2019 Monaghan County Council election

An election to all 18 seats on Monaghan County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Monaghan 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 Monaghan County Council election
24 May 2019
All 18 seats on Monaghan County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Sinn Féin Fine Gael Fianna Fáil
Seats won 6 5 4
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady Steady
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 3
Seat change Increase 1
Results by local electoral area

Boundary review

Following the recommendations of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee the LEAs used in the 2014 elections were retained, with an adjustment to the boundaries and a move of one seat from Ballybay–Clones LEA to Monaghan LEA.

Overview

Bucking a trend elsewhere Sinn Féin slightly increased their vote in County Monaghan. However this did not prevent the party from losing a seat in the Carrickmacross-Castleblayney LEA but Sinn Féin would still remain the largest party. The Sinn Féin loss was to former Carrickmacross town councillor, Mary Kerr-Conlon. However the Fine Gael vote in County Monaghan fell by over 5% a consequence of Hugh McElvaney retaining his seat in Ballybay-Clones as an Independent.

Results by party
Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Sinn Féin 6 Decrease1 9,238 34.38 Increase0.09
Fine Gael 5 Steady 6,568 24.44 Decrease5.23
Fianna Fáil 4 Steady 6,609 24.60 Increase0.90
Green 0 Steady 676 2.52 Increase2.12
Aontú 0 Steady 354 1.32 New
Independent 3 Increase 1 3,425 12.75 Increase1.69
Total 18 Steady 26,870 100.0 Steady

Results by local electoral area

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

Ballybay–Clones
Ballybay–Clones: 5 seats[1]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123
Fianna Fáil Séamus Coyle[*] 28.57% 2,346    
Sinn Féin Pat Treanor[*] 17.40% 1,429    
Fine Gael Richard John Truell[†] 15.89% 1,305 1,525  
Fine Gael Séan Gilliland[†] 14.42% 1,184 1,412  
Independent Hugh McElvaney[*] 13.87% 1,139 1,357 1,419
Sinn Féin Rosie Smyth O'Harte 9.84% 808 1,119 1,213
Electorate: 14,767   Valid: 8,211   Spoilt: 168   Quota: 1,369   Turnout: 8,379 (57%)  

    Carrickmacross–Castleblayney
    Carrickmacross–Castleblayney: 6 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Sinn Féin Colm Carthy[†] 14.60% 1,401            
    Sinn Féin Noel Keelan[*] 14.34% 1,376            
    Fine Gael Aidan Campbell[*] 14.22% 1,364 1,365 1,401        
    Fianna Fáil P.J. O'Hanlon[*] 14.03% 1,346 1,350 1,372        
    Sinn Féin Jackie Crowe[*] 9.87% 947 961 1,005 1,108 1,129 1,173  
    Fine Gael Mary Kerr-Conlon 7.84% 752 755 796 813 1,024 1,237 1,247
    Fianna Fáil Aoife McCooey 7.66% 735 736 765 868 905 1,192 1,197
    Fianna Fáil Rory Owen McEvoy 6.42% 616 620 642 677 748    
    Fine Gael Patrick Cassidy 4.28% 411 412 432 441      
    Aontú James Duffy 3.69% 354 354 378        
    Green Conan Connolly 3.03% 291 293          
    Electorate: 17,286   Valid: 9,593   Spoilt: 192   Quota: 1,371   Turnout: 9,785 (57%)  

      Monaghan
      Monaghan: 7 seats[3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011
      Sinn Féin Cathy Bennett[*] 14.24% 1,291                    
      Independent Seamus Treanor[*] 12.71% 1,152                    
      Fianna Fáil Raymond Aughey[†] 12.03% 1,091 1,107 1,109 1,116 1,131 1,151          
      Sinn Féin Brian McKenna[*] 9.91% 898 951 953 954 967 977 1,003 1,004 1,033 1,146  
      Fine Gael David Maxwell[*] 9.39% 851 854 855 855 856 868 942 944 987 1,003 1,281
      Independent Paudge Connolly[*] 8.10% 734 747 751 757 770 816 839 840 922 990 1,082
      Sinn Féin Seán Conlon[*] 7.49% 679 711 713 718 753 783 795 798 844 1,018 1,074
      Fianna Fáil Emer Brennan 5.24% 475 483 484 487 491 506 531 536 602 623 673
      Fine Gael Barra Flynn 4.80% 435 439 440 444 449 462 524 526 589 595  
      Sinn Féin Catriona Moen 4.51% 409 420 421 421 432 441 456 456 480    
      Green Mícheál Callaghan 4.25% 385 392 393 397 417 428 445 446      
      Fine Gael Fiona McCaffrey Jones 2.93% 266 269 269 271 272 280          
      Independent Thomas Hagan 2.04% 185 188 190 203 225            
      Independent Alvin McGlone 1.69% 153 153 157 163              
      Independent Paddy Grenham 0.44% 40 40 40                
      Independent James Mee 0.24% 22 23 23                
      Electorate: 18,421   Valid: 9,066   Spoilt: 206   Quota: 1,134   Turnout: 9,272 (50%)  

        Results by gender
        2019 Monaghan County Council election[4][5]
        Candidates by gender
        Gender Number of
        candidates        		  % of
        candidates        		 Elected
        councillors        		  % of
        councillors
        Men 26 78.8% 15 83.3%
        Women 7 21.2% 3 16.7%
        TOTAL33 18 

        References
        1. DHPLG 2019, p. 174.
        2. DHPLG 2019, p. 175.
        3. DHPLG 2019, p. 176.
        4. McArdle, Patsy (27 May 2019) [25 May 2019]. "Monaghan County Council: 'Take your monkey off my back' McElvaney tells RTÉ". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
        5. DHPLG 2019, p. 247.

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