2024 Louth County Council election

2024 Louth County Council election
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All 29 seats to Louth County Council
15 seats needed for a majority
Area of Louth County Council


An election to all 29 seats on Louth County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Louth is divided into 5 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

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The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

Constituency Departing Councillor Party Date announced
Dundalk–Carlingford Edel Corrigan Sinn Féin 18 December 2023[3]
Dundalk South Liam Reilly Fianna Fáil 25 October 2023[4]
Dundalk South Tomás Sharkey Sinn Féin 18 December 2023[3]

Results by party

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Party Candidates Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Sinn Féin 17 7 Steady 11,222 23.59 Decrease0.51
Fine Gael 11 6 Increase1 8,665 18.21 Decrease1.91
Fianna Fáil 8 6 Decrease1 8,072 16.96 Decrease2.55
Labour 5 2 Decrease1 3,648 7.67 Decrease0.25
Green 5 1 Steady 1,570 3.30 Decrease3.10
Irish Freedom 4 0 New 1,788 3.76 New
Aontú 2 0 New 636 1.34 New
Independent Ireland 1 0 New 508 1.07 New
People Before Profit 1 0 Steady 344 0.72 Increase0.49
The Irish People 3 0 New 334 0.70 New
Social Democrats 1 0 New 310 0.65 New
Independent 19 7 Increase1 10,484 22.03 Increase4.26
Total 77 29 Steady 47,581 100.00

Analysis of Results

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In the Ardee LEA all 6 sitting Councillors retained their seats though Fine Gael ran close for a third seat and geography was a factor as sitting Councillor Bernie Conlon prevailed on the last count. In Drogheda Rural there was no change in party representation though International Boxing Champion, Eric Donovan, outpolled and unseated his fellow running-mate Clogherhead based Cllr Tom Cunningham. In Drogheda Urban Fine Gael regained the seat that they lost at the 2019 Locals at the expense of the Labour Party as co-opted Cllr Emma Cutlip was defeated. In Dundalk South all seats were retained though Independent Ireland pushed hard, following transfers from the Irish Freedom Party, to challenge for the final seat as Cllr Marianne Butler of the Green Party prevailed with transfers. In the Dundalk-Carlingford LEA, Sinn Féin retained their two seats through good internal party transfers after eliminations but there was considerable leakage in the Fianna Fáil vote which was also not well managed among the three sitting Councillors. First time candidate, Independent Ciarán Fisher, was elected at the expense of incumbent Councillor Conor Keelan. This resulted in Fianna Fáil returning with a net loss of one seat and the loss of their then Party Whip on the Council.

Results by LEA

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^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.

Ardee

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Ardee: 6 Seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Fine Gael Paula Butterly[†] 11.95% 1,162 1,177 1,188 1,191 1,192 1,205 1,210 1,229 1,243 1,260 1,271 1,274
Fianna Fáil John Sheridan[*] 11.36% 1,105 1,112 1,113 1,124 1,131 1,144 1,149 1,191 1,242 1,264 1,301 1,310
Sinn Féin Pearse McGeough[*] 10.97% 1,067 1,070 1,072 1,120 1,126 1,136 1,155 1,184 1,226 1,736    
Independent Jim Tenanty[*] 10.55% 1,026 1,030 1,044 1,044 1,084 1,098 1,174 1,214 1,468      
Fine Gael Dolores Minogue[*] 10.14% 986 992 993 996 1,006 1,038 1,050 1,077 1,181 1,223 1,254 1,280
Fine Gael Rachel Kerley 10.06% 978 986 987 990 999 1,030 1,051 1,077 1,114 1,151 1,171 1,179
Independent Bernie Conlon[†] 8.33% 810 816 852 854 889 901 987 1,018 1,075 1,111 1,206 1,238
Sinn Féin Kitty Colbert 5.84% 568 573 576 655 666 683 691 775 805      
Independent Fintan Malone 5.50% 535 537 547 549 595 610 682 707        
Social Democrats Niall McCreanor 3.19% 310 319 320 325 329 371 383          
Labour Katerina Karpenko 2.84% 276 295 295 296 300              
Independent Thomas Commins 2.73% 265 265 320 320 363 367            
Independent Peter Farrell 2.29% 223 224 233 235                
Sinn Féin Phyllis Murphy 1.69% 164 164 166                  
Independent Seán Brown 1.60% 156 158                    
Green Adam Devine 0.96% 93                      
Electorate: 19,928   Valid: 9,724   Spoilt: 227   Quota: 1,390   Turnout: 9,951 (49.93%)  

Drogheda Rural

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Drogheda Rural: 4 Seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour Michelle Hall[*] 22.28% 1,426                
Fine Gael Anne-Marie Ford 16.59% 1,062 1,099 1,102 1,161 1,181 1,260 1,281    
Independent Declan Power[†] 13.40% 858 887 900 901 951 986 1,085 1,289  
Sinn Féin Eric Donovan 11.26% 721 732 735 746 760 790 824 859 925
Sinn Féin Tom Cunningham[*] 10.09% 646 657 659 668 678 692 727 750 850
Fianna Fáil Tomás Wilkinson 6.69% 428 437 438 443 453 494 525 531  
Irish Freedom Patrice Johnson 5.36% 343 345 387 390 403 407 452    
Independent Frank Godfrey 5.08% 325 337 341 348 365 390      
Green Anthony Murphy 3.73% 239 266 267 272 288        
Independent Mick Martin 2.61% 167 170 176 178          
Fine Gael Marian Agrios[7] 1.64% 105 108 109            
The Irish People Derek McElearney 1.27% 81 82              
Electorate: 14,133   Valid: 6,401   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 1,281   Turnout: 6,523 (46.15%)  

Drogheda Urban

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Drogheda Urban: 6 Seats[8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Labour Pio Smith[*] 13.06% 1,195 1,197 1,201 1,208 1,232 1,236 1,243 1,246 1,399              
Independent Kevin Callan[*] 11.83% 1,082 1,095 1,098 1,121 1,130 1,157 1,160 1,173 1,195 1,208 1,222 1,258 1,337      
Sinn Féin Joanna Byrne[*] 10.28% 940 942 943 960 971 996 1,060 1,066 1,093 1,100 1,292 1,309        
Fianna Fáil James Byrne[*] 9.65% 883 885 885 890 902 912 913 914 931 938 944 956 1,004 1,009 1,100 1,270
Independent Paddy McQuillan[*] 8.48% 776 785 792 815 828 866 875 899 915 931 945 1,008 1,106 1,122 1,249 1,300
Fine Gael Ejiro O'Hare Stratton 6.96% 637 640 641 647 664 668 670 672 700 724 732 736 759 761 815 1,143
Fine Gael Shóna McManus 6.32% 578 581 582 593 600 602 604 607 620 626 631 637 655 655 681  
Sinn Féin Debbie McCole 4.74% 434 436 437 447 452 461 539 546 555 559 632 644 693 696 738 753
Aontú Michael O'Dowd 4.45% 407 414 417 419 425 430 432 446 451 457 470 564 627 631    
Independent Frank Godfrey 3.69% 338 347 352 358 361 387 388 414 428 432 448 491        
Sinn Féin Laura Clinton 3.33% 305 306 307 310 314 322 346 350 362 366            
Irish Freedom Patrice Johnson 3.29% 301 305 326 328 329 333 333 424 425 426 430          
Labour Emma Cutlip[†] 3.04% 278 278 279 284 327 334 334 335                
Sinn Féin Joanne Thompson 2.03% 186 187 189 199 201 203                    
Independent John Bannon 1.98% 181 182 182 190 192                      
The Irish People Alan Fagan 1.86% 170 173 201 204 204 217 220                  
Green Michael Kennedy 1.74% 159 160 160 163                        
Independent Peter James Nugent 1.62% 148 148 151                          
The Irish People John Morgan 0.91% 83 84                            
Independent Vincent Hynes 0.73% 67                              
Electorate: 19,729   Valid: 9,148   Spoilt: 204   Quota: 1,307   Turnout: 9,352 (47.40%)  

Dundalk–Carlingford

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Dundalk–Carlingford: 6 Seats[9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fianna Fáil Seán Kelly[*] 17.91% 1,828                    
Sinn Féin Antóin Watters[*] 16.88% 1,723                    
Fine Gael John Reilly[†] 8.14% 831 862 876 886 910 1,084 1,092 1,224 1,245 1,260 1,275
Fianna Fáil Andrea McKevitt[†] 8.04% 821 862 912 926 957 1,072 1,080 1,201 1,212 1,234 1,243
Fianna Fáil Conor Keelan[*] 7.75% 791 899 906 922 958 992 1,009 1,070 1,097 1,142 1,172
Independent Ciarán Fisher 6.74% 688 742 750 797 849 862 898 978 1,331 1,412 1,518
Sinn Féin Kathleen Byrne 5.83% 595 621 639 649 659 669 855 883 932    
Irish Freedom Tracy O'Hanlon 5.72% 584 604 609 682 697 706 721 740      
Sinn Féin Fiona Mhic Conchoille 4.97% 507 517 603 615 628 652 868 943 979 1,619  
Labour Jamie O'Hare 4.63% 473 487 504 514 574 613 626        
Sinn Féin Seán Ó Broin 4.39% 448 477 514 523 537 544          
Fine Gael Yvonne Keenan Ross 3.94% 402 409 422 427 460            
Green Gerard Crawley 2.83% 289 306 310 318              
Aontú Liam Reichenberg 2.24% 229 241 246                
Electorate: 20,039   Valid: 10,209   Spoilt: 180   Quota: 1,459   Turnout: 10,389 (51.84%)  

Dundalk South

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Dundalk South: 7 Seats[10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Independent Maeve Yore 17.77% 2,150                    
Fine Gael Robert Nash[*] 10.71% 1,296 1,401 1,431 1,441 1,457 1,482 1,515        
Fianna Fáil Emma Coffey[*] 9.60% 1,161 1,256 1,290 1,305 1,368 1,381 1,403 1,572      
Fianna Fáil Shane McGuinness 8.72% 1,055 1,109 1,128 1,131 1,142 1,155 1,168 1,328 1,338 1,341 1,350
Sinn Féin Kevin Meenan[†] 8.07% 976 1,009 1,025 1,053 1,077 1,111 1,285 1,312 1,695    
Green Marianne Butler[*] 6.53% 790 873 892 944 1,056 1,066 1,082 1,202 1,246 1,250 1,274
Sinn Féin Sionainn McCann 5.88% 712 734 760 823 893 904 1,122 1,163 1,481 1,652  
Sinn Féin Jimmy Myers 5.24% 634 647 659 666 674 688          
Fine Gael Linus English 5.19% 628 670 698 702 735 738 747        
Sinn Féin Aideen Smith 4.93% 596 623 634 677 698 721 854 860      
Irish Freedom Cathal Ó Murchú 4.63% 560 585 599 614 629            
Independent Ireland Barry Kieran 4.20% 508 555 576 620 670 966 994 1,041 1,076 1,080 1,114
Independent Seun Grace Atiroko 3.17% 383 413 448 517              
People Before Profit James Hickey 2.84% 344 368 394                
Independent Dilip Mahapatra 2.53% 306 343                  
Electorate: 25,691   Valid: 12,099   Spoilt: 225   Quota: 1,513   Turnout: 12,324 (47.97%)  

Changes after 2024

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Party Outgoing LEA Reason Date Co-optee
Fine Gael Paula Butterly Ardee Elected for Louth to the 34th Dáil at the 2024 general election 11 December 2024 Rachel Kerley
Sinn Féin Joanna Byrne Drogheda Urban Elected for Louth to the 34th Dáil at the 2024 general election TBA TBA

References

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  2. ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Sinn Féin fielding new candidates for 2024 local election as Cllrs Tomas Sharkey and Edel Corrigan stand down". The Argus. 18 December 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Fianna Fail's Louth councillor Liam Reilly will not contest 2024 local elections". The Argus. 25 October 2023. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Nomination of Candidate(s): Ardee" (PDF). Louth County Council. 18 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Nomination of Candidate(s): Drogheda Rural" (PDF). Louth County Council. 18 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  7. ^ Murphy, David (28 May 2024). "FG candidate withdraws following planning allegations". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
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  9. ^ "Nomination of Candidate(s): Dundalk–Carlingford" (PDF). Louth County Council. 18 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Nomination of Candidate(s): Dundalk South" (PDF). Louth County Council. 18 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
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