1,747 1,819 1,832
People Before Profit Melissa Halpin[c 1]  6.84% 1,067 1,194 1,228 1,315 1,355 1,388 1,825 1,889 2,127  
Fine Gael Mary Fayne[c 1]  6.07% 947 1,018 1,072 1,080 1,117 1,153 1,166 1,266 1,323 1,338
Independent Michael Merrigan[c 1]  4.90% 765 824 862 908 934 949 1,002 1,053    
Social Democrats Dave Quinn  4.58% 715 949 970 995 1,035 1,102 1,181 1,283 1,476 1,564
Fianna Fáil Justin Moylan  3.50% 547 593 885 903 928 936 951      
People Before Profit Dave O'Keeffe[c 3]  3.45% 538 611 634 717 730 751        
Labour Valerie McDermott  3.21% 501 594 623 633            
Sinn Féin Séamus Mac Floinn  2.26% 352 370 386              
Electorate: 33,876   Valid: 15,609   Spoilt: 409   Quota: 1,952   Turnout: 16,018 (47.28%)

Glencullen–Sandyford[]

Glencullen–Sandyford — 7 Seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour Lettie McCarthy[c 1]  22.01% 2,269                
Green Deirdre Ní Fhloinn†††††††  15.51% 1,599                
Independent Michael Fleming  11.87% 1,224 1,455              
Fine Gael Emma Louise Blain[c 3]  9.69% 999 1,115 1,160 1,184 1,193 1,257 1,305    
Fianna Fáil Tom Murphy[c 1]  8.19% 844 974 994 1,025 1,028 1,120 1,357    
Independent Lynsey McGovern[c 1]  6.02% 621 728 784 809 895 1,016 1,087 1,110 1,219
Fine Gael Kazi Ahmed  5.99% 618 713 759 780 796 843 894 912 1,334
Fianna Fáil Ben Stafford  5.19% 535 603 605 617 636 664      
Fine Gael Sandra Stewart  4.98% 513 587 638 647 652 683 716 732  
Sinn Féin Shaun Tracey  4.69% 484 535 554 558 656 673 762 773 788
Independent Kevin Daly  3.57% 368 436 457 490 507        
People Before Profit Ruth O'Connor  2.28% 235 275 325 332          
Electorate: 27,705   Valid: 10,309   Spoilt: 222   Quota: 1,289   Turnout: 10,531 (38.01%)

Killiney–Shankill[]

Killiney–Shankill — 7 Seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Green Una Power  16.63% 2,193                
Labour Carrie Smyth[c 1]  12.81% 1,689                
Fine Gael Jennifer Carroll MacNeill††††  12.21% 1,610 1,691              
People Before Profit Hugh Lewis[c 1]  8.66% 1,142 1,198 1,201 1,204 1,251 1,291 1,796    
Fine Gael Jim Gildea[c 3]  8.13% 1,072 1,104 1,112 1,117 1,132 1,189 1,206 1,210 1,706
Sinn Féin Shane O'Brien[c 1]  8.03% 1,059 1,082 1,083 1,084 1,097 1,111 1,179 1,249 1,285
Labour Denis O'Callaghan[c 1]  7.99% 1,053 1,160 1,163 1,181 1,202 1,267 1,358 1,414 1,565
Fine Gael Frank McNamara  7.14% 942 1,004 1,017 1,021 1,051 1,133 1,159 1,167  
Fianna Fáil Michael Clark  5.51% 726 744 745 747 816 1,166 1,179 1,193 1,344
Fianna Fáil Helena Kelly  5.21% 687 723 731 734 761        
People Before Profit Danielle O'Rourke  5.07% 669 770 774 777 811 856      
Independent Sandra Archer  2.62% 345 373 374 375          
Electorate: 30,387   Valid: 13,187   Spoilt: 381   Quota: 1,649   Turnout: 13,568 (44.65%)

Stillorgan[]

Stillorgan — 6 Seats[8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Barry Saul[c 1]  21.40% 2,376              
Green Eva Elizabeth Dowling  20.45% 2,270              
Fine Gael Maeve O'Connell  11.46% 1,272 1,571 1,698          
Fianna Fáil Dónal Smith[c 3]  10.30% 1,143 1,228 1,278 1,292 1,302 1,367 1,392 1,488
Fianna Fáil Liam Dockery[c 1]  8.34% 926 980 1,023 1,035 1,045 1,099 1,128 1,210
Independent Deirdre Donnelly[c 1]  8.34% 926 1,009 1,090 1,122 1,128 1,247 1,410 1,641
Fine Gael John Kennedy[c 3]  5.79% 643 809 877 889 945 1,040 1,066 1,282
Labour Paul Gordon  4.43% 492 530 697 726 743 801 968  
Independent Gearóid O'Keeffe  4.03% 447 494 527 548 551      
People Before Profit Rachael Prendergast Spollen  3.14% 349 358 447 553 559 607    
Sinn Féin Rosie Ní Laoghaire  2.32% 258 266 291          
Electorate: 22,993   Valid: 11,102   Spoilt: 231   Quota: 1,587   Turnout: 11,333 (49.29%)

Results by gender[]

2019 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election[9][10]
Candidates by gender
Gender Number of
candidates 		% of
candidates 		Elected
councillors 		% of
councillors
Men 39 53.4% 21 52.5%
Women 34 46.6% 19 47.5%
TOTAL 73   40  

Changes Since 2019[]

  • † Dún Laoghaire Fine Gael Cllr John Bailey died on 9 July 2019 after a battle with motor neuron disease.[11] Mary Fayne was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 October 2019.[12]
  • †† Dún Laoghaire Green Party Cllr Ossian Smyth was elected as a TD for Dún Laoghaire at the 2020 general election.[13][14] Tom Kivlehan was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 24 February 2020.[15]
  • ††† Dún Laoghaire Fianna Fáil Cllr Cormac Devlin was elected as a TD for Dún Laoghaire at the 2020 general election.[13][14] Justin Moylan was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 24 February 2020.[15]
  • †††† Killiney-Shankill Fine Gael Cllr Jennifer Carroll MacNeill was elected as a TD for Dún Laoghaire at the 2020 general election.[13][14] Frank McNamara was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 24 February 2020.[15]
  • ††††† Blackrock Fine Gael Cllr Barry Ward was elected to Seanad Éireann on the Industrial and Commercial Panel in the 2020 Seanad election on 4 April 2020.[16] On 6 July 2020, Maurice Dockrell was co-opted to fill the vacancy.[17]
  • †††††† Blackrock Labour Cllr Deirdre Kingston resigned her council seat in 2020.[18] On 6 July 2020, Martha Fanning was co-opted to fill the vacancy.[17]
  • ††††††† Glencullen-Sandyford Cllr Deirdre Ní Fhloinn resigned her council seat on 12 October 2020.[citation needed] Oisín O'Connor was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 December 2020.[citation needed]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
  2. ^ Elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

Sources[]

  • "Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 5 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  • "Election of members of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council [Nominations]" (PDF). Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council. 4 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  • "Local Elections 2019 Latest Results". Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. 20 May 2019. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  • "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 98–103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

References[]

  1. ^ Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 2 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 22–25, 54. ISBN 978-1-4064-2991-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. ^ Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 615/2018 - County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Blackrock LEA" (PDF). Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. 24 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Dundrum LEA" (PDF). Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. 24 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Dún Laoghaire LEA" (PDF). Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. 24 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Glencullen–Sandyford LEA" (PDF). Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. 24 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Killiney–Shankill LEA" (PDF). Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. 24 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Stillorgan LEA" (PDF). Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. 24 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  9. ^ Pope, Conor (30 May 2019) [25 May 2019]. "Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council: Remarkable success for Green Party". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021.
  10. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
  11. ^ "Tributes paid to Dublin councillor John Bailey, who has died aged 74". TheJournal.ie. 9 July 2019. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  12. ^ Hall, Lorraine (14 October 2019). "Delighted to welcome Cllr Mary Fayne back to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council this evening, following her co-option to the late John Bailey's seat". Facebook. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b c Kelly, Olivia (9 February 2020). "Dún Laoghaire results: Green's Smyth 'overwhelmed' at securing seat". Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Election 2020: Dún Laoghaire". Irish Times. Dublin. 9 February 2020. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b c Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council [@dlrcc] (24 February 2020). "At a Special Council Meeting tonight, Councillors co-opted 3 new Councillors following vacancies created by the Dail elections" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 5 June 2021 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ O'Halloran, Marie (4 April 2020). "Seanad election results: Full list of Senators voted in to new Seanad". Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  17. ^ Jump up to: a b Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council [@dlrcc] (6 July 2020). "At the July Council Meeting two new Councillors have been co-opted onto the Council" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 5 June 2021 – via Twitter.
  18. ^ O'Mahony, Kieran (1 July 2020). "Politics is labour of love for campaigning Deirdre". The Southern Star. Skibbereen. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
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