2024 Louth County Council election
 | This article documents a current election. Information may change rapidly as the election progresses until official results have been published. Initial news reports may be unreliable, and the last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. (June 2024) |
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 Area of Louth County Council | |||
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An election to all 29 seats on Louth County Council election was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Louth is divided into 5 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).[2]
Retiring incumbents
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
| Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | Date announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk–Carlingford | Edel Corrigan | Sinn Féin | 18 December 2023[3] | |
| Dundalk South | Liam Reilly | Fianna Fáil | 25 October 2023[4] | |
| Dundalk South | Tomás Sharkey | Sinn Féin | 18 December 2023[3] | |
Results by party
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 8 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | 11 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | 17 | ||||||
| Aontú | 2 | ||||||
| Social Democrats | 1 | ||||||
| Green | 5 | ||||||
| Labour | 5 | ||||||
| Independent Ireland | 1 | New | New | ||||
| People Before Profit | 1 | ||||||
| Irish Freedom | 4 | New | New | ||||
| The Irish People | 3 | New | New | ||||
| Independent | 19 | ||||||
| Total | 77 | 29 | 
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Candidates by LEA
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Ardee
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Independent | Seán Brown | ||||||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Paula Butterly[†] | ||||||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Kitty Colbert | ||||||||||||||
| Independent | Thomas Commins | ||||||||||||||
| Independent | Bernie Conlon[†] | ||||||||||||||
| Green | Adam Devine | ||||||||||||||
| Independent | Peter Farrell | ||||||||||||||
| Labour | Katerina Karpenko | ||||||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Rachel Kerley | ||||||||||||||
| Independent | Fintan Malone | ||||||||||||||
| Social Democrats | Niall McCreanor | ||||||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Pearse McGeough[*] | ||||||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Dolores Minogue[*] | ||||||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Phyllis Murphy | ||||||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | John Sheridan[*] | ||||||||||||||
| Independent | Jim Tenanty[*] | ||||||||||||||
| Electorate: 19,928 Valid: 9,724 Spoilt: 227 Quota: 1,390 Turnout: 9,951 (49.93%) | |||||||||||||||
Drogheda Rural
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Marian Agrios[7] | |||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Tom Cunningham[*] | |||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Eric Donovan | |||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Anne-Marie Ford | |||||||||||
| Independent | Frank Godfrey | |||||||||||
| Labour | Michelle Hall[*] | |||||||||||
| Irish Freedom | Patrice Johnson | |||||||||||
| Independent | Mick Martin | |||||||||||
| The Irish People | Derek McElearney | |||||||||||
| Green | Anthony Murphy | |||||||||||
| Independent | Declan Power [†] | |||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Tomás Wilkinson | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 14,133 Valid: 6,401 Spoilt: 122 Quota: 1,281 Turnout: 6,523 (46.15%) | ||||||||||||
Drogheda Urban
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||||
| Independent | John Bannon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | James Byrne[*] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Joanna Byrne[*] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Independent | Kevin Callan[*] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Laura Clinton | ||||||||||||||||||
| Labour | Emma Cutlip[†] | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Irish People | Alan Fagan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Independent | Frank Godfrey | ||||||||||||||||||
| Independent | Vincent Hynes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Irish Freedom | Patrice Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Green | Michael Kennedy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Debbie McCole | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Shóna McManus | ||||||||||||||||||
| Independent | Paddy McQuillan[*] | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Irish People | John Morgan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Independent | Peter James Nugent | ||||||||||||||||||
| Aontú | Michael O'Dowd | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Ejiro O'Hare Stratton | ||||||||||||||||||
| Labour | Pio Smith[*] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Joanne Thompson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Electorate: 19,729 Valid: 9,148 Spoilt: 204 Quota: 1,307 Turnout: 9,352 (47.40%) | |||||||||||||||||||
Dundalk–Carlingford
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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| 1 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Kathleen Byrne | |||
| Green | Gerard Crawley | |||
| Independent | Ciarán Fisher | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Conor Keelan[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Yvonne Keenan Ross | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Kelly[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Andrea McKevitt[†] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Fiona Mhic Conchoille | |||
| Sinn Féin | Seán Ó Broin | |||
| Irish Freedom | Tracy O'Hanlon | |||
| Labour | Jamie O'Hare | |||
| Aontú | Liam Reichenberg | |||
| Fine Gael | John Reilly[†] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Antóin Watters[*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Dundalk South
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Seun Grace Atiroko | |||
| Green | Marianne Butler[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Emma Coffey[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Linus English | |||
| People Before Profit | James Hickey | |||
| Independent Ireland | Barry Kieran | |||
| Independent | Dilip Mahapatra | |||
| Sinn Féin | Sionainn McCann | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Shane McGuinness | |||
| Sinn Féin | Kevin Meenan[†] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Jimmy Myers | |||
| Fine Gael | Robert Nash[*] | |||
| Irish Freedom | Cathal Ó Murchú | |||
| Sinn Féin | Aideen Smith | |||
| Independent | Maeve Yore | |||
| Quota: | ||||
References
- ^ "Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick mayoral elections". Gov.ie (Press release). Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Sinn Féin fielding new candidates for 2024 local election as Cllrs Tomas Sharkey and Edel Corrigan stand down". The Argus. 18 December 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "Fianna Fail's Louth councillor Liam Reilly will not contest 2024 local elections". The Argus. 25 October 2023. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "Nomination of Candidate(s): Ardee" (PDF). Louth County Council. 18 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Nomination of Candidate(s): Drogheda Rural" (PDF). Louth County Council. 18 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ Murphy, David (28 May 2024). "FG candidate withdraws following planning allegations". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Nomination of Candidate(s): Drogheda Urban" (PDF). Louth County Council. 18 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Nomination of Candidate(s): Dundalk–Carlingford" (PDF). Louth County Council. 18 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Nomination of Candidate(s): Dundalk South" (PDF). Louth County Council. 18 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.