2019 Sligo County Council election

A Sligo County Council election was held in County Sligo 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. The 2018 LEA boundary review kept the two municipal districts used in the 2014 elections, while transferring one seat from Ballymote–Tubbercurry to Sligo and splitting the latter into two LEAs.

2019 Sligo County Council election
24 May 2019
All 18 seats to Sligo County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Seats won 6 5 2
Seat change 3 3
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party People Before Profit Inds. 4 Change Independent
Seats won 1 1 3
Seat change 1
Map showing the area of Sligo County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 6 3 10,171 30.30% 5.40%
Fianna Fáil 5 3 9,599 28.59% 1.11%
Sinn Féin 2 2,752 8.20% 2.10%
People Before Profit 1 1,332 3.97% 1.37%
Inds. 4 Change 1 1 1,550 4.62% 4.62%
Labour 0 470 1.40% 2.70%
Renua 0 315 0.94% 0.94%
Green 0 175 0.52% 0.52%
United Left 0 1 N/A N/A N/A
Independent 3 7,187 21.41% 0.99%
Totals 18 33,571 100%

Candidates by LEA

Ballymote–Tubbercurry
Ballymote–Tubbercurry — 7 Seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil Paul Taylor[c 1] 11.80% 1,886 1,900 2,076              
Independent Joe Queenan[c 1] 10.86% 1,737 1,763 1,773 1,775 1,806 1,822 2,158      
Independent Michael Clarke[c 1] 9.77% 1,562 1,603 1,614 1,615 1,664 1,693 2,076      
Fine Gael Gerard Mullaney 9.53% 1,523 1,551 1,556 1,557 1,565 1,635 1,747 1,798 1,819 1,853
Fine Gael Dara Mulvey[c 1] 9.36% 1,497 1,538 1,583 1,584 1,624 1,931 2,062      
Fianna Fáil Martin Baker[c 1] 8.96% 1,432 1,472 1,510 1,521 1,535 1,793 1,821 1,869 1,895 1,902
Fine Gael Blair Feeney 7.54% 1,206 1,219 1,221 1,221 1,227 1,241        
Independent Willie Gormley 6.54% 1,046 1,098 1,175 1,186 1,455 1,743 1,786 1,804 1,821 1,826
Fianna Fáil Keith Henry[c 2] 6.39% 1,022 1,050 1,092 1,109 1,146          
Fine Gael Martin Connolly 6.32% 1,011 1,019 1,193 1,214 1,732 1,783 1,868 1,893 1,906 1,923
Independent Barry Gallagher 5.93% 948 998 1,097 1,109            
Fianna Fáil Romuald Mullarkey 4.33% 692 699                
Sinn Féin Daniel Gallagher 2.66% 425                  
Electorate: 24,389   Valid: 15,989   Spoilt: 198   Quota: 1,999   Turnout: 16,187 (66.37%)

    Sligo–Drumcliff
    Sligo–Drumcliff — 5 Seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Sinn Féin Thomas Healy[c 1] 15.11% 1,370 1,402 1,437 1,610      
    Fianna Fáil Dónal Gilroy 13.87% 1,257 1,279 1,322 1,435 1,450 1,534  
    Fine Gael Thomas Walsh 13.46% 1,220 1,236 1,252 1,322 1,339 1,613  
    Independent Marie Casserly[c 1] 12.94% 1,173 1,211 1,250 1,460 1,504 1,688  
    Fine Gael Tom Fox 11.45% 1,038 1,049 1,060 1,112 1,116 1,320 1,375
    Fianna Fáil Seamus Kilgannon[c 1] 10.20% 925 941 964 1,052 1,063 1,168 1,217
    Fine Gael Ciara McLoughlin 9.27% 840 857 873 926 934    
    People Before Profit Nigel Gallagher 4.78% 433 475 491        
    Fianna Fáil Colm McGurran 3.66% 332 333 348        
    Independent Amanda Gallagher 2.84% 257 267          
    Inds. 4 Change Corey Whyte 2.23% 202            
    Electorate: 16,154   Valid: 9,065   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 1,511   Turnout: 9,192 (56.9%)

      Sligo–Strandhill
      Sligo–Strandhill — 6 Seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      Inds. 4 Change Declan Bree[c 1] 15.83% 1,348          
      Fianna Fáil Tom Macsharry[c 1] 12.23% 1,042 1,053 1,125 1,140    
      Fianna Fáil Rosaleen O'Grady[c 1] 11.87% 1,011 1,016 1,057 1,069 1,145 1,217
      Sinn Féin Chris MacManus[c 2] 11.24% 957 967 988 1,012 1,099 1,167
      Fine Gael Blaine Gaffney 10.81% 921 926 958 971 1,016 1,100
      Fine Gael Sinead Maguire[c 1] 10.74% 915 942 976 984 1,022 1,203
      People Before Profit Gino O'Boyle[c 2] 10.56% 899 925 944 976 1,061 1,164
      Labour Nessa Cosgrove 5.52% 470 537 567 583 606  
      Independent Jim McGarry 5.45% 464 470 495 506    
      Renua Finbarr Filan 3.70% 315 320        
      Green Miranda O'Donnell 2.05% 175          
      Electorate: 16,754   Valid: 8,517   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 1,217   Turnout: 8,650 (51.63%)

        Footnotes
        1. Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
        2. Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

        References

        Sources
        • "Sligo County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
        • "Count Results". Elections 2019. Sligo County Council. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
        • Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 100–103, 161. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
        • Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 632/2018 — County of Sligo Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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