Letterkenny Residents Party

Letterkenny Residents Party was a minor Irish political party that was founded to contest local elections in Letterkenny, County Donegal.[1] It fielded one candidate in two local elections.

Letterkenny Residents Party
Founded2008
Dissolved2014 (last year of registration)
HeadquartersLetterkenny, County Donegal

In the Iris Oifigiúil of October 2008, the registrar of political parties indicated an intention to "approve the application for registration" for the party "to contest a Local Election only".[2] Following his resignation from the Green Party in late 2008, one local councillor reportedly called for voters to back the party in upcoming 2009 local elections.[3] The party's only candidate in that election, Tom Crossan, received 417 first preference votes and was elected to Letterkenny Town Council.[4] In late June 2009, Crossan and a number of independent councillors reportedly entered a "power-sharing pact" with the council's Sinn Féin and Fine Gael representatives.[5]

In the 2014 local elections, Crossan received 428 votes and was not elected to Donegal County Council.[6] As of September 2014, the Letterkenny Residents Party was included on the register of political parties.[7] It was not included in the February 2015 register.[8]

References
  1. "Pirate music lovers voice political aims". thetimes.co.uk. 16 August 2009. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Some of the more obscure parties on the register for local elections include the Letterkenny Residents Party and the Workers and Unemployed Action Group (South Tipperary).
  2. "Register of Political Parties" (PDF). Iris Oifigiuil. 14 October 2008.
  3. "In Short - A round-up of other regional news in brief". Irish Times. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2023. The only Green Party councillor in Donegal has resigned from the party [..] Letterkenny town councillor Neil Clarke [..] is calling on voters to support the new Letterkenny Residents Party at next year's local elections
  4. Local Elections 2009 - Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics - Volume 2 - Borough and Town Councils (PDF) (Report). Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. p. 88. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2011.
  5. "Fine Gael in regional 'power-sharing' deals with Sinn Féin". tribune.ie. 21 June 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2023. Fine Gael's Jimmy Kavanagh and Sinn Féin's Gerry McMonagle have come to an agreement with independent councilors [..] and Tom Crossan from the Letterkenny Residents Party to have a voting majority on the nine-seat [Letterkenny town] council
  6. "Tom Crossan". electionsireland.org. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  7. "Register of Political Parties 16 September 2014" (PDF). data.oireachtas.ie. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. "Register of Political Parties 9 February 2015" (PDF). data.oireachtas.ie. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
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