2019 Westmeath County Council election

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2019 Westmeath County Council election
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All 20 seats to Westmeath County Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won
9 / 20
5 / 20
2 / 20
Seat change Increase 1 Steady Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Green Independent
Seats won
2 / 20
2 / 20
Seat change Increase 2 Steady
Map showing the area of Westmeath County Council
Council control before election

Fianna Fáil–Fine Gael

 Council control after

Fianna Fáil-Green Party

A Westmeath County Council election was held in County Westmeath in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 20 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 4 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote. The 2018 LEA boundary review committee replaced the three LEAs used in the 2014 elections.

Results by party

Fianna Fáil gained one seat in this election, Fine Gael and the Labour Party retained their five and two seats respectively, the Green Party had its first ever two local councillors in Westmeath elected, Sinn Féin lost their representation on this council while there were two Independent candidates elected. The smaller parties that ran candidates in Westmeath (Aontú, the Social Democrats and Renua) failed to make any breakthrough.

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Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 9 Increase 1 12,259 36.34% Increase 3.44%
Fine Gael 5 Steady 7,860 23.30% Decrease 0.60%
Labour 2 Steady 3,469 10.28% Decrease 3.42%
Green 2 Increase 2 1,174 3.48% Increase 3.48%
Sinn Féin 0 Decrease 3 1,957 5.80% Decrease 5.30%
Aontú 0 Steady 394 1.17% Increase 1.17%
Social Democrats 0 Steady 194 0.58% Increase 0.58%
Renua 0 Steady 86 0.25% Increase 0.25%
Independent 2 Steady 6,344 18.80% Decrease 0.40%
Totals 20 Steady 33,737 100% Steady

Candidates by LEA

Athlone

Athlone — 5 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fianna Fáil Frankie Keena[c 1] 18.55 1,584                    
Fianna Fáil Aengus O'Rourke[c 1] 15.39 1,314 1,374 1,390 1,403 1,437            
Fine Gael John Dolan[c 1] 14.91 1,273 1,298 1,305 1,320 1,335 1,337 1,433        
Independent Jamie Moran 12.04 1,028 1,042 1,072 1,089 1,126 1,128 1,167 1,238 1,417 1,420 1,615
Green Louise Heavin 6.95 593 604 627 706 729 731 771 864 935 939 1,071
Fine Gael Alan Shaw 6.59 563 574 578 594 601 603 623 692 752 754 794
Sinn Féin Pádraig Hegarty 6.11 522 528 538 558 567 567 581 605 715 716  
Independent Paul Hogan[c 1] 5.33 455 464 475 481 503 505 530 581      
Independent Michael O'Brien[c 1] 4.03 344 352 363 380 392 394 429        
Independent P.J. Coghill 3.64 311 318 325 328 347 349          
Aontú Noel Peter McKervey 2.30 196 198 223 226              
Social Democrats Fiona Lynam 2.27 194 199 204                
Renua Anthony Moran 1.01 86 88                  
Independent Imelda Geraghty 0.49 42 42                  
Independent Donal Jackson 0.37 32 33                  
Electorate: 19,157   Valid: 8,537   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 1,423   Turnout: 8,656  

Kinnegad

Kinnegad — 5 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Frank McDermott[c 1] 15.16 1,246 1,281 1,303 1,392    
Fianna Fáil John Shaw[c 1] 14.79 1,216 1,244 1,258 1,279 1,322 1,521
Fianna Fáil Paddy Hill[c 1] 12.41 1,020 1,021 1,048 1,142 1,303 1,434
Labour Denis Leonard 12.03 989 1,014 1,020 1,046 1,191 1,314
Fine Gael Emily Wallace[c 2] 11.12 914 956 973 993 1,122 1,285
Fianna Fáil Shauna Coyne 8.41 691 699 710 725 765  
Sinn Féin Hazel Behan 7.65 629 631 646 749 823 898
Labour Lorraine Scally 7.08 582 597 608 698    
Independent Úna D'Arcy[c 1] 5.99 492 502 569      
Independent Patrick Joseph Boyhan 3.19 262 268        
Fine Gael Becky Loftus Dore 2.18 179          
Electorate: 16,746   Valid: 8,220   Spoilt: 169   Quota: 1,371   Turnout: 8,389  

Moate

Moate — 4 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fine Gael Thomas Farrell[c 1] 18.48 1,567 1,588 1,806  
Fianna Fáil Liam McDaniel[c 2] 15.68 1,329 1,363 1,528 1,597
Fianna Fáil Vinny McCormack 15.49 1,313 1,332 1,358 1,595
Labour Johnnie Penrose[c 1] 14.89 1,262 1,342 1,474 1,922
Independent Michael O'Brien 12.66 1,073 1,199 1,223 1,249
Fianna Fáil Brian Crum[c 2] 10.05 852 872 899  
Fine Gael Damien Clear 7.16 607 644    
Sinn Féin Peter Judge 3.48 295      
Independent Searlait Cabdi Ní Chianáin 2.12 180      
Electorate: 15,319   Valid: 8,478   Spoilt: 165   Quota: 1,696   Turnout: 8,643  

Mullingar

Mullingar — 6 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Independent Mick Dollard[c 1] 15.13 1,286                  
Fianna Fáil Ken Glynn[c 1] 14.02 1,192 1,201 1,203 1,217            
Fianna Fáil Aoife Davitt 10.42 886 891 892 907 907 921 951 1,008 1,059 1,120
Fianna Fáil William Patrick Collentine[c 2] 10.14 862 872 873 886 888 906 930 979 1,029 1,106
Fine Gael Andrew Joseph Duncan[c 1] 9.27 788 795 797 811 811 850 880 937 980 1,078
Fine Gael Gerard Joseph Heery 8.5 723 728 732 741 741 767 786 831 853 955
Green Hazel Smyth 6.83 581 584 591 605 605 655 681 753 860 1,019
Independent Sean Lynch 6.25 531 537 545 569 569 611 627 665 742  
Sinn Féin Sorca Clarke[c 1] 6.01 511 518 522 537 537 561 587 616    
Labour Mark Scally 4.16 354 359 360 363 363 384 487      
Labour Margaret Lynam Sweeney 3.32 282 290 291 295 295 307        
Independent Chris Murtagh 2.98 253 256 267 294 294          
Aontú Séamus Burke 2.33 198 200 205              
Independent Alice McDonnell 0.65 55 56                
Electorate: 19,946   Valid: 8,502   Spoilt: 200   Quota: 1,215   Turnout: 8,702  

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

References

Sources

  • "Westmeath County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  • Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 114–117, 165. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Retrieved 8 May 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 636/2018 — County of Westmeath Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  • "Elections 2019". Westmeath County Council. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  • "Elections 2019; How the Voting Went". The Westmeath Examiner. 1 June 2019. pp. 6–7.
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