2019 Offaly County Council election

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2019 Offaly County Council election
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All 19 seats to Offaly County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Renua
Seats won 8 4 1
Seat change Steady Increase 1 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Irish Democratic Social Democrats Green
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1 Increase 1
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 3
Seat change Decrease 2
Offaly in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of Offaly County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An Offaly County Council election was held in County Offaly in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 19 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 8 Steady 12,423 39.95 Increase5.85
Fine Gael 4 Increase1 6,730 21.64 Increase4.84
Renua 1 Increase1 3,196 10.28 New
Irish Democratic 1 Increase1 1,054 3.39 New
Social Democrats 1 Increase1 657 2.11 New
Green 1 Increase1 584 1.88 Increase1.70
Sinn Féin 0 Decrease3 1,423 4.58 Decrease12.62
Independent 3 Decrease2 5,028 16.17 Decrease13.73
Totals 19 Steady 31,095 100.0

Results by local electoral area[]

Birr[]

Birr — 6 Seats[2][3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Renua John Leahy[c 1]† 19.22% 2,277                  
Fianna Fáil Peter Ormond[c 1] 14.60% 1,729                  
Fine Gael John Clendennen[c 1] 11.23% 1,330 1,408 1,417 1,551 1,580 1,665 1,676 1,717    
Fianna Fáil Eamon Dooley[c 1] 9.39% 1,112 1,181 1,183 1,185 1,247 1,269 1,275 1,293 1,439 1,633
Independent John Carroll[c 1] 8.41% 996 1,018 1,030 1,059 1,084 1,161 1,116 1,346 1,447 1,770
Fine Gael Hughie Egan 7.40% 877 934 936 970 981 994 994 1,004 1,129 1,156
Fianna Fáil Bernie Fanneran 6.04% 715 731 739 783 839 884 893 985 1,031  
Social Democrats Clare Claffey 5.55% 657 712 731 745 894 940 942 1,036 1,159 1,300
Sinn Féin Seán Maher[c 2] 4.55% 539 559 572 593 608 640 642      
Independent Joe Wynne 4.22% 500 573 580 593 620 681 682 737    
Fianna Fáil Alan Kenny 3.26% 386 412 412 418            
Fine Gael Marian Pilkington 2.76% 327 338 352              
Renua Monica Barnwell 2.52% 298 452 461 489 498          
Independent Habibul Mukhtiar 0.86% 102 105                
Electorate: 21,198   Valid: 11,845   Spoilt: 160   Quota: 1,693   Turnout: 12,005 (56.63%)

Edenderry[]

Edenderry — 6 Seats[4][5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Eddie Fitzpatrick[c 1] 20.89% 1,714            
Independent John Foley[c 1] 17.85% 1,464            
Fine Gael Liam Quinn[c 1] 11.24% 922 981 1,025 1,053 1,222    
Fine Gael Noel Cribbin[c 1] 9.58% 786 834 871 956 963 972 1,068
Fianna Fáil Robert McDermott 8.24% 676 724 771 957 1,187    
Sinn Féin Alan Davy 7.28% 597 629 664 690 718 727  
Green Pippa Hackett†† 7.12% 584 629 739 787 840 860 991
Independent Fergus McDonnell 6.72% 551 570 626 705 746 758 948
Fianna Fáil Christine Traynor 5.55% 455 546 590        
Fianna Fáil Pat Daly 5.53% 454 567 573 648      
Electorate: 16,809   Valid: 8,203   Spoilt: 141   Quota: 1,172   Turnout: 8,344 (49.64%)

Tullamore[]

Tullamore — 7 Seats[6][7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Frank Moran[c 1] 13.92% 1,538              
Fianna Fáil Declan Harvey[c 1] 12.84% 1,418              
Fine Gael Neil Feighery 11.08% 1,224 1,229 1,240 1,350 1,352 1,435    
Fianna Fáil Danny Owens[c 1] 10.70% 1,182 1,219 1,228 1,263 1,269 1,346 1,356 1,472
Irish Democratic Ken Smollen 9.54% 1,054 1,089 1,139 1,194 1,197 1,301 1,305 1,428
Fianna Fáil Tony McCormack[c 2] 9.45% 1,044 1,066 1,081 1,162 1,175 1,227 1,230 1,328
Independent Sean O'Brien 8.07% 892 897 945 1,018 1,023 1,089 1,097 1,231
Fine Gael Deirdre Fox 6.63% 732 738 757 850 853 896 921 1,007
Renua Brendan Galvin 5.62% 621 624 644 674 677 728 732  
Fine Gael Bernard Westman 4.82% 532 537 552          
Independent John Bracken 4.73% 523 557 609 636 638      
Sinn Féin Anne Marie Ennis 2.60% 287 292            
Electorate: 21,946   Valid: 11,047   Spoilt: 161   Quota: 1,381   Turnout: 11,208 (51.07%)

Results by gender[]

2019 Offaly County Council election[8][9]
Candidates by gender
Gender Number of
candidates 		% of
candidates 		Elected
councillors 		% of
councillors
Men 28 77.8% 17 89.5%
Women 8 22.2% 2 10.5%
TOTAL 36   19  

Changes since 2019[]

  • † Birr Renua Cllr John Leahy resigned from the party on 11 June 2019 and became an Independent following the party's poor electoral performance in the 2019 local elections.[10] He has said he will retire from politics in 2021.
  • †† Edenderry Green Party Cllr Pippa Hackett was elected to the Seanad on the Agricultural Panel on 1 November 2019,[11] to fill the vacancy arising from Grace O'Sullivan being elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Her husband Mark Hackett was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 19 November 2019.[12]

Footnotes[]

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

Sources[]

  • "Offaly County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  • Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 630/2018 — County of Offaly Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  • "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 178–180. 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. 91–93. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Birr LEA" (PDF). Offaly County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  3. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 178.
  4. ^ "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Edenderry LEA" (PDF). Offaly County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  5. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 179.
  6. ^ "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Tullamore LEA" (PDF). Offaly County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  7. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 180.
  8. ^ "Offaly County Council: Big blow for Sinn Féin while Greens claim first seat". The Irish Times. Dublin. 26 May 2019 [25 May 2019]. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021.
  9. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
  10. ^ Duffy, Rónán (11 June 2019). "Renua's leader quits the party, leaving it with no elected representatives". TheJournal.ie. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021.
  11. ^ Murphy, David (1 November 2019). "Green Party's Pippa Hackett elected to the Seanad Updated". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  12. ^ Kelly, Justin (19 November 2019). "Husband replaces wife in Offaly County Council seat". Offaly Express. Portlaoise. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021.
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