2019 Waterford City and County Council election

A Waterford City and County Council election was held in County Waterford and Waterford City in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 32 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 6 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote.

2019 Waterford City and County Council election

24 May 2019
All 32 seats to Waterford City and County Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Seats won 7 7 6 Seat change 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Labour Party Green Party Independent Seats won 4 2 6 Seat change 3 2 3
Map showing the area of Waterford City and County Council
Council control after election Progressive Alliance composed of Sinn Féin, Independent (5), Labour and Green Party Councillors.

The 2018 boundary review committee recommended significant changes to the LEAs in the 2014 elections due to terms of references requiring a maximum of seven councillors in each LEA and changes in population revealed in the 2016 census.[1] These changes were adopted by statutory instrument.[2] Voters in Waterford will also take 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.[3][4]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	7	1	11,043	25.01%	0.09%
	Fianna Fáil	7	1	8,248	18.68%	0.82%
	Sinn Féin	6		6,216	14.08%	1.92%
	Labour Party	4	3	3,662	8.29%	0.29%
	Green Party	2	2	2,659	6.02%	6.02%
	People Before Profit	0		332	0.75%	0.35%
	Renua	0		253	0.57%	0.57%
	Aontú	0		246	0.56%	0.56%
	Independent	6	3	11,501	26.04%	1.26%
Totals		32		44,160	100%

Results by LEA

Dungarvan

Dungarvan — 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fine Gael	Damien Geoghegan[c 1]	20.03%	1,716
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Cronin[c 1]	14.08%	1,206	1,234
	Fine Gael	Pat Nugent[c 1]	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[c 1]	8.32%	713	737	746	771	861	965	1,079	1,096
	Labour Party	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[c 1]	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2
	Labour Party	John Pratt[c 1]	31.55%	1,385
	Fianna Fáil	James Tobin[c 1]	27.52%	1,208
	Fine Gael	Declan Doocey[c 1]	23.71%	1,041	1,205
	Sinn Féin	Louise Brierley	9.68%	425	491
	Green Party	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fine Gael	Seanie Power	21.17%	1,591	1,253
	Fine Gael	Liam Brazil[c 1]	19.72%	1,482	1,482	1,253
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Leary[c 1]	14.94%	1,123	1,163	1,204	1,273	1,253
	Labour Party	Ger Barron	13.05%	981	1,018	1,098	1,249	1,256
	Sinn Féin	Declan Clune[c 1]	9.84%	740	762	771	860	861	1,028
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Murphy[c 2]	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Green Party	Marc Ó Cathasaigh	14.28%	1,122	1,126	1,123
	Independent	Joe Conway[c 1]	13.75%	1,080	1,083	1,083	1,097	1,126
	Fine Gael	Lola O'Sullivan[c 1]	13.07%	1,027	1,031	1,031	1,052	1,062	1,183	1,183	1,123
	Independent	Joe Kelly[c 1]	12.09%	950	963	964	976	1,002	1,014	1,062	1,069	1,102	1,143
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Quinlan[c 1]	9.70%	762	769	770	836	844	868	920	946	969	1,002
	Independent	Blaise Hannigan[c 1]	8.74%	687	690	690	701	714	742	794	807	886	912
	Sinn Féin	Jim Griffin[c 1]	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Independent	Matt Shanahan[c 2]	20.32%	1,736	1221
	Independent	David Daniels[c 1]	14.06%	1,201	1,307	1,307	1,221
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Mulligan[c 1]	10.91%	932	1,010	1,071	1,083	1,153	1,195	1,267
	Fianna Fáil	Adam Wyse[c 1]	10.44%	892	966	1,032	1,052	1,122	1,202	1,308
	Green Party	Jody Power	8.95%	765	833	908	928	975	1,038	1,141
	Sinn Féin	Pat Fitzgerald[c 1]	6.87%	587	602	611	615	664	936	1,086
	Fine Gael	Sharon Carey[c 2]	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Sinn Féin	John Hearne[c 1]	14.70%	1,071	1,071	1,041
	Fine Gael	John Cummins[c 1][c 3]	11.83%	862	876	877	899	915	929	959	1,025	1,067
	Fianna Fáil	Jason Murphy[c 1]	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 Party	Séamus Ryan	8.54%	622	627	629	640	653	672	729	812	879	893
	Independent	Laurence (Cha) O'Neill[c 1]	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[c 1]	6.09%	444	456	464	471	502	649	702	774	835	863
	Green Party	Susan Gallagher	6.05%	441	451	452	473	504	513	534
	Independent	Seán Reinhardt[c 1]	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%)

Footnotes

1. Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
2. Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.
3. Elected to Seanad Éireann on 1 April 2020.

Plebiscite

2019 Waterford City and County Council Directly Elected Mayor plebiscite

Choice	Votes	%
No	22,437	50.8
Yes	21,718	49.2
Total votes	44,155	100.00

Changes Since 2019 Local Elections

• †Tramore & Waterford City West Green Party Cllr Marc O Cathasaigh was elected to the Dáil in the 2020 General Election for the Waterford Constituency. Laura Swift was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 26 February 2020.[5] However, she subsequently resigned on 6 May citing conflict with her role in the Family Mediation Service.
• ††Waterford City East Independent Cllr Matt Shanahan was elected to the Dáil in the 2020 General Election for the Waterford Constituency. Former Cllr Mary Roche was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 26 February 2020[6]

References

Sources

• "Waterford City and County - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
• "Waterford City and County Council : Local Elections: Results 2019". WCCC. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
• "Waterford City and County Council : Local Elections: Tramore - Waterford City West Results 2019" (PDF). WCCC. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
• "Waterford City and County Council : Local Elections: Portlaw-Kilmacthomas Results 2019" (PDF). WCCC. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
• "Waterford City and County Council : Local Elections: Waterford City East Results 2019" (PDF). WCCC. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
• "Waterford City and County Council : Local Elections: Waterford City South Results 2019" (PDF). WCCC. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
• "Cork, Waterford reject, Limerick backs plan for directly elected mayor". RTÉ. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
• "Live results from the 2019 Local Elections and European Elections". RTÉ. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

Citations

1. Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 108–113, 163–164. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
2. Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 635/2018 — City and County of Waterford Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
3. Book (eISB), electronic Irish Statute. "electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB)". www.irishstatutebook.ie. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
4. "Plebiscites for Directly Elected Mayors". Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
5. https://www.wlrfm.com/2020/05/06/laura-swift-resigns-from-waterford-council/
6. http://www.munster-express.ie/front-page-news/%E2%80%98you-can%E2%80%99t-plan-for-this%E2%80%99-%E2%80%93-mary-roche-returns-to-the-council/