2019 Waterford City and County Council election (original) (raw)

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Part of the 2019 Irish local elections

2019 Waterford City and County Council election
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All 32 seats on Waterford City and County Council17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Seats won 7 7 6 Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1 Steady Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Party Labour Green Independent Seats won 4 2 6 Seat change Increase 3 Increase 2 Decrease 3
Results by local electoral area
Council control after election Sinn Féin, Independent (5), Labour and Green Party

An election to all 32 seats on Waterford City and County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. The City and County of Waterford was 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).

Voters in Waterford also took part in a plebiscite on whether or not to establish the position of a directly elected mayor for the council under the Local Government Act 2019.[1][2] The proposal was rejected by a narrow margin of 50.8% No to 49.2% Yes.[3] Two other council also held plebiscites on directly elected mayors: Cork City rejected the proposal, and Limerick was the only one of the three to vote Yes.[3]

Following the recommendations of the 2018 boundary review committee, there were significant changes to the LEAs in the 2014 election due to terms of references requiring a maximum of seven councillors in each LEA and changes in population revealed in the 2016 census.[4][5]

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 7 Decrease1 11,043 25.01
Fianna Fáil 7 Decrease1 8,248 18.68
Sinn Féin 6 Steady 6,216 14.08
Labour 4 Increase3 3,662 8.29
Green 2 Increase2 2,659 6.02
People Before Profit 0 Steady 332 0.75
Renua 0 Steady 253 0.57
Aontú 0 Steady 246 0.56
Independent 6 Decrease3 11,501 26.04
Total 32 Steady 44,160 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

Dungarvan: 6 seats[6][7][8]

Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Damien Geoghegan[*] 20.03% 1,716
Fianna Fáil Tom Cronin[*] 14.08% 1,206 1,234
Fine Gael Pat Nugent[*] 11.65% 998 1,081 1,094 1,121 1,171 1,211 1,313
Sinn Féin Conor D. McGuinness 9.01% 772 818 842 1,007 1,054 1,137 1,216
Independent Seamus O'Donnell[*] 8.32% 713 737 746 771 861 965 1,079
Labour Thomas Phelan 7.87% 674 724 741 758 795 913 1,026
Fine Gael Ian Noctor 6.69% 573 669 688 707 751 819 953
Independent Joe O'Riordan 5.80% 497 529 552 578 653
Fianna Fáil Ann Marie Rossiter 5.73% 491 560 587 628 686 774
Independent Caren Hallahan 4.40% 377 403 449 471
Sinn Féin Siobhán Whelan[*] 4.12% 353 379 391
Independent Ciara Langan 1.32% 113 117
Fianna Fáil Sean French 0.99% 85 92
Electorate: 16,197 Valid: 8,568 Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,225 Turnout: 8,703 (53.73%)

Lismore: 3 seats[9][7][10]

Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Labour John Pratt[*] 31.55% 1,385
Fianna Fáil James Tobin[*] 27.52% 1,208
Fine Gael Declan Doocey[*] 23.71% 1,041
Sinn Féin Louise Brierley 9.68% 425
Green Lynne Glasscoe 7.54% 331
Electorate: 9,226 Valid: 4,390 Spoilt: 86 Quota: 1,098 Turnout: 4,476 (48.52%)

Portlaw–Kilmacthomas

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Portlaw–Kilmacthomas: 5 seats[11][7][12]

Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Seanie Power 21.17% 1,591 1,253
Fine Gael Liam Brazil[*] 19.72% 1,482 1,482 1,253
Fianna Fáil John O'Leary[*] 14.94% 1,123 1,163 1,204 1,273 1,253
Labour Ger Barron 13.05% 981 1,018 1,098 1,249 1,256
Sinn Féin Declan Clune[*] 9.84% 740 762 771 860 861
Fianna Fáil Ray Murphy[†] 8.19% 616 708 721 770 778
Fine Gael Mairead Coffey Jacob 5.92% 445 550 612 686 690
Independent Dolores Whelan 3.72% 280 305 319
Independent Ann Troy 3.45% 259 276 286
Electorate: 14,318 Valid: 7,517 Spoilt: 152 Quota: 1,253 Turnout: 7,669 (53.6%)

Tramore–Waterford City West

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Tramore–Waterford City West: 6 seats[13][7][14]

Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Green Marc Ó Cathasaigh[a] 14.28% 1,122 1,126 1,123
Independent Joe Conway[*] 13.75% 1,080 1,083 1,083 1,097 1,126
Fine Gael Lola O'Sullivan[*] 13.07% 1,027 1,031 1,031 1,052 1,062 1,183 1,183 1,123
Independent Joe Kelly[*] 12.09% 950 963 964 976 1,002 1,014 1,062 1,069 1,102
Fianna Fáil Eamon Quinlan[*] 9.70% 762 769 770 836 844 868 920 946 969
Independent Blaise Hannigan[*] 8.74% 687 690 690 701 714 742 794 807 886
Sinn Féin Jim Griffin[*] 7.39% 581 589 589 596 614 620 626 629 691
Sinn Féin Leslie Hughes 5.03% 395 399 399 405 425 430 437 439 523
People Before Profit Úna Dunphy 4.23% 332 333 333 341 349 368 385 394
Renua Michael Gallwey 3.22% 253 257 257 260 263 273
Fine Gael Maxine Keoghan 3.16% 248 250 251 254 257
Fianna Fáil Rita Lacey 2.16% 170 173 173
Independent Brendan Byrne 2.15% 169 176 176 182
Independent Melissa O'Neill 1.03% 81
Electorate: 16,215 Valid: 7,857 Spoilt: 173 Quota: 1,123 Turnout: 8,030 (49.5%)

Waterford City East

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Waterford City East: 6 seats[15][7][16]

Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Matt Shanahan[†][a] 20.32% 1,736
Independent David Daniels[*] 14.06% 1,201 1,307
Fianna Fáil Eddie Mulligan[*] 10.91% 932 1,010 1,071 1,083 1,153 1,195
Fianna Fáil Adam Wyse[*] 10.44% 892 966 1,032 1,052 1,122 1,202
Green Jody Power 8.95% 765 833 908 928 975 1,038
Sinn Féin Pat Fitzgerald[*] 6.87% 587 602 611 615 664 936
Fine Gael Sharon Carey[†] 6.77% 578 612 639 653 831 871
Sinn Féin Michael Doyle 6.27% 536 558 576 579 590
Independent Lee Walsh 6.12% 523 563 607 615 661 700
Fine Gael Fiona Dowd 5.64% 482 515 531 536
Independent Michael Garland 3.64% 311 356
Electorate: 15,562 Valid: 8,543 Spoilt: 122 Quota: 1,221 Turnout: 8,665 (55.7%)

Waterford City South

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Waterford City South: 6 seats[17][7][18]

Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Sinn Féin John Hearne[*] 14.70% 1,071 1,071 1,041
Fine Gael John Cummins[*][a] 11.83% 862 876 877 899 915 929 959 1,025 1,067
Fianna Fáil Jason Murphy[*] 10.47% 763 772 774 840 850 870 919 960 1,015
Independent Donal Barry 9.94% 724 751 753 782 840 868 946 1,008 1,163
Labour Séamus Ryan 8.54% 622 627 629 640 653 672 729 812 879
Independent Laurence (Cha) O'Neill[*] 6.97% 508 515 517 543 554 584 637 665 756
Independent Andrew Power 6.12% 446 470 471 488 518 535 586 627
Sinn Féin Breda Brennan[*] 6.09% 444 456 464 471 502 649 702 774 835
Green Susan Gallagher 6.05% 441 451 452 473 504 513 534
Independent Seán Reinhardt[*] 5.59% 407 418 421 432 446 483
Sinn Féin Warren Fitzgerald 4.28% 312 331 339 347 370
Independent Vivienne Burns 3.68% 268 280 281 290
Aontú Ronan Cleary 3.38% 246 254 254
Independent Brendan Byrne 2.35% 171
Electorate: 14,323 Valid: 7,285 Spoilt: 156 Quota: 1,041 Turnout: 7,441 (51.95%)
  1. ^ a b c See change below.
2019 Waterford City and County Council election[19][20]Candidates by gender
Gender Number ofcandidates % ofcandidates Electedcouncillors % ofcouncillors
Men 46 69.7% 30 93.8%
Women 20 30.3% 2 6.3%
TOTAL 66 32

2019 Waterford City and County Council Directly Elected Mayor plebiscite[21][3]

Choice Votes %
Referendum failed No 22,437 50.8
Yes 21,718 49.2
Total votes 44,155 100.00

Changes after the 2019 election

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Party Outgoing LEA Reason Date Co-optee
Green Marc Ó Cathasaigh Tramore–Waterford City West Elected to the 33rd Dáil at the 2020 general election[22][23] 25 February 2020
Independent Matt Shanahan Waterford City East Elected to the 33rd Dáil at the 2020 general election[22][23] 25 February 2020
Green Laura Swift Tramore–Waterford City West Resignation on 6 May 2020 due to conflict with family mediation service[29] 24 June 2020
Fine Gael John Cummins Waterford City South Elected to the 26th Seanad on the Labour Panel at the 2020 Seanad election[34] 24 June 2020
Fianna Fáil James Tobin Lismore Death of councillor July 2022
Fianna Fáil Eddie Mulligan Waterford City East Resignation August 2022

Changes in affiliation

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Name LEA Elected as New affiliation Date
Declan Clune Portlaw–Kilmacthomas Sinn Féin Independent 1 September 2020[37]
Mary Roche Waterford City East Independent Social Democrats November 2022
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