2019 Wexford County Council election
Map showing the area of Wexford County Council
Council control after election
Fianna Fáil / Independents
A Wexford County Council election was held in County Wexford in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections . All 34 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 replaced the four LEAs used in the 2014 elections , each of which had more than the seven seat maximum set in the 2018 terms of reference.[1] The changes were enacted by statutory instrument (S.I.) No. 637/2018.[2]
Fianna Fáil gained an additional seat boosting their numbers to 12 overall while also increasing their vote by almost 3%. The party was boosted by the candidature of Malcolm Byrne in Ireland South. However outgoing Cathaoirleach Keith Doyle proved to be a casualty in the Enniscorthy LEA. Fine Gael retained 9 seats overall while Labour returned 2 seats again; this time both from the Wexford LEA. Independents increased their numbers by 2 seats from 6 to 8. The elections were very disappointing for Sinn Féin who lost 3 seats, including 1 to Aontú, to be reduced to just 2 seats in total.
Results by party
Results by local electoral area
Enniscorthy
Enniscorthy — 6 Seats[3]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Fine Gael
Kathleen Codd-Nolan [c 1]
13.16%
1,419
1,485
1,539
1,630
Independent
John O'Rourke
12.01%
1,295
1,366
1,462
1,573
Fianna Fáil
Barbara-Anne Murphy [c 1]
11.58%
1,249
1,293
1,336
1,449
1,463
1,520
Fine Gael
Cathal Byrne
11.40%
1,230
1,270
1,332
1,368
1,381
1,419
Fianna Fáil
Aidan Browne
9.22%
995
1,017
1,052
1,228
1,246
1,362
Independent
Jackser Owens
9.09%
980
1,038
1,105
1,171
1,178
1,569
Fine Gael
Paddy Kavanagh[c 1]
8.97%
967
993
1,026
1,152
1,175
1,298
Sinn Féin
Johnny Mythen [c 1]
7.58%
818
884
928
1,016
1,021
Fianna Fáil
Keith Doyle[c 1]
7.31%
788
819
863
Renua
Gerald O'Donoghue
4.86%
524
559
Inds. 4 Change
Annette Byrne Moran
2.67%
288
Independent
John 'Texas' Byrne
2.16%
233
Electorate: 21,822 Valid: 10,786 Spoilt: 221 Quota: 1,541 Turnout: 11,007 (50.44%)
Gorey
Gorey — 6 Seats[5]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fianna Fáil
Malcolm Byrne [c 1] †
25.45%
2,639
Fine Gael
Anthony Donohoe [c 1]
13.54%
1,404
1,511
Fianna Fáil
Donal Kenny
10.67%
1,106
1,305
1,314
1,337
1,428
1,441
1,452
Fine Gael
Diarmuid Devereux
9.69%
1,005
1,185
1,315
1,366
1,529
Fianna Fáil
Joe Sullivan [c 1]
9.15%
949
1,219
1,236
1,273
1,431
1,446
1,455
Sinn Féin
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin [c 1]
9.11%
945
1,023
1,038
1,177
1,297
1,307
1,312
Independent
Jimmy Fleming
8.47%
878
974
1,011
1,131
1,276
1,285
1,289
Labour
Robert Ireton[c 1]
6.57%
681
801
845
925
People Before Profit
Cinnamon Blackmore
4.79%
497
550
575
Fine Gael
Elaine Clarke
2.57%
266
320
Electorate: 19,989 Valid: 10,370 Spoilt: 208 Quota: 1,482 Turnout: 10,578 (52.92%)
Kilmuckridge
Kilmuckridge — 4 Seats[7]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fianna Fáil
Pip Breen [c 1]
18.12%
1,297
1,298
1,322
1,474
Fine Gael
Oliver Walsh [c 1]
17.98%
1,287
1,289
1,307
1,360
1,375
1,383
1,544
Independent
Mary Farrell [c 1]
17.08%
1,223
1,239
1,400
1,533
Fianna Fáil
Willie Kavanagh [c 2]
15.64%
1,120
1,123
1,157
1,175
1,180
1,187
1,340
Fine Gael
Edel Gahan
9.26%
663
665
686
738
772
795
937
Renua
Peter Mernagh
8.58%
614
624
685
736
760
764
Labour
Nicky Wafer
6.64%
475
483
528
Sinn Féin
Colette Nolan
5.96%
427
436
Direct Democracy
Jan Van De Ven
0.74%
53
Electorate: 13,701 Valid: 7,159 Spoilt: 117 Quota: 1,432 Turnout: 7,276 (53.11%)
New Ross
New Ross — 6 Seats[9]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Independent
Patrick Gerard Barden
16.92%
1,980
Fianna Fáil
Michael Sheehan [c 1]
15.58%
1,824
Fianna Fáil
John Fleming [c 1]
11.90%
1,393
1,457
1,468
1,473
1,492
1,541
1,582
1,650
Fianna Fáil
Michael Whelan [c 1]
11.07%
1,296
1,333
1,348
1,359
1,381
1,415
1,462
1,765
Independent
Anthony Connick [c 1]
9.44%
1,105
1,143
1,170
1,219
1,267
1,403
1,550
1,644
Fine Gael
Brídín Murphy
7.92%
927
980
986
997
1,005
1,105
1,177
1,542
Fine Gael
Willie Fitzharris[c 1]
7.26%
850
898
905
916
924
968
1,007
Independent
John Dwyer
6.72%
787
805
819
876
900
949
1,140
1,164
Sinn Féin
Marie Doyle[c 2]
4.98%
583
604
610
697
709
769
Labour
Bridín Moloney
4.19%
490
505
508
563
573
People Before Profit
Susan Jennifer Breen
2.73%
319
329
340
Renua
Dorota Kulesza
1.29%
151
154
Electorate: 22,001 Valid: 11,705 Spoilt: 251 Quota: 1,673 Turnout: 11,956 (54.34%)
Rosslare
Rosslare — 5 Seats[11]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Independent
Ger Carthy [c 1]
24.74%
2,317
Fine Gael
Frank Staples [c 1]
16.57%
1,552
1,720
Fianna Fáil
Michael Wallace
9.81%
919
942
946
952
1,041
1,090
Fianna Fáil
Lisa McDonald [c 2]
9.71%
910
1,057
1,076
1,112
1,169
1,252
1,620
Fine Gael
Jim Moore [c 1]
9.45%
885
1,027
1,065
1,120
1,266
1,361
1,539
1,562
Sinn Féin
Mick Roche[c 1]
8.96%
839
912
964
983
1,015
1,150
1,250
1,258
Aontú
Jim Codd
8.30%
777
858
892
907
1,024
1,114
1,295
1,322
Fine Gael
Paul Codd
5.27%
494
527
529
535
Inds. 4 Change
Jane Johnstone
5.01%
469
533
578
581
611
Independent
Terry Lawton
2.19%
205
229
Electorate: 17,103 Valid: 9,367 Spoilt: 153 Quota: 1,562 Turnout: 9,520 (55.66%)
Wexford
Wexford — 7 Seats[13]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Labour
George Lawlor [c 1]
21.92%
2,362
Fine Gael
John Hegarty [c 1]
12.53%
1,350
Independent
Leonard Kelly
10.34%
1,114
1,239
1,259
1,297
1,362
Fianna Fáil
Garry Laffan
8.62%
929
973
978
995
998
1,038
1,106
1,106
1,354
Sinn Féin
Tom Forde [c 2]
8.61%
928
1,002
1,005
1,028
1,072
1,085
1,103
1,107
1,159
Labour
Maura Bell
7.63%
822
1,071
1,075
1,092
1,107
1,180
1,337
1,339
1,493
Independent
Davy Hynes [c 1]
7.02%
756
866
874
921
977
1,008
1,069
1,077
1,225
Fianna Fáil
Colin Murphy
6.05%
652
727
729
750
757
776
832
832
Labour
Joe Ryan
4.76%
513
734
736
740
762
805
895
895
989
Fine Gael
Ger Walsh
3.88%
418
456
457
458
469
647
Fine Gael
Angela Reville
3.51%
378
434
435
442
447
People Before Profit
Tony Walsh[c 2]
2.39%
258
268
273
282
Aontú
Elaine Cole
2.23%
240
246
252
Independent
Mícheál Ó Drisceol
0.52%
56
62
Electorate: 22,044 Valid: 10,776 Spoilt: 169 Quota: 1,348 Turnout: 10,945 (49.65%)
Results by gender
2019 Wexford County Council election[14] Candidates by gender
Gender
Number of candidates
% of candidates
Elected councillors
% of councillors
Men
34
69.4%
16
80.0%
Women
15
30.6%
4
20.0%
TOTAL
49
20
Changes Since 2019 Local Elections
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
^ a b c d e Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.
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