2019 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election

An election to all 40 seats on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council was held in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. Councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from six local electoral areas (LEAs) on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

2019 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election
24 May 2019
All 40 seats on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Green
Seats won 13 7 6
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 1 Increase 4
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour People Before Profit Social Democrats
Seats won 6 2 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1 Increase 1
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 5
Seat change Decrease 1
Results by Local Electoral Area
Council control after election

TBD

Boundary changes

Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those in used at the 2014 election.[1][2] Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a lower maximum LEA size of seven councillors, requiring a change to the eight-seat Dún Laoghaire LEA. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.

Overview

After the 2019 election, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown became Ireland's first 50:50 gender-neutral Council. Fine Gael remained the largest party gaining an additional 2 seats while seeing a slight reduction in vote-share. Fianna Fáil lost a seat in Stillorgan to return 7 in total and saw a slight reduction in vote share. The main winners in Dún Laoghaire were the Greens who won 6 seats and saw all 6 of their candidates elected in the process. They topped the poll in 4 of the 6 LEAs. Labour gained a seat in Dun Laoghaire but lost seats in Stillorgan and Glencullen–Sandyford to reduce their numbers to 6 seats overall. Solidarity–People Before Profit lost a seat in Dún Laoghaire to only return with 2 seats while Sinn Féin had a terrible election losing all 3 of their seats.

Results by party
Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 13 Increase2 21,156 27.30 Decrease0.85
Fianna Fáil 7 Decrease1 13,634 17.59 Decrease1.07
Green 6 Increase4 15,234 19.66 Increase12.69
Labour 6 Decrease1 9,132 11.78 Decrease1.36
People Before Profit 2 Decrease1 5,108 6.59 Decrease1.31
Social Democrats 1 Increase1 1,267 1.63 New
Sinn Féin 0 Decrease3 2,656 3.43 Decrease6.22
Aontú 0 Steady 728 0.94 New
Éirígí 0 Steady 631 0.81 New
Independent 5 Decrease1 7,959 10.27 Decrease5.27
Total 40 Steady 77,505 100.0

Results by local electoral area

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

Blackrock
Blackrock: 6 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
Green Séafra Ó Faoláin  24.95% 3,128                
Fine Gael Marie Baker[*]  16.76% 2,101                
Fianna Fáil Mary Hanafin[*]  14.72% 1,846                
Fine Gael Barry Ward[*][lower-alpha 1]  9.62% 1,206 1,464 1,564 1,568 1,628 1,638 1,677 2,420  
Fianna Fáil Kate Feeney[*]  8.74% 1,096 1,285 1,331 1,354 1,447 1,476 1,532 1,657 1,873
Fine Gael Rebecca Molloy  6.14% 770 980 1,048 1,054 1,097 1,104 1,133    
Labour Deirdre Kingston[*][lower-alpha 1]  5.12% 642 893 916 928 979 983 1,156 1,217 1,412
People Before Profit Lola Hynes  4.73% 593 729 735 814 867 869      
Social Democrats Sinéad Gibney  4.40% 552 754 766 805 873 875 1,189 1,238 1,283
Independent Reji Chacko Jacob  3.17% 397 504 516 536          
Sinn Féin Grainne Ferris  1.64% 206 229 231            
Electorate: 26,344   Valid: 12,537   Spoilt: 271   Quota: 1,792   Turnout: 12,808 (48.62%)  

    Dundrum
    Dundrum: 7 seats[4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789
    Green Daniel Dunne[†]  19.63% 2,897                
    Independent Sean McLoughlin  10.88% 1,606 1,660 1,700 1,743 1,838 1,920      
    Fianna Fáil Shay Brennan[*]  10.07% 1,487 1,549 1,566 1,612 1,629 1,770 1,843 1,847  
    Fine Gael Anna Grainger  8.54% 1,261 1,377 1,382 1,415 1,432 1,461 1,488 1,490 1,908
    Fianna Fáil Olivia Buckley  7.54% 1,113 1,178 1,184 1,211 1,231 1,288 1,328 1,334 1,442
    Fine Gael Pat Hand[*]  6.90% 1,019 1,081 1,086 1,121 1,135 1,170 1,216 1,216  
    Labour Peter O'Brien[*]  6.66% 983 1,258 1,299 1,327 1,475 1,506 1,660 1,667 1,762
    Fine Gael Jim O'Leary  6.53% 964 1,035 1,041 1,081 1,098 1,210 1,233 1,239 1,536
    Independent Anne Colgan[†]  6.16% 909 1,015 1,031 1,078 1,172 1,303 1,482 1,508 1,598
    Aontú Liam Coughlan  4.93% 728 757 771 805 828        
    Éirígí Brian Leeson  4.27% 631 673 719 730 852 903      
    People Before Profit Eoghan Pádraig Ó Ceannabháin  3.49% 515 625 701 727          
    Independent Seamas O'Neill[*]  2.38% 351 383 401            
    Sinn Féin Sorcha Nic Cormaic[*]  2.01% 297 324              
    Electorate: 30,064   Valid: 14,761   Spoilt: 384   Quota: 1,846   Turnout: 15,145 (50.38%)  

      Dún Laoghaire
      Dún Laoghaire: 7 seats[5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678910
      Green Ossian Smyth[*][lower-alpha 1]  20.16% 3,147                  
      Fianna Fáil Cormac Devlin[*][lower-alpha 1]  17.20% 2,684                  
      Fine Gael John Bailey[*][lower-alpha 1]  9.64% 1,504 1,594 1,690 1,702 1,735 1,759 1,778 1,900 1,996  
      Labour Juliet O'Connell  9.63% 1,503 1,761 1,835 1,868 2,192          
      Fine Gael Lorraine Hall  8.58% 1,339 1,465 1,520 1,526 1,567 1,603 1,611 1,747 1,819 1,832
      People Before Profit Melissa Halpin[*]  6.84% 1,067 1,194 1,228 1,315 1,355 1,388 1,825 1,889 2,127  
      Fine Gael Mary Fayne[*]  6.07% 947 1,018 1,072 1,080 1,117 1,153 1,166 1,266 1,323 1,338
      Independent Michael Merrigan[*]  4.90% 765 824 862 908 934 949 1,002 1,053    
      Social Democrats Dave Quinn  4.58% 715 949 970 995 1,035 1,102 1,181 1,283 1,476 1,564
      Fianna Fáil Justin Moylan  3.50% 547 593 885 903 928 936 951      
      People Before Profit Dave O'Keeffe[†]  3.45% 538 611 634 717 730 751        
      Labour Valerie McDermott  3.21% 501 594 623 633            
      Sinn Féin Séamus Mac Floinn  2.26% 352 370 386              
      Electorate: 33,876   Valid: 15,609   Spoilt: 409   Quota: 1,952   Turnout: 16,018 (47.28%)  

        Glencullen–Sandyford
        Glencullen–Sandyford: 7 seats[6]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789
        Labour Lettie McCarthy[*]  22.01% 2,269                
        Green Deirdre Ní Fhloinn[lower-alpha 1]  15.51% 1,599                
        Independent Michael Fleming  11.87% 1,224 1,455              
        Fine Gael Emma Louise Blain[†]  9.69% 999 1,115 1,160 1,184 1,193 1,257 1,305    
        Fianna Fáil Tom Murphy[*]  8.19% 844 974 994 1,025 1,028 1,120 1,357    
        Independent Lynsey McGovern[*]  6.02% 621 728 784 809 895 1,016 1,087 1,110 1,219
        Fine Gael Kazi Ahmed  5.99% 618 713 759 780 796 843 894 912 1,334
        Fianna Fáil Ben Stafford  5.19% 535 603 605 617 636 664      
        Fine Gael Sandra Stewart  4.98% 513 587 638 647 652 683 716 732  
        Sinn Féin Shaun Tracey  4.69% 484 535 554 558 656 673 762 773 788
        Independent Kevin Daly  3.57% 368 436 457 490 507        
        People Before Profit Ruth O'Connor  2.28% 235 275 325 332          
        Electorate: 27,705   Valid: 10,309   Spoilt: 222   Quota: 1,289   Turnout: 10,531 (38.01%)  

          Killiney–Shankill
          Killiney–Shankill: 7 seats[7]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456789
          Green Una Power  16.63% 2,193                
          Labour Carrie Smyth[*]  12.81% 1,689                
          Fine Gael Jennifer Carroll MacNeill[lower-alpha 1]  12.21% 1,610 1,691              
          People Before Profit Hugh Lewis[*]  8.66% 1,142 1,198 1,201 1,204 1,251 1,291 1,796    
          Fine Gael Jim Gildea[†]  8.13% 1,072 1,104 1,112 1,117 1,132 1,189 1,206 1,210 1,706
          Sinn Féin Shane O'Brien[*]  8.03% 1,059 1,082 1,083 1,084 1,097 1,111 1,179 1,249 1,285
          Labour Denis O'Callaghan[*]  7.99% 1,053 1,160 1,163 1,181 1,202 1,267 1,358 1,414 1,565
          Fine Gael Frank McNamara  7.14% 942 1,004 1,017 1,021 1,051 1,133 1,159 1,167  
          Fianna Fáil Michael Clark  5.51% 726 744 745 747 816 1,166 1,179 1,193 1,344
          Fianna Fáil Helena Kelly  5.21% 687 723 731 734 761        
          People Before Profit Danielle O'Rourke  5.07% 669 770 774 777 811 856      
          Independent Sandra Archer  2.62% 345 373 374 375          
          Electorate: 30,387   Valid: 13,187   Spoilt: 381   Quota: 1,649   Turnout: 13,568 (44.65%)  

            Stillorgan
            Stillorgan: 6 seats[8]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345678
            Fine Gael Barry Saul[*]  21.40% 2,376              
            Green Eva Elizabeth Dowling  20.45% 2,270              
            Fine Gael Maeve O'Connell  11.46% 1,272 1,571 1,698          
            Fianna Fáil Dónal Smith[†]  10.30% 1,143 1,228 1,278 1,292 1,302 1,367 1,392 1,488
            Fianna Fáil Liam Dockery[*]  8.34% 926 980 1,023 1,035 1,045 1,099 1,128 1,210
            Independent Deirdre Donnelly[*]  8.34% 926 1,009 1,090 1,122 1,128 1,247 1,410 1,641
            Fine Gael John Kennedy[*]  5.79% 643 809 877 889 945 1,040 1,066 1,282
            Labour Paul Gordon  4.43% 492 530 697 726 743 801 968  
            Independent Gearóid O'Keeffe  4.03% 447 494 527 548 551      
            People Before Profit Rachael Prendergast Spollen  3.14% 349 358 447 553 559 607    
            Sinn Féin Rosie Ní Laoghaire  2.32% 258 266 291          
            Electorate: 22,993   Valid: 11,102   Spoilt: 231   Quota: 1,587   Turnout: 11,333 (49.29%)  

              Footnotes
              1. See change below.

              Results by gender
              2019 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election[9][10]
              Candidates by gender
              Gender Number of
              candidates              		  % of
              candidates              		 Elected
              councillors              		  % of
              councillors
              Men 39 53.4% 21 52.5%
              Women 34 46.6% 19 47.5%
              TOTAL73 40 

              Changes

              Co-options
              Party Outgoing Electoral area Reason Date Co-optee
              Fine Gael John Bailey Dún Laoghaire Death on 9 July 2019[11] 14 October 2019[12] Mary Fayne
              Green Ossian Smyth Dún Laoghaire Elected to 33rd Dáil at the 2020 general election[13][14] 24 February 2020[15] Tom Kivlehan
              Fianna Fáil Cormac Devlin Dún Laoghaire Elected to 33rd Dáil at the 2020 general election[13][14] 24 February 2020[15] Justin Moylan
              Fine Gael Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Killiney–Shankill Elected to 33rd Dáil at the 2020 general election[13][14] 24 February 2020[15] Frank McNamara
              Fine Gael Barry Ward Blackrock Elected to 26th Seanad at the 2020 Seanad election[16] 6 July 2020[17] Maurice Dockrell
              Labour Deirdre Kingston Blackrock Resignation[18] 6 July 2020[17] Martha Fanning
              Green Deirdre Ní Fhloinn Glencullen–Sandyford Resignation on 12 October 2020 14 December 2020 Oisín O'Connor
              Green Séafra Ó Faoláin Blackrock Resignation August 2022 Kate Ruddock

              Changes in affiliation
              Name Electoral area Elected as New affiliation Date
              Hugh Lewis[19] Killiney-Shankill Solidarity–PBP Independent May 2021

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              • "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Government of Ireland. Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 98–103. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

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