2019 Kilkenny County Council election

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2019 Kilkenny County Council election
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All 24 seats to Kilkenny County Council
13 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 11 9 2
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 2 Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Green Independent
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady Steady
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Map showing the area of Kilkenny County Council
Council control after election

TBD

A Kilkenny County Council election was held in County Kilkenny, Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections, with all 24 councillors to be elected for a five-year term of office from 4 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]

Fianna Fáil gained 1 additional seat to increase their numbers to 11 while also increasing their vote by 4%. Fine Gael gained 2 seats and also increased their vote by 2%. Labour and the Greens retained their previous position but it was a disastrous election for Sinn Féin. The party lost all 3 seats, including Sean Tyrell, the partner of Kathleen Funchion TD and saw a significant drop in their vote-share. Breda Gardner, a sitting Independent who also contested the Ireland South European Parliament constituency unsuccessfully, failed to retain her seat.

Results by party[]

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 11 Increase1 15,895 41.11 Increase3.91
Fine Gael 9 Increase2 12,410 32.10 Increase2.20
Labour 2 Steady 2,915 7.54 Decrease3.66
Green 1 Steady 1,485 3.84 Increase0.34
Sinn Féin 0 Decrease3 2,458 6.36 Decrease3.54
People Before Profit 0 Steady 231 0.60 New
Independent 1 Steady 3,270 8.46 Increase1.26
Totals 24 Steady 38,664 100.0

Results by local electoral area[]

Callan–Thomastown[]

Callan–Thomastown — 6 Seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Peter "Chap" Cleere[c 1] 17.85% 1,945            
Fianna Fáil Matt Doran[c 1] 16.88% 1,839            
Fine Gael Patrick O'Neill[c 1] 12.84% 1,399 1,436 1,452 1,456 1,482 1,515 1,581
Fine Gael Michael Doyle[c 1] 12.65% 1,378 1,490 1,496 1,504 1,528 1,567  
Fine Gael Joe Lyons 9.56% 1,042 1,047 1,146 1,152 1,220 1,330 1,388
Fianna Fáil Deirdre Cullen 7.91% 862 1,020 1,095 1,116 1,151 1,234 1,426
Independent Breda Gardner[c 1] 7.54% 821 851 863 886 997 1,070 1,315
Sinn Féin David Kennedy[c 1] 6.68% 728 746 759 768 789 838  
Independent Trish Finegan 3.35% 365 369 392 406      
Independent John Kelly 3.32% 362 380 392 445 511    
Independent Michael McGrath 1.04% 113 116 118        
Independent John Carroll 0.38% 41 44 46        
Electorate: 19,643   Valid: 10,895   Spoilt: 182   Quota: 1,557   Turnout: 11,077 (56.39%)

Castlecomer[]

Castlecomer — 6 Seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Pat Fitzpatrick[c 1] 22.21% 2,249        
Fine Gael Mary Hilda Cavanagh[c 1] 16.66% 1,687        
Fianna Fáil Michael McCarthy[c 1] 15.71% 1,591        
Fine Gael John Brennan 11.74% 1,189 1,413 1,493    
Labour Denis Hynes 10.84% 1,098 1,175 1,190 1,201 1,403
Fianna Fáil Michael Delaney 9.73% 985 1,340 1,416 1,520  
Fine Gael Pat O'Neill 8.09% 819 911 964 980 1,049
Sinn Féin Joseph Kavanagh 5.01% 507 561 577 590  
Electorate: 19,146   Valid: 10,125   Spoilt: 233   Quota: 1,447   Turnout: 10,358 (54.1%)

Kilkenny[]

Kilkenny — 7 Seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fianna Fáil Andrew McGuinness[c 1] 19.40% 1,860                    
Green Malcolm Noonan[c 1] 15.49% 1,485                    
Fianna Fáil Joe Malone[c 1] 13.26% 1,271                    
Fine Gael David Fitzgerald[c 1] 12.01% 1,151 1,236                  
Independent Eugene McGuinness 8.62% 826 922 932 935 944 965 1,030 1,033 1,075 1,095 1,141
Fianna Fáil John Coonan 7.28% 698 929 963 967 991 1,005 1,039 1,053 1,076 1,129 1,230
Sinn Féin Sean Tyrrell[c 2] 5.72% 548 616 632 641 649 666 689 691 760 813 836
Fine Gael Martin Brett 5.00% 479 550 592 592 602 617 650 662 676 774 955
Fine Gael Orla Kelly 3.22% 309 327 370 370 373 382 404 407 431    
Labour Andrea Cleere 3.14% 301 325 382 384 387 411 426 428 495 582  
Independent Luke O'Connor 2.46% 236 252 266 273 284 301          
People Before Profit Stephanie Hanlon 2.41% 231 258 298 300 302 349 370 371      
Independent Enya Kennedy 1.68% 161 184 210 216 218            
Independent Noel Gerard Walsh 0.32% 31 33 37                
Electorate: 19,337   Valid: 9,587   Spoilt: 155   Quota: 1,199   Turnout: 9,742 (50.38%)

Piltown[]

Piltown — 5 Seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Pat Dunphy[c 1] 19.60% 1,579          
Labour Tomás Breathnach[c 1] 18.82% 1,516          
Fine Gael Fidelis Doherty[c 1] 13.14% 1,059 1,118 1,145 1,147 1,284 1,356
Fianna Fáil Eamon Aylward[c 1] 12.57% 1,013 1,065 1,106 1,112 1,164 1,432
Fianna Fáil Ger Frisby[c 1] 12.04% 970 984 1,010 1,017 1,143 1,246
Sinn Féin Grace Doyle 8.38% 675 690 720 730 859 950
Fianna Fáil Rob Duggan 7.60% 612 667 681 686 714  
Fine Gael John Hayes 3.96% 319 345 363 365    
Independent Melissa O'Neill[c 1] 2.89% 233 241 253 291    
Independent Alan Curran 1.01% 81 88 93      
Electorate: 16,125   Valid: 8,057   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 1,343   Turnout: 8,187 (50.77%)

Results by gender[]

2019 Kilkenny County Council election[7][8]
Candidates by gender
Gender Number of
candidates 		% of
candidates 		Elected
councillors 		% of
councillors
Men 33 75.0% 21 87.5%
Women 11 25.0% 3 12.5%
TOTAL 44   24  

Changes Since 2019 Local Elections[]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
  2. ^ Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

Sources[]

  • "Kilkenny County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 17 September 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  • "2019 Election Website". Kilkenny County Council. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  • "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 136–139. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

References[]

  1. ^ Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). Report 2018 (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 52–55, 149. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. ^ Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 621/2018 — County of Kilkenny Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Local Election 2019 — Callan–Thomastown LEA" (PDF). Kilkenny County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Local Election 2019 — Castlecomer LEA" (PDF). Kilkenny County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Local Election 2019 — Kilkenny LEA" (PDF). Kilkenny County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Local Election 2019 — Piltown LEA" (PDF). Kilkenny County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  7. ^ Matthews, Sam (27 May 2019) [25 May 2019]. "Kilkenny County Council: Brother of high-profile FF TD elected on 11th count". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021.
  8. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
  9. ^ Tracey, Michael (10 February 2020) [9 February 2020]. "Carlow-Kilkenny results: Green Party's Malcolm Noonan takes final seat". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Election 2020: Carlow–Kilkenny". The Irish Times. Dublin. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Disability rights campaigner 'honoured' to fill vacant Green seat on Kilkenny Council". Kilkenny Now. 24 February 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
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