2019 Offaly County Council election

2019 Offaly County Council election
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All 19 seats on Offaly County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Renua
Seats won 8 4 1
Seat change Steady Increase 1 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Irish Democratic Social Democrats Green
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1 Increase 1
Results by local electoral area

An election to all 19 seats on Offaly County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Offaly 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).

Boundary review

The 2018 LEA Boundary Review Committee recommended no changes to the LEAs used in the 2014 elections.[1][2]

Results by party

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 8 Steady 12,423 39.95 Increase5.85
Fine Gael 4 Increase1 6,730 21.64 Increase4.84
Renua 1 Increase1 3,196 10.28 New
Irish Democratic 1 Increase1 1,054 3.39 New
Social Democrats 1 Increase1 657 2.11 New
Green 1 Increase1 584 1.88 Increase1.70
Sinn Féin 0 Decrease3 1,423 4.58 Decrease12.62
Independent 3 Decrease2 5,028 16.17 Decrease13.73
Total 19 Steady 31,095 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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

Birr

Birr: 6 seats[3][4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Renua John Leahy[*][a] 19.22% 2,277                  
Fianna Fáil Peter Ormond[*] 14.60% 1,729                  
Fine Gael John Clendennen[*] 11.23% 1,330 1,408 1,417 1,551 1,580 1,665 1,676 1,717    
Fianna Fáil Eamon Dooley[*] 9.39% 1,112 1,181 1,183 1,185 1,247 1,269 1,275 1,293 1,439 1,633
Independent John Carroll[*] 8.41% 996 1,018 1,030 1,059 1,084 1,161 1,116 1,346 1,447 1,770
Fine Gael Hughie Egan 7.40% 877 934 936 970 981 994 994 1,004 1,129 1,156
Fianna Fáil Bernie Fanneran 6.04% 715 731 739 783 839 884 893 985 1,031  
Social Democrats Clare Claffey 5.55% 657 712 731 745 894 940 942 1,036 1,159 1,300
Sinn Féin Seán Maher[†] 4.55% 539 559 572 593 608 640 642      
Independent Joe Wynne 4.22% 500 573 580 593 620 681 682 737    
Fianna Fáil Alan Kenny 3.26% 386 412 412 418            
Fine Gael Marian Pilkington 2.76% 327 338 352              
Renua Monica Barnwell 2.52% 298 452 461 489 498          
Independent Habibul Mukhtiar 0.86% 102 105                
Electorate: 21,198   Valid: 11,845   Spoilt: 160   Quota: 1,693   Turnout: 12,005 (56.63%)  

Edenderry

Edenderry: 6 seats[5][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Eddie Fitzpatrick[*] 20.89% 1,714            
Independent John Foley[*] 17.85% 1,464            
Fine Gael Liam Quinn[*] 11.24% 922 981 1,025 1,053 1,222    
Fine Gael Noel Cribbin[*] 9.58% 786 834 871 956 963 972 1,068
Fianna Fáil Robert McDermott 8.24% 676 724 771 957 1,187    
Sinn Féin Alan Davy 7.28% 597 629 664 690 718 727  
Green Pippa Hackett[a] 7.12% 584 629 739 787 840 860 991
Independent Fergus McDonnell 6.72% 551 570 626 705 746 758 948
Fianna Fáil Christine Traynor 5.55% 455 546 590        
Fianna Fáil Pat Daly 5.53% 454 567 573 648      
Electorate: 16,809   Valid: 8,203   Spoilt: 141   Quota: 1,172   Turnout: 8,344 (49.64%)  

Tullamore

Tullamore: 7 seats[7][8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Frank Moran[*] 13.92% 1,538              
Fianna Fáil Declan Harvey[*] 12.84% 1,418              
Fine Gael Neil Feighery 11.08% 1,224 1,229 1,240 1,350 1,352 1,435    
Fianna Fáil Danny Owens[*] 10.70% 1,182 1,219 1,228 1,263 1,269 1,346 1,356 1,472
Irish Democratic Ken Smollen[a] 9.54% 1,054 1,089 1,139 1,194 1,197 1,301 1,305 1,428
Fianna Fáil Tony McCormack[†] 9.45% 1,044 1,066 1,081 1,162 1,175 1,227 1,230 1,328
Independent Sean O'Brien 8.07% 892 897 945 1,018 1,023 1,089 1,097 1,231
Fine Gael Deirdre Fox 6.63% 732 738 757 850 853 896 921 1,007
Renua Brendan Galvin 5.62% 621 624 644 674 677 728 732  
Fine Gael Bernard Westman 4.82% 532 537 552          
Independent John Bracken 4.73% 523 557 609 636 638      
Sinn Féin Anne Marie Ennis 2.60% 287 292            
Electorate: 21,946   Valid: 11,047   Spoilt: 161   Quota: 1,381   Turnout: 11,208 (51.07%)  

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c See change below.

Results by gender

2019 Offaly County Council election[9][10]
Candidates by gender
Gender Number of
candidates 		% of
candidates 		Elected
councillors 		% of
councillors
Men 28 77.8% 17 89.5%
Women 8 22.2% 2 10.5%
TOTAL 36   19  

Changes after 2019

Changes in affiliation

Name LEA Elected as New affiliation Date
John Leahy Birr Renua Independent 11 June 2019[11]
Ken Smollen Tullamore Irish Democratic Independent October 2020

Co-options

Party Outgoing LEA Reason Date Co-optee
Green Pippa Hackett Edenderry Elected to the 25th Seanad on the Agricultural Panel on 1 November 2019[12] 19 November 2019 Mark Hackett[13]
Independent Ken Smollen Tullamore Ill health[14] 19 September 2023 Sandy Feehan-Smollen[15]

References

Sources

  • "Offaly County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  • "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 178–180. 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. 91–93. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ County of Offaly Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 (S.I. No. 630 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 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Birr LEA" (PDF). Offaly County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  4. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 178.
  5. ^ "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Edenderry LEA" (PDF). Offaly County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  6. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 179.
  7. ^ "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Tullamore LEA" (PDF). Offaly County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  8. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 180.
  9. ^ "Offaly County Council: Big blow for Sinn Féin while Greens claim first seat". The Irish Times. Dublin. 26 May 2019 [25 May 2019]. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  10. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
  11. ^ Duffy, Rónán (11 June 2019). "Renua's leader quits the party, leaving it with no elected representatives". TheJournal.ie. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021.
  12. ^ Murphy, David (1 November 2019). "Green Party's Pippa Hackett elected to the Seanad". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  13. ^ Kelly, Justin (19 November 2019). "Husband replaces wife in Offaly County Council seat". Offaly Express. Portlaoise. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021.
  14. ^ Grennan, Geraldine (11 September 2023). "Ken Smollen announces "difficult decision" to resign from Offaly County Council". Offaly Independent. Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  15. ^ Clarke, Kamron (19 September 2023). "New Councillor Co-Opted To Offaly County Council". Midlands 103. Retrieved 27 October 2023.