2019 Cork County Council election
Council control before election before election
Fine Gael
Council control after election
Fine Gael
A Cork County Council election wias held in County Cork in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections . All 55 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 10 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote .
This election coincides with a transfer of land around Cork city from the administration of the County Council to that of Cork City Council . Several outgoing county councillors, based in areas transferred to the city, are standing in the city council election . Compared to the previous election in 2014 , the total number of councillors is unchanged, but following the recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, there were significant changes to the LEAs, taking account of the transfer of land to the city, a maximum of 7 seats per LEA in its terms of reference, and population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.[1] [2]
Compared with the previous election, in 2014 , Fianna Fáil increased its seat number by 1 to 18 and also polled more votes than Fine Gael. However, Fine Gael gained an additional 4 seats to emerge as the largest party with 20 seats. Both parties benefitted from the collapse of Sinn Féin who only returned with 2 seats, a loss of 8. However, there had been many defections within the party in the years since 2014 and several Councillors did not seek re-election. Independents won 10 seats, the same total as in 2014. The Green Party gained 2 seats in the Cobh and Midleton LEAs. After a recount, Holly McKeever Cairns won a seat in Bantry-West Cork for the Social Democrats .
Results by party
Results by local electoral area
Bandon–Kinsale
Bandon –Kinsale — 6 Seats[3]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Fianna Fáil
Gillian Coughlan [c 1]
18.65%
2,762
Independent
Alan Coleman [c 2]
15.87%
2,350
Fine Gael
Kevin Murphy [c 2]
11.95%
1,769
1,845
1,861
1,930
1,973
2,007
2,077
2,277
Fine Gael
John O'Sullivan [c 1]
11.00%
1,629
1,665
1,666
1,681
1,693
1,710
1,790
1,812
2,075
Fine Gael
Marie O'Sullivan
9.07%
1,343
1,386
1,397
1,426
1,449
1,491
1,528
1,753
1,984
Fianna Fáil
Sean O'Donovan
6.77%
1,002
1,197
1,201
1,233
1,265
1,301
1,594
1,658
1,931
Fine Gael
Gerard Seaman
5.91%
875
980
981
995
1,006
1,038
1,073
1,089
Green
Gordon Reid
5.90%
873
895
902
914
993
1,067
1,089
1,275
1,318
Independent
Pat O'Regan
5.36%
793
810
839
865
927
1,048
1,084
Fianna Fáil
Dermot Brennan
3.26%
483
601
603
623
643
673
Aontú
Mairéad Ruane
2.94%
435
451
468
478
524
Sinn Féin
Noel Harrington
2.54%
376
389
409
416
Independent
Cormac Hayes
0.78%
116
121
Electorate: 28,220 Valid: 14,806 Spoilt: 192 Quota: 2,116 Turnout: 14,998 (53.15%)
Bantry–West Cork
Bantry –West Cork — 4 Seats[4]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Independent
Danny Collins [c 1]
27.29%
3,148
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Gerard Murphy [c 2]
12.80%
1,477
1,652
1,682
1,830
2,293
2,782
Social Democrats
Holly Cairns ††
11.06%
1,276
1,361
1,460
1,510
1,584
1,777
1,843
1,866
Fianna Fáil
George Gill
9.92%
1,145
1,239
1,288
1,462
1,508
Fine Gael
Katie Murphy
9.85%
1,136
1,272
1,319
1,539
1,917
2,292
2,376
Independent
Finbarr Harrington
9.53%
1,100
1,233
1,300
1,439
1,624
1,777
1,852
1,865
Fine Gael
Noel Harrington
8.91%
1,028
1,073
1,084
1,291
Fine Gael
John Dinneen
7.62%
879
987
1,007
Sinn Féin
Donnchadh Ó Seaghdha
1.82%
210
236
Aontú
Lorraine Deane-Ross
1.20%
138
176
Electorate: 20,290 Valid: 11,537 (56.86%) Spoilt: 135 Quota: 2,308 Turnout: 11,672 (57.53%)
Carrigaline
Carrigaline — 6 Seats[5]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fianna Fáil
Seamus McGrath [c 2]
32.48%
4,247
Independent
Marcia D'Alton [c 2]
15.98%
2,089
Fine Gael
Aidan Lombard [c 1]
14.49%
1,894
Independent
Ben Dalton O'Sullivan
6.26%
818
1,032
1,054
1,198
1,234
1,272
1,447
Fine Gael
Liam O'Connor
6.00%
785
1,303
1,321
1,354
1,407
1,728
1,779
Green
Catriona Reid
5.56%
727
881
929
1,000
1,040
1,121
1,282
Fianna Fáil
Audrey Buckley
5.31%
694
1,282
1,293
1,346
1,622
1,817
1,913
Fine Gael
Michael Paul Murtagh
4.52%
591
771
794
815
851
Sinn Féin
Michael Frick Murphy[c 2]
4.44%
580
762
818
841
914
932
Aontú
John Weldon
3.27%
427
520
530
Fianna Fáil
Michael Corcoran
1.70%
222
672
705
729
Electorate: 27,772 Valid: 13,074 Spoilt: 154 Quota: 1,868 Turnout: 13,098 (47.16%)
Cobh
Cobh — 6 Seats[6]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Fianna Fáil
Pádraig O'Sullivan [c 2] †
21.82%
2,608
Fine Gael
Anthony Barry [c 2]
16.80%
2,009
Labour
Cathal Rasmussen [c 2]
12.97%
1,550
1,593
1,605
1,653
1,667
1,747
Fine Gael
Sinéad Sheppard [c 2]
11.46%
1,370
1,619
1,796
Independent
Sean O'Connor
10.08%
1,205
1,229
1,239
1,256
1,267
1,392
1,501
1,662
Green
Alan O'Connor
7.39%
883
983
1,032
1,084
1,110
1,153
1,242
1,358
Inds. 4 Change
Karen Doyle
6.92%
827
844
853
903
912
972
1,138
1,252
Sinn Féin
Louise Murphy
4.29%
513
543
556
577
581
618
Independent
Peter Kidney
3.34%
399
412
415
440
444
Fianna Fáil
John Paul Reilly
2.93%
350
759
777
788
810
845
901
Social Democrats
Ken Curtin
2.02%
241
256
266
Electorate: 26,045 Valid: 11,955 Spoilt: 252 Quota: 1,708 Turnout: 12,207 (46.87%)
Fermoy
Fermoy — 6 Seats[7]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Fine Gael
Noel McCarthy [c 2]
21.80%
3,228
Fianna Fáil
Frank O'Flynn [c 2]
19.55%
2,895
Fianna Fáil
Deirdre O'Brien [c 1]
15.02%
2,225
Fianna Fáil
William O'Leary
14.94%
2,212
Fine Gael
Kay Dawson [c 2]
10.31%
1,527
2,095
2,412
Independent
Frank Roche
6.07%
899
1,014
1,231
1,278
1,315
1,515
1,560
1,780
Social Democrats
June Murphy[c 2]
4.56%
676
777
857
896
923
1,116
1,137
1,456
Sinn Féin
Helen White
4.17%
617
696
769
790
818
Labour
David Kenneally
3.59%
531
780
872
931
948
1,056
1,086
Electorate: 29,888 Valid: 14,810 Spoilt: 259 Quota: 2,116 Turnout: 15,069 (50.42%)
Kanturk
Macroom
Macroom — 6 Seats[9]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Fine Gael
Michael Creed [c 2]
17.06%
2,954
Fianna Fáil
Gobnait Moynihan [c 1]
15.39%
2,665
Fianna Fáil
Michael Looney
12.91%
2,234
2,250
2,259
2,300
2,351
2,633
Fine Gael
Eileen Lynch
10.22%
1,770
1,857
1,870
1,880
1,898
1,947
1,972
2,046
2,282
2,422
2,473
Independent
Martin Coughlan
9.62%
1,666
1,759
1,834
1,879
1,954
2,005
2,043
2,195
2,432
2,787
Fine Gael
Ted Lucey [c 2]
8.39%
1,452
1,590
1,610
1,622
1,629
1,658
1,670
1,712
1,758
1,811
1,855
Fine Gael
Áine Collins
7.73%
1,338
1,410
1,420
1,434
1,450
1,513
1,535
1,568
1,608
1,687
1,725
Social Democrats
Síle Ní Dhubhghaill
4.14%
716
732
779
790
896
910
926
970
1,038
Aontú
P.J. Feeney
3.48%
602
610
635
639
686
698
705
Independent
Nigel Dennehy
3.37%
584
597
627
634
699
720
736
838
Fianna Fáil
Jason Fitzgerald
3.04%
526
540
552
594
616
Sinn Féin
Ronnie Morley
2.96%
512
517
537
542
Independent
Mary O'Callaghan-Hallissey
1.69%
292
310
Electorate: 30,607 Valid: 17,311 Spoilt: 288 Quota: 2,474 Turnout: 17,599 (57.5%)
Mallow
Mallow — 5 Seats[10]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Fianna Fáil
Pat Hayes
17.30%
1,806
Fianna Fáil
Gearóid Murphy [c 1]
17.18%
1,794
Labour
James Kennedy
17.17%
1,793
Fine Gael
Tony O'Shea
16.18%
1,689
1,703
1,720
1,730
1,915
Fine Gael
Liam Madden
15.88%
1,658
1,682
1,697
1,711
1,916
Sinn Féin
Melissa Mullane[c 2]
11.45%
1,196
1,214
1,229
1,249
1,301
Fine Gael
Cian Moriarty
4.85%
506
515
521
529
Electorate: 21,949 Valid: 10,442 Spoilt: 254 Quota: 1,741 Turnout: 10,696 (48.73%)
Midleton
Midleton — 7 Seats[11]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Independent
Mary Linehan Foley [c 2]
17.80%
2,699
Independent
Noel Collins [c 2]
15.64%
2,371
Fine Gael
Michael Hegarty [c 2]
14.20%
2,154
Fianna Fáil
James O'Connor †††
10.12%
1,535
1,777
1,824
1,874
1,892
1,947
Sinn Féin
Danielle Twomey [c 1]
9.91%
1,503
1,557
1,642
1,660
1,713
1,946
Fine Gael
Susan McCarthy [c 2]
8.31%
1,260
1,289
1,404
1,519
1,561
1,565
1,704
1,940
Green
Liam Quaide
6.75%
1,024
1,065
1,104
1,113
1,163
1,185
1,362
1,483
1,495
1,536
Fianna Fáil
Rosarii Griffin
6.67%
1,012
1,058
1,144
1,173
1,201
1,210
1,308
1,410
1,420
1,429
Labour
Eric Nolan
3.26%
494
515
550
559
597
610
Fine Gael
John Phillips
3.24%
492
751
762
781
788
818
854
Sinn Féin
Shane Neville
2.14%
324
397
411
414
425
Independent
Martin Murray
1.95%
296
334
377
383
Electorate: 33,436 Valid: 15,164 Spoilt: 234 Quota: 1,896 Turnout: 15,398 (46.05%)
Skibbereen–West Cork
Skibbereen –West Cork — 5 Seats[12]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Fianna Fáil
Christopher O'Sullivan [c 2] ††††
19.54%
2,703
Fianna Fáil
Joe Carroll [c 2]
16.51%
2,284
2,364
Independent
Declan Hurley [c 2]
11.82%
1,635
1,666
1,679
1,742
1,787
1,850
2,017
2,181
2,861
Fine Gael
Karen Coakley
8.84%
1,222
1,236
1,248
1,260
1,296
1,426
1,691
1,821
1,903
1,958
Fianna Fáil
Deirdre Kelly
7.91%
1,094
1,138
1,140
1,150
1,163
1,181
1,263
1,304
Fine Gael
J.J. Walsh
7.55%
1,044
1,105
1,109
1,137
1,174
1,189
1,339
1,463
1,536
1,611
Sinn Féin
Paul Hayes [c 2] †††††
7.10%
982
1,060
1,086
1,143
1,226
1,353
1,396
1,610
1,707
1,814
Fine Gael
Yvonne Cahalane
5.46%
755
769
773
783
819
843
Independent
Yousuf Janab Ali
4.32%
597
631
662
696
823
1,005
1,052
Independent
Brendan McCormack
4.13%
571
579
599
612
700
Social Democrats
Evie Nevin
3.33%
460
477
533
552
Aontú
Séan Creedon
2.14%
296
307
313
People Before Profit
Vanessa O'Sullivan
1.36%
188
193
Electorate: 25,355 Valid: 13,831 Spoilt: 155 Quota: 2,306 Turnout: 13,986 (55.16%)
Changes Since 2019 Local Elections
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