2019 Wicklow County Council election

An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 24 May 2019 as part of the Irish local elections. 32 councillors were elected from six local electoral areas (LEAs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for a five-year term of office.

2019 Wicklow County Council election

24 May 2019

All 32 seats to Wicklow County Council
17 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Seats won 9 7 2
Seat change 1 4

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Green Labour Social Democrats
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change 1 2 1

  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 9
Seat change 1

Map showing the area of Wicklow County Council

Council control before election

Fine Gael
Fianna Fáil
Independent

Council control after election

Fine Gael
Fianna Fáil

In 2014, there were five LEAs each electing between 6 and 8 councillors. Following the recommendations of the Local Area Boundary Committee Report in June 2018, there are now six LEAs each electing between 4 and 6 councillors.[1][2][3]

Fine Gael increased their seat numbers by 1 to emerge with 9 seats while Fianna Fáil retained 7 seats overall. Fianna Fáil again won 3 seats in Arklow but did secure 2 seats in Baltinglass. However they emerged seatless in both LEAs in Bray. Sinn Féin had a very disappointing election losing 4 seats to emerge 2 seats overall both in Bray the base of the TD John Brady. Several party Councillors had quit since 2014 and Gerry O'Neill and John Snell were both re-elected as Independents. The Greens gained an additional seat to return with 2 seats. Labour returned to the Council with 2 seats in Bray and Wicklow while Jennifer Whitmore won a seat for the Social Democrats in Greystones. While there were a lot of changes Independent numbers reduced by just 1 seat to 9.

Results by party

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±
Fine Gael 9 1 14,149 26.18% 6.28%
Fianna Fáil 7 11,924 22.06% 2.16%
Sinn Féin 2 4 4,224 7.81% 8.89%
Green 2 1 2,698 4.99% 2.59%
Labour 2 2 2,504 4.63% 1.53%
Social Democrats 1 1 2,861 5.29% 5.29%
People Before Profit 0 811 1.50% 0.55%
Aontú 0 605 1.12% 1.12%
Independent 9 1 14,277 26.41% 9.29%
Total 32 54,054 100%

Retiring incumbents

The following members of Wicklow County Council announced in advance of the poll that they would not be seeking re-election:

LEA Departing councillor Party
Baltinglass Tommy Cullen Independent
Baltinglass Pat Doran Fianna Fáil
Bray Christopher Fox Independent
Greystones Gráinne McLoughlin Fine Gael
Wicklow Dáire Nolan Independent
Baltinglass Jim Ruttle Independent
Bray John Ryan Fine Gael
Bray Pat Vance Fianna Fáil

Results by electoral area

Arklow

Arklow - 6 seats[4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
Fianna Fáil Pat Kennedy* 24.29% 2,471            
Fianna Fáil Pat Fitzgerald* 18.23% 1,854            
Independent Peir Leonard 10.16% 1,033 1,068 1,106 1,178 1,257 1,370 1,466
Independent Miriam Murphy* 9.26% 942 1,106 1,158 1,194 1,273 1,387 1,525
Fine Gael Sylvester Bourke* 8.77% 892 1,054 1,089 1,107 1,121 1,136 1,425
Fianna Fáil Tommy Annesley* 7.57% 770 1,041 1,207 1,245 1,285 1,339 1,413
Independent Tommy Breen 6.33% 644 703 754 792 840 950 1,012
Fine Gael Chantel Kanowga 5.60% 570 803 813 827 843 885  
Sinn Féin John Kelly 4.65% 473 527 541 560 581    
Independent Mary McDonald* 2.67% 272 295 313 331      
Independent Pat Hoey 2.47% 251 267 283        
Electorate: 17,703   Valid: 10,172   Quota: 1,454   Turnout: 57.5%

    Baltinglass

    Baltinglass - 6 seats[5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
    Fine Gael Edward Timmins* 17.62% 1,875          
    Independent Gerry O'Neill* 17.12% 1,822          
    Fianna Fáil Patsy Glennon 14.14% 1,505 1,579        
    Fine Gael Vincent Blake* 13.91% 1,481 1,526        
    Fine Gael Avril Cronin 11.01% 1,172 1,346 1,447 1,495 1,529  
    Fianna Fáil John Mullen 10.20% 1,086 1,109 1,138 1,179 1,188 1,315
    Sinn Féin Aidan Kinsella 7.30% 777 786 827 870 871 1,115
    Social Democrats Dave McGinn 6.33% 674 690 780 850 854  
    Independent Lorraine O'Brien 2.37% 252 265 305      
    Electorate: 19,530   Valid: 10,644   Quota: 1,521   Turnout: 54.5%

      Bray East

      Bray East - 4 seats[6]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
      Green Steven Matthews* 24.98% 1,579                
      Sinn Féin Grace McManus 15.42% 975 1,010 1,129 1,185 1,233 1,251 1,475    
      Fine Gael Aoife Flynn-Kennedy 8.54% 540 585 598 638 652 931 961 968 1,093
      Labour Anne Ferris 8.53% 539 606 615 680 727 785 859 892 1,007
      Independent Malachai Duddy 8.18% 517 553 572 598 706 757 833 878 1,006
      Fianna Fáil Chris Walsh 7.04% 445 469 488 520 553 610 629 646  
      Fine Gael Edward Whelan 6.85% 433 456 459 476 518        
      People Before Profit Sharon Briggs 6.22% 393 413 468 502 538 554      
      Aontú Brendan Thornhill* 5.36% 339 355 379 402          
      Independent Barry Murphy 4.67% 295 303              
      Social Democrats Eamonn Moran 4.22% 267 307 328            
      Electorate: 11,636   Valid: 6,322   Quota: 1,265   Turnout: 54.3%

        Bray West

        Bray West - 4 seats[7]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
        Independent Joe Behan* 28.87% 1,880            
        Fine Gael Melanie Corrigan 22.16% 1,443            
        Sinn Féin Dermot "Daisy" O'Brien* 13.99% 911 1,012 1,018 1,101 1,197 1,240 1,265
        Independent Rory O'Connor 8.77% 571 673 696 742 843 984 1,175
        Labour Ian McGahon 7.86% 512 593 607 661 694 793 926
        Fianna Fáil Sárán Fogarty 5.37% 350 439 453 461 488    
        Fine Gael David Miller 5.18% 337 406 481 488 503 570  
        Aontú Oliver O'Brien* 4.08% 266 357 360 385      
        People Before Profit June Maher 3.72% 242 286 291        
        Electorate: 12,548   Valid: 6,512   Quota: 1,303   Turnout: 51.9%

          Greystones

          Greystones - 6 seats[8]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
          Social Democrats Jennifer Whitmore*†† 19.58% 1,920              
          Independent Tom Fortune* 14.23% 1,396 1,453            
          Green Lourda Scott 11.42% 1,120 1,244 1,253 1,312 1,337 1,371 1,613  
          Fine Gael Derek Mitchell* 11.05% 1,084 1,133 1,139 1,146 1,152 1,180 1,256 1,274
          Fianna Fáil Gerry Walsh* 10.54% 1,034 1,068 1,070 1,073 1,100 1,248 1,334 1,348
          Fine Gael Alice O'Donnell 10.22% 1,002 1,084 1,088 1,093 1,095 1,119 1,177 1,200
          Independent Mags Crean 8.19% 803 902 915 955 982 991 1,226 1,308
          Sinn Féin Nicola Lawless* 4.35% 427 442 444 459 476 493    
          Labour Anna Waithira Burke 3.78% 371 397 401 423 442 465    
          Fianna Fáil Elaine Wills 2.90% 284 303 309 311 317      
          Independent Charlie Keddy 1.94% 190 192 194 203        
          People Before Profit Pyper Ludlow 1.79% 176 187 189          
          Electorate: 18,414   Valid: 9,807   Quota: 1,402   Turnout: 53.3%

            Wicklow

            Wicklow - 6 seats[9]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
            Fine Gael Shay Cullen* 21.58% 2,287            
            Independent John Snell* 18.65% 1,976            
            Fianna Fáil Gail Dunne* 12.36% 1,310 1,388 1,462 1,477 1,571    
            Labour Paul O'Brien 10.21% 1,082 1,138 1,223 1,240 1,331 1,340 1,486
            Fine Gael Irene Winters* 9.75% 1,033 1,354 1,388 1,406 1,491 1,502 1,532
            Fianna Fáil Anne Gregory 7.69% 815 944 968 980 1,031 1,053 1,217
            Independent Mary Kavanagh* 7.36% 780 811 897 973 1,069 1,081 1,241
            Sinn Féin Muireann Dalton 6.24% 661 688 733 739 790 793  
            Independent Jimmy O'Shaughnessy 4.34% 460 576 671 690      
            Independent Dáire Fitzgerald 1.82% 193 208 227        
            Electorate: 20,545   Valid: 10,597   Quota: 1,514   Turnout: 51.6%

              Changes Since 2019 Local Elections

              • †Bray East Green Party Cllr Steven Matthews was elected to the Dáil in the 2020 General Election for the Wicklow Constituency. His wife, Erika Doyle, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 25 February 2020.[10]
              • ††Greystones Social Democrats Cllr Jennifer Whitmore was elected to the Dáil in the 2020 General Election for the Wicklow Constituency. Jodie Neary was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 25 February 2020[11]

              References

              1. "S.I. No. 638/2018 - County of Wicklow Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2018". 19 December 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
              2. "Local Area Boundary Committee 1 Report 2018" (PDF).
              3. "Wicklow's Local Electoral Areas and Polling Districts". Retrieved 6 May 2019.
              4. Wicklow County Council. "Local Election Count Results 2019 - Arklow LEA". Wicklow County Council. Retrieved 14 June 2019 via data.gov.ie.
              5. Wicklow County Council. "Local Election Count Results 2019 - Baltinglass LEA". Wicklow County Council. Retrieved 14 June 2019 via data.gov.ie.
              6. Wicklow County Council. "Local Election Count Results 2019 - Bray East LEA". Wicklow County Council. Retrieved 14 June 2019 via data.gov.ie.
              7. Wicklow County Council. "Local Election Count Results 2019 - Bray West LEA". Wicklow County Council. Retrieved 14 June 2019 via data.gov.ie.
              8. Wicklow County Council. "Local Election Count Results 2019 - Greystones LEA". Wicklow County Council. Retrieved 14 June 2019 via data.gov.ie.
              9. Wicklow County Council. "Local Election Count Results 2019 - Wicklow LEA". Wicklow County Council. Retrieved 14 June 2019 via data.gov.ie.
              10. https://www.independent.ie/regionals/braypeople/news/neary-and-doyle-take-their-seats-in-the-county-council-chamber-39011343.html
              11. https://www.independent.ie/regionals/braypeople/news/neary-and-doyle-take-their-seats-in-the-county-council-chamber-39011343.html
              Preceded by
              2014 Wicklow County Council election
              Wicklow County Council elections Succeeded by
              2024 Wicklow County Council election
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