2019 Wicklow County Council election

An election to all 32 seats on Wicklow County Council took place on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Wicklow 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 Wicklow County Council election
24 May 2019
All 32 seats on Wicklow County Council
17 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Seats won 9 7 2
Seat change Increase 1 Steady Decrease 4
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Green Labour Social Democrats
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 2 Increase 1
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 9
Seat change Decrease 1
Results by local electoral area
Council control before election

Fine Gael
Fianna Fáil
Independent

 Council control after election

Fine Gael
Fianna Fáil

Boundary review

At the 2014 Wicklow County Council election, there had been five LEAs each electing between 6 and 8 councillors. Following the recommendations of the Local Area Boundary Committee Report in June 2018,[1] there are now six LEAs each electing between 4 and 6 councillors.[2] The changes were enacted by statutory instrument (S.I.) No. 638/2018.[3]

Overview

Fine Gael increased their seat numbers by 1 to emerge with 9 seats while Fianna Fáil retained 7 seats overall. Fianna Fáil again won 3 seats in Arklow but did secure 2 seats in Baltinglass. However they emerged seatless in both LEAs in Bray. Sinn Féin had a very disappointing election losing 4 seats to emerge 2 seats overall both in Bray the base of the TD John Brady. Several party councillors had quit since 2014 and Gerry O'Neill and John Snell were both re-elected as Independents. The Greens gained an additional seat to return with 2 seats. Labour returned to the council with 2 seats in Bray and Wicklow while Jennifer Whitmore won a seat for the Social Democrats in Greystones. While there were a lot of changes Independent numbers reduced by just 1 seat to 9.

Results by party
Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±
Fine Gael 9 Increase1 14,149 26.18 Increase6.28
Fianna Fáil 7 Steady0 11,924 22.06 Increase2.16
Sinn Féin 2 Decrease4 4,224 7.81 Decrease8.89
Green 2 Increase1 2,698 4.99 Increase2.59
Labour 2 Increase2 2,504 4.63 Increase1.53
Social Democrats 1 Increase1 2,861 5.29 New
People Before Profit 0 Steady0 811 1.50 Decrease0.55
Aontú 0 Steady0 605 1.12 New
Independent 9 Decrease1 14,277 26.41 Decrease9.29
Total 32 Steady0 54,054 100.0

Retiring incumbents

The following members of Wicklow County Council announced in advance of the poll that they would not be seeking re-election:

LEA Departing councillor Party
Baltinglass Tommy Cullen Independent
Baltinglass Pat Doran Fianna Fáil
Bray Christopher Fox Independent
Greystones Gráinne McLoughlin Fine Gael
Wicklow Dáire Nolan Independent
Baltinglass Jim Ruttle Independent
Bray John Ryan Fine Gael
Bray Pat Vance Fianna Fáil

Results by local electoral area

Arklow
Arklow - 6 seats[4][5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil Pat Kennedy* 24.29% 2,471            
Fianna Fáil Pat Fitzgerald* 18.23% 1,854            
Independent Peir Leonard 10.16% 1,033 1,068 1,106 1,178 1,257 1,370 1,466
Independent Miriam Murphy* 9.26% 942 1,106 1,158 1,194 1,273 1,387 1,525
Fine Gael Sylvester Bourke* 8.77% 892 1,054 1,089 1,107 1,121 1,136 1,425
Fianna Fáil Tommy Annesley* 7.57% 770 1,041 1,207 1,245 1,285 1,339 1,413
Independent Tommy Breen 6.33% 644 703 754 792 840 950 1,012
Fine Gael Chantel Kanowga 5.60% 570 803 813 827 843 885  
Sinn Féin John Kelly 4.65% 473 527 541 560 581    
Independent Mary McDonald* 2.67% 272 295 313 331      
Independent Pat Hoey 2.47% 251 267 283        
Electorate: 17,703   Valid: 10,172   Quota: 1,454   Turnout: 57.5%  

    Baltinglass
    Baltinglass - 6 seats[6][7]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Fine Gael Edward Timmins* 17.62% 1,875          
    Independent Gerry O'Neill* 17.12% 1,822          
    Fianna Fáil Patsy Glennon 14.14% 1,505 1,579        
    Fine Gael Vincent Blake* 13.91% 1,481 1,526        
    Fine Gael Avril Cronin 11.01% 1,172 1,346 1,447 1,495 1,529  
    Fianna Fáil John Mullen 10.20% 1,086 1,109 1,138 1,179 1,188 1,315
    Sinn Féin Aidan Kinsella 7.30% 777 786 827 870 871 1,115
    Social Democrats Dave McGinn 6.33% 674 690 780 850 854  
    Independent Lorraine O'Brien 2.37% 252 265 305      
    Electorate: 19,530   Valid: 10,644   Quota: 1,521   Turnout: 54.5%  

      Bray East
      Bray East - 4 seats[8][9]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      Green Steven Matthews*† 24.98% 1,579                
      Sinn Féin Grace McManus 15.42% 975 1,010 1,129 1,185 1,233 1,251 1,475    
      Fine Gael Aoife Flynn-Kennedy 8.54% 540 585 598 638 652 931 961 968 1,093
      Labour Anne Ferris 8.53% 539 606 615 680 727 785 859 892 1,007
      Independent Malachai Duddy 8.18% 517 553 572 598 706 757 833 878 1,006
      Fianna Fáil Chris Walsh 7.04% 445 469 488 520 553 610 629 646  
      Fine Gael Edward Whelan 6.85% 433 456 459 476 518        
      People Before Profit Sharon Briggs 6.22% 393 413 468 502 538 554      
      Aontú Brendan Thornhill* 5.36% 339 355 379 402          
      Independent Barry Murphy 4.67% 295 303              
      Social Democrats Eamonn Moran 4.22% 267 307 328            
      Electorate: 11,636   Valid: 6,322   Quota: 1,265   Turnout: 54.3%  

        Bray West
        Bray West - 4 seats[10][11]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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        Independent Joe Behan* 28.87% 1,880            
        Fine Gael Melanie Corrigan 22.16% 1,443            
        Sinn Féin Dermot "Daisy" O'Brien* 13.99% 911 1,012 1,018 1,101 1,197 1,240 1,265
        Independent Rory O'Connor 8.77% 571 673 696 742 843 984 1,175
        Labour Ian McGahon 7.86% 512 593 607 661 694 793 926
        Fianna Fáil Sárán Fogarty 5.37% 350 439 453 461 488    
        Fine Gael David Miller 5.18% 337 406 481 488 503 570  
        Aontú Oliver O'Brien* 4.08% 266 357 360 385      
        People Before Profit June Maher 3.72% 242 286 291        
        Electorate: 12,548   Valid: 6,512   Quota: 1,303   Turnout: 51.9%  

          Greystones
          Greystones - 6 seats[12][13]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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          Social Democrats Jennifer Whitmore*†† 19.58% 1,920              
          Independent Tom Fortune* 14.23% 1,396 1,453            
          Green Lourda Scott 11.42% 1,120 1,244 1,253 1,312 1,337 1,371 1,613  
          Fine Gael Derek Mitchell* 11.05% 1,084 1,133 1,139 1,146 1,152 1,180 1,256 1,274
          Fianna Fáil Gerry Walsh* 10.54% 1,034 1,068 1,070 1,073 1,100 1,248 1,334 1,348
          Fine Gael Alice O'Donnell 10.22% 1,002 1,084 1,088 1,093 1,095 1,119 1,177 1,200
          Independent Mags Crean††† 8.19% 803 902 915 955 982 991 1,226 1,308
          Sinn Féin Nicola Lawless* 4.35% 427 442 444 459 476 493    
          Labour Anna Waithira Burke 3.78% 371 397 401 423 442 465    
          Fianna Fáil Elaine Wills 2.90% 284 303 309 311 317      
          Independent Charlie Keddy 1.94% 190 192 194 203        
          People Before Profit Pyper Ludlow 1.79% 176 187 189          
          Electorate: 18,414   Valid: 9,807   Quota: 1,402   Turnout: 53.3%  

            Wicklow
            Wicklow - 6 seats[14][15]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234567
            Fine Gael Shay Cullen* 21.58% 2,287            
            Independent John Snell* 18.65% 1,976            
            Fianna Fáil Gail Dunne* 12.36% 1,310 1,388 1,462 1,477 1,571    
            Labour Paul O'Brien 10.21% 1,082 1,138 1,223 1,240 1,331 1,340 1,486
            Fine Gael Irene Winters* 9.75% 1,033 1,354 1,388 1,406 1,491 1,502 1,532
            Fianna Fáil Anne Gregory 7.69% 815 944 968 980 1,031 1,053 1,217
            Independent Mary Kavanagh* 7.36% 780 811 897 973 1,069 1,081 1,241
            Sinn Féin Muireann Dalton 6.24% 661 688 733 739 790 793  
            Independent Jimmy O'Shaughnessy 4.34% 460 576 671 690      
            Independent Dáire Fitzgerald 1.82% 193 208 227        
            Electorate: 20,545   Valid: 10,597   Quota: 1,514   Turnout: 51.6%  

              Results by gender
              2019 Wicklow County Council election[16][17]
              Candidates by gender
              Gender Number of
              candidates              		  % of
              candidates              		 Elected
              councillors              		  % of
              councillors
              Men 37 59.7% 20 62.5%
              Women 25 40.3% 12 37.5%
              TOTAL62 32 

              Changes after the 2019 election

              Sources
              • "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 219–224. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

              References
              1. Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). Report 2018 (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 120–123, 166. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
              2. "Wicklow's Local Electoral Areas and Polling Districts". Wicklow County Council. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
              3. "S.I. No. 638/2018 - County of Wicklow Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2018". 19 December 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
              4. DHPLG 2019, p. 219.
              5. Wicklow County Council. "Local Election Count Results 2019 - Arklow LEA". Wicklow County Council. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019 – via data.gov.ie.
              6. DHPLG 2019, p. 220.
              7. Wicklow County Council. "Local Election Count Results 2019 - Baltinglass LEA". Wicklow County Council. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019 – via data.gov.ie.
              8. DHPLG 2019, p. 221.
              9. Wicklow County Council. "Local Election Count Results 2019 - Bray East LEA". Wicklow County Council. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019 – via data.gov.ie.
              10. DHPLG 2019, p. 222.
              11. Wicklow County Council. "Local Election Count Results 2019 - Bray West LEA". Wicklow County Council. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019 – via data.gov.ie.
              12. DHPLG 2019, p. 223.
              13. Wicklow County Council. "Local Election Count Results 2019 - Greystones LEA". Wicklow County Council. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019 – via data.gov.ie.
              14. DHPLG 2019, p. 224.
              15. Wicklow County Council. "Local Election Count Results 2019 - Wicklow LEA". Wicklow County Council. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019 – via data.gov.ie.
              16. "Wicklow County Council: Ferris declared winner after two-day recount". The Irish Times. Dublin. 28 May 2019 [25 May 2019]. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021.
              17. DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
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              20. Buchanan, Myles (7 March 2020). "Neary and Doyle take their seats in the county council chamber". Bray People. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021.
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