Part of the 2019 Irish local elections
2019 Cork County Council election Results by Local Electoral Area
An election to all 55 seats on Cork County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections . County Cork was divided into 10 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).
Administrative changes [ edit ] The election coincided with a transfer of land around Cork city from the administration of the County Council to that of Cork City Council .[1] Several outgoing county councillors, based in areas transferred to the city, stood in the city council election . Compared to the previous election in 2014 , the total number of councillors is unchanged, but following the recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, there were significant changes to the LEAs, taking account of the transfer of land to the city, a maximum of 7 seats per LEA in its terms of reference, and population shifts revealed by the 2016 census .[2] [3]
Analysis [ edit ] Compared with the 2014 election , Fianna Fáil increased its seat number by 1 to 18 and also polled more votes than Fine Gael. However, Fine Gael gained an additional 4 seats to emerge as the largest party with 20 seats. Both parties benefitted from the collapse of Sinn Féin who only returned with 2 seats, a loss of 8. However, there had been many defections within the party in the years since 2014 and several councillors did not seek re-election. Independents won 10 seats, the same total as in 2014. The Green Party gained 2 seats in the Cobh and Midleton LEAs. After a recount, Holly Cairns won a seat in Bantry–West Cork for the Social Democrats .
Results by party [ edit ] Results by local electoral area [ edit ] ^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014. ^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.
Bandon–Kinsale [ edit ] Bandon –Kinsale : 6 Seats[4] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Fianna Fáil Gillian Coughlan [†] 18.65% 2,762 Independent Alan Coleman [*] 15.87% 2,350 Fine Gael Kevin Murphy [*] 11.95% 1,769 1,845 1,861 1,930 1,973 2,007 2,077 2,277 Fine Gael John O'Sullivan [†] 11.00% 1,629 1,665 1,666 1,681 1,693 1,710 1,790 1,812 2,075 Fine Gael Marie O'Sullivan 9.07% 1,343 1,386 1,397 1,426 1,449 1,491 1,528 1,753 1,984 Fianna Fáil Sean O'Donovan 6.77% 1,002 1,197 1,201 1,233 1,265 1,301 1,594 1,658 1,931 Fine Gael Gerard Seaman 5.91% 875 980 981 995 1,006 1,038 1,073 1,089 Green Gordon Reid 5.90% 873 895 902 914 993 1,067 1,089 1,275 1,318 Independent Pat O'Regan 5.36% 793 810 839 865 927 1,048 1,084 Fianna Fáil Dermot Brennan 3.26% 483 601 603 623 643 673 Aontú Mairéad Ruane 2.94% 435 451 468 478 524 Sinn Féin Noel Harrington 2.54% 376 389 409 416 Independent Cormac Hayes 0.78% 116 121 Electorate: 28,220 Valid: 14,806 Spoilt: 192 Quota: 2,116 Turnout: 14,998 (53.15%)
Bantry–West Cork [ edit ] Bantry –West Cork : 4 Seats[5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Independent Danny Collins [†] 27.29% 3,148 Fianna Fáil Patrick Gerard Murphy [*] 12.80% 1,477 1,652 1,682 1,830 2,293 2,782 Social Democrats Holly Cairns [a] 11.06% 1,276 1,361 1,460 1,510 1,584 1,777 1,843 1,866 Fianna Fáil George Gill 9.92% 1,145 1,239 1,288 1,462 1,508 Fine Gael Katie Murphy 9.85% 1,136 1,272 1,319 1,539 1,917 2,292 2,376 Independent Finbarr Harrington 9.53% 1,100 1,233 1,300 1,439 1,624 1,777 1,852 1,865 Fine Gael Noel Harrington 8.91% 1,028 1,073 1,084 1,291 Fine Gael John Dinneen 7.62% 879 987 1,007 Sinn Féin Donnchadh Ó Seaghdha 1.82% 210 236 Aontú Lorraine Deane-Ross 1.20% 138 176 Electorate: 20,290 Valid: 11,537 (56.86%) Spoilt: 135 Quota: 2,308 Turnout: 11,672 (57.53%)
Carrigaline [ edit ] Carrigaline : 6 Seats[6] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fianna Fáil Seamus McGrath [*] 32.48% 4,247 Independent Marcia D'Alton [*] 15.98% 2,089 Fine Gael Aidan Lombard [†] 14.49% 1,894 Independent Ben Dalton O'Sullivan 6.26% 818 1,032 1,054 1,198 1,234 1,272 1,447 Fine Gael Liam O'Connor 6.00% 785 1,303 1,321 1,354 1,407 1,728 1,779 Green Catriona Reid 5.56% 727 881 929 1,000 1,040 1,121 1,282 Fianna Fáil Audrey Buckley 5.31% 694 1,282 1,293 1,346 1,622 1,817 1,913 Fine Gael Michael Paul Murtagh 4.52% 591 771 794 815 851 Sinn Féin Michael Frick Murphy[*] 4.44% 580 762 818 841 914 932 Aontú John Weldon 3.27% 427 520 530 Fianna Fáil Michael Corcoran 1.70% 222 672 705 729 Electorate: 27,772 Valid: 13,074 Spoilt: 154 Quota: 1,868 Turnout: 13,098 (47.16%)
Cobh : 6 Seats[7] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Fianna Fáil Pádraig O'Sullivan [*] [a] 21.82% 2,608 Fine Gael Anthony Barry [*] 16.80% 2,009 Labour Cathal Rasmussen [*] 12.97% 1,550 1,593 1,605 1,653 1,667 1,747 Fine Gael Sinéad Sheppard [*] 11.46% 1,370 1,619 1,796 Independent Sean O'Connor 10.08% 1,205 1,229 1,239 1,256 1,267 1,392 1,501 1,662 Green Alan O'Connor 7.39% 883 983 1,032 1,084 1,110 1,153 1,242 1,358 Inds. 4 Change Karen Doyle 6.92% 827 844 853 903 912 972 1,138 1,252 Sinn Féin Louise Murphy 4.29% 513 543 556 577 581 618 Independent Peter Kidney 3.34% 399 412 415 440 444 Fianna Fáil John Paul Reilly 2.93% 350 759 777 788 810 845 901 Social Democrats Ken Curtin 2.02% 241 256 266 Electorate: 26,045 Valid: 11,955 Spoilt: 252 Quota: 1,708 Turnout: 12,207 (46.87%)
Fermoy : 6 Seats[8] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Fine Gael Noel McCarthy [*] 21.80% 3,228 Fianna Fáil Frank O'Flynn [*] 19.55% 2,895 Fianna Fáil Deirdre O'Brien [†] 15.02% 2,225 Fianna Fáil William O'Leary [a] 14.94% 2,212 Fine Gael Kay Dawson [*] 10.31% 1,527 2,095 2,412 Independent Frank Roche 6.07% 899 1,014 1,231 1,278 1,315 1,515 1,560 1,780 Social Democrats June Murphy[*] 4.56% 676 777 857 896 923 1,116 1,137 1,456 Sinn Féin Helen White 4.17% 617 696 769 790 818 Labour David Kenneally 3.59% 531 780 872 931 948 1,056 1,086 Electorate: 29,888 Valid: 14,810 Spoilt: 259 Quota: 2,116 Turnout: 15,069 (50.42%)
Kanturk [ edit ]
Macroom [ edit ] Macroom : 6 Seats[10] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Fine Gael Michael Creed [*] 17.06% 2,954 Fianna Fáil Gobnait Moynihan [†] 15.39% 2,665 Fianna Fáil Michael Looney 12.91% 2,234 2,250 2,259 2,300 2,351 2,633 Fine Gael Eileen Lynch 10.22% 1,770 1,857 1,870 1,880 1,898 1,947 1,972 2,046 2,282 2,422 2,473 Independent Martin Coughlan 9.62% 1,666 1,759 1,834 1,879 1,954 2,005 2,043 2,195 2,432 2,787 Fine Gael Ted Lucey [*] 8.39% 1,452 1,590 1,610 1,622 1,629 1,658 1,670 1,712 1,758 1,811 1,855 Fine Gael Áine Collins 7.73% 1,338 1,410 1,420 1,434 1,450 1,513 1,535 1,568 1,608 1,687 1,725 Social Democrats Síle Ní Dhubhghaill 4.14% 716 732 779 790 896 910 926 970 1,038 Aontú P.J. Feeney 3.48% 602 610 635 639 686 698 705 Independent Nigel Dennehy 3.37% 584 597 627 634 699 720 736 838 Fianna Fáil Jason Fitzgerald 3.04% 526 540 552 594 616 Sinn Féin Ronnie Morley 2.96% 512 517 537 542 Independent Mary O'Callaghan-Hallissey 1.69% 292 310 Electorate: 30,607 Valid: 17,311 Spoilt: 288 Quota: 2,474 Turnout: 17,599 (57.5%)
Mallow : 5 Seats[11] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 Fianna Fáil Pat Hayes 17.30% 1,806 Fianna Fáil Gearóid Murphy [†] 17.18% 1,794 Labour James Kennedy 17.17% 1,793 Fine Gael Tony O'Shea 16.18% 1,689 1,703 1,720 1,730 1,915 Fine Gael Liam Madden 15.88% 1,658 1,682 1,697 1,711 1,916 Sinn Féin Melissa Mullane[*] 11.45% 1,196 1,214 1,229 1,249 1,301 Fine Gael Cian Moriarty 4.85% 506 515 521 529 Electorate: 21,949 Valid: 10,442 Spoilt: 254 Quota: 1,741 Turnout: 10,696 (48.73%)
Midleton [ edit ] Midleton : 7 Seats[12] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Independent Mary Linehan Foley [*] 17.80% 2,699 Independent Noel Collins [*] 15.64% 2,371 Fine Gael Michael Hegarty [*] 14.20% 2,154 Fianna Fáil James O'Connor [a] 10.12% 1,535 1,777 1,824 1,874 1,892 1,947 Sinn Féin Danielle Twomey [†] 9.91% 1,503 1,557 1,642 1,660 1,713 1,946 Fine Gael Susan McCarthy [*] 8.31% 1,260 1,289 1,404 1,519 1,561 1,565 1,704 1,940 Green Liam Quaide 6.75% 1,024 1,065 1,104 1,113 1,163 1,185 1,362 1,483 1,495 1,536 Fianna Fáil Rosarii Griffin 6.67% 1,012 1,058 1,144 1,173 1,201 1,210 1,308 1,410 1,420 1,429 Labour Eric Nolan 3.26% 494 515 550 559 597 610 Fine Gael John Phillips 3.24% 492 751 762 781 788 818 854 Sinn Féin Shane Neville 2.14% 324 397 411 414 425 Independent Martin Murray 1.95% 296 334 377 383 Electorate: 33,436 Valid: 15,164 Spoilt: 234 Quota: 1,896 Turnout: 15,398 (46.05%)
Skibbereen–West Cork [ edit ] Skibbereen –West Cork :— 5 Seats[13] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Fianna Fáil Christopher O'Sullivan [*] [a] 19.54% 2,703 Fianna Fáil Joe Carroll [*] 16.51% 2,284 2,364 Independent Declan Hurley [*] 11.82% 1,635 1,666 1,679 1,742 1,787 1,850 2,017 2,181 2,861 Fine Gael Karen Coakley 8.84% 1,222 1,236 1,248 1,260 1,296 1,426 1,691 1,821 1,903 1,958 Fianna Fáil Deirdre Kelly 7.91% 1,094 1,138 1,140 1,150 1,163 1,181 1,263 1,304 Fine Gael J.J. Walsh 7.55% 1,044 1,105 1,109 1,137 1,174 1,189 1,339 1,463 1,536 1,611 Sinn Féin Paul Hayes [*] [a] 7.10% 982 1,060 1,086 1,143 1,226 1,353 1,396 1,610 1,707 1,814 Fine Gael Yvonne Cahalane 5.46% 755 769 773 783 819 843 Independent Yousuf Janab Ali 4.32% 597 631 662 696 823 1,005 1,052 Independent Brendan McCormack 4.13% 571 579 599 612 700 Social Democrats Evie Nevin 3.33% 460 477 533 552 Aontú Séan Creedon 2.14% 296 307 313 People Before Profit Vanessa O'Sullivan 1.36% 188 193 Electorate: 25,355 Valid: 13,831 Spoilt: 155 Quota: 2,306 Turnout: 13,986 (55.16%)
^ a b c d e f See change below. Changes [ edit ] Co-options [ edit ] Changes in affiliation [ edit ] Sources [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ Local Government Act 2019 (Transfer Day) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 25 of 2019 ). Signed on 30 January 2019 by Eoghan Murphy , Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government . Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland . Archived from the original on 8 February 2020. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 17 March 2019. ^ Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). Report 2018 (PDF) . Government Publications. pp. 32–35, 144. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019 . {{cite book }}
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