2019 Mayo County Council election

An election to all 30 seats on Mayo County Council election was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Mayo was divided into 6 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 Mayo County Council election
24 May 2019
All 30 seats on Mayo County Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Seats won 12 11 1
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1 Decrease 2
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 6
Seat change Decrease 1
Results by local electoral area

Boundary review

Following the recommendations of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, there were significant alterations to the LEAs used at the 2014 Mayo County Council election. Its terms of reference set a maximum LEA size of 7 seats, breached by two of the 2014 LEAs. Other changes reflected population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.[1][2]

Results by party
Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 12 Increase2 23,420 37.25 Increase2.76
Fianna Fáil 11 Increase1 18,823 29.93 Increase0.65
Sinn Féin 1 Decrease2 4,633 7.37 Decrease2.96
Aontú 0 Steady 1,319 2.10 New
Green 0 Steady 628 1.00 Increase0.62
People Before Profit 0 Steady 437 0.69 New
Renua 0 Steady 315 0.50 New
Social Democrats 0 Steady 185 0.29 New
Labour 0 Steady 143 0.23 Decrease0.74
Independent 6 Decrease 1 12,976 20.64 Decrease3.92
Total 30 Steady 62,880 100.0

Results by local electoral area

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

Ballina
Ballina: 6 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Fine Gael John O'Hara[*] 17.30% 2,123              
Independent Mark Duffy 17.08% 2,095              
Fianna Fáil Annie May Reape[*] 11.11% 1,363 1,498 1,576 1,599 1,628 1,747 1,772  
Fianna Fáil Michael Loftus[*] 10.76% 1,320 1,334 1,353 1,356 1,371 1,402 1,655 1,774
Independent Seamus Weir[*] 9.53% 1,169 1,220 1,256 1,278 1,321 1,428 1,469 1,646
Fianna Fáil Eamon Moore 9.01% 1,105 1,116 1,126 1,135 1,161 1,170 1,327 1,436
Fine Gael Jarlath Munnelly[*] 7.76% 952 992 1,014 1,035 1,072 1,095 1,186 1,510
Fine Gael Kieran Gill 5.85% 718 745 757 763 767 776    
Fine Gael Aileen Horkan 4.66% 572 638 720 771 783 895 1,042  
Independent Willie Nolan 3.16% 388 400 448 471 512      
Sinn Féin Michael Regan 2.27% 279 286 298 319        
Social Democrats Tracey Smith 1.51% 185 192 215          
Electorate: 20,353   Valid: 12,269   Spoilt: 185   Quota: 1,753   Turnout: 12,454 (61.19%)  

    Belmullet
    Belmullet: 3 seats[4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12
    Fine Gael Gerry Coyle[*] 25.52% 1,806  
    Fianna Fáil Paul McNamara[*] 23.96% 1,696 2,095
    Fianna Fáil Seán Carey 22.66% 1,604 1,753
    Sinn Féin Teresa Whelan[†] 15.43% 1,092 1,227
    Fine Gael Breege Grealis 9.26% 655  
    Independent Jay Heneghan 3.17% 224  
    Electorate: 11,279   Valid: 7,077   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 1,770   Turnout: 7,200 (63.84%)  

      Castlebar
      Castlebar: 7 seats[5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678910111213
      Independent Michael Kilcoyne[*] 18.72% 2,592                        
      Fianna Fáil Blackie K. Gavin[*] 12.85% 1,779                        
      Fianna Fáil Al McDonnell[*] 10.97% 1,519 1,658 1,661 1,671 1,679 1,697 1,710 1,748          
      Fine Gael Ger Deere 9.23% 1,278 1,387 1,396 1,402 1,412 1,426 1,464 1,492 1,535 1,571 1,653 1,915  
      Fine Gael Cyril Burke 8.61% 1,192 1,258 1,259 1,262 1,270 1,276 1,288 1,303 1,314 1,334 1,395 1,523 1,609
      Fianna Fáil Martin McLoughlin[†] 6.62% 916 985 990 998 1,000 1,013 1,027 1,042 1,061 1,138 1,236 1,378 1,396
      Fine Gael Donna Sheridan 5.81% 804 879 880 884 904 928 948 960 1,031 1,103 1,198 1,400 1,450
      Fine Gael Eugene McCormack 5.24% 725 783 786 789 796 802 819 840 869 956 990    
      Independent Harry Barrett 4.48% 620 733 740 745 775 795 839 874 1,000 1,055 1,189 1,273 1,303
      Sinn Féin Joe McHale[†] 4.35% 602 665 671 673 678 687 698 725 793 888      
      Independent Gerry Loftus 3.99% 552 587 593 595 601 611 618 643 668        
      People Before Profit Joe Daly 3.16% 437 482 487 488 505 520 530 545          
      Renua Michael Farrington 2.27% 315 333 334 335 340 342 350            
      Independent Aidan Crowley 1.27% 176 207 208 209 215 221              
      Labour Kamal Uddin 1.03% 143 157 159 160                  
      Independent Des Walsh 1.03% 142 156 164 165 170                
      Independent Anthony Vesey 0.39% 54 66                      
      Electorate: 23,682   Valid: 13,847   Spoilt: 172   Quota: 1,731   Turnout: 14,019 (59.2%)  

        Claremorris
        Claremorris: 6 seats[6]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        Fine Gael Patsy O'Brien[*][lower-alpha 1] 22.64% 2,955          
        Independent Richard Finn[*] 13.59% 1,774 1,885        
        Fianna Fáil Damien Ryan[*] 12.04% 1,572 1,898        
        Fine Gael John Cribbin[*] 11.47% 1,497 1,536 1,553 1,694 1,696 1,785
        Fine Gael Michael Burke[*] 10.83% 1,413 1,722 1,765 1,800 1,821 1,907
        Fine Gael Tom Connolly[*] 9.24% 1,206 1,314 1,333 1,417 1,419 1,769
        Fianna Fáil Michael Carty 7.14% 932 963 970 1,120 1,123 1,286
        Sinn Féin Natasha Warde 5.85% 764 866 964 1,079 1,084  
        Aontú Paul Lawless 5.19% 677 710 748      
        Green Margaret (Mags) Sheehan 2.01% 263 294        
        Electorate: 21,103   Valid: 13,053   Spoilt: 165   Quota: 1,865   Turnout: 13,218 (62.64%)  

          Swinford
          Swinford: 4 seats[7]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123
          Sinn Féin Gerry Murray[*] 23.21% 1,896    
          Fianna Fáil Michael Smyth[*] 19.97% 1,631 1,677  
          Fine Gael Neil Cruise[*] 18.50% 1,511 1,525 1,614
          Fianna Fáil John Caulfield[*] 15.87% 1,296 1,370 1,635
          Fine Gael Tom Lavin 13.83% 1,130 1,188 1,337
          Aontú Tommy Horan 7.86% 642 699  
          Independent Sean Forkin 0.76% 62 75  
          Electorate: 14,276   Valid: 8,168   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 1,634   Turnout: 8,297 (58.92%)  

            Westport
            Westport: 4 seats[8]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234567
            Independent Christy Hyland[*] 17.03% 1,442 1,475 1,515 1,587 1,711    
            Fine Gael Peter Flynn 14.76% 1,250 1,274 1,347 1,407 1,519 2,015  
            Fianna Fáil Brendan Mulroy[*] 14.07% 1,191 1,203 1,230 1,376 1,403 1,572 1,686
            Independent John (Johno) O'Malley 11.33% 959 983 1,015 1,153 1,238 1,388 1,520
            Fianna Fáil Chris Maxwell 10.62% 899 918 931 957 1,319 1,396 1,452
            Fine Gael Austin Francis O'Malley 9.80% 830 855 873 888      
            Fine Gael Teresa McGuire[*] 9.48% 803 816 875 927 1,036    
            Independent Darragh McGee 6.26% 530 546 589        
            Green Cissy Nayiga 4.31% 365 376          
            Independent Shane Fitzgerald 1.36% 115            
            Independent Frank McAlonan 0.97% 82            
            Electorate: 13,589   Valid: 8,466   Spoilt: 137   Quota: 1,694   Turnout: 8,603 (63.31%)  

              Footnotes
              1. See change below.

              Results by gender
              2019 Mayo County Council election[9][10]
              Candidates by gender
              Gender Number of
              candidates              		  % of
              candidates              		 Elected
              councillors              		  % of
              councillors
              Men 53 84.1% 28 93.3%
              Women 10 15.9% 2 6.7%
              TOTAL63 30 

              Changes after 2019
              Name Electoral area Elected as New affiliation Date
              Patsy O'Brien Claremorris Fine Gael Independent October 2020[11]

              References

              Sources
              • "Mayo County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
              • "Local Election Results, 2019". Mayo County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
              • "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 158–164. 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. 80–83, 156. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
              2. County of Mayo Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 (S.I. No. 627 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 2 February 2019. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 May 2019.
              3. DHPLG 2019, p. 158.
              4. DHPLG 2019, p. 159.
              5. DHPLG 2019, pp. 160–161.
              6. DHPLG 2019, p. 162.
              7. DHPLG 2019, p. 163.
              8. DHPLG 2019, p. 164.
              9. Duggan, Marian; Bourke, Keith (27 May 2019) [25 May 2019]. "Mayo County Council: Fine Gael claim four seats in Claremorris". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
              10. DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
              11. Ryan, Philip (27 October 2020). "Fine Gael councillor expelled from party after seven month internal investigation". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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