2024 Meath County Council election
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All 40 seats on Meath County Council 21 seats needed for a majority | ||
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Area of Meath County Council |
An election to all 40 seats on Meath County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Meath is divided into 6 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:[3]
Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | |
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Ratoath | Deirdre Geraghty-Smith | Fianna Fáil |
Results by party[edit]
Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 17 | ||||||
Fine Gael | 17 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | 14 | ||||||
Aontú | 7 | ||||||
Social Democrats | 2 | ||||||
Green | 4 | ||||||
Labour | 3 | ||||||
Independent Ireland | 2 | New | New | ||||
Workers' Party | 1 | ||||||
Party for Animal Welfare | 1 | ||||||
Irish Freedom | 1 | New | New | ||||
National Party | 2 | New | New | ||||
Independent | 21 | ||||||
Totals | 92 | 40 | 100.00 |
Candidates by LEA[edit]
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Ashbourne[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Independent | Cathal Ashbourne-Loftus | 0.67% | 73 | |
Independent | Charles Bobbett | 1.41% | 154 | |
Independent | Joe Bonner[*] | 24.66% | 2685 | |
Independent | Marcin Czekalski | 0.17% | 19 | |
Green | Martina Eskdale | 1.51% | 164 | |
Fine Gael | Suzanne Jamal[*] | 11.43% | 1244 | |
Fianna Fáil | Bryan Mallon | 5.21% | 567 | |
Sinn Féin | Helen Meyer[†] | 4.96% | 539 | |
National Party | Jean Murray | 2.27% | 247 | |
Independent | Sivakumar Murugadoss | 1.58% | 172 | |
Social Democrats | Paul Nolan | 4.16% | 453 | |
Aontú | Brandon Scott | 5.18% | 564 | |
Independent | Amanda Smith[†] | 13.91% | 1514 | |
Fine Gael | Alan Tobin[*] | 10.28% | 1119 | |
Fianna Fáil | Conor Tormey[*] | 7.10% | 773 | |
Sinn Féin | Maria Uí Ruairc | 3.99% | 434 | |
Electorate: 10887 Valid: 10721 Spoilt: 166 Quota: 1532 |
Kells[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Mike Bray[*] | |||
Sinn Féin | Peter Caffrey | |||
Fine Gael | Eugene Cassidy[*] | |||
Independent | Cormac Corr | |||
Sinn Féin | Oliver Curran | |||
Aontú | Peter Devlin | |||
Fianna Fáil | Seán Drew[*] | |||
Sinn Féin | Michael Gallagher[†] | |||
Independent | David Gilroy[*] | |||
Independent Ireland | Colm Mac an tSionnaigh | |||
Fianna Fáil | Paul McCabe[*] | |||
Fine Gael | Seamus McGee | |||
Fianna Fáil | Paddy Rennick | |||
Fine Gael | Sarah Reilly[*] | |||
Quota: |
Laytown–Bettystown[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Tom Behan[*] | |||
Fianna Fáil | Wayne Harding[*] | |||
Independent | Geraldine Keoghan[†] | |||
Independent | Carol Lennon | |||
Sinn Féin | Seamus Lynch | |||
Green | Cathal Mac Reamoinn | |||
Labour | Elaine McGinty[†] | |||
Fianna Fáil | Stephen McKee[*] | |||
Fine Gael | Paddy Meade[*] | |||
Fine Gael | Declan O'Neill | |||
Independent | Marjeta Qevani | |||
Independent | Patrick Smith | |||
Fine Gael | Sharon Tolan[*] | |||
Independent Ireland | Raymond Westlake | |||
Aontú | Peter Whelan | |||
Sinn Féin | Maria White | |||
Quota: |
[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Fine Gael | Yemi Adenuga[*] | |||
Fianna Fáil | Kashif Ali | |||
Fianna Fáil | Niamh Carroll | |||
Aontú | Jose Cyriac | |||
Independent | Francis Deane[*] | |||
Sinn Féin | Eddie Fennessy[*] | |||
Fianna Fáil | Padraig Fitzsimons[*] | |||
Independent | Edel Gillick | |||
Fine Gael | Ross Kelly | |||
Independent | Alan Lawes[*] | |||
Green | Seamus McMenamin | |||
Sinn Féin | Frances Murphy | |||
Fine Gael | Linda Nelson Murray | |||
Sinn Féin | Caoimhe Ní Shluain | |||
Irish Freedom | David O'Shea | |||
Aontú | Francis O'Toole | |||
Fianna Fáil | Tommy Reilly[*] | |||
Aontú | Emer Tóibín[*] | |||
Quota: |
Ratoath[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Independent | Gillian Toole[*] | 23.82% | 3,158 | ||||
Fine Gael | Maria Murphy[*] | 13.53% | 1,794 | ||||
Independent | Brian Fitzgerald[*] | 11.23% | 1,488 | 1,581 | 1,593 | 1,604 | |
Fianna Fáil | Caroline O'Reilly[†] | 10.81% | 1,433 | 1,500 | 1,564 | 1,573 | |
Independent | Nick Killian[*] | 7.73% | 1,025 | 1,468 | 1,471 | 1,480 | |
Fianna Fáil | John Donohoe | 6.59% | 874 | 964 | 966 | 970 | |
Fine Gael | Gerry O'Connor[*] | 5.69% | 754 | 936 | 961 | 965 | |
Sinn Féin | Fionnan Blake | 5.23% | 693 | 769 | 772 | 779 | |
Labour | Eilish Balfe | 3.64% | 483 | 675 | 679 | 686 | |
Fine Gael | Fergus O'Riordan | 2.89% | 383 | 546 | 555 | 558 | |
National Party | Jean Murray | 2.33 | 309 | 358 | 358 | 369 | |
Green | Ruadháin Bonham | 2.14% | 284 | 316 | 324 | 331 | |
Sinn Féin | Trish Murtagh | 1.60% | 212 | 238 | 239 | 243 | |
Workers' Party | Gerry Rooney | 1.34% | 178 | 228 | 229 | 233 | |
Independent | Eleanor Carroll | 0.81% | 107 | 120 | 123 | 130 | |
Party for Animal Welfare | Carolyn Fahy | 0.60% | 80 | 105 | 107 | ||
Electorate: 28,420 Valid: 13,255 Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,657 Turnout: 13,353 (46.98%) |
Trim[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Aontú | Dave Boyne | |||
Fianna Fáil | Padraig Coffey | |||
Fianna Fáil | Aisling Dempsey[*] | |||
Sinn Féin | Aoife Drew | |||
Fine Gael | Joe Fox[*] | |||
Independent | Noel French[*] | |||
Independent | Trevor Golden[*] | |||
Fine Gael | Luba Healy | |||
Labour | Trevor McElhinney | |||
Sinn Féin | Dáithí McEvoy | |||
Social Democrats | Ronan Moore[*] | |||
Fine Gael | Niamh Souhan[*] | |||
Quota: |
References[edit]
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- ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ Casey, Ann (11 January 2024). "On the campaign trail... Meet the candidates who have put their hats in the ring for June's local elections". Meath Chronicle. Archived from the original on 31 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Fógra na Vótaíochta / Notice of Poll - Ashbourne" (PDF). Meath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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(help) - ^ "Fógra na Vótaíochta / Notice of Poll - Kells" (PDF). Meath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Fógra na Vótaíochta / Notice of Poll - Laytown-Bettystown" (PDF). Meath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Fógra na Vótaíochta / Notice of Poll - Navan" (PDF). Meath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Fógra na Vótaíochta / Notice of Poll - Ratoath" (PDF). Meath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Ratoath Count 01 State of Poll" (PDF). Meath County Council. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Ratoath Count 02 State of Poll" (PDF). Meath County Council. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Ratoath Count 03 State of Poll" (PDF). Meath County Council. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Ratoath Count 04 State of Poll" (PDF). Meath County Council. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Fógra na Vótaíochta / Notice of Poll - Trim" (PDF). Meath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.