2019 Laois County Council election

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2019 Laois County Council election
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All 19 seats to Laois County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Seats won 7 6 2
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Labour Independent
Seats won 1 3
Seat change Steady Steady
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Map showing the area of Laois County Council
Council control after election

TBD

A Laois County Council election was held in County Laois in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. 19 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote. Following a recommendation of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, the electoral division of Clash mas moved to Borris-in-Ossory—Mountmellick LEA from Portlaoise LEA, to take account of population changes revealed by the 2016 census.

Results by party[]

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 7 Increase1 9,578 29.64 Decrease0.56
Fianna Fáil 6 Decrease 1 10,355 32.05 Decrease0.75
Sinn Féin 2 Steady 3,604 11.15 Decrease1.55
Labour 1 Steady 1,797 5.56 Increase0.86
Renua 0 Steady 514 1.59 New
Independent 3 Steady 6,461 20.00 Increase1.20
Totals 19 Steady 32,309 100.0

Results by local electoral area[]

Borris in Ossory–Mountmellick[]

Borris in Ossory–Mountmellick — 6 Seats[1][2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Independent James Kelly[c 1] 12.72% 1,517 1,576 1,606 1,629 1,648 1,811        
Fianna Fáil Paddy Bracken[c 1] 11.86% 1,414 1,418 1,500 1,565 1,752          
Fine Gael John King[c 1] 10.51% 1,254 1,258 1,259 1,261 1,274 1,314 1,351 1,355 1,357 1,532
Independent Ollie Clooney 9.47% 1,129 1,136 1,149 1,161 1,171 1,219 1,304 1,331 1,334 1,405
Fianna Fáil Séamus McDonald[c 1] 9.13% 1,089 1,095 1,116 1,332 1,395 1,535 1,671 1,695 1,710  
Independent Brendan Phelan[c 1] 7.81% 931 953 964 970 976 1,056 1,166 1,185 1,187 1,273
Fine Gael Conor Bergin 7.76% 925 949 953 962 1,042 1,091 1,165 1,190 1,199 1,548
Fine Gael David Goodwin[c 1] 6.92% 825 831 843 916 1,057 1,088 1,150 1,152 1,169  
Sinn Féin Lorna Holohan Garry 5.44% 649 668 741 790 819 841        
Fianna Fáil Liam O'Neill 4.82% 575 587 594 624 637          
Fine Gael Fergal Conroy 4.69% 559 561 594 621            
Fianna Fáil Declan Good 4.54% 542 549 554              
Independent Brian Furlong 2.73% 326 331                
Independent Ger Hogan 1.61% 192                  
Electorate: 20,704   Valid: 11,927   Spoilt: 168   Quota: 1,704   Turnout: 12,095 (58.42%)

Graiguecullen–Portarlington[]

Graiguecullen–Portarlington — 6 Seats[3][4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Padraig Fleming[c 1] 17.33% 1,761            
Sinn Féin Aidan Mullins[c 1] 15.88% 1,614            
Fine Gael Tom Mulhall - Retired in 2021 under Health Grounds[c 1] 15.19% 1,544            
Fianna Fáil Paschal McEvoy[c 1] 13.93% 1,416 1,495          
Independent Ben Brennan[c 1] 12.50% 1,270 1,350 1,387 1,392 1,433 1,445 1,525
Fine Gael Aisling Moran 8.81% 895 964 972 995 1,031 1,047 1,398
Labour Eoin Barry 7.44% 756 792 826 833 880 882 998
Fine Gael Vivienne Phelan 5.33% 542 566 586 625 737 749  
Fianna Fáil Deirdre Ó Connell-Hopkins 3.59% 365 386 449 467      
Electorate: 20,541   Valid: 10,163   Spoilt: 147   Quota: 1,452   Turnout: 10,310 (50.19%)

Portlaoise[]

Portlaoise — 7 Seats[5][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Fine Gael Willie Aird[c 1] 15.39% 1,573                          
Fianna Fáil John Joe Fennelly[c 1] 14.25% 1,456                          
Sinn Féin Caroline Dwane Stanley[c 1] 11.84% 1,210 1,229 1,241 1,252 1,334                  
Fianna Fáil Catherine Fitzgerald[c 1] 10.57% 1,080 1,129 1,166 1,173 1,177 1,180 1,184 1,206 1,288          
Labour Noel Tuohy[c 1] 10.19% 1,041 1,073 1,080 1,106 1,116 1,122 1,135 1,170 1,244 1,284        
Fine Gael Mary Sweeney[c 1] 10.02% 1,024 1,100 1,159 1,178 1,189 1,195 1,211 1,213 1,251 1,269 1,271 1,369    
Independent Naeem Iqbal 4.44% 454 456 458 468 468 472 477 493 503 590 591 628 638  
Fine Gael Thomasina Connell 4.28% 437 503 516 519 525 527 533 535 567 612 613 679 703 796
Renua Dominic Dunne 3.71% 379 395 401 411 415 419 493 511 542 558 559 636 654 743
Independent Timothy Adejumo 3.55% 363 365 368 374 374 381 383 401 411          
Fianna Fáil Donal Kelly 3.24% 331 342 354 359 359 362 369 381 443 466 471      
Fianna Fáil Pauline Madigan[c 2] 3.19% 326 339 354 355 355 356 359 366            
Independent Tom Duffy 1.51% 154 155 156 164 167 172 173              
Renua Noel O'Rourke 1.32% 135 137 140 148 150 151                
Sinn Féin John Gormley 1.28% 131 134 140 141                    
Independent Judith Preston-Grace 1.22% 125 128 130                      
Electorate: 21,162   Valid: 10,219   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 1,278   Turnout: 10,370 (49%)

Results by gender[]

2019 Laois County Council election[7][8]
Candidates by gender
Gender Number of
candidates 		% of
candidates 		Elected
councillors 		% of
councillors
Men 29 74.4% 14 73.7%
Women 10 25.6% 5 26.3%
TOTAL 39   19  

Footnotes[]

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

Sources[]

  • "Laois County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 14 May 2019. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  • "Local Elections 2019 – Election Results". Laois County Council. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  • Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 56–59, 150. 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 Laois Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  • "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 140–143. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

References[]

  1. ^ "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Borris in Ossory–Mountmellick LEA" (PDF). Laois County Council. 29 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Declaration of Result – Borris in Ossory–Mountmellick LEA – Laois CoCo – Local election – 24 May 2019" (PDF). Laois County Council. 29 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Graiguecullen–Portarlington LEA" (PDF). Laois County Council. 29 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Declaration of Result – Graiguecullen–Portarlington LEA – Laois CoCo – Local election – 24 May 2019" (PDF). Laois County Council. 29 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Portlaoise LEA" (PDF). Laois County Council. 29 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Declaration of Result – Portlaoise LEA – Laois CoCo – Local election – 24 May 2019" (PDF). Laois County Council. 29 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Laois County Council: Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael carve up the seats". The Irish Times. Dublin. 28 May 2019 [25 May 2019]. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021.
  8. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
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