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All 32 seats on Wicklow County Council 17 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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).
Following the recommendations of the 2018 Local Area Boundary Committee Report, the Bray LEA from the 2014 Wicklow County Council election was divided in two, as its 8 seats exceeded the terms of reference of the report of a maximum of seven seats per LEA. All other LEAs retained the same boundaries.[1][2] The boundary committee recommended that Bray be designated a borough district. This was implemented in the initial statutory instrument, but reversed as being contrary to the terms of the Local Government Act 2001.[3]
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 lost 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.
Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ± | |
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Fine Gael | 9 | ![]() |
14,149 | 26.18 | ![]() | |
Fianna Fáil | 7 | ![]() |
11,924 | 22.06 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 2 | ![]() |
4,224 | 7.81 | ![]() | |
Green | 2 | ![]() |
2,698 | 4.99 | ![]() | |
Labour | 2 | ![]() |
2,504 | 4.63 | ![]() | |
Social Democrats | 1 | ![]() |
2,861 | 5.29 | New | |
People Before Profit | 0 | ![]() |
811 | 1.50 | ![]() | |
Aontú | 0 | ![]() |
605 | 1.12 | New | |
Independent | 9 | ![]() |
14,277 | 26.41 | ![]() | |
Total | 32 | ![]() |
54,054 | 100.00 |
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 | |
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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 |
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Pat Kennedy[*] | 24.29% | 2,471 | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | Pat Fitzgerald[*] | 18.23% | 1,854 | |||||||
Independent | Miriam Murphy[*] | 9.26% | 942 | 1,106 | 1,158 | 1,194 | 1,273 | 1,387 | 1,525 | |
Independent | Peir Leonard | 10.16% | 1,033 | 1,068 | 1,106 | 1,178 | 1,257 | 1,370 | 1,466 | |
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% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
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% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Green | Steven Matthews[*][a] | 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 | ||
People Before Profit | Sharon Briggs | 6.22% | 393 | 413 | 468 | 502 | 538 | 554 | ||||
Fine Gael | Edward Whelan | 6.85% | 433 | 456 | 459 | 476 | 518 | |||||
Aontú | Brendan Thornhill[*] | 5.36% | 339 | 355 | 379 | 402 | ||||||
Social Democrats | Eamonn Moran | 4.22% | 267 | 307 | 328 | |||||||
Independent | Barry Murphy | 4.67% | 295 | 303 | ||||||||
Electorate: 11,636 Valid: 6,322 Quota: 1,265 Turnout: 54.3% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
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 | |
Fine Gael | David Miller | 5.18% | 337 | 406 | 481 | 488 | 503 | 570 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Sárán Fogarty | 5.37% | 350 | 439 | 453 | 461 | 488 | |||
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% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Social Democrats | Jennifer Whitmore[*][a] | 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 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Gerry Walsh[*] | 10.54% | 1,034 | 1,068 | 1,070 | 1,073 | 1,100 | 1,248 | 1,334 | 1,348 | |
Independent | Mags Crean[a] | 8.19% | 803 | 902 | 915 | 955 | 982 | 991 | 1,226 | 1,308 | |
Fine Gael | Derek Mitchell[*] | 11.05% | 1,084 | 1,133 | 1,139 | 1,146 | 1,152 | 1,180 | 1,256 | 1,274 | |
Fine Gael | Alice O'Donnell | 10.22% | 1,002 | 1,084 | 1,088 | 1,093 | 1,095 | 1,119 | 1,177 | 1,200 | |
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% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
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 | |||
Fine Gael | Irene Winters[*] | 9.75% | 1,033 | 1,354 | 1,388 | 1,406 | 1,491 | 1,502 | 1,532 | |
Labour | Paul O'Brien | 10.21% | 1,082 | 1,138 | 1,223 | 1,240 | 1,331 | 1,340 | 1,486 | |
Independent | Mary Kavanagh[†] | 7.36% | 780 | 811 | 897 | 973 | 1,069 | 1,081 | 1,241 | |
Fianna Fáil | Anne Gregory | 7.69% | 815 | 944 | 968 | 980 | 1,031 | 1,053 | 1,217 | |
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% |
2019 Wicklow County Council election[16][17] Candidates by gender | ||||
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Gender | Number of candidates |
% of candidates |
Elected councillors |
% of councillors |
Men | 37 | 59.7% | 20 | 62.5% |
Women | 25 | 40.3% | 12 | 37.5% |
TOTAL | 62 | 32 |
Party | Outgoing | LEA | Reason | Date | Co-optee | |
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Green | Steven Matthews | Bray East | Elected to the 33rd Dáil for the Wicklow constituency at the 2020 general election[18][19] | 25 February 2020 | Erika Doyle[20] | |
Social Democrats | Jennifer Whitmore | Greystones | Elected to 33rd Dáil for the Wicklow constituency at the 2020 general election[18][19] | 25 February 2020 | Jodie Neary[20] | |
Independent | Mags Crean | Greystones | Resignation in May 2022[21] | 14 June 2022 | Stephen Stokes[22] | |
Social Democrats | Jodie Neary | Greystones | Resignation in November 2022[23] | December 2022 | Mark Barry[24] | |
Sinn Féin | Grace McManus | Bray East | Resignation in October 2023[25] | January 2024 | Mick Ryan[26] |