2019 Laois County Council election

An election to all 19 seats on Laois County Council election was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Laois was divided into 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

2019 Laois County Council election
24 May 2019
All 19 seats on Laois County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Seats won 7 6 2
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Labour Independent
Seats won 1 3
Seat change Steady Steady
Results by local electoral area

Boundary review

Following a recommendation of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, the electoral division of Clash mas moved from Portlaoise LEA to Borris-in-Ossory–Mountmellick LEA, to take account of population changes revealed by the 2016 census.[1][2]

Results by party
Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 7 Increase1 9,578 29.64 Decrease0.56
Fianna Fáil 6 Decrease 1 10,355 32.05 Decrease0.75
Sinn Féin 2 Steady 3,604 11.15 Decrease1.55
Labour 1 Steady 1,797 5.56 Increase0.86
Renua 0 Steady 514 1.59 New
Independent 3 Steady 6,461 20.00 Increase1.20
Total 19 Steady 32,309 100.0

Results by local electoral area

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

Borris-in-Ossory–Mountmellick
Borris-in-Ossory–Mountmellick: 6 seats[3][4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678910
Independent James Kelly[*] 12.72% 1,517 1,576 1,606 1,629 1,648 1,811        
Fianna Fáil Paddy Bracken[*] 11.86% 1,414 1,418 1,500 1,565 1,752          
Fine Gael John King[*] 10.51% 1,254 1,258 1,259 1,261 1,274 1,314 1,351 1,355 1,357 1,532
Independent Ollie Clooney 9.47% 1,129 1,136 1,149 1,161 1,171 1,219 1,304 1,331 1,334 1,405
Fianna Fáil Séamus McDonald[*] 9.13% 1,089 1,095 1,116 1,332 1,395 1,535 1,671 1,695 1,710  
Independent Brendan Phelan[*] 7.81% 931 953 964 970 976 1,056 1,166 1,185 1,187 1,273
Fine Gael Conor Bergin 7.76% 925 949 953 962 1,042 1,091 1,165 1,190 1,199 1,548
Fine Gael David Goodwin[*] 6.92% 825 831 843 916 1,057 1,088 1,150 1,152 1,169  
Sinn Féin Lorna Holohan Garry 5.44% 649 668 741 790 819 841        
Fianna Fáil Liam O'Neill 4.82% 575 587 594 624 637          
Fine Gael Fergal Conroy 4.69% 559 561 594 621            
Fianna Fáil Declan Good 4.54% 542 549 554              
Independent Brian Furlong 2.73% 326 331                
Independent Ger Hogan 1.61% 192                  
Electorate: 20,704   Valid: 11,927   Spoilt: 168   Quota: 1,704   Turnout: 12,095 (58.42%)  

    Graiguecullen–Portarlington
    Graiguecullen–Portarlington: 6 seats[5][6]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Fianna Fáil Padraig Fleming[*] 17.33% 1,761            
    Sinn Féin Aidan Mullins[*] 15.88% 1,614            
    Fine Gael Tom Mulhall[*][lower-alpha 1] 15.19% 1,544            
    Fianna Fáil Paschal McEvoy[*] 13.93% 1,416 1,495          
    Independent Ben Brennan[*] 12.50% 1,270 1,350 1,387 1,392 1,433 1,445 1,525
    Fine Gael Aisling Moran 8.81% 895 964 972 995 1,031 1,047 1,398
    Labour Eoin Barry 7.44% 756 792 826 833 880 882 998
    Fine Gael Vivienne Phelan 5.33% 542 566 586 625 737 749  
    Fianna Fáil Deirdre Ó Connell-Hopkins 3.59% 365 386 449 467      
    Electorate: 20,541   Valid: 10,163   Spoilt: 147   Quota: 1,452   Turnout: 10,310 (50.19%)  

      Portlaoise
      Portlaoise: 7 seats[7][8]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011121314
      Fine Gael Willie Aird[*] 15.39% 1,573                          
      Fianna Fáil John Joe Fennelly[*] 14.25% 1,456                          
      Sinn Féin Caroline Dwane Stanley[*] 11.84% 1,210 1,229 1,241 1,252 1,334                  
      Fianna Fáil Catherine Fitzgerald[*] 10.57% 1,080 1,129 1,166 1,173 1,177 1,180 1,184 1,206 1,288          
      Labour Noel Tuohy[*] 10.19% 1,041 1,073 1,080 1,106 1,116 1,122 1,135 1,170 1,244 1,284        
      Fine Gael Mary Sweeney[*][lower-alpha 1] 10.02% 1,024 1,100 1,159 1,178 1,189 1,195 1,211 1,213 1,251 1,269 1,271 1,369    
      Independent Naeem Iqbal 4.44% 454 456 458 468 468 472 477 493 503 590 591 628 638  
      Fine Gael Thomasina Connell 4.28% 437 503 516 519 525 527 533 535 567 612 613 679 703 796
      Renua Dominic Dunne 3.71% 379 395 401 411 415 419 493 511 542 558 559 636 654 743
      Independent Timothy Adejumo 3.55% 363 365 368 374 374 381 383 401 411          
      Fianna Fáil Donal Kelly 3.24% 331 342 354 359 359 362 369 381 443 466 471      
      Fianna Fáil Pauline Madigan[†] 3.19% 326 339 354 355 355 356 359 366            
      Independent Tom Duffy 1.51% 154 155 156 164 167 172 173              
      Renua Noel O'Rourke 1.32% 135 137 140 148 150 151                
      Sinn Féin John Gormley 1.28% 131 134 140 141                    
      Independent Judith Preston-Grace 1.22% 125 128 130                      
      Electorate: 21,162   Valid: 10,219   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 1,278   Turnout: 10,370 (49%)  

        Footnotes
        1. See change below.

        Results by gender
        2019 Laois County Council election[9][10]
        Candidates by gender
        Gender Number of
        candidates        		  % of
        candidates        		 Elected
        councillors        		  % of
        councillors
        Men 29 74.4% 14 73.7%
        Women 10 25.6% 5 26.3%
        TOTAL39 19 

        Changes after 2019
        Party Outgoing Electoral area Reason Date Co-optee
        Fine Gael Tom Mulhall Graiguecullen–Portarlington Retirement January 2021 P. J. Kelly
        Fine Gael Mary Sweeney Portlaoise Retirement January 2022 Barry Walsh

        References

        Sources
        • "Laois County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 14 May 2019. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
        • "Local Elections 2019 – Election Results". Laois County Council. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
        • "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 140–143. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

        Citations
        1. Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). Report 2018 (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 58–61, 150. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
        2. County of Laois Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 (S.I. No. 622 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. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 15 October 2023.
        3. "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Borris in Ossory–Mountmellick LEA" (PDF). Laois County Council. 29 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
        4. "Declaration of Result – Borris in Ossory–Mountmellick LEA – Laois CoCo – Local election – 24 May 2019" (PDF). Laois County Council. 29 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
        5. "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Graiguecullen–Portarlington LEA" (PDF). Laois County Council. 29 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
        6. "Declaration of Result – Graiguecullen–Portarlington LEA – Laois CoCo – Local election – 24 May 2019" (PDF). Laois County Council. 29 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
        7. "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Portlaoise LEA" (PDF). Laois County Council. 29 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
        8. "Declaration of Result – Portlaoise LEA – Laois CoCo – Local election – 24 May 2019" (PDF). Laois County Council. 29 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
        9. "Laois County Council: Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael carve up the seats". The Irish Times. Dublin. 28 May 2019 [25 May 2019]. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
        10. DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
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