2019 Clare County Council election

A Clare County Council election was held in County Clare in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 28 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 5 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote.

2019 Clare County Council election

24 May 2019
All 28 seats to Clare County Council 15 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 13 8 1 Seat change 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Green Party Independent Seats won 1 5 Seat change 1 2
Map showing the area of Clare County Council
Council control after election TBD

Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used in the 2014 elections.[1][2] Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a maximum LEA size of seven councillors, whereas the 2014 West Clare LEA had eight. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	13	1	19,515	38.59%	2.86%
	Fine Gael	8		16,032	31.70%	0.22%
	Sinn Féin	1		2,468	4.88%	0.64%
	Green Party	1	1	2,010	3.97%	3.02%
	Social Democrats	0		849	1.68%	1.68%
	Labour Party	0		495	0.98%	2.16%
	Independent	5	2	9,203	18.20%	3.32%
Totals		28		50,572	100%

Candidates by LEA

Ennis

Ennis — 7 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Fine Gael	Mary Howard[lower-alpha 1]	11.46%	1,311	1,311	1,318	1,340	1,423	1,484
	Fine Gael	Johnny Flynn[lower-alpha 1]	10.84%	1,240	1,244	1,251	1,271	1,344	1,387	1,395	1,541
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Nestor	10.59%	1,211	1,211	1,228	1,270	1,326	1,401	1,407	1,576
	Fianna Fáil	Clare Colleran Molloy[lower-alpha 1]	10.35%	1,184	1,186	1,195	1,225	1,262	1,345	1,350	1,437
	Fine Gael	Paul Murphy[lower-alpha 1]	10.95%	1,252	1,253	1,256	1,275	1,306	1,332	1,344	1,400	1,420	1,444
	Independent	Ann Norton[lower-alpha 1]	8.09%	925	927	944	1,007	1,082	1,143	1,154	1,328	1,368	1,396
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Daly[lower-alpha 1]	9.30%	1,064	1,066	1,071	1,091	1,104	1,161	1,165	1,228	1,265	1,293
	Independent	Dermot Hayes	6.93%	793	799	808	886	949	1,012	1,013	1,134	1,152	1,170
	Independent	Alfonso D'Auria	6.25%	715	715	736	796	862	952	958
	Independent	Frank 'Pinky' Cullinan	4.91%	562	563	565	591	604
	Labour Party	Seamus Ryan	4.33%	495	497	529	588
	Sinn Féin	Donna Deirdre McGettigan	2.42%	277	277	288
	Independent	Amanda Major	1.75%	200	210	229
	Social Democrats	Chris Kirwan	1.50%	172	174
	Independent	Andre Hakizimana	0.31%	35
Electorate: 22,744   Valid: 11,436   Spoilt: 163   Quota: 1,430   Turnout: 11,599 (50.99%)

Ennistymon

Ennistymon — 4 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fianna Fáil	Shane Talty	22.99%	1,977
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Killeen	13.91%	1,196	1,247	1,287	1,781
	Fine Gael	Joe Garrihy	15.45%	1,328	1,411	1,453	1,650
	Green Party	Róisín Garvey	15.14%	1,302	1,507	1,539	1,647
	Fine Gael	Bill Slattery[lower-alpha 1]	15.15%	1,303	1,367	1,451	1,579
	Fianna Fáil	Martin O'Loghlen	10.67%	917	980	1,039
	Sinn Féin	Noeleen Moran	6.69%	575
Electorate: 13,920   Valid: 8,598   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 1,720   Turnout: 8,710 (62.57%)

Killaloe

Killaloe — 5 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fine Gael	Joe Cooney[lower-alpha 1]	26.65%	2,697
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Hayes[lower-alpha 1]	13.69%	1,386	1,648	1,686	1,899
	Fine Gael	Pat Burke[lower-alpha 1]	10.24%	1,036	1,280	1,311	1,367	1,395	1,577
	Fianna Fáil	Alan O'Callaghan[lower-alpha 1]	11.04%	1,117	1,281	1,309	1,417	1,474	1,565
	Fianna Fáil	Tony O'Brien[lower-alpha 1]	12.12%	1,227	1,331	1,392	1,416	1,432	1,536
	Fine Gael	Ger O'Halloran	10.20%	1,032	1,104	1,119	1,168	1,190	1,287
	Green Party	Barry O'Donovan	7.00%	708	746	891	966	981
	Independent	Joe Floyd	5.25%	531	615	659
	Social Democrats	Beckha Doyle	1.96%	198	221
	Sinn Féin	Seán Naughton	1.87%	189	208
Electorate: 16,040   Valid: 10,121   Spoilt: 103   Quota: 1,687   Turnout: 10,224 (63.74%)

Kilrush

Kilrush — 5 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Kelly[lower-alpha 1]	23.40%	2,147
	Fianna Fáil	Bill Chambers[lower-alpha 1]	15.60%	1,431	1,683
	Fine Gael	Gabriel Keating[lower-alpha 1]	16.28%	1,494	1,624
	Fianna Fáil	Cillian Murphy	12.10%	1,110	1,194	1,200	1,287	1,302	1,513
	Independent	Ian Lynch[lower-alpha 1]	11.18%	1,026	1,081	1,108	1,145	1,187	1,483
	Independent	Joseph Woulfe	11.27%	1,034	1,090	1,104	1,118	1,133	1,299
	Fine Gael	Mike Taylor	5.15%	473	492	498	508	527
	Sinn Féin	Violet-Anne Wynne	4.20%	385	399	409	414	417
	Independent	Noreen Lynch	0.83%	76	83
Electorate: 18,104   Valid: 9,176   Spoilt: 160   Quota: 1,530   Turnout: 9,336 (51.57%)

Shannon

Shannon — 7 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fianna Fáil	Cathal Crowe[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]	22.91%	2,575
	Fine Gael	John Crowe[lower-alpha 1]	11.64%	1,308	1,429
	Independent	Michael Begley[lower-alpha 1]	9.14%	1,027	1,278	1,423
	Independent	P. J. Ryan[lower-alpha 1]	11.01%	1,238	1,349	1,395	1,404	1,407
	Fianna Fáil	Pat McMahon[lower-alpha 1]	8.66%	973	1,133	1,157	1,160	1,162	1,232
	Sinn Féin	Mike McKee[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]	9.27%	1,042	1,077	1,146	1,148	1,149	1,217
	Independent	Gerry Flynn[lower-alpha 1]	9.26%	1,041	1,075	1,128	1,130	1,134	1,200
	Fine Gael	Garret McPhillips	8.35%	939	966	991	993	994	1,196
	Fine Gael	Eugene Long	5.51%	619	879	980	985	991
	Social Democrats	Betty Walsh	4.26%	479	649
Electorate: 22,467   Valid: 11,241   Spoilt: 143   Quota: 1,406   Turnout: 11,384 (50.67%)

Footnotes

1. Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
2. Change since the 2019 election reflected in table below.

Changes since 2019

Party		Outgoing	Electoral area	Reason	Date	Co-optee
	Sinn Féin	Mike McKee	Shannon	Death of councillor on 29 November 2019	December 2019	Donna McGettigan[3]
	Fianna Fáil	Cathal Crowe	Shannon	Elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2020 general election	24 February 2020	Pat O’Gorman[4]

References

1. Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 28–31, 143. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
2. Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "County of Clare Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
3. McGettigan Co-Opted Onto Clare County Council
4. "Clare's newest Councillor will take up his seat this afternoon". clare.fm. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

External links

• "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. p. 72. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
• "Clare County Council – Local Election candidates". 14 May 2019.
• "Facts and Figures". Local elections 2019. Clare County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.