2019 Laois County Council election
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All 19 seats to Laois County Council 10 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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% | ±% | |
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Fine Gael | 7 | ![]() |
9,578 | 29.64 | ![]() | |
Fianna Fáil | 6 | ![]() |
10,355 | 32.05 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 2 | ![]() |
3,604 | 11.15 | ![]() | |
Labour | 1 | ![]() |
1,797 | 5.56 | ![]() | |
Renua | 0 | ![]() |
514 | 1.59 | New | |
Independent | 3 | ![]() |
6,461 | 20.00 | ![]() | |
Totals | 19 | ![]() |
32,309 | 100.0 |
Results by local electoral area[]
Borris in Ossory–Mountmellick[]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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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[]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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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[]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||
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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[]
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[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
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