2019 Galway City Council election

A Galway City Council election was held in Galway in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 18 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote. Following a recommendation of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, the only change to the LEAs and seat distribution used in the 2014 elections was to move the electoral division of Claddagh from the West LEA to the Central LEA in line with population changes revealed by the 2016 census.[1][2]

2019 Galway City Council election
24 May 2019
All 18 seats to Galway City Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Green
Seats won 5 3 2
Seat change 2 1 2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Social Democrats Independent
Seats won 1 1 6
Seat change 1 1
Map showing the area of Galway City Council
Council control after election

TBD

This is expected to be the last election to Galway City Council as plans were announced in 2018 to merge the City and County Councils by 2021.[3]

Fianna Fáil became the largest party on the City Council gaining 2 seats in the process. Fine Gael lost 1 seat despite slightly increasing their vote. The Green Party emerged as the big winners winning 2 seats; 1 in each of Galway City Central and Galway City West and a nearly 5 fivefold increase in voteshare. Following two recounts the Social Democrats held onto a seat in Galway City East at the expense of Sinn Féin, and lost a seat in City Central to the Greens. Sinn Féin lost all their seats as their vote collapsed almost in half. To a significant extent the rise in support for both the Social Democrats and the Greens contributed to the loss for Sinn Féin.


Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 5 2 4,848 20.47% 0.97%
Fine Gael 3 1 3,752 15.85% 0.05%
Green 2 2 2,230 9.42% 7.23%
Labour 1 1 1,651 6.97% 3.83%
Social Democrats 1 1 1,419 5.99% 5.99%
Sinn Féin 0 3 1,272 5.37% 4.13%
Aontú 0 574 2.42% 2.42%
People Before Profit 0 377 1.59% 1.00%
Renua 0 225 0.95% 0.95%
Solidarity 0 203 0.86% 3.65%
Independent 6 7,134 30.13% 6.97%
Totals 18 23,679 100%

Results by LEA

Galway City Central
Galway City Central — 6 Seats[4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567891011
Independent Mike Cubbard[c 1] 16.16% 1,292                    
Fianna Fáil Ollie Crowe[c 1]†† 12.61% 1,008 1,024 1,036 1,053 1,065 1,072 1,160        
Fine Gael Eddie Hoare 10.68% 854 866 881 937 951 967 1,023 1,108 1,109 1,188  
Fine Gael Frank Fahy[c 1] 8.68% 694 709 721 757 780 790 833 927 931 1,010 1,029
Green Martina O'Connor 6.80% 544 552 571 590 618 684 720 769 768 912 924
Labour John McDonagh 6.59% 527 547 579 602 636 656 694 759 768    
Social Democrats Sharon Nolan 6.44% 515 525 534 539 576 741 762 793 788 870 873
Independent Colette Connolly[c 2] 6.17% 493 510 526 551 590 648 701 800 804 963 974
Fianna Fáil Imelda Byrne 6.13% 490 497 516 535 551 568 609        
Aontú Cormac Ó Corcoráin 5.37% 429 434 453 481 493 517          
People Before Profit Joe Loughnane 4.71% 377 386 396 413 468            
Sinn Féin Mark Lohan[c 2] 4.10% 328 336 342 345              
Independent Mike Geraghty 3.04% 243 256 273                
Independent James O'Toole 1.55% 124 128                  
Independent Daragh O'Flaherty 1.04% 83 86                  
Independent Patrick Feeney 0.01% 1 2                  
Electorate: 16,241   Valid: 7,996   Spoilt: 150   Quota: 1,143   Turnout: 8,146 (50.16%)

    Galway City East
    Galway City East — 6 Seats[5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678910111213
    Independent Declan McDonnell[c 1] 14.71% 1,090                        
    Fianna Fáil Alan Cheevers 12.97% 961 967 977 979 993 1,004 1,021 1,049 1,052 1,079      
    Independent Terry O'Flaherty[c 1] 12.65% 937 942 957 965 997 1,025 1,044 1,071          
    Fianna Fáil Michael John Crowe[c 1] 10.19% 755 759 763 766 779 791 797 818 819 845 868 972 978
    Independent Noel Larkin[c 1] 9.11% 675 687 694 701 722 739 751 761 762 811 849 1,006 1,015
    Sinn Féin Mairéad Farrell[c 1] 7.04% 522 529 544 546 557 571 617 625 626 659 727 772 772
    Fine Gael John Walsh[c 1] 6.15% 456 463 468 471 475 486 489 577 581 603 645    
    Social Democrats Owen Hanley 5.57% 413 416 417 418 428 447 502 513 514 537 728 786 790
    Green Claire Hillery 5.16% 382 385 388 388 398 422 455 467 467 495      
    Renua Neil O'Mahony 3.04% 225 230 287 288 300 303 309 316 317        
    Fine Gael Donal Lynch 2.91% 216 216 218 219 240 249 250            
    Solidarity Conor Burke 2.74% 203 207 211 212 219 239              
    Labour Liam Boyle 2.47% 183 187 190 191 200                
    Independent Michael Tully 2.46% 182 184 189 190                  
    Aontú Nuala Nolan 1.96% 145 145                      
    Independent Pat Hardiman 0.88% 65                        
    Electorate: 15,370   Valid: 7,410   Spoilt: 118   Quota: 1,059   Turnout: 7,528 (48.98%)

      Galway City West
      Galway City West — 6 Seats[6]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      Independent Donal Lyons[c 1] 17.68% 1,463                
      Green Pauline O'Reilly[c 3]† 15.76% 1,304                
      Labour Níall McNelis[c 1] 11.37% 941 1,030 1,062 1,070 1,085 1,105 1,152 1,243  
      Fianna Fáil Peter Keane[c 1] 10.88% 900 935 940 944 946 965 987 1,016 1,059
      Fine Gael Clodagh Higgins 9.80% 811 851 867 871 878 890 916 941 1,040
      Fianna Fáil John Connolly 8.87% 734 764 769 775 779 808 825 891 960
      Fine Gael Pearce Flannery[c 1] 8.72% 721 752 759 761 769 772 786 809 882
      Social Democrats John Crowley 5.93% 491 503 540 548 566 574 613 705  
      Sinn Féin Cathal Ó Conchúir[c 1] 5.10% 422 434 440 444 455 461 473    
      Independent Marian Maloney 2.21% 183 198 204 210 222 240      
      Independent Tommy Roddy 1.66% 137 145 147 160 166        
      Independent Marc Anderson 1.10% 91 95 98 111          
      Independent Darius Ivan 0.36% 30 33 34            
      Independent Claire Keegan 0.36% 30 31 33            
      Independent Patrick Feeney 0.18% 15 16 16            
      Electorate: 16,574   Valid: 8,273   Spoilt: 125   Quota: 1,182   Turnout: 8,398 (50.67%)

        Footnotes
        1. Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
        2. Outgoing councillor coopted after the 2014 election.
        3. Elected to Seanad Éireann on 1 April 2020.

        Changes since 2019 Local Elections
        • †Galway City West Green Party Cllr Pauline O'Reilly was elected to the Seanad in April 2020. Niall Murphy was chosen to fill the vacancy.[7]
        • ††Galway City Central Fianna Fáil Cllr Ollie Crowe was elected to the Seanad in April 2020. Imelda Byrne was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 8 June.[8]

        References

        Citations
        1. Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 2 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 30–33, 56. ISBN 978-1-4064-2991-6. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
        2. Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 617/2018 - City of Galway Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
        3. Kelly, Briain (7 June 2018). "City and County councils will merge by 2021". Galway Daily. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
        4. Bradley, Dara (27 May 2019). "RESULT: City Central count completed". Connacht Tribune. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
        5. Corrigan, Stephen (27 May 2019). "13th Count (Recount) Galway East: RESULT". Connacht Tribune. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
        6. Bradley, Dara (27 May 2019). "RESULT: Galway City West". Connacht Tribune. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
        7. https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/114901/greens-select-oreilly-replacement-for-city-council
        8. https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/115050/will-councillors-provide-the-strong-leadership-needed-after-covid-19

        Sources
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