2019 Leitrim County Council election

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2019 Leitrim County Council election
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All 18 seats to Leitrim County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 6 6 2
Seat change Steady Increase 2 Decrease 2
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 4
Seat change Steady
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Map showing the area of Leitrim County Council
Council control after election

TBD

A Leitrim County Council election was held in County Leitrim in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 18 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote. The 2018 LEA boundary review committee made no changes to the LEAs used in the 2014 elections.[1]

Results by party[]

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 6 Steady 6,128 34.39 Increase0.71
Fine Gael 6 Increase 2 4,394 24.66 Decrease 2.63
Sinn Féin 2 Decrease 2 3,061 17.18 Decrease 2.01
Green 0 Steady 389 2.18 New
Renua 0 Steady 43 0.24 New
Independent 4 Steady 3,806 21.36 Increase1.52
Totals 18 Steady 17,821 100% Steady

Results by local electoral area[]

Ballinamore[]

Ballinamore — 6 Seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Paddy O'Rourke[c 1] 20.87% 1,365              
Fianna Fáil Caillian Ellis[c 1] 14.57% 953              
Sinn Féin Brendan Barry[c 1] 11.70% 765 781 787 790 855 981    
Fine Gael Enda McGloin 11.52% 753 772 777 778 882 888 890 895
Fine Gael Ita Reynolds-Flynn 10.63% 695 816 821 825 855 950    
Sinn Féin Pat Gilhooley 9.73% 636 673 675 678 700 807 841 845
Independent Gerry Dolan[c 1] 8.63% 564 628 650 653 786 835 845 851
Independent Sean Wynne 6.10% 399 436 455 456        
Sinn Féin Caroline Mulvey 5.18% 339 457 464 467 492      
Renua Oisín O'Dwyer 0.66% 43 55            
Independent Denis O'Brien 0.41% 27 34            
Electorate: 9,892   Valid: 6,539   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 935   Turnout: 6,613 (66.85%)

Carrick-on–Shannon[]

Carrick-on-Shannon — 6 Seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Sean McGowan[c 1] 14.96% 847            
Independent Enda Stenson[c 1] 12.88% 729 737 768 810      
Fine Gael Thomas Mulligan 12.19% 690 696 708 720 737 824  
Fianna Fáil Fintan Cox 11.29% 639 642 659 667 703 737 738
Fine Gael Finola Armstrong-Maguire[c 1] 10.87% 615 616 645 670 727 752 754
Fianna Fáil Paddy Farrell 9.72% 550 556 583 611 658 737 742
Independent Des Guckian[c 1] 9.36% 530 538 548 577 639 751 758
Sinn Féin Séadhna Logan[c 1] 7.17% 406 408 428 440 481    
Independent Yvonne Hollidge 4.73% 268 270 289 321      
Independent Sean Wynne 3.43% 194 195 203        
Green Leslie O'Hora 1.82% 103 104          
Independent Denis O'Brien 1.57% 89 89          
Electorate: 9,027   Valid: 5,660   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 809   Turnout: 5,729 (63.47%)

Manorhamilton[]

Manorhamilton — 6 Seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Mary Bohan[c 1] 16.67% 937        
Sinn Féin Padraig Fallon[c 1] 16.28% 915        
Fianna Fáil Justin Warnock[c 1] 14.89% 837        
Fine Gael Frank Dolan[c 1] 12.54% 705 749 768 828  
Independent Felim Gurn[c 1] 12.33% 693 733 769 798 808
Fine Gael Seán McDermott[c 1] 11.76% 661 676 695 767 778
Independent Jamie Murphy 5.57% 313 322 340 360 366
Green Bláithín Gallagher 5.09% 286 306 320 345 351
Fine Gael John Joe Dowdican 4.89% 275 280 285    
Electorate: 9,058   Valid: 5,622   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 804   Turnout: 5,693 (62.85%)

Results by gender[]

2019 Leitrim County Council election[5][6]
Candidates by gender
Gender Number of
candidates 		% of
candidates 		Elected
councillors 		% of
councillors
Men 26 81.3% 15 83.3%
Women 6 18.8% 3 16.7%
TOTAL 32   18  

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.

Sources[]

  • "Leitrim County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  • "Election Results 2019". Leitrim County Council. Archived from the original on 13 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  • Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 623/2018 — County of Leitrim Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Archived from the original on 23 November 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  • "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 144–146. 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. 62–64, 149. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Local Election 2019 — Ballinamore LEA" (PDF). Leitrim County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Local Election 2019 — Carrick-on–Shannon LEA" (PDF). Leitrim County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Local Election 2019 — Manorhamilton LEA" (PDF). Leitrim County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. ^ McGreevy, Ronan (26 May 2019) [25 May 2019]. "Leitrim County Council: Only three women councillors in 18-seat chamber". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021.
  6. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
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