2024 Kerry County Council election
An election to all 33 seats on Kerry County Council was held on 7 June 2024, as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Kerry is divided into 6 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]
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All 33 seats on Kerry County Council 17 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On 20 June, one day before the first sitting, Labour agreed to join Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in a power-sharing agreement, which will end in 2029.[3]
On 21 June, the newly-elected council met for the first time, with Breandán Fitzgerald of Fianna Fáil being appointed Cathaoirleach.[4]
Results by party
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 11 | 9 | 1 | 16,057 | 21.43 | 4.35 | |
| Fine Gael | 10 | 6 | 1 | 12,427 | 16.59 | 5.29 | |
| Sinn Féin | 13 | 4 | 10,882 | 14.53 | 1.18 | ||
| Labour | 4 | 2 | 3,291 | 4.39 | 0.09 | ||
| Kerry Ind. Alliance | 1 | 1 | 1,574 | 2.10 | 0.75 | ||
| Green | 6 | 0 | 2,767 | 3.69 | 0.60 | ||
| Aontú | 3 | 0 | 1,177 | 1.57 | 0.01 | ||
| Social Democrats | 2 | 0 | New | 861 | 1.15 | New | |
| The Irish People | 3 | 0 | New | 558 | 0.74 | New | |
| National Party | 1 | 0 | New | 393 | 0.52 | New | |
| Party for Animal Welfare | 1 | 0 | New | 110 | 0.15 | New | |
| Independent | 22 | 11 | 2 | 24,816 | 33.13 | 6.41 | |
| Totals | 77 | 33 | 74,913 | 100.00 | |||
Results by local electoral area
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Castleisland
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Independent | Jackie Healy-Rae[*] | 29.86% | 2,890 | |||||
| Independent | Charlie Farrelly[*] | 18.63% | 1,803 | 2,117 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Fionnán Fitzgerald [*] | 15.92% | 1,541 | 1,741 | 1,794 | 1,847 | 2,104 | |
| Fine Gael | Bobby O'Connell[*] | 15.15% | 1,466 | 1,628 | 1,682 | 1,721 | 1,910 | |
| Independent | Michelle Keane | 10.24% | 991 | 1,106 | 1,138 | 1,196 | 1,382 | |
| Sinn Féin | Deirdre Bell | 7.51% | 727 | 851 | 882 | 965 | ||
| Green | Paul Bowler | 1.41% | 136 | 146 | 147 | |||
| Aontú | Cáit Ní Ríordáin | 1.29% | 125 | 154 | 164 | |||
| Electorate: 15,460 Valid: 9,679 Spoilt: 67 Quota: 1,936 Turnout: 9,746 (63.04%) | ||||||||
Corca Dhuibhne
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Tommy Griffin | 22.68% | 1,807 | 1,844 | 2,041 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Robert Brosnan | 17.94% | 1,429 | 1,563 | 1,677 | 2,131 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael O’Shea[*] | 16.80% | 1,338 | 1,373 | 1,435 | 1,562 | 1,596 | |
| Green | Peadar Ó Fionnáin | 12.85% | 1,024 | 1,143 | 1,242 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Breandán Fitzgerald[*] | 12.73% | 1,014 | 1,110 | 1,372 | 1,735 | 1,866 | |
| Fine Gael | Séamus Cosaí Fitzgerald[*] | 9.29% | 740 | 774 | ||||
| Labour | Mike Kennedy | 6.38% | 508 | |||||
| Electorate: 12,578 Valid: 7,860 Spoilt: 106 Quota: 1,966 Turnout: 7,966 (66.3%) | ||||||||
Kenmare
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| Independent | Johnny Healy-Rae[*] | 23.04% | 3,441 | |||||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Cahill[*] | 14.48% | 2,162 | |||||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Norma Moriarty[*] | 12.09% | 1,805 | 1,986 | 1,990 | 1,999 | 2,018 | 2,024 | 2,168 | |||||||
| Independent | Podge Foley | 7.73% | 1,154 | 1,257 | 1,270 | 1,290 | 1,335 | 1,343 | 1,367 | 1,369 | 1,495 | 1,513 | 1,567 | 1,845 | 1,928 | |
| Fine Gael | Teddy O'Sullivan Casey | 7.73% | 1,154 | 1,384 | 1,388 | 1,427 | 1,435 | 1,435 | 1,439 | 1,440 | 1,479 | 1,486 | 1,649 | 1,757 | 2,017 | |
| Independent | Dan McCarthy[*] | 5.55% | 829 | 1,183 | 1,193 | 1,255 | 1,298 | 1,299 | 1,376 | 1,381 | 1,402 | 1,431 | 1,543 | 1,648 | 1,832 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Ken O'Sullivan | 5.49% | 820 | 932 | 932 | 935 | 950 | 955 | 961 | 961 | 976 | 979 | 1,001 | |||
| Fine Gael | Tony Donnelly | 5.16% | 770 | 825 | 829 | 832 | 844 | 846 | 918 | 934 | 949 | 1,051 | 1,099 | 1,143 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Damian Quigg | 4.01% | 599 | 677 | 680 | 683 | 709 | 712 | 732 | 733 | 780 | 1,021 | 1,105 | 1,269 | 1,352 | |
| Green | Cleo Murphy | 3.09% | 462 | 482 | 482 | 485 | 491 | 491 | 494 | 494 | 598 | 625 | ||||
| Social Democrats | Tim Clifford | 2.91% | 434 | 453 | 453 | 455 | 474 | 475 | 479 | 479 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Stephanie O'Shea | 2.89% | 431 | 470 | 476 | 477 | 495 | 496 | 529 | 538 | 569 | |||||
| Independent | Patrick Lyne | 2.49% | 372 | 418 | 431 | 438 | 459 | 460 | ||||||||
| Aontú | Catherina O'Sullivan | 1.39% | 207 | 244 | 278 | 301 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Oliver O'Neill | 1.06% | 158 | 182 | 215 | |||||||||||
| The Irish People | William O'Brien | 0.91% | 136 | 145 | ||||||||||||
| Electorate: 23,922 Valid: 14,934 Spoilt: 109 Quota: 2,134 Turnout: 15,043 (62.88%) | ||||||||||||||||
Killarney
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Independent | Maura Healy-Rae[*] | 23.71% | 3,385 | |||||||||||
| Independent | Martin Grady | 14.38% | 2,053 | |||||||||||
| Kerry Ind. Alliance | John O'Donoghue | 11.02% | 1,574 | 1,812 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Brendan Cronin | 9.97% | 1,423 | 1,699 | 1,741 | 1,746 | 1,756 | 1,784 | 1,787 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Niall Kelleher[*] | 9.15% | 1,307 | 1,640 | 1,674 | 1,681 | 1,683 | 1,685 | 1,748 | 1,780 | 1,804 | |||
| Independent | Niall O'Callaghan[*] | 8.10% | 1,156 | 1,384 | 1,445 | 1,451 | 1,459 | 1,494 | 1,499 | 1,500 | 1,528 | 1,544 | 1,599 | |
| Labour | Marie Moloney[*] | 7.31% | 1,044 | 1,252 | 1,298 | 1,302 | 1,306 | 1,311 | 1,323 | 1,334 | 1,383 | 1,418 | 1,575 | |
| Fine Gael | Dermot Healy | 4.57% | 653 | 750 | 767 | 769 | 771 | 773 | 788 | 797 | 803 | 822 | 881 | |
| Sinn Féin | Damien Switzer | 2.37% | 339 | 409 | 430 | 431 | 434 | 440 | 443 | 446 | 609 | 621 | 667 | |
| Green | Diarmaid Griffin | 2.30% | 329 | 359 | 368 | 369 | 371 | 374 | 394 | 402 | 417 | 432 | ||
| Independent | Iqbal Mahmud | 2.13% | 304 | 316 | 325 | 325 | 327 | 327 | 335 | 369 | 369 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Caroline Kenneally | 1.74% | 248 | 308 | 323 | 324 | 326 | 327 | 332 | 335 | ||||
| Independent | Kamaruzzaman Abdul-Kadir | 1.29% | 184 | 198 | 201 | 201 | 201 | 203 | 210 | |||||
| Independent | Natalia Krasnenkova | 1.02% | 146 | 156 | 157 | 157 | 157 | 157 | ||||||
| The Irish People | Alan O'Connor | 0.71% | 101 | 112 | 117 | 117 | 125 | |||||||
| Independent | William Leen | 0.14% | 20 | 28 | 32 | 32 | ||||||||
| Independent | Diarmuid McGuckin | 0.08% | 12 | 17 | 18 | 18 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 23,159 Valid: 14,278 Spoilt: 132 Quota: 1,785 Turnout: 14,410 (62.22%) | ||||||||||||||
Listowel
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Mike Kennelly[*] | 15.70% | 2,301 | |||||||||
| Independent | Liam "Speedy" Nolan | 15.16% | 2,223 | |||||||||
| Fine Gael | Michael Foley | 13.93% | 2,042 | 2,131 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Leane | 12.05% | 1,766 | 1,777 | 1,788 | 1,812 | 1,818 | 1,865 | 1,884 | 2,213 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Tom Barry | 11.49% | 1,685 | 1,714 | 1,746 | 1,770 | 1,775 | 1,843 | 1,933 | 2,030 | 2,051 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Moloney[*] | 9.35% | 1,371 | 1,416 | 1,446 | 1,484 | 1,500 | 1,524 | 1,645 | 1,725 | 1,784 | |
| Sinn Féin | Marion Falvey O’Sullivan | 8.81% | 1,292 | 1,302 | 1,315 | 1,372 | 1,373 | 1,503 | 1,528 | 1,643 | 1,681 | |
| Aontú | Sonny Foran | 5.76% | 845 | 853 | 864 | 898 | 901 | 1,026 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Thomas Harrington | 3.04% | 446 | 448 | 453 | 455 | ||||||
| Independent | John O'Sullivan | 2.82% | 414 | 420 | 440 | 481 | 486 | |||||
| Green | Oonagh Comerford | 1.13% | 165 | 168 | 170 | |||||||
| Party for Animal Welfare | Rosemarie Smith | 0.75% | 110 | 113 | 117 | |||||||
| Electorate: 25,821 Valid: 14,660 Spoilt: 137 Quota: 2,095 Turnout: 14,797 (57.31%) | ||||||||||||
Tralee
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Mikey Sheehy[*] | 15.66% | 2,114 | ||||||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Deirdre Ferris[†] | 11.55% | 1,560 | 1,592 | 1,612 | 1,627 | 1,723 | ||||||||||
| Labour | Terry O'Brien[*] | 11.38% | 1,537 | 1,637 | 1,721 | ||||||||||||
| Independent | Sam Locke | 7.83% | 1,057 | 1,088 | 1,097 | 1,119 | 1,160 | 1,193 | 1,323 | 1,325 | 1,428 | 1,549 | 1,555 | 1,725 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Daly | 7.75% | 1,046 | 1,081 | 1,073 | 1,089 | 1,155 | 1,213 | 1,258 | 1,268 | 1,316 | 1,436 | 1,441 | 1,935 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Anne O'Sullivan | 6.07% | 819 | 922 | 934 | 937 | 945 | 968 | 978 | 978 | 1,059 | 1,162 | 1,170 | 1,220 | 1,224 | 1,251 | |
| Fine Gael | Angie Baily | 5.97% | 806 | 841 | 860 | 866 | 874 | 904 | 923 | 924 | 1,201 | 1,413 | 1,419 | 1,480 | 1,518 | 1,527 | |
| Independent | Tom McEllistrim | 5.73% | 774 | 804 | 810 | 831 | 844 | 878 | 986 | 988 | 1,059 | 1,083 | 1,088 | 1,150 | 1,225 | 1,245 | |
| Sinn Féin | Cathal Foley[†] | 5.29% | 714 | 730 | 735 | 738 | 814 | 850 | 880 | 898 | 971 | 1,051 | 1,054 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Sinéad Donnelly | 5.10% | 688 | 713 | 722 | 725 | 743 | 782 | 793 | 794 | |||||||
| Green | Anluan Dunne | 4.82% | 651 | 665 | 680 | 687 | 702 | 824 | 837 | 838 | 899 | ||||||
| Social Democrats | Mistura Oyebamji | 3.16% | 427 | 432 | 456 | 456 | 471 | ||||||||||
| National Party | Jacob Sweeney | 2.91% | 393 | 398 | 401 | 576 | 582 | 590 | |||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Paddy Kevane | 2.71% | 366 | 370 | 377 | 386 | |||||||||||
| The Irish People | Eddie O'Grady | 2.38% | 321 | 323 | 324 | ||||||||||||
| Labour | Ben Slimm | 1.50% | 202 | 211 | |||||||||||||
| Independent | Ame Abdurahman | 0.20% | 27 | 27 | |||||||||||||
| Electorate: 26,411 Valid: 13,502 Spoilt: 160 Quota: 1,688 Turnout: 13,662 (51.73%) | |||||||||||||||||
Campaign
Debates
| 2024 Kerry County Council election debates | |||||||||||
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| Date | Broadcaster | Moderator(s) | Participants — Name Participant N Party not invited/did not participate | Notes | |||||||
| FG | FF | SF | Lab | IND | GP | Aon | |||||
| 23 Apr | Radio Kerry | Jerry O'Sullivan | Tommy Griffin | Breandán Fitzgerald | Robert Brosnan | Mike Kennedy | N | Peadar Ó Fionnáin | N | [7] | |
| 29 Apr | Radio Kerry | Jerry O'Sullivan | Michael Foley | Jimmy Moloney | Thomas Harrington | N | Liam "Speedy" Nolan | N | Sonny Foran | [8] | |
| 7 May | Radio Kerry | Jerry O'Sullivan | Teddy O’Sullivan Casey | Norma Moriarty | Stephanie O’Shea | N | Podge Foley + Johnny Healy-Rae |
N | N | ||
Councillors not standing for re-election
| Councillor | Electoral area | First elected | Party | Date announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Finucane[lower-alpha 1] | Tralee | 2009 | Fine Gael | 12 September 2023[9] | |
| Patrick O'Connor-Scarteen | Kenmare | 2009 | Fine Gael | 3 October 2023[10] | |
| Aoife Thornton | Listowel | 2014 | Fine Gael | 2 February 2024[11] | |
| John Francis Flynn | Killorglin | 2014 | Fianna Fáil | 14 March 2024[12] | |
- Notes
- Incumbent Cathaoirleach at time of election.
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