2019 Galway City Council election
First preference vote and seat totals by local electoral area. As this is a STV election, seat totals are determined by popular vote and preferences in each local electoral area.
Council control after election
TBD
A Galway City Council election was held in Galway 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 . Following a recommendation of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, the only change to the LEAs and seat distribution used in the 2014 elections was to move the electoral division of Claddagh from the West LEA to the Central LEA in line with population changes revealed by the 2016 census.[1] [2]
This is expected to be the last election to Galway City Council as plans were announced in 2018 to merge the City and County Councils by 2021.[3]
Fianna Fáil became the largest party on the City Council gaining 2 seats in the process. Fine Gael lost 1 seat despite slightly increasing their vote. The Green Party emerged as the big winners winning 2 seats; 1 in each of Galway City Central and Galway City West and a nearly 5 fivefold increase in voteshare. Following two recounts the Social Democrats held onto a seat in Galway City East at the expense of Sinn Féin, and lost a seat in City Central to the Greens. Sinn Féin lost all their seats as their vote collapsed almost in half. To a significant extent the rise in support for both the Social Democrats and the Greens contributed to the loss for Sinn Féin.
Results by party
Results by local electoral area
Galway City Central
Galway City Central — 6 Seats[4]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Independent
Mike Cubbard [c 1]
16.16%
1,292
Fianna Fáil
Ollie Crowe [c 1] ††
12.61%
1,008
1,024
1,036
1,053
1,065
1,072
1,160
Fine Gael
Eddie Hoare
10.68%
854
866
881
937
951
967
1,023
1,108
1,109
1,188
Fine Gael
Frank Fahy [c 1]
8.68%
694
709
721
757
780
790
833
927
931
1,010
1,029
Green
Martina O'Connor
6.80%
544
552
571
590
618
684
720
769
768
912
924
Labour
John McDonagh
6.59%
527
547
579
602
636
656
694
759
768
Social Democrats
Sharon Nolan
6.44%
515
525
534
539
576
741
762
793
788
870
873
Independent
Colette Connolly [c 2]
6.17%
493
510
526
551
590
648
701
800
804
963
974
Fianna Fáil
Imelda Byrne
6.13%
490
497
516
535
551
568
609
Aontú
Cormac Ó Corcoráin
5.37%
429
434
453
481
493
517
People Before Profit
Joe Loughnane
4.71%
377
386
396
413
468
Sinn Féin
Mark Lohan[c 2]
4.10%
328
336
342
345
Independent
Mike Geraghty
3.04%
243
256
273
Independent
James O'Toole
1.55%
124
128
Independent
Daragh O'Flaherty
1.04%
83
86
Independent
Patrick Feeney
0.01%
1
2
Electorate: 16,241 Valid: 7,996 Spoilt: 150 Quota: 1,143 Turnout: 8,146 (50.16%)
Galway City East
Galway City East — 6 Seats[6]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Independent
Declan McDonnell [c 1]
14.71%
1,090
Fianna Fáil
Alan Cheevers
12.97%
961
967
977
979
993
1,004
1,021
1,049
1,052
1,079
Independent
Terry O'Flaherty [c 1]
12.65%
937
942
957
965
997
1,025
1,044
1,071
Fianna Fáil
Michael John Crowe [c 1]
10.19%
755
759
763
766
779
791
797
818
819
845
868
972
978
Independent
Noel Larkin [c 1]
9.11%
675
687
694
701
722
739
751
761
762
811
849
1,006
1,015
Sinn Féin
Mairéad Farrell [c 1]
7.04%
522
529
544
546
557
571
617
625
626
659
727
772
772
Fine Gael
John Walsh[c 1]
6.15%
456
463
468
471
475
486
489
577
581
603
645
Social Democrats
Owen Hanley
5.57%
413
416
417
418
428
447
502
513
514
537
728
786
790
Green
Claire Hillery
5.16%
382
385
388
388
398
422
455
467
467
495
Renua
Neil O'Mahony
3.04%
225
230
287
288
300
303
309
316
317
Fine Gael
Donal Lynch
2.91%
216
216
218
219
240
249
250
Solidarity
Conor Burke
2.74%
203
207
211
212
219
239
Labour
Liam Boyle
2.47%
183
187
190
191
200
Independent
Michael Tully
2.46%
182
184
189
190
Aontú
Nuala Nolan
1.96%
145
145
Independent
Pat Hardiman
0.88%
65
Electorate: 15,370 Valid: 7,410 Spoilt: 118 Quota: 1,059 Turnout: 7,528 (48.98%)
Galway City West
Galway City West — 6 Seats[8]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Independent
Donal Lyons [c 1]
17.68%
1,463
Green
Pauline O'Reilly [c 3] †
15.76%
1,304
Labour
Níall McNelis [c 1]
11.37%
941
1,030
1,062
1,070
1,085
1,105
1,152
1,243
Fianna Fáil
Peter Keane [c 1]
10.88%
900
935
940
944
946
965
987
1,016
1,059
Fine Gael
Clodagh Higgins
9.80%
811
851
867
871
878
890
916
941
1,040
Fianna Fáil
John Connolly
8.87%
734
764
769
775
779
808
825
891
960
Fine Gael
Pearce Flannery[c 1]
8.72%
721
752
759
761
769
772
786
809
882
Social Democrats
John Crowley
5.93%
491
503
540
548
566
574
613
705
Sinn Féin
Cathal Ó Conchúir[c 1]
5.10%
422
434
440
444
455
461
473
Independent
Marian Maloney
2.21%
183
198
204
210
222
240
Independent
Tommy Roddy
1.66%
137
145
147
160
166
Independent
Marc Anderson
1.10%
91
95
98
111
Independent
Darius Ivan
0.36%
30
33
34
Independent
Claire Keegan
0.36%
30
31
33
Independent
Patrick Feeney
0.18%
15
16
16
Electorate: 16,574 Valid: 8,273 Spoilt: 125 Quota: 1,182 Turnout: 8,398 (50.67%)
Changes since 2019 Local Elections
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
^ a b Outgoing councillor coopted after the 2014 election.
^ Elected to Seanad Éireann on 1 April 2020.
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