2019 Carlow County Council election

An election to Carlow County Council was held in County Carlow in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 18 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from three local electoral areas (LEAs) on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

2019 Carlow County Council election
24 May 2019
18 seats on Carlow County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 6 6 2
Seat change Increase 1 Steady Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin People Before Profit Independent
Seats won 1 1 2
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 1 Steady
Results by local electoral area
Council control after election

TBD

Boundary review

The 2018 local electoral area boundary committee had terms of reference requiring a maximum of seven councillors in each LEA. Following the recommendations of committee, there were significant changes to the LEAs used in the 2014 elections.[1][2]

Overview

Fianna Fáil gained an additional seat to emerge level with Fine Gael on 6 seats apiece and a higher share of the vote. Sinn Féin lost two seats, and Cllr John Cassin was re-elected as an Independent. Labour retained two seats, while Adrienne Wallace, who contested Ireland South for Solidarity–People Before Profit in the European Parliament election held on the same day, gained a seat for the party.

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 6 Increase1 7,244 33.55 Increase4.65
Fine Gael 6 Steady 6,769 31.35 Increase4.35
Labour 2 Steady 1,910 8.85 Decrease4.35
Sinn Féin 1 Decrease 2 1,817 8.41 Decrease4.29
People Before Profit 1 Increase 1 448 2.07 New
Aontú 0 Steady 310 1.44 New
Renua 0 Steady 288 1.33 New
Independent 2 Steady 2,807 13.00 Decrease1.00
Totals 18 Steady 21,593 100.0

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

Carlow
Carlow: 7 Seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil Fintan Phelan[*] 23.26% 1,711                
Fianna Fáil Andrea Dalton[†] 14.76% 1,086                
Fine Gael Fergal Browne[*] 12.10% 890 1,052              
Fianna Fáil Ken Murnane[†] 10.78% 793 994              
Fine Gael Tom O'Neill 7.33% 539 627 664 693 721 734 747 785 830
Independent John Cassin[*] 7.16% 527 600 630 644 671 688 761 829 902
People Before Profit Adrienne Wallace 6.09% 448 522 549 586 599 617 701 763 814
Fine Gael Wayne Fennell 5.87% 432 508 541 558 604 613 630 686 745
Aontú Mary Hande 4.21% 310 345 360 367 377 385 406 422  
Sinn Féin Ciarán Dooley 3.28% 241 261 267 271 283 288      
Independent Bernard Jennings 3.18% 234 270 280 293 303 307 326    
Labour Kevin Byrne 1.97% 145 171 179 186          
Electorate: 16,425   Valid: 7,356   Spoilt: 121   Quota: 920   Turnout: 7,477 (45.52%)  

    Muinebeag
    Muinebeag: 5 Seats[4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Fine Gael Tommy Kinsella[*] 23.06% 1,617        
    Labour Willie Quinn[*] 14.02% 983 1,147 1,271    
    Sinn Féin Andy Gladney[*] 14.48% 1,015 1,054 1,147 1,175  
    Fine Gael Michael Doran[*] 12.32% 864 916 944 951 1,185
    Fianna Fáil Arthur McDonald[*] 12.17% 853 893 967 981 1,153
    Fianna Fáil Josie Daly 9.63% 675 698 798 812 910
    Fine Gael Denis Foley[*] 7.17% 503 595 626 634  
    Independent David O'Brien 3.58% 251 264      
    Fianna Fáil Philip Gahan 3.57% 250 275      
    Electorate: 13,175   Valid: 7,011   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 1,169   Turnout: 7,144 (54.22%)  

      Tullow
      Tullow: 6 Seats[5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      Fianna Fáil John Pender[*] 20.01% 1,446              
      Independent Charlie Murphy[*] 19.32% 1,396              
      Fine Gael Brian O'Donoghue[*] 11.87% 858 927 942 955 1,050      
      Labour William Paton[*] 10.82% 782 878 904 933 1,046      
      Fine Gael John Murphy[*] 9.65% 697 740 839 891 1,006 1,018 1,163  
      Fianna Fáil John McDonald 5.95% 430 547 610 628 657 660 782 833
      Sinn Féin Jim Deane[*] 7.76% 561 588 610 639 673 674 783 795
      Independent Billy Nolan 5.52% 399 417 500 573 596 597    
      Fine Gael Maria Ansbro 5.11% 369 400 414 457        
      Renua Helena Byrne 3.99% 288 300 341          
      Electorate: 14,840   Valid: 7,226   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 1,033   Turnout: 7,312 (49.27%)  

        Results by gender
        2019 Carlow County Council election[6][7]
        Candidates by gender
        Gender Number of
        candidates        		  % of
        candidates        		 Elected
        councillors        		  % of
        councillors
        Men 26 83.9% 16 88.9%
        Women 5 16.1% 2 11.1%
        TOTAL31 18 

        References
        1. Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). Report 2018 (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 20–23, 141. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
        2. County of Carlow Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 (S.I. No. 610 of 2018). Signed on 19 December 2018 by John Paul Phelan, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 May 2019.
        3. DHPLG 2019, p. 66.
        4. DHPLG 2019, p. 67.
        5. DHPLG 2019, p. 68.
        6. "Carlow County Council: People Before Profit claim seat for first time". The Irish Times. Dublin. 27 May 2019 [25 May 2019]. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021.
        7. DHPLG 2019, p. 247.

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