2024 Waterford City and County Council election
This article documents a current election. Information may change rapidly as the election progresses until official results have been published. Initial news reports may be unreliable, and the last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. (June 2024) |
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All 32 seats on Waterford City and County Council 17 seats needed for a majority | ||
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Area of Waterford City and County Council |
An election to all 32 seats on Waterford City and County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] Waterford City and County is 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).[2]
Retiring incumbents[edit]
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:[3][4]
Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | |
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Portlaw–Kilmacthomas | Ger Barron | Labour | |
Lismore | Mairéad Tobin | Fianna Fáil |
Results by party[edit]
Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 9 | ||||||
Fine Gael | 11 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | 18 | ||||||
Aontú | 1 | ||||||
Social Democrats | 2 | ||||||
Green | 5 | ||||||
Labour | 4 | ||||||
Independent Ireland | 1 | New | New | ||||
People Before Profit | 1 | ||||||
Rabharta | 1 | New | New | ||||
The Irish People | 3 | New | New | ||||
Party for Animal Welfare | 1 | New | New | ||||
Independent | 22 | ||||||
Total | 79 | 32 | 100.00 |
Candidates by LEA[edit]
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Dungarvan[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Tom Cronin[*] | |||
Independent | Padraig Curran | |||
Fine Gael | Damien Geoghegan[*] | |||
Independent | Caren Hallahan | |||
Independent | Aaron Joyce | |||
Sinn Féin | Conor McGuinness[*] | |||
Independent | Roger Morrison | |||
Fine Gael | Monica Murphy | |||
Fine Gael | Pat Nugent[*] | |||
Independent | Seamus O'Donnell[*] | |||
Green | Críostóir Ó Faoláin | |||
Independent | Joe O'Riordan | |||
Labour | Thomas Phelan[*] | |||
Sinn Féin | Fiona Regan | |||
Independent | Jonathan Shaw | |||
Sinn Féin | Siobhan Whelan | |||
Quota: |
Lismore[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Donnchadh Mulcahy | 19.2% | 988 | |
Labour | John Pratt[*] | 18.6% | 958 | |
Fine Gael | Niamh O’Donovan | 15.5% | 801 | |
Independent | Brian Buckley | 15.2% | 781 | |
Fianna Fáil | Michael Walsh | 14.1% | 729 | |
Fine Gael | Declan Doocey[*] | 10.8% | 559 | |
Green | Lynn Glasscoe | 2.8% | 145 | |
Independent | Frank Power | 2.4% | 126 | |
The Irish People | Michael McCarthy | 1.3% | 66 | |
Electorate: 9,952 Valid: 5,153 Spoilt: 51 Quota: 1,289 Turnout: 5,204 (52.3%) |
Portlaw–Kilmacthomas[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Fine Gael | Liam Brazil[*] | |||
Sinn Féin | Catherine Burke | |||
Independent | Declan Clune[*] | |||
Independent | Frank Conway | |||
Sinn Féin | Ben Duggan | |||
Sinn Féin | Thomas Guiry | |||
Fianna Fáil | Ray Murphy | |||
Fianna Fáil | John O’Leary[*] | |||
The Irish People | Declan Power | |||
Fine Gael | Seanie Power[*] | |||
Quota: |
Tramore–Waterford City West[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Aontú | Ronan Cleary | |||
Independent | Joe Conway[*] | |||
Party for Animal Welfare | Samantha Dooley | |||
Sinn Féin | Suzie Duffin | |||
Independent Ireland | Michael Gallwey | |||
Sinn Féin | Jim Griffin[*] | |||
Independent | Blaise Hannigan | |||
Sinn Féin | John Hayes | |||
Fine Gael | Richie Hayes | |||
Sinn Féin | Alannah Hutchinson-Smith | |||
Independent | Joe Kelly[*] | |||
Green | Cristiona Kiely[†] | |||
Rabharta | Killian Mangan | |||
Labour | Mairead McKnight | |||
Independent | Melissa O'Neill | |||
Fine Gael | Lola O’Sullivan[*] | |||
Fianna Fáil | Eamon Quinlan[*] | |||
Quota: |
Waterford City East[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Independent | Declan Barry | |||
Sinn Féin | Karl Cretzan | |||
Independent | David Daniels[*] | |||
Fine Gael | Jim Darcy | |||
Sinn Féin | Pat Fitzgerald[*] | |||
Sinn Féin | Caroline Griffin | |||
Fianna Fáil | Stephanie Keating[†] | |||
Green | Jody Power[*] | |||
Social Democrats | Mary Roche[†] | |||
Independent | Darren Ryan | |||
The Irish People | John Walsh | |||
Fianna Fáil | Adam Wyse[*] | |||
Quota: |
Waterford City South[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Joeanne Bailey[†] | |||
Independent | Donal Barry[*] | |||
Sinn Féin | Breda Brennan | |||
Sinn Féin | Kevin Burke | |||
Fianna Fáil | Vivienne Burns | |||
Independent | Lisa Carroll | |||
People Before Profit | Patrick Curtin | |||
Independent | Eric English | |||
Social Democrats | Sinead Ellen Griffin | |||
Sinn Féin | John Hearne[*] | |||
Fianna Fáil | Jason Murphy[*] | |||
Green | Maolíosa Ní Chléirigh | |||
Fine Gael | Frank Quinlan[†] | |||
Independent | Seán Reinhardt | |||
Labour | Seamus Ryan[*] | |||
Quota: |
References[edit]
- ^ "Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick mayoral elections". Gov.ie (Press release). Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ Keane, Brendan (11 April 2024). "GLOWING TRIBUTES PAID TO WATERFORD COUNCILLOR ON HIS IMPENDING RETIREMENT FROM LOCAL AUTHORITY". Waterford News & Star. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ Murphy, Darragh (12 April 2024). "LOCAL FIANNA FÁIL COUNCILLOR MAIREAD TOBIN RETIRING". Waterford News & Star. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Notice of Poll Dungarvan" (PDF). Waterford City & County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Notice of Poll Lismore" (PDF). Waterford City & County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Notice of Poll PORTLAW-KILMACTHOMAS" (PDF). Waterford City & County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Notice of Poll Tramore" (PDF). Waterford City & County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Notice of Poll WATERFORD CITY EAST" (PDF). Waterford City & County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Notice of Poll WATERFORD CITY South" (PDF). Waterford City & County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.