Part of the 2024 Irish local elections
2024 Louth County Council election 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 [ edit ] 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]
Analysis of Results [ edit ] 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.
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019. ^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
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: 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: 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[ edit ] 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: 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%)