Part of the 2019 Irish local elections
2019 Waterford City and County Council election
Results by local electoral area
An election to all 32 seats on Waterford City and County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections . The City and County of Waterford 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).
Voters in Waterford also took part in a plebiscite on whether or not to establish the position of a directly elected mayor for the council under the Local Government Act 2019 .[1] [2] The proposal was rejected by a narrow margin of 50.8% No to 49.2% Yes.[3] Two other council also held plebiscites on directly elected mayors: Cork City rejected the proposal , and Limerick was the only one of the three to vote Yes .[3]
Boundary review
Following the recommendations of the 2018 boundary review committee, there were significant changes to the LEAs in the 2014 election due to terms of references requiring a maximum of seven councillors in each LEA and changes in population revealed in the 2016 census .[4] [5]
Results by local electoral area
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.
Dungarvan
Dungarvan : 6 seats[6] [7]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Fine Gael
Damien Geoghegan [*]
20.03%
1,716
Fianna Fáil
Tom Cronin [*]
14.08%
1,206
1,234
Fine Gael
Pat Nugent [*]
11.65%
998
1,081
1,094
1,121
1,171
1,211
1,313
Sinn Féin
Conor D. McGuinness
9.01%
772
818
842
1,007
1,054
1,137
1,216
1,221
Independent
Seamus O'Donnell [*]
8.32%
713
737
746
771
861
965
1,079
1,096
Labour
Thomas Phelan
7.87%
674
724
741
758
795
913
1,026
1,038
Fine Gael
Ian Noctor
6.69%
573
669
688
707
751
819
953
980
Independent
Joe O'Riordan
5.80%
497
529
552
578
653
Fianna Fáil
Ann Marie Rossiter
5.73%
491
560
587
628
686
774
Independent
Caren Hallahan
4.40%
377
403
449
471
Sinn Féin
Siobhán Whelan[*]
4.12%
353
379
391
Independent
Ciara Langan
1.32%
113
117
Fianna Fáil
Sean French
0.99%
85
92
Electorate: 16,197 Valid: 8,568 Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,225 Turnout: 8,703 (53.73%)
Lismore
Lismore : 3 seats[9] [7]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
Labour
John Pratt [*]
31.55%
1,385
Fianna Fáil
James Tobin [*]
27.52%
1,208
Fine Gael
Declan Doocey [*]
23.71%
1,041
1,205
Sinn Féin
Louise Brierley
9.68%
425
491
Green
Lynne Glasscoe
7.54%
331
388
Electorate: 9,226 Valid: 4,390 Spoilt: 86 Quota: 1,098 Turnout: 4,476 (48.52%)
Portlaw–Kilmacthomas
Portlaw –Kilmacthomas : 5 seats[11] [7]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Fine Gael
Seanie Power
21.17%
1,591
1,253
Fine Gael
Liam Brazil [*]
19.72%
1,482
1,482
1,253
Fianna Fáil
John O'Leary [*]
14.94%
1,123
1,163
1,204
1,273
1,253
Labour
Ger Barron
13.05%
981
1,018
1,098
1,249
1,256
Sinn Féin
Declan Clune [*]
9.84%
740
762
771
860
861
1,028
Fianna Fáil
Ray Murphy[†]
8.19%
616
708
721
770
778
963
Fine Gael
Mairead Coffey Jacob
5.92%
445
550
612
686
690
Independent
Dolores Whelan
3.72%
280
305
319
Independent
Ann Troy
3.45%
259
276
286
Electorate: 14,318 Valid: 7,517 Spoilt: 152 Quota: 1,253 Turnout: 7,669 (53.6%)
Tramore–Waterford City West
Tramore –Waterford City West: 6 seats[13] [7]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Green
Marc Ó Cathasaigh [a]
14.28%
1,122
1,126
1,123
Independent
Joe Conway [*]
13.75%
1,080
1,083
1,083
1,097
1,126
Fine Gael
Lola O'Sullivan [*]
13.07%
1,027
1,031
1,031
1,052
1,062
1,183
1,183
1,123
Independent
Joe Kelly [*]
12.09%
950
963
964
976
1,002
1,014
1,062
1,069
1,102
1,143
Fianna Fáil
Eamon Quinlan [*]
9.70%
762
769
770
836
844
868
920
946
969
1,002
Independent
Blaise Hannigan[*]
8.74%
687
690
690
701
714
742
794
807
886
912
Sinn Féin
Jim Griffin [*]
7.39%
581
589
589
596
614
620
626
629
691
979
Sinn Féin
Leslie Hughes
5.03%
395
399
399
405
425
430
437
439
523
People Before Profit
Úna Dunphy
4.23%
332
333
333
341
349
368
385
394
Renua
Michael Gallwey
3.22%
253
257
257
260
263
273
Fine Gael
Maxine Keoghan
3.16%
248
250
251
254
257
Fianna Fáil
Rita Lacey
2.16%
170
173
173
Independent
Brendan Byrne
2.15%
169
176
176
182
Independent
Melissa O'Neill
1.03%
81
Electorate: 16,215 Valid: 7,857 Spoilt: 173 Quota: 1,123 Turnout: 8,030 (49.5%)
Waterford City East
Waterford City East: 6 seats[15] [7]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Independent
Matt Shanahan [†] [a]
20.32%
1,736
1221
Independent
David Daniels [*]
14.06%
1,201
1,307
1,307
1,221
Fianna Fáil
Eddie Mulligan [*]
10.91%
932
1,010
1,071
1,083
1,153
1,195
1,267
Fianna Fáil
Adam Wyse [*]
10.44%
892
966
1,032
1,052
1,122
1,202
1,308
Green
Jody Power
8.95%
765
833
908
928
975
1,038
1,141
Sinn Féin
Pat Fitzgerald [*]
6.87%
587
602
611
615
664
936
1,086
Fine Gael
Sharon Carey[†]
6.77%
578
612
639
653
831
871
950
Sinn Féin
Michael Doyle
6.27%
536
558
576
579
590
Independent
Lee Walsh
6.12%
523
563
607
615
661
700
Fine Gael
Fiona Dowd
5.64%
482
515
531
536
Independent
Michael Garland
3.64%
311
356
Electorate: 15,562 Valid: 8,543 Spoilt: 122 Quota: 1,221 Turnout: 8,665 (55.7%)
Waterford City South
Waterford City South: 6 seats[17] [7]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Sinn Féin
John Hearne [*]
14.70%
1,071
1,071
1,041
Fine Gael
John Cummins [*] [a]
11.83%
862
876
877
899
915
929
959
1,025
1,067
Fianna Fáil
Jason Murphy [*]
10.47%
763
772
774
840
850
870
919
960
1,015
1,028
Independent
Donal Barry
9.94%
724
751
753
782
840
868
946
1,008
1,163
1,041
Labour
Séamus Ryan
8.54%
622
627
629
640
653
672
729
812
879
893
Independent
Laurence (Cha) O'Neill[*]
6.97%
508
515
517
543
554
584
637
665
756
788
Independent
Andrew Power
6.12%
446
470
471
488
518
535
586
627
Sinn Féin
Breda Brennan [*]
6.09%
444
456
464
471
502
649
702
774
835
863
Green
Susan Gallagher
6.05%
441
451
452
473
504
513
534
Independent
Seán Reinhardt[*]
5.59%
407
418
421
432
446
483
Sinn Féin
Warren Fitzgerald
4.28%
312
331
339
347
370
Independent
Vivienne Burns
3.68%
268
280
281
290
Aontú
Ronan Cleary
3.38%
246
254
254
Independent
Brendan Byrne
2.35%
171
Electorate: 14,323 Valid: 7,285 Spoilt: 156 Quota: 1,041 Turnout: 7,441 (51.95%)
^ a b c See change below.