2019 Tipperary County Council election

A Tipperary County Council election was held in County Tipperary in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 40 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 8 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote.

2019 Tipperary County Council election

24 May 2019
All 40 seats to Tipperary County Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Seats won 12 9 2 Seat change 2 1 3   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Labour Party Workers and Unemployed Action Independent Seats won 1 1 15 Seat change 2
Map showing the area of Tipperary County Council
Council control after election TBD

The 2018 LEA boundary review committee significantly altered the LEAs used in the 2014 elections. Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a lower maximum LEA size of seven councillors, exceeded by three of the five 2014 LEAs. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	12	2	20,208	27.07%	1.04%
	Fianna Fáil	9	1	19,527	26.16%	2.48%
	Sinn Féin	2	3	4,711	6.31%	3.66%
	Labour Party	1		3,817	5.11%	2.84%
	Workers and Unemployed Action	1		2,621	3.51%	0.95%
	Green Party	0		446	0.60%	0.60%
	Aontú	0		262	0.35%	0.35%
	Independent	15	2	23,064	30.89%	1.41%
Totals		40		74,656	100%

Candidates by LEA

Cahir

Cahir — 4 Seats[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Independent	Andy Moloney[c 1]	27.65%	1,885
	Fine Gael	Marie Murphy[c 1]	17.98%	1,226	1,346	1,385
	Independent	Máirín McGrath	17.13%	1,168	1,328	1,400
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Jnr Anglim[c 1]	15.49%	1,056	1,124	1,204	1,509
	Independent	Martin Lonergan[c 1]	9.33%	636	703	762	910
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. English	7.82%	533	581	638
	Fianna Fáil	Anita Lonergan	2.77%	189	233
	Sinn Féin	Danny Carroll	1.82%	124	137
Electorate: 11,826   Valid: 6,817   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,364   Turnout: 6,905 (58.39%)

Carrick-on-Suir

Carrick-on-Suir — 5 Seats[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fianna Fáil	Imelda Goldsboro[c 1]	20.93%	1,980
	Sinn Féin	David Dunne[c 1]	13.55%	1,282	1,287	1,350	1,419	1,497	1,662
	Fine Gael	Mark Fitzgerald[c 2]	12.99%	1,229	1,325	1,335	1,346	1,351	1,425	1,616
	Independent	Kevin O'Meara[c 2]	12.44%	1,177	1,256	1,273	1,281	1,322	1,344	1,546	1,562
	Fine Gael	Louise McLoughlin[c 1]	10.73%	1,015	1,068	1,077	1,097	1,109	1,171	1,314	1,325
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran Bourke[c 1]	10.27%	971	1,031	1,042	1,101	1,196	1,347	1,414	1,482
	Workers and Unemployed Action	Michael Cleere	7.16%	677	752	779	799	814	823
	Fine Gael	Margaret Croke	4.35%	411	414	414	441	525
	Independent	Pierce O'Loughlin	3.46%	327	330	333	358
	Labour Party	Sarah Dunne	2.72%	257	259	262
	Sinn Féin	Joanne Ivors	1.40%	132	159
Electorate: 16,382   Valid: 9,458   Spoilt: 146   Quota: 1,577   Turnout: 9,604 (58.63%)

Cashel–Tipperary

Cashel–Tipperary — 7 Seats[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Fine Gael	Michael Fitzgerald[c 1]	25.43%	3,005
	Fianna Fáil	Roger Kennedy[c 1]	12.42%	1,468	1,651
	Fine Gael	Declan Burgess	11.19%	1,322	1,533
	Fine Gael	Mary Hanna Hourigan[c 1]	10.79%	1,275	1,623
	Fine Gael	John Crosse[c 1]	8.51%	1,006	1,326	1,381	1,471	1,498
	Sinn Féin	Tony Black	6.13%	724	780	787	791	792	815	898	955	1,353
	Fianna Fáil	Jacqui Finnan	6.07%	717	856	897	914	918	943	1,021	1,077	1,166
	Sinn Féin	Martin Browne[c 1]	5.60%	662	717	741	745	760	766	792	818
	Independent	Annemarie Ryan (Shiner)	4.96%	586	658	662	676	678	785	869	1,276	1,339
	Independent	Lisa McGrath	3.94%	465	504	513	517	519	569	649
	Labour Party	Robert O'Donnell	3.23%	382	455	461	469	472	486
	Independent	Barry Walsh	1.73%	205	236	237	241	242
Electorate: 22,816   Valid: 11,817   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 1,478   Turnout: 11,968 (52.45%)

Clonmel

Clonmel — 6 Seats[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fine Gael	Michael Murphy[c 1]	22.57%	2,102
	Fianna Fáil	Siobhán Ambrose[c 1]	21.81%	2,031
	Workers and Unemployed Action	Pat English[c 1]	17.17%	1,599
	Independent	Richie Molloy[c 1]	8.93%	832	1,004	1,188	1,238	1,266	1,334
	Fine Gael	Garret Ahearn	8.76%	816	1,222	1,356
	Independent	Niall P. Dennehy	5.48%	510	581	659	689	705	760	882	1,065
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Carey[c 1]	5.35%	498	531	590	624	645	709	738	898
	Workers and Unemployed Action	Teresa Johnson	3.70%	345	376	417	548	575	622	653
	Aontú	Martin Duggan	2.81%	262	280	295	306	317
	Fianna Fáil	David Shanahan	2.09%	195	227	404	409	419	433
	Independent	Eoin O'Flaherty	1.33%	124	132	144	151
Electorate: 18,681   Valid: 9,314   Spoilt: 182   Quota: 1,331   Turnout: 9,496 (50.83%)

Nenagh

Nenagh — 5 Seats[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Independent	Joe Hannigan[c 1]	20.23%	2,113
	Independent	Michael O'Meara[c 1]	15.71%	1,641	1,727	1,747
	Fine Gael	Gerard Darcy[c 1]	12.47%	1,303	1,380	1,509	1,536	1,593	1,989
	Independent	Séamus Morris[c 1]	10.24%	1,070	1,108	1,151	1,293	1,408	1,592	1,675
	Labour Party	Louise Morgan Walsh	10.07%	1,052	1,085	1,129	1,225	1,330	1,411	1,461
	Independent	Hughie McGrath[c 1]	9.82%	1,026	1,060	1,122	1,199	1,330	1,441	1,516
	Fianna Fáil	Damien Hough	8.57%	895	959	967	984	1,130
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Murphy	4.71%	492	513	538	617
	Sinn Féin	Damian O'Donoghue	4.71%	492	500	518
	Fine Gael	Conor Delaney	3.02%	315	322
	Independent	Graham King	0.44%	46	48
Electorate: 17,823   Valid: 10,445   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 1,741   Turnout: 10,564 (59.27%)

Newport

Newport — 4 Seats[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Labour Party	Fiona Bonfield[c 1]	26.37%	2,126
	Independent	John 'Rocky' McGrath	18.58%	1,498	1,695
	Fine Gael	Dr. Phyll Bugler[c 1]	16.77%	1,352	1,475	1,722
	Fianna Fáil	John Carroll[c 1]	16.30%	1,314	1,383	1,471
	Fianna Fáil	Mattie Ryan (Coole)[c 1]	14.52%	1,171	1,222	1,270
	Green Party	Rose Anne White	5.53%	446	497
	Sinn Féin	Teresa Collins	1.92%	155	177
Electorate: 13,435   Valid: 8,062   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 1,613   Turnout: 8,141 (60.6%)

Roscrea–Templemore

Roscrea–Templemore — 4 Seats[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Smith[c 1]	28.79%	2,570
	Fine Gael	Noel J. Coonan	18.14%	1,619	1,805
	Independent	Shane Lee	15.87%	1,417	1,586	1,592	1,713	1,897
	Independent	Eddie Moran[c 2]	14.80%	1,321	1,399	1,404	1,441	1,495	1,771
	Fine Gael	Jonathan Cullen	7.46%	666	686	688	710	745
	Fianna Fáil	William Bergin	6.97%	622	822	826	846	925	1,219
	Sinn Féin	Michael 'Chinny' Donovan	4.20%	375	431	432	568
	Independent	Tommy Murphy	3.78%	337	412	413
Electorate: 14,584   Valid: 8,927   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 1,786   Turnout: 9,057 (62.1%)

Thurles

Thurles — 5 Seats[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Independent	Micheál Lowry[c 1]	17.42%	1,710
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Hanafin[c 1]	15.87%	1,558	1,570	1,596	1,620	1,896
	Fine Gael	Peter Ryan	15.75%	1,546	1,566	1,596	1,620	1,920
	Independent	Jim Ryan[c 1]	13.54%	1,329	1,341	1,381	1,434	1,568	1,619	1,683
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Ryan[c 2]	12.02%	1,180	1,188	1,200	1,231	1,327	1,419	1,547
	Independent	David Doran[c 1]	11.11%	1,091	1,101	1,132	1,191	1,319	1,366	1,392
	Fianna Fáil	Fergal Butler	5.96%	585	589	595	601
	Independent	Tommy Barrett	3.47%	341	344	372	403
	Sinn Féin	Ciara McCormack	2.72%	267	269	282
	Independent	Catherine Fogarty	1.20%	118	119
	Independent	Michael Bracken	0.93%	91	92
Electorate: 16,447   Valid: 9,816   Spoilt: 107   Quota: 1,637   Turnout: 9,923 (60.33%)

Footnotes

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

References

Sources

• "Tipperary County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
• Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 104–107, 162. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
• Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 634/2018 — County of Tipperary Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
• Phelan, John Paul (16 April 2019). "S.I. No. 156/2019 — County Of Tipperary Local Electoral Areas And Municipal Districts (Amendment) Order 2019". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 15 May 2019.

References

1. "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Cahir LEA" (PDF). Tipperary County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
2. "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Carrick-on-Suir LEA" (PDF). Tipperary County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
3. "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Cashel–Tipperary LEA" (PDF). Tipperary County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
4. "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Clonmel LEA" (PDF). Tipperary County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
5. "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Nenagh LEA" (PDF). Tipperary County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
6. "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Newport LEA" (PDF). Tipperary County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
7. "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Roscrea–Templemore LEA" (PDF). Tipperary County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
8. "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Thurles LEA" (PDF). Tipperary County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.