2019 Sligo County Council election

A Sligo County Council election was held in County Sligo in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 18 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote. The 2018 LEA boundary review kept the two municipal districts used in the 2014 elections, while transferring one seat from Ballymote–Tubbercurry to Sligo and splitting the latter into two LEAs.

2019 Sligo County Council election

24 May 2019
All 18 seats to Sligo County Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Seats won 6 5 2 Seat change 3 3   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party People Before Profit Inds. 4 Change Independent Seats won 1 1 3 Seat change 1
Map showing the area of Sligo County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	6	3	10,171	30.30%	5.40%
	Fianna Fáil	5	3	9,599	28.59%	1.11%
	Sinn Féin	2		2,752	8.20%	2.10%
	People Before Profit	1		1,332	3.97%	1.37%
	Inds. 4 Change	1	1	1,550	4.62%	4.62%
	Labour Party	0		470	1.40%	2.70%
	Renua	0		315	0.94%	0.94%
	Green Party	0		175	0.52%	0.52%
	United Left	0	1	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Independent	3		7,187	21.41%	0.99%
Totals		18		33,571	100%

Candidates by LEA

Ballymote–Tubbercurry

Ballymote–Tubbercurry — 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
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Taylor[c 1]	11.80%	1,886	1,900	2,076
	Independent	Joe Queenan[c 1]	10.86%	1,737	1,763	1,773	1,775	1,806	1,822	2,158
	Independent	Michael Clarke[c 1]	9.77%	1,562	1,603	1,614	1,615	1,664	1,693	2,076
	Fine Gael	Gerard Mullaney	9.53%	1,523	1,551	1,556	1,557	1,565	1,635	1,747	1,798	1,819	1,853
	Fine Gael	Dara Mulvey[c 1]	9.36%	1,497	1,538	1,583	1,584	1,624	1,931	2,062
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Baker[c 1]	8.96%	1,432	1,472	1,510	1,521	1,535	1,793	1,821	1,869	1,895	1,902
	Fine Gael	Blair Feeney	7.54%	1,206	1,219	1,221	1,221	1,227	1,241
	Independent	Willie Gormley	6.54%	1,046	1,098	1,175	1,186	1,455	1,743	1,786	1,804	1,821	1,826
	Fianna Fáil	Keith Henry[c 2]	6.39%	1,022	1,050	1,092	1,109	1,146
	Fine Gael	Martin Connolly	6.32%	1,011	1,019	1,193	1,214	1,732	1,783	1,868	1,893	1,906	1,923
	Independent	Barry Gallagher	5.93%	948	998	1,097	1,109
	Fianna Fáil	Romuald Mullarkey	4.33%	692	699
	Sinn Féin	Daniel Gallagher	2.66%	425
Electorate: 24,389   Valid: 15,989   Spoilt: 198   Quota: 1,999   Turnout: 16,187 (66.37%)

Sligo–Drumcliff

Sligo–Drumcliff — 5 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Healy[c 1]	15.11%	1,370	1,402	1,437	1,610
	Fianna Fáil	Dónal Gilroy	13.87%	1,257	1,279	1,322	1,435	1,450	1,534
	Fine Gael	Thomas Walsh	13.46%	1,220	1,236	1,252	1,322	1,339	1,613
	Independent	Marie Casserly[c 1]	12.94%	1,173	1,211	1,250	1,460	1,504	1,688
	Fine Gael	Tom Fox	11.45%	1,038	1,049	1,060	1,112	1,116	1,320	1,375
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Kilgannon[c 1]	10.20%	925	941	964	1,052	1,063	1,168	1,217
	Fine Gael	Ciara McLoughlin	9.27%	840	857	873	926	934
	People Before Profit	Nigel Gallagher	4.78%	433	475	491
	Fianna Fáil	Colm McGurran	3.66%	332	333	348
	Independent	Amanda Gallagher	2.84%	257	267
	Inds. 4 Change	Corey Whyte	2.23%	202
Electorate: 16,154   Valid: 9,065   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 1,511   Turnout: 9,192 (56.9%)

Sligo–Strandhill

Sligo–Strandhill — 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Inds. 4 Change	Declan Bree[c 1]	15.83%	1,348
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Macsharry[c 1]	12.23%	1,042	1,053	1,125	1,140
	Fianna Fáil	Rosaleen O'Grady[c 1]	11.87%	1,011	1,016	1,057	1,069	1,145	1,217
	Sinn Féin	Chris MacManus[c 2]	11.24%	957	967	988	1,012	1,099	1,167
	Fine Gael	Blaine Gaffney	10.81%	921	926	958	971	1,016	1,100
	Fine Gael	Sinead Maguire[c 1]	10.74%	915	942	976	984	1,022	1,203
	People Before Profit	Gino O'Boyle[c 2]	10.56%	899	925	944	976	1,061	1,164
	Labour Party	Nessa Cosgrove	5.52%	470	537	567	583	606
	Independent	Jim McGarry	5.45%	464	470	495	506
	Renua	Finbarr Filan	3.70%	315	320
	Green Party	Miranda O'Donnell	2.05%	175
Electorate: 16,754   Valid: 8,517   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 1,217   Turnout: 8,650 (51.63%)

Footnotes

1. Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
2. Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

References

Sources

• "Sligo County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
• "Count Results". Elections 2019. Sligo County Council. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
• Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 100–103, 161. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
• Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 632/2018 — County of Sligo Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 8 May 2019.