From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2019 Wicklow County Council election
Map showing the area of Wicklow County Council
An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 24 May 2019 as part of the Irish local elections . 32 councillors were elected from six local electoral areas (LEAs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for a five-year term of office.
In 2014 , there were five LEAs each electing between 6 and 8 councillors. Following the recommendations of the Local Area Boundary Committee Report in June 2018, there are now six LEAs each electing between 4 and 6 councillors.[1] [2] [3]
Fine Gael increased their seat numbers by 1 to emerge with 9 seats while Fianna Fáil retained 7 seats overall. Fianna Fáil again won 3 seats in Arklow but did secure 2 seats in Baltinglass. However they emerged seatless in both LEAs in Bray. Sinn Féin had a very disappointing election losing 4 seats to emerge 2 seats overall both in Bray the base of the TD John Brady. Several party Councillors had quit since 2014 and Gerry O'Neill and John Snell were both re-elected as Independents. The Greens gained an additional seat to return with 2 seats. Labour returned to the Council with 2 seats in Bray and Wicklow while Jennifer Whitmore won a seat for the Social Democrats in Greystones. While there were a lot of changes Independent numbers reduced by just 1 seat to 9.
Results by party
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #22AC6F;" data-sort-value="Green Party (Ireland)" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #CC0000;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (Ireland)" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #752F8B;" data-sort-value="Social Democrats (Ireland)" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E91D50;" data-sort-value="People Before Profit" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #44532A;" data-sort-value="Aontú" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" |
Retiring incumbents
The following members of Wicklow County Council announced in advance of the poll that they would not be seeking re-election:
Results by electoral area
Arklow
Arklow - 6 seats[4]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fianna Fáil
Pat Kennedy *
24.29%
2,471
Fianna Fáil
Pat Fitzgerald *
18.23%
1,854
Independent
Peir Leonard
10.16%
1,033
1,068
1,106
1,178
1,257
1,370
1,466
Independent
Miriam Murphy *
9.26%
942
1,106
1,158
1,194
1,273
1,387
1,525
Fine Gael
Sylvester Bourke *
8.77%
892
1,054
1,089
1,107
1,121
1,136
1,425
Fianna Fáil
Tommy Annesley *
7.57%
770
1,041
1,207
1,245
1,285
1,339
1,413
Independent
Tommy Breen
6.33%
644
703
754
792
840
950
1,012
Fine Gael
Chantel Kanowga
5.60%
570
803
813
827
843
885
Sinn Féin
John Kelly
4.65%
473
527
541
560
581
Independent
Mary McDonald*
2.67%
272
295
313
331
Independent
Pat Hoey
2.47%
251
267
283
Electorate: 17,703 Valid: 10,172 Quota: 1,454 Turnout: 57.5%
Baltinglass
Baltinglass - 6 seats[5]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Fine Gael
Edward Timmins *
17.62%
1,875
Independent
Gerry O'Neill *
17.12%
1,822
Fianna Fáil
Patsy Glennon
14.14%
1,505
1,579
Fine Gael
Vincent Blake *
13.91%
1,481
1,526
Fine Gael
Avril Cronin
11.01%
1,172
1,346
1,447
1,495
1,529
Fianna Fáil
John Mullen
10.20%
1,086
1,109
1,138
1,179
1,188
1,315
Sinn Féin
Aidan Kinsella
7.30%
777
786
827
870
871
1,115
Social Democrats
Dave McGinn
6.33%
674
690
780
850
854
Independent
Lorraine O'Brien
2.37%
252
265
305
Electorate: 19,530 Valid: 10,644 Quota: 1,521 Turnout: 54.5%
Bray East
Bray East - 4 seats[6]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Green
Steven Matthews * †
24.98%
1,579
Sinn Féin
Grace McManus
15.42%
975
1,010
1,129
1,185
1,233
1,251
1,475
Fine Gael
Aoife Flynn-Kennedy
8.54%
540
585
598
638
652
931
961
968
1,093
Labour
Anne Ferris
8.53%
539
606
615
680
727
785
859
892
1,007
Independent
Malachai Duddy
8.18%
517
553
572
598
706
757
833
878
1,006
Fianna Fáil
Chris Walsh
7.04%
445
469
488
520
553
610
629
646
Fine Gael
Edward Whelan
6.85%
433
456
459
476
518
People Before Profit
Sharon Briggs
6.22%
393
413
468
502
538
554
Aontú
Brendan Thornhill*
5.36%
339
355
379
402
Independent
Barry Murphy
4.67%
295
303
Social Democrats
Eamonn Moran
4.22%
267
307
328
Electorate: 11,636 Valid: 6,322 Quota: 1,265 Turnout: 54.3%
Bray West
Bray West - 4 seats[7]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Independent
Joe Behan *
28.87%
1,880
Fine Gael
Melanie Corrigan
22.16%
1,443
Sinn Féin
Dermot "Daisy" O'Brien *
13.99%
911
1,012
1,018
1,101
1,197
1,240
1,265
Independent
Rory O'Connor
8.77%
571
673
696
742
843
984
1,175
Labour
Ian McGahon
7.86%
512
593
607
661
694
793
926
Fianna Fáil
Sárán Fogarty
5.37%
350
439
453
461
488
Fine Gael
David Miller
5.18%
337
406
481
488
503
570
Aontú
Oliver O'Brien*
4.08%
266
357
360
385
People Before Profit
June Maher
3.72%
242
286
291
Electorate: 12,548 Valid: 6,512 Quota: 1,303 Turnout: 51.9%
Greystones
Greystones - 6 seats[8]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Social Democrats
Jennifer Whitmore *††
19.58%
1,920
Independent
Tom Fortune *
14.23%
1,396
1,453
Green
Lourda Scott
11.42%
1,120
1,244
1,253
1,312
1,337
1,371
1,613
Fine Gael
Derek Mitchell *
11.05%
1,084
1,133
1,139
1,146
1,152
1,180
1,256
1,274
Fianna Fáil
Gerry Walsh *
10.54%
1,034
1,068
1,070
1,073
1,100
1,248
1,334
1,348
Fine Gael
Alice O'Donnell
10.22%
1,002
1,084
1,088
1,093
1,095
1,119
1,177
1,200
Independent
Mags Crean
8.19%
803
902
915
955
982
991
1,226
1,308
Sinn Féin
Nicola Lawless*
4.35%
427
442
444
459
476
493
Labour
Anna Waithira Burke
3.78%
371
397
401
423
442
465
Fianna Fáil
Elaine Wills
2.90%
284
303
309
311
317
Independent
Charlie Keddy
1.94%
190
192
194
203
People Before Profit
Pyper Ludlow
1.79%
176
187
189
Electorate: 18,414 Valid: 9,807 Quota: 1,402 Turnout: 53.3%
Wicklow
Wicklow - 6 seats[9]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fine Gael
Shay Cullen *
21.58%
2,287
Independent
John Snell *
18.65%
1,976
Fianna Fáil
Gail Dunne *
12.36%
1,310
1,388
1,462
1,477
1,571
Labour
Paul O'Brien
10.21%
1,082
1,138
1,223
1,240
1,331
1,340
1,486
Fine Gael
Irene Winters *
9.75%
1,033
1,354
1,388
1,406
1,491
1,502
1,532
Fianna Fáil
Anne Gregory
7.69%
815
944
968
980
1,031
1,053
1,217
Independent
Mary Kavanagh *
7.36%
780
811
897
973
1,069
1,081
1,241
Sinn Féin
Muireann Dalton
6.24%
661
688
733
739
790
793
Independent
Jimmy O'Shaughnessy
4.34%
460
576
671
690
Independent
Dáire Fitzgerald
1.82%
193
208
227
Electorate: 20,545 Valid: 10,597 Quota: 1,514 Turnout: 51.6%
Changes Since 2019 Local Elections
†Bray East Green Party Cllr Steven Matthews was elected to the Dáil in the 2020 General Election for the Wicklow Constituency. His wife, Erike Doyle, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 25 February 2020.[10]
††Greystones Social Democrats Cllr Jennifer Whitmore was elected to the Dáil in the 2020 General Election for the Wicklow Constituency. Jodie Neary was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 25 February 2020[11]
References