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Local government election in Ireland
2019 Kilkenny County Council election
Map showing the area of Kilkenny County Council
Council control after election
TBD
A Kilkenny County Council election was held in County Kilkenny , Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections , with all 24 councillors to be elected for a five-year term of office from 4 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]
Fianna Fáil gained 1 additional seat to increase their numbers to 11 while also increasing their vote by 4%. Fine Gael gained 2 seats and also increased their vote by 2%. Labour and the Greens retained their previous position but it was a disastrous election for Sinn Féin. The party lost all 3 seats, including Sean Tyrell, the partner of Kathleen Funchion TD and saw a significant drop in their vote-share. Breda Gardner, a sitting Independent, who also contested the Ireland South Constituency unsuccessfully, failed to retain her seat.
Results by party
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Candidates by LEA
Callan–Thomastown
Callan –Thomastown — 6 Seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fianna Fáil
Peter "Chap" Cleere [c 1]
17.85%
1,945
Fianna Fáil
Matt Doran [c 1]
16.88%
1,839
Fine Gael
Patrick O'Neill [c 1]
12.84%
1,399
1,436
1,452
1,456
1,482
1,515
1,581
Fine Gael
Michael Doyle [c 1]
12.65%
1,378
1,490
1,496
1,504
1,528
1,567
Fine Gael
Joe Lyons
9.56%
1,042
1,047
1,146
1,152
1,220
1,330
1,388
Fianna Fáil
Deirdre Cullen
7.91%
862
1,020
1,095
1,116
1,151
1,234
1,426
Independent
Breda Gardner[c 1]
7.54%
821
851
863
886
997
1,070
1,315
Sinn Féin
David Kennedy[c 1]
6.68%
728
746
759
768
789
838
Independent
Trish Finegan
3.35%
365
369
392
406
Independent
John Kelly
3.32%
362
380
392
445
511
Independent
Michael McGrath
1.04%
113
116
118
Independent
John Carroll
0.38%
41
44
46
Electorate: 19,643 Valid: 10,895 Spoilt: 182 Quota: 1,557 Turnout: 11,077 (56.39%)
Castlecomer
Castlecomer — 6 Seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Fianna Fáil
Pat Fitzpatrick [c 1]
22.21%
2,249
Fine Gael
Mary Hilda Cavanagh [c 1]
16.66%
1,687
Fianna Fáil
Michael McCarthy [c 1]
15.71%
1,591
Fine Gael
John Brennan
11.74%
1,189
1,413
1,493
Labour
Denis Hynes
10.84%
1,098
1,175
1,190
1,201
1,403
Fianna Fáil
Michael Delaney
9.73%
985
1,340
1,416
1,520
Fine Gael
Pat O'Neill
8.09%
819
911
964
980
1,049
Sinn Féin
Joseph Kavanagh
5.01%
507
561
577
590
Electorate: 19,146 Valid: 10,125 Spoilt: 233 Quota: 1,447 Turnout: 10,358 (54.1%)
Kilkenny
Kilkenny — 7 Seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Fianna Fáil
Andrew McGuinness [c 1]
19.40%
1,860
Green
Malcolm Noonan [c 1]
15.49%
1,485
Fianna Fáil
Joe Malone [c 1]
13.26%
1,271
Fine Gael
David Fitzgerald [c 1]
12.01%
1,151
1,236
Independent
Eugene McGuinness
8.62%
826
922
932
935
944
965
1,030
1,033
1,075
1,095
1,141
Fianna Fáil
John Coonan
7.28%
698
929
963
967
991
1,005
1,039
1,053
1,076
1,129
1,230
Sinn Féin
Sean Tyrrell[c 2]
5.72%
548
616
632
641
649
666
689
691
760
813
836
Fine Gael
Martin Brett
5.00%
479
550
592
592
602
617
650
662
676
774
955
Fine Gael
Orla Kelly
3.22%
309
327
370
370
373
382
404
407
431
Labour
Andrea Cleere
3.14%
301
325
382
384
387
411
426
428
495
582
Independent
Luke O'Connor
2.46%
236
252
266
273
284
301
People Before Profit
Stephanie Hanlon
2.41%
231
258
298
300
302
349
370
371
Independent
Enya Kennedy
1.68%
161
184
210
216
218
Independent
Noel Gerard Walsh
0.32%
31
33
37
Electorate: 19,337 Valid: 9,587 Spoilt: 155 Quota: 1,199 Turnout: 9,742 (50.38%)
Piltown
Piltown — 5 Seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Fine Gael
Pat Dunphy [c 1]
19.60%
1,579
Labour
Tomás Breathnach [c 1]
18.82%
1,516
Fine Gael
Fidelis Doherty [c 1]
13.14%
1,059
1,118
1,145
1,147
1,284
1,356
Fianna Fáil
Eamon Aylward [c 1]
12.57%
1,013
1,065
1,106
1,112
1,164
1,432
Fianna Fáil
Ger Frisby [c 1]
12.04%
970
984
1,010
1,017
1,143
1,246
Sinn Féin
Grace Doyle
8.38%
675
690
720
730
859
950
Fianna Fáil
Rob Duggan
7.60%
612
667
681
686
714
Fine Gael
John Hayes
3.96%
319
345
363
365
Independent
Melissa O'Neill[c 1]
2.89%
233
241
253
291
Independent
Alan Curran
1.01%
81
88
93
Electorate: 16,125 Valid: 8,057 Spoilt: 130 Quota: 1,343 Turnout: 8,187 (50.77%)
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
^ Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.
Changes Since 2019 Local Elections
†Kilkenny Green Party Cllr Malcolm Noonan was elected a TD for Carlow-Kilkenny at the 2020 General Election. Maria Dollard was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 24 February 2020.[3]
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