2019 Meath County Council election
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A Meath County Council election was held in County Meath 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 6 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote.
The 2018 LEA boundary review committee kept the LEAs used in the 2014 elections, with some boundary adjustments necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.[1] The changes were enacted by statutory instrument (S.I.) 628/2018,[2] which was later amended by S.I. No. 8/2019.[3]
Fine Gael lost 1 seat but remained the largest party with 12 seats overall but with an increased vote share. Fianna Fáil gained 2 seats overall to return with 12 seats also but their vote share reduced compared to 2014. Sinn Féin had a very poor election losing 5 seats overall and being reduced to having representation solely in Ashbourne, Kells and Navan. One of the Sinn Féin losses in Navan was to Emer Tóibín, a sister of Peadar Tóibín TD. Through Annie Hoey, Labour regained a seat on the Council in Laytown-Bettystown and in Trim Ronan Moore won a seat for the Social Democrats. The number Independent councillors increased from 9 to 10.
Sharon Keogan secured election in both the Ashbourne LEA and the Laytown-Bettystown LEA, becoming the first woman in Ireland elected to two electoral areas.[4] She initially objected to being required to choose one of two seats,[4] but later chose Laytown-Bettystown.[5] The Ashbourne seat was filled by a controversial co-option.[5]
Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fine Gael | 12 | ![]() |
20,549 | 29.58 | ![]() | |
Fianna Fáil | 12 | ![]() |
17,560 | 25.28 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 3 | ![]() |
6,845 | 9.85 | ![]() | |
Aontú | 1 | ![]() |
3,361 | 4.84 | ![]() | |
Labour | 1 | ![]() |
1,710 | 2.46 | ![]() | |
Social Democrats | 1 | ![]() |
1,533 | 2.21 | New | |
Green | 0 | ![]() |
614 | 0.88 | ![]() | |
Workers' Party | 0 | ![]() |
330 | 0.48 | ![]() | |
Direct Democracy | 0 | ![]() |
241 | 0.35 | ![]() | |
People Before Profit | 0 | ![]() |
164 | 0.24 | ![]() | |
Independent | 10 | ![]() |
16,552 | 23.83 | ![]() | |
Totals | 40 | ![]() |
69,459 | 100.0 |
Results by local electoral area
Ashbourne
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Independent | Joe Bonner[c 1] | 21.66% | 2,170 | |||||||||
Fine Gael | Alan Tobin[c 1] | 15.62% | 1,565 | |||||||||
Independent | Sharon Keogan[c 1]† | 11.78% | 1,180 | 1,269 | 1,277 | 1,292 | 1,306 | 1,395 | 1,415 | 1,543 | ||
Fine Gael | Suzanne Jamal[c 1] | 11.73% | 1,175 | 1,239 | 1,258 | 1,328 | 1,336 | 1,479 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Conor Tormey[c 2] | 8.15% | 817 | 1,019 | 1,060 | 1,132 | 1,151 | 1,167 | 1,176 | 1,256 | 1,357 | |
Fianna Fáil | Lisa Mellor | 7.20% | 721 | 738 | 740 | 790 | 795 | 889 | 896 | 955 | 1,005 | |
Aontú | Joseph Tuite | 5.22% | 523 | 562 | 566 | 583 | 590 | 613 | 617 | |||
Sinn Féin | Darren O'Rourke[c 1]†† | 5.00% | 501 | 573 | 581 | 592 | 836 | 847 | 848 | 950 | 1,148 | |
Social Democrats | Paul Nolan | 4.00% | 401 | 546 | 569 | 574 | 611 | 621 | 627 | 668 | ||
Fine Gael | John Stillman | 3.88% | 389 | 414 | 430 | 435 | 439 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Aisling O'Neill | 3.10% | 311 | 378 | 387 | 389 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Sarah-Jane Reilly | 2.65% | 266 | 284 | 287 | |||||||
Electorate: 21,081 Valid: 10,019 Spoilt: 196 Quota: 1,432 Turnout: 10,215 |
Kells
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Seán Drew[c 1] | 14.06% | 1,996 | ||||||||
Fine Gael | Sarah Reilly[c 1] | 13.85% | 1,966 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Johnny Guirke[c 1]††† | 11.82% | 1,678 | 1,685 | 1,693 | 1,724 | 1,748 | 1,796 | |||
Fine Gael | Eugene Cassidy[c 1] | 9.95% | 1,413 | 1,421 | 1,463 | 1,470 | 1,514 | 1,547 | 1,569 | 1,792 | |
Independent | David Gilroy[c 1] | 7.87% | 1,118 | 1,122 | 1,133 | 1,171 | 1,234 | 1,340 | 1,357 | 1,493 | |
Fianna Fáil | Paul McCabe | 7.46% | 1,059 | 1,109 | 1,125 | 1,141 | 1,195 | 1,251 | 1,353 | 1,546 | |
Fianna Fáil | Mike Bray | 7.18% | 1,020 | 1,070 | 1,088 | 1,096 | 1,132 | 1,178 | 1,384 | 1,458 | |
Sinn Féin | Michael Gallagher[c 1] | 7.02% | 997 | 1,013 | 1,019 | 1,071 | 1,120 | 1,216 | 1,235 | ||
Fine Gael | Peter Farrelly | 6.83% | 970 | 1,000 | 1,061 | 1,083 | 1,136 | 1,177 | 1,347 | 1,410 | |
Fianna Fáil | Oliver Fox | 4.92% | 698 | 711 | 716 | 716 | 727 | 761 | |||
Aontú | Peter Devin | 4.03% | 572 | 580 | 586 | 609 | 648 | ||||
Labour | Aaron Byrne | 2.68% | 380 | 402 | 414 | 490 | |||||
Workers' Party | Séamus McDonagh | 2.32% | 330 | 343 | 349 | ||||||
Electorate: 26,262 Valid: 14,197 Spoilt: 250 Quota: 1,775 Turnout: 14,447 |
Laytown–Bettystown
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Independent | Sharon Keogan[c 1]††††† | 17.80% | 2,039 | |||||||||||
Fine Gael | Sharon Tolan[c 1] | 15.49% | 1,774 | |||||||||||
Fine Gael | Paddy Meade[c 1] | 12.71% | 1,455 | |||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Wayne Harding[c 1] | 10.44% | 1,196 | 1,228 | 1,236 | 1,240 | 1,251 | 1,257 | 1,265 | 1,270 | 1,287 | 1,301 | 1,451 | |
Labour | Annie Hoey†††† | 9.54% | 1,093 | 1,172 | 1,268 | 1,279 | 1,282 | 1,294 | 1,324 | 1,397 | 1,435 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Stephen McKee[c 1] | 8.93% | 1,023 | 1,264 | 1,296 | 1,299 | 1,300 | 1,311 | 1,314 | 1,319 | 1,358 | 1,413 | 1,471 | |
Fianna Fáil | Tom Behan | 7.52% | 861 | 892 | 970 | 971 | 972 | 975 | 983 | 1,013 | 1,025 | 1,123 | 1,164 | |
Sinn Féin | Eimear Ferguson[c 1] | 5.03% | 576 | 633 | 667 | 668 | 669 | 776 | 816 | 846 | 915 | 971 | 1,038 | |
Aontú | Peter Whelan | 3.29% | 377 | 403 | 409 | 416 | 420 | 430 | 440 | 446 | 474 | 529 | ||
Independent | Tom Kelly[c 1] | 2.40% | 275 | 322 | 365 | 376 | 377 | 382 | 395 | 407 | 440 | |||
Direct Democracy | Anthony Connor | 2.10% | 241 | 270 | 274 | 280 | 280 | 293 | 315 | 347 | ||||
Social Democrats | Rob Corr | 1.44% | 165 | 177 | 198 | 200 | 200 | 202 | 232 | |||||
People Before Profit | William Lacey | 1.43% | 164 | 178 | 192 | 196 | 196 | 199 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Fergal O'Byrne | 1.41% | 162 | 187 | 190 | 192 | 193 | |||||||
Independent | Patrick Smith | 0.45% | 51 | 65 | 68 | |||||||||
Electorate: 25,236 Valid: 11,452 Spoilt: 201 Quota: 1,432 Turnout: 11,653 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Tommy Reilly[c 1] | 12.79% | 1,330 | |||||||||||
Aontú | Emer Tóibín | 12.37% | 1,286 | 1,289 | 1,306 | |||||||||
Independent | Francis Deane[c 1] | 11.11% | 1,155 | 1,161 | 1,173 | 1,187 | 1,250 | 1,273 | 1,303 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Eddie Fennessy[c 2] | 9.51% | 989 | 990 | 999 | 1,002 | 1,019 | 1,029 | 1,044 | 1,095 | 1,433 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Padraig Fitzsimons[c 2] | 9.42% | 979 | 987 | 989 | 1,032 | 1,058 | 1,122 | 1,139 | 1,185 | 1,220 | 1,238 | 1,316 | |
Independent | Alan Lawes | 8.76% | 911 | 912 | 924 | 925 | 932 | 974 | 978 | 1,034 | 1,087 | 1,141 | 1,214 | |
Fine Gael | Yemi Adenuga | 6.16% | 640 | 641 | 649 | 665 | 684 | 707 | 781 | 806 | 867 | 881 | 1,225 | |
Green | Séamus McMenamin | 5.91% | 614 | 615 | 670 | 686 | 696 | 707 | 723 | 761 | 803 | 839 | 942 | |
Sinn Féin | Sinéad Burke[c 1] | 5.41% | 562 | 563 | 571 | 575 | 594 | 602 | 609 | 651 | ||||
Fine Gael | Ross Kelly | 5.30% | 551 | 552 | 560 | 573 | 590 | 628 | 714 | 756 | 794 | 805 | ||
Independent | Wayne Forde[c 1] | 3.06% | 318 | 319 | 324 | 330 | 353 | 361 | 370 | |||||
Fine Gael | Karen Byrne | 2.58% | 268 | 268 | 270 | 276 | 285 | 291 | ||||||
Independent | Stephen Ball | 2.23% | 232 | 233 | 239 | 245 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Jenny McHugh | 2.18% | 227 | 229 | 230 | 266 | 269 | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | Madeleine Thornton | 1.70% | 177 | 180 | 182 | |||||||||
Social Democrats | Amy McGrath | 1.52% | 158 | 158 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 23,167 Valid: 10,397 Spoilt: 195 Quota: 1,300 Turnout: 10,592 |
Ratoath
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Damien O'Reilly[c 1] | 17.52% | 2,198 | |||||||
Independent | Gillian Toole[c 1] | 15.72% | 1,972 | |||||||
Independent | Brian Fitzgerald[c 1] | 14.43% | 1,810 | |||||||
Independent | Nick Killian[c 1] | 12.35% | 1,549 | 1,598 | ||||||
Fine Gael | Gerry O'Connor[c 1] | 9.76% | 1,224 | 1,259 | 1,339 | 1,384 | 1,408 | 1,470 | 1,542 | |
Fine Gael | Maria Murphy[c 1] | 9.28% | 1,164 | 1,366 | 1,386 | 1,430 | 1,469 | 1,635 | ||
Independent | Seán Henry | 5.48% | 688 | 805 | 832 | 878 | 947 | 970 | 1,118 | |
Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Geraghty-Smith | 4.62% | 579 | 744 | 831 | 873 | 940 | 1,071 | 1,304 | |
Independent | Fergus O'Riordan | 3.83% | 481 | 496 | 594 | 609 | 710 | 790 | ||
Fine Gael | Bee Flanagan | 3.52% | 442 | 456 | 517 | 548 | 567 | |||
Sinn Féin | Maria Uí Ruairc | 3.48% | 437 | 469 | 499 | 517 | 567 | |||
Electorate: 25,803 Valid: 12,544 Spoilt: 221 Quota: 1,569 Turnout: 12,765 |
Trim
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Fine Gael | Noel French[c 1] | 27.23% | 2,954 | ||||||
Fine Gael | Joe Fox[c 1] | 14.47% | 1,570 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Aisling Dempsey | 10.25% | 1,112 | 1,385 | 1,447 | 1,567 | |||
Fine Gael | Niamh Souhan | 9.48% | 1,029 | 1,271 | 1,321 | 1,397 | 1,436 | 1,508 | |
Fianna Fáil | Vera Kelly | 8.02% | 870 | 931 | 948 | 1,085 | 1,148 | 1,193 | |
Social Democrats | Ronan Moore | 7.46% | 809 | 996 | 1,050 | 1,064 | 1,143 | 1,402 | |
Sinn Féin | Caroline Lynch[c 1] | 5.82% | 632 | 776 | 799 | 817 | 923 | ||
Independent | Trevor Golden[c 1] | 5.56% | 603 | 845 | 886 | 923 | 1,138 | 1,332 | |
Aontú | Des Doran | 5.56% | 603 | 703 | 719 | 725 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Sinéad Geraghty | 3.97% | 431 | 470 | 494 | ||||
Labour | Tracy McElhinney | 2.18% | 237 | 352 | |||||
Electorate: 25,574 Valid: 10,850 Spoilt: 222 Quota: 1,551 Turnout: 11,072 |
Results by gender
2019 Meath County Council election[18][19] Candidates by gender | ||||
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Gender | Number of candidates |
% of candidates |
Elected councillors |
% of councillors |
Men | 50 | 64.1% | 27 | 67.5% |
Women | 28 | 35.9% | 13 | 32.5% |
TOTAL | 78 | 40 |
Changes Since 2019
- † Ashbourne Independent Cllr Sharon Keogan resigned her seat after the local elections as she had been elected for 2 LEAs.[4] Amanda Smith was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 1 July 2019.[20][5]
- †† Ashbourne Sinn Féin Cllr Darren O'Rourke was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Meath East at the 2020 general election.[21][22][23] Aisling O'Neill was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 24 February 2020.[24]
- ††† Kells Sinn Féin Cllr Johnny Guirke was elected as a TD for Meath West at the 2020 general election.[25][26] Former Cllr Michael Gallagher was co-opted to fill the vacancy.[24]
- †††† Laytown-Bettystown Labour Cllr Annie Hoey was elected as a Senator in March 2020, on the Agricultural Panel.[27] Elaine McGinty was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 8 June 2020.[28]
- ††††† Laytown-Bettystown Independent Cllr Sharon Keogan was elected as a Senator in April 2020, on the Industrial and Commercial Panel.[27][29] Her sister, Geraldine Keogan, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 8 June 2020.[30]
Footnotes
References
- ^ Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 84–87, 157. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 628/2018 — County of Meath Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ Phelan, John Paul (17 January 2019). "S.I. No. 8/2019 — County Of Meath Local Electoral Areas And Municipal Districts (Amendment) Order 2019". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "Keogan becomes first woman in Ireland elected to two electoral areas". Meath Chronicle. Navan. 27 May 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ a b c Doyle, Kevin (1 July 2019). "'Sad day for democracy' - Fianna Fáil candidate loses out on council seat after colleagues vote against co-option". Irish Independent. Dublin. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Declaration Of Result: Ashbourne LEA - Local Election - 24 May 2019" (PDF). Meath County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Ashbourne LEA - Local Election - 24 May 2019 – Results of Counts 1 to 9 of 9" (PDF). Meath County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Declaration Of Result: Kells LEA - Local Election - 24 May 2019" (PDF). Meath County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Kells LEA - Local Election - 24 May 2019 – Results of Counts 1 to 8 of 8" (PDF). Meath County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Declaration Of Result: Laytown–Bettystown LEA - Local Election - 24 May 2019" (PDF). Meath County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Laytown–Bettystown LEA - Local Election - 24 May 2019 – Results of Counts 1 to 11 of 11" (PDF). Meath County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Declaration Of Result: Ratoath LEA - Local Election - 24 May 2019" (PDF). Meath County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Ratoath LEA - Local Election - 24 May 2019 – Results of Counts 1 to 7 of 7" (PDF). Meath County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Declaration Of Result: Trim LEA - Local Election - 24 May 2019" (PDF). Meath County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Trim LEA - Local Election - 24 May 2019 – Results of Counts 1 to 6 of 6" (PDF). Meath County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ Walshe, Louise; McCullen, Richard (27 May 2019) [25 May 2019]. "Meath County Council: Star of Gogglebox takes seat in Navan". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
- ^ Carolan, Michael (1 July 2019). "Amanda Smith co-opted onto Meath County Council". LMFM. Drogheda. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ Bowers, Shauna (10 February 2020) [9 February 2020]. "Meath East results: SF tops the poll while FG's Regina Doherty loses seat; Minister for Social Protection comes in fifth in three-seater". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ Bowers, Shauna (10 February 2020) [9 February 2020]. "Election 2020: Darren O'Rourke (Sinn Féin)". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Election 2020: Meath East". The Irish Times. Dublin. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ a b Doyle, Simon (25 February 2020). "Three Sinn Féin members co-opted onto Louth and Meath County Councils". LMFM. Drogheda. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ Walsh, Louise (10 February 2020) [9 February 2020]. "Meath West results: Surprise at Fianna Fáil loss as seismic shift to left". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Election 2020: Meath West". The Irish Times. Dublin. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ a b O'Halloran, Marie (4 April 2020). "Seanad election results: Full list of Senators voted in to new Seanad". Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ Donohoe, John (10 June 2020). "Newly elected representative hopes to be a councillor for all generations, present and future". Meath Chronicle. Navan. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020.
- ^ Donohoe, John (3 April 2020). "Sharon Keogan becomes Meath's third senator". Meath Chronicle. Navan. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Gilroy new council chairperson". Meath Live. 6 June 2020. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.
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