2019 Kildare County Council election
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Ardclough (part of the Celbridge LEA)
A Kildare County Council election was held in County Kildare in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections . All 40 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 8 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote .
Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used in the 2014 elections .[1] [2] Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a lower maximum LEA size of seven councillors, exceeded by three of the five 2014 LEAs. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.
Fianna Fáil remained the largest party with 12 seats although they saw a slight reduction in vote share. Fine Gael increased their vote share by over 2% and also gained an extra 2 seats to have a total of 11. Labour retained their 5 seats on the council. The Social Democrats benefitted from the presence of Catherine Murphy in the County and saw 4 gains with the party winning seats in Clane, Leixlip, Naas and Newbridge. The Green Party returned to the council with 3 seats; its 3 gains coming from Celbridge, Maynooth and Naas.
Sinn Féin lost 4 seats overall as its vote share fell by 67% and the party only came home with 1 seat. Partly due to retirements Independents saw a net loss of 5 seats.
Results by party
Results by local electoral area
Athy
Athy — 5 Seats[3]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Labour
Mark Wall [c 1] [c 2] ††
26.97%
2,489
Fine Gael
Ivan Keatley [c 1]
15.99%
1,476
1,536
1,580
Labour
Aoife Breslin [c 1]
15.47%
1,428
2,026
Fianna Fáil
Brian Dooley [c 3]
10.43%
963
1,033
1,137
1,165
1,172
1,216
1,389
1,586
Fianna Fáil
Emmet Kane
6.08%
561
590
608
618
621
684
Fianna Fáil
Veralouise Behan
5.89%
544
591
631
663
664
766
1,044
1,216
Sinn Féin
Thomas Redmond[c 1]
5.88%
543
604
719
785
791
871
912
1,003
Independent
Tony McNamee
5.76%
532
542
554
601
605
Fine Gael
Ciara O'Keeffe
4.80%
443
496
573
622
634
719
774
Social Democrats
Samantha Kenny
2.72%
251
271
316
Electorate: 19,330 Valid: 9,230 Spoilt: 219 Quota: 1,539 Turnout: 9,449 (48.88%)
Celbridge
Celbridge — 4 Seats[4]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Fianna Fáil
Michael Coleman [c 3]
22.38%
1,493
Independent
Íde Cussen [c 1]
12.62%
842
877
902
927
981
1,075
1,151
1,276
Green
Vanessa Liston
12.20%
814
832
839
864
905
952
1,093
1,297
Independent
Brendan Young[c 1]
10.64%
710
726
751
792
837
898
978
1,146
Labour
Ciara Galvin
9.94%
663
683
691
708
736
786
971
1,155
Social Democrats
Stephen Marken
9.75%
650
665
680
706
730
765
840
Fine Gael
Philip Slattery
8.73%
582
606
618
625
656
682
Independent
Michael Beirne
4.71%
314
326
341
355
395
Independent
Peter Kavanagh
4.03%
269
277
297
306
Sinn Féin
John Paul Monks
2.71%
181
186
192
Independent
Tony Murray
2.28%
152
157
Electorate: 15,383 Valid: 6,670 Spoilt: 133 Quota: 1,335 Turnout: 6,803 (44.22%)
Clane
Clane — 5 Seats[5]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Fine Gael
Brendan Weld [c 1]
15.10%
1,255
1,269
1,310
1,338
1,393
Fianna Fáil
Daragh Fitzpatrick [c 1]
14.12%
1,173
1,181
1,208
1,366
1,399
Independent
Pádraig McEvoy [c 1]
13.45%
1,118
1,137
1,179
1,220
1,309
1,381
1,385
1,387
Social Democrats
Aidan Farrelly
12.79%
1,063
1,084
1,113
1,147
1,209
1,326
1,331
1,332
1,745
Fine Gael
Brendan Wyse
10.25%
852
861
889
905
922
944
945
948
1,032
1,119
Fine Gael
Seamus Langan
8.80%
731
740
762
778
784
803
803
803
857
913
Green
Eoin Hallissey
7.22%
600
622
636
664
713
781
784
785
Sinn Féin
Marc Gibbs
4.60%
382
393
415
427
445
Fianna Fáil
Daniel Keenan
4.21%
350
361
372
Aontú
Una O'Connor
3.81%
317
354
382
394
Independent
Thomas Hogan
3.36%
279
289
Renua
Séamus Ó Riain
2.29%
190
Electorate: 18,527 Valid: 8,310 Spoilt: 168 Quota: 1,386 Turnout: 8,478 (45.76%)
Kildare
Kildare — 5 Seats[6]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fianna Fáil
Suzanne Doyle [c 1]
24.50%
1,847
Fianna Fáil
Anne Connolly
16.48%
1,242
1,482
Fine Gael
Kevin Duffy
14.62%
1,102
1,147
1,173
1,350
Fine Gael
Mark Stafford [c 1]
13.07%
985
1,090
1,124
1,161
1,299
Sinn Féin
Patricia Ryan
9.02%
680
708
721
874
1,006
1,081
1,096
Independent
Declan Crowe
8.90%
671
753
797
853
1,029
1,047
1,074
Green
Colette Newman
6.79%
512
573
603
673
Labour
Paul Hutchinson
6.62%
499
528
549
Electorate: 17,272 Valid: 7,538 Spoilt: 161 Quota: 1,257 Turnout: 7,699 (44.58%)
Leixlip
Leixlip — 3 Seats[7]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Fine Gael
Joe Neville [c 1]
25.54%
1,596
Fianna Fáil
Bernard Caldwell [c 1]
16.91%
1,057
1,066
1,105
1,369
1,574
Social Democrats
Nuala Killeen
16.00%
1,000
1,004
1,135
1,226
1,498
Independent
Anthony Larkin[c 1]
13.74%
859
867
962
1,051
1,234
Fianna Fáil
Valerie Colton
10.22%
639
643
669
Labour
Mairéad Beades
10.03%
627
633
707
816
Green
Jason W. Kenny
2.96%
185
186
Sinn Féin
Anthony Doyle
2.38%
149
149
Independent
Sean Gill
1.34%
84
84
Independent
Michael Reidy
0.86%
54
55
Electorate: 13,174 Valid: 6,250 Spoilt: 86 Quota: 1,563 Turnout: 6,336 (48.09%)
Maynooth
Maynooth — 5 Seats[8]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
Fianna Fáil
Naoise Ó Cearúil [c 1]
16.40%
1,341
1,405
Fianna Fáil
Paul Ward [c 1]
15.95%
1,304
1,339
1,354
1,455
Labour
Angela Feeney
13.45%
1,100
1,197
1,206
1,434
Fine Gael
Tim Durkan [c 1]
13.44%
1,099
1,134
1,139
1,234
Fine Gael
Rioana "Oni" Mulligan
11.60%
949
985
986
1,088
Green
Peter Hamilton
11.38%
931
1,047
1,053
1,304
Independent
Teresa Murray[c 1]
10.17%
832
962
967
Sinn Féin
Réada Cronin [c 1]
6.24%
510
Independent
John Reid
1.37%
112
Electorate: 17,928 Valid: 8,178 Spoilt: 187 Quota: 1,364 Turnout: 8,365 (46.66%)
Naas
Naas — 7 Seats[9]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Green
Vincent P. Martin †††
12.01%
1,462
1,505
1,521
1,596
Fine Gael
Fintan Brett [c 1]
10.42%
1,269
1,277
1,283
1,289
1,291
1,302
1,313
1,374
1,510
1,583
Fine Gael
Evie Sammon
9.95%
1,211
1,233
1,236
1,254
1,257
1,305
1,309
1,357
1,667
Fianna Fáil
Brian Larkin
8.25%
1,004
1,012
1,055
1,064
1,067
1,098
1,122
1,146
1,219
1,229
Independent
Seamie Moore [c 1]
7.98%
971
982
996
1,037
1,038
1,172
1,325
1,370
1,491
1,512
Fianna Fáil
Carmel Kelly [c 3]
7.80%
950
963
1,078
1,082
1,084
1,109
1,150
1,422
1,495
1,505
Social Democrats
Bill Clear
7.60%
925
947
966
1,012
1,034
1,070
1,153
1,250
1,319
1,332
Labour
Anne Breen [c 1]
7.53%
917
926
945
960
965
1,009
1,049
1,281
1,392
1,410
Fine Gael
Darren Scully[c 1]
7.23%
880
884
894
902
905
932
971
1,000
Labour
Fergus Carpenter
6.94%
845
858
867
884
886
900
936
Independent
Gerard Dunne
3.58%
436
448
453
484
487
Independent
Sorcha O'Neill[c 1]
3.54%
431
458
461
523
531
602
People Before Profit
Ashling Merriman
2.58%
314
370
371
Fianna Fáil
Terry Dignan
2.34%
285
289
Sinn Féin
Niall Flynn
2.26%
275
Electorate: 26,430 Valid: 12,175 Spoilt: 261 Quota: 1,522 Turnout: 12,436 (47.05%)
Newbridge
Newbridge — 6 Seats[10] [11]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Independent
Fiona McLoughlin Healy [c 1]
22.70%
2,331
Fine Gael
Peggy O'Dwyer
10.33%
1,061
1,195
1,202
1,228
1,239
1,271
1,467
Fianna Fáil
Robert Power [c 1]
9.97%
1,024
1,087
1,090
1,108
1,118
1,141
1,184
1,218
1,228
1,335
1,437
Fine Gael
Tracey O'Dwyer
9.72%
998
1,043
1,045
1,062
1,069
1,088
1,144
1,192
1,231
1,433
1,505
Fianna Fáil
Noel Heavey
7.13%
732
802
809
816
830
869
918
948
952
1,032
1,118
Social Democrats
Chris Pender
6.92%
711
833
848
894
999
1,042
1,065
1,254
1,258
1,313
1,477
Fianna Fáil
Antoinette Buckley
5.75%
590
631
632
639
645
656
675
701
702
Fianna Fáil
Murty Aspell[c 3]
5.02%
515
573
575
583
596
627
704
719
719
829
902
Fine Gael
Tom Dempsey
4.63%
475
519
521
529
537
553
Green
Enda Connolly
4.29%
441
484
497
538
580
628
636
Independent
Morgan McCabe[c 3]
4.08%
419
504
546
553
586
654
677
747
749
774
Sinn Féin
Noel Connolly
3.31%
340
373
377
381
Aontú
Damian Molyneaux
3.11%
319
376
395
411
452
Labour
Ciara O'Reilly
2.01%
206
235
237
Independent
Gerard Delaney
1.03%
106
146
Electorate: 22,464 Valid: 10,268 Spoilt: 217 Quota: 1,467 Turnout: 10,485 (46.67%)
Results by gender
2019 Kildare County Council election[12] Candidates by gender
Gender
Number of candidates
% of candidates
Elected councillors
% of councillors
Men
61
67.8%
24
60.0%
Women
29
32.2%
16
40.0%
TOTAL
90
40
Changes Since 2019 Local Elections
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