2019 Offaly County Council election
Part of the 2019 Irish local elections
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All 19 seats on Offaly County Council 10 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Results by local electoral area |
An election to all 19 seats on Offaly County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Offaly was divided into 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Boundary review
The 2018 LEA Boundary Review Committee recommended no changes to the LEAs used in the 2014 elections.[1][2]
Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 8 | ![]() | 12,423 | 39.95 | ![]() | |
Fine Gael | 4 | ![]() | 6,730 | 21.64 | ![]() | |
Renua | 1 | ![]() | 3,196 | 10.28 | New | |
Irish Democratic | 1 | ![]() | 1,054 | 3.39 | New | |
Social Democrats | 1 | ![]() | 657 | 2.11 | New | |
Green | 1 | ![]() | 584 | 1.88 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 0 | ![]() | 1,423 | 4.58 | ![]() | |
Independent | 3 | ![]() | 5,028 | 16.17 | ![]() | |
Total | 19 | ![]() | 31,095 | 100.00 |
Results by local electoral area
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.
Birr
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Renua | John Leahy[*][a] | 19.22% | 2,277 | ||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Peter Ormond[*] | 14.60% | 1,729 | ||||||||||
Fine Gael | John Clendennen[*] | 11.23% | 1,330 | 1,408 | 1,417 | 1,551 | 1,580 | 1,665 | 1,676 | 1,717 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Eamon Dooley[*] | 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[*] | 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[†] | 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Eddie Fitzpatrick[*] | 20.89% | 1,714 | |||||||
Independent | John Foley[*] | 17.85% | 1,464 | |||||||
Fine Gael | Liam Quinn[*] | 11.24% | 922 | 981 | 1,025 | 1,053 | 1,222 | |||
Fine Gael | Noel Cribbin[*] | 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[a] | 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Frank Moran[*] | 13.92% | 1,538 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Declan Harvey[*] | 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[*] | 10.70% | 1,182 | 1,219 | 1,228 | 1,263 | 1,269 | 1,346 | 1,356 | 1,472 | |
Irish Democratic | Ken Smollen[a] | 9.54% | 1,054 | 1,089 | 1,139 | 1,194 | 1,197 | 1,301 | 1,305 | 1,428 | |
Fianna Fáil | Tony McCormack[†] | 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%) |
Footnotes
- ^ a b c See change below.
Results by gender
2019 Offaly County Council election[9][10] Candidates by gender | ||||
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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 after 2019
Changes in affiliation
Name | LEA | Elected as | New affiliation | Date | ||
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John Leahy | Birr | Renua | Independent | 11 June 2019[11] | ||
Ken Smollen | Tullamore | Irish Democratic | Independent | October 2020 |
Co-options
Party | Outgoing | LEA | Reason | Date | Co-optee | |
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Green | Pippa Hackett | Edenderry | Elected to the 25th Seanad on the Agricultural Panel on 1 November 2019[12] | 19 November 2019 | Mark Hackett[13] | |
Independent | Ken Smollen | Tullamore | Ill health[14] | 19 September 2023 | Sandy Feehan-Smollen[15] |
References
Sources
- "Offaly County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 15 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.
Citations
- ^ 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 (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ County of Offaly Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 (S.I. No. 630 of 2018). Signed on 19 December 2018 by John Paul Phelan, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Birr LEA" (PDF). Offaly County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 178.
- ^ "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Edenderry LEA" (PDF). Offaly County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 179.
- ^ "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Tullamore LEA" (PDF). Offaly County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 180.
- ^ "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 18 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Murphy, David (1 November 2019). "Green Party's Pippa Hackett elected to the Seanad". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ Kelly, Justin (19 November 2019). "Husband replaces wife in Offaly County Council seat". Offaly Express. Portlaoise. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021.
- ^ Grennan, Geraldine (11 September 2023). "Ken Smollen announces "difficult decision" to resign from Offaly County Council". Offaly Independent. Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ Clarke, Kamron (19 September 2023). "New Councillor Co-Opted To Offaly County Council". Midlands 103. Retrieved 27 October 2023.