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2019 Galway County Council election
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Council control after election
TBD
A Galway County Council election was held in County Galway in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections . All 39 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 7 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 . Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a maximum LEA size of seven councillors, which three of the 2014 LEAs exceeded. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.[1] [2]
This is expected to be the last election to Galway County Council as plans were announced in 2018 to merge the County and City Councils by 2021.[3]
Fianna Fáil had a very good election in winning 3 additional seats and increasing their vote by over 5%. Fine Gael lost a seat to fall to 11 but also increased their vote. The Greens gained 1 seat in Conamara and Republican Sinn Féin retained their single seat. Sinn Féin lost 2 seats to be reduced to just 1 member. However, Gabe Cronelly who had quit the party since 2014 was re-elected as an Independent.
Results by party
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Tomás Ó Curraoin appeared on the ballot as an independent (non-party) but is a member of Republican Sinn Féin and is the sole public representative of that party.
Results by LEA
Athenry–Oranmore
Athenry –Oranmore — 7 Seats[4]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Independent
James Charity [c 1]
14.32%
1,792
Fianna Fáil
Albert Dolan
13.74%
1,720
Independent
Jim Cuddy [c 1]
11.64%
1,457
1,530
1,540
1,630
Independent
Gabe Cronnelly [c 1]
9.80%
1,226
1,235
1,253
1,280
1,289
1,418
1,512
1,547
1,800
Fine Gael
David Collins
9.29%
1,163
1,182
1,203
1,216
1,219
1,250
1,295
1,413
1,560
1,596
Fine Gael
Liam Carroll
7.07%
885
899
904
926
926
956
1,003
1,041
1,186
1,224
Fianna Fáil
Michael Hannon
6.02%
753
785
810
820
830
853
864
Fianna Fáil
Shelly Herterich Quinn
5.95%
745
750
788
820
824
853
916
1,141
1,326
1,404
Fine Gael
Helen Jennings
5.86%
734
738
749
792
793
842
910
933
Independent
Josette Farrell
5.17%
647
664
667
696
710
750
886
1,105
1,138
1,148
Sinn Féin
Louis O'Hara
4.05%
507
519
535
555
556
Green
Kenneth Keavey
3.97%
497
528
532
591
595
679
Labour
Marian Spelman
1.65%
206
213
216
Renua
Amanda McManus
1.46%
183
187
188
Electorate: 23,796 Valid: 12,515 Spoilt: 202 Quota: 1,565 Turnout: 12,717 (53.44%)
Ballinasloe
Ballinasloe — 6 Seats[5]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Independent
Tim Broderick [c 1]
17.83%
2,362
Fianna Fáil
Michael Connolly [c 1]
16.36%
2,168
Fine Gael
Peter Keaveney [c 1]
12.32%
1,632
1,651
1,691
1,698
1,794
1,807
1,831
1,898
Independent
Declan Geraghty
11.63%
1,541
1,580
1,626
1,637
1,722
1,741
1,778
1,808
Sinn Féin
Dermot Connolly [c 1]
10.47%
1,387
1,500
1,519
1,603
1,614
1,748
1,932
Independent
Aisling Dolan †
8.17%
1,082
1,142
1,160
1,259
1,275
1,422
1,571
1,841
Fine Gael
Aidan Donohue[c 1]
6.38%
845
944
980
1,001
1,022
1,059
1,090
1,352
Fine Gael
Michael Finnerty[c 1]
5.26%
697
720
733
749
752
784
875
Fianna Fáil
Mike Kelly
3.86%
511
536
575
609
693
724
Social Democrats
Ken Campbell
3.07%
407
446
456
496
498
Independent
Harriett Bruce
2.35%
311
344
354
Fianna Fáil
Kenneth O'Brien
2.32%
308
326
369
374
Electorate: 23,513 Valid: 13,251 Spoilt: 211 Quota: 1,894 Turnout: 13,462 (57.25%)
Conamara North
Conamara North — 4 Seats[6]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Independent
Thomas Welby [c 1]
29.42%
2,140
Fine Gael
Eileen Mannion [c 1]
19.25%
1,400
1,590
Fianna Fáil
Gerry King
18.56%
1,350
1,437
1,464
Fianna Fáil
Seamus Walsh [c 1]
13.91%
1,012
1,281
1,312
1,363
1,467
Independent
Josie Conneely
8.59%
625
668
696
749
984
Sinn Féin
Tom Healy[c 1]
8.02%
583
644
663
705
Independent
Críostóir Breathnach
2.24%
163
198
212
Electorate: 13,633 Valid: 7,273 Spoilt: 142 Quota: 1,455 Turnout: 7,415 (54.39%)
Conamara South
Conamara South — 5 Seats[7]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
Fine Gael
Padraig Mac An Iomaire
15.71%
1,408
1,472
1,535
Fianna Fáil
Noel Thomas [c 1]
13.51%
1,211
1,244
1,327
1,515
Fianna Fáil
Dáithí Ó Cualáin
13.01%
1,166
1,250
1,324
1,408
Fianna Fáil
Máirtín Lee
11.34%
1,016
1,056
1,124
1,207
Green
Alastair McKinstry
10.99%
985
1,117
1,216
1,436
Republican Sinn Féin
Tomás Ó Curraoin [c 1]
10.84%
971
1,117
1,268
1,396
Fine Gael
Ann Flaherty
9.73%
872
904
992
Fianna Fáil
MacDara Hosty
7.57%
678
694
Sinn Féin
Kevin O'Hara
5.68%
509
Independent
Críostóir Breathnach
1.26%
113
Independent
Patrick Feeney
0.36%
32
Electorate: 18,232 Valid: 8,961 Spoilt: 203 Quota: 1,494 Turnout: 9,164 (50.26%)
Tomás Ó Curraoin appeared on the ballot as an independent (non-party) but is a member of Republican Sinn Féin and is the sole public representative of that party.
Gort–Kinvara
Gort –Kinvara — 5 Seats[8]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Fine Gael
Joe Byrne [c 1]
27.08%
2,751
Fine Gael
P.J. Murphy
15.90%
1,615
1,896
Fianna Fáil
Martina Kinane [c 1]
14.56%
1,479
1,555
1,569
1,619
1,631
1,680
1,736
Fianna Fáil
Gerry Finnerty [c 1]
8.05%
818
968
996
1,016
1,141
1,153
1,261
1,354
Fianna Fáil
Kevin Fahey
7.99%
812
921
935
960
1,036
1,054
1,162
1,275
Fine Gael
Fionn Kiely
5.88%
597
736
820
846
873
940
994
Independent
Geraldine Donohue
5.29%
537
623
642
690
777
909
1,095
1,328
Inds. 4 Change
Cormac MacGowan
4.22%
429
461
466
515
546
Independent
Hubert Geoghegan
4.01%
407
481
495
557
616
702
Independent
Declan Diviney
3.84%
390
463
474
501
Renua
Emma O'Connell
3.17%
322
360
374
Electorate: 17.335 Valid: 10,157 Spoilt: 178 Quota: 1,693 Turnout: 10,335 (59.62%)
Loughrea
Loughrea — 5 Seats[9]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Fine Gael
Michael 'Mogie' Maher [c 1]
20.82%
2,152
Fine Gael
Jimmy McClearn [c 1]
19.74%
2,041
Fianna Fáil
Shane Curley
15.29%
1,581
1,742
Fianna Fáil
Ivan Canning [c 2]
15.13%
1,564
1,589
1,747
Independent
Pat Hynes [c 1]
9.17%
948
1,052
1,101
1,105
1,111
1,190
1,339
1,560
Fianna Fáil
Pat Flanagan
7.14%
738
814
840
845
853
889
942
1,128
Aontú
Joe Campbell
6.39%
661
674
727
736
737
774
847
Sinn Féin
Annemarie Roche
3.21%
332
353
375
378
379
467
Independent
Eoin Madden
3.11%
321
349
358
360
362
Electorate: 18,729 Valid: 10,338 Spoilt: 165 Quota: 1,724 Turnout: 10,503 (56.08%)
Tuam
Tuam — 7 Seats[10]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fine Gael
Pete Roche [c 1]
16.36%
2,430
Fianna Fáil
Joe Sheridan
10.39%
1,544
1,588
1,602
1,649
1,726
1,841
1,846
Fianna Fáil
Donagh Mark Killilea [c 1]
10.24%
1,521
1,607
1,636
1,698
1,893
Fianna Fáil
Mary Hoade [c 1]
9.80%
1,455
1,487
1,492
1,529
1,553
1,840
1,841
Fine Gael
Andrew Reddington
9.35%
1,389
1,449
1,454
1,512
1,533
1,689
1,690
Fine Gael
Tom McHugh [c 1]
8.47%
1,258
1,376
1,394
1,442
1,509
1,676
1,680
Fianna Fáil
Colm Keaveney
8.21%
1,219
1,271
1,297
1,458
1,630
1,754
1,761
Independent
Billy Connelly[c 2]
7.53%
1,118
1,152
1,165
1,253
1,298
Independent
Karey McHugh [c 1]
6.25%
929
1,020
1,067
1,242
1,571
1,806
1,824
Independent
Shaun Cunniffe[c 1]
5.80%
862
886
935
1,036
Aontú
Martin Ward
3.14%
467
477
491
Sinn Féin
Stíofán De Lundres Ó Dálaigh
2.71%
403
414
438
Independent
Thomas (T.P.) Niland
1.62%
241
251
Independent
Dermot Ryan
0.12%
18
19
Electorate: 25,125 Valid: 14,854 Spoilt: 213 Quota: 1,857 Turnout: 15,067 (59.97%)
^ 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 z aa Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
^ a b Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.
Changes since 2019
References
^ Republican Sinn Féin is not a registered party used on ballot papers or in council proceedings.
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