2024 Westmeath County Council election
An election to all 20 seats on Westmeath County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Westmeath is divided into 4 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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Area of Westmeath County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results by party
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 10 | 9 | 11,695 | 31.02 | 5.32 | ||
| Fine Gael | 8 | 4 | 1 | 7,420 | 19.68 | 3.62 | |
| Labour | 4 | 2 | 3,584 | 9.51 | 0.77 | ||
| Sinn Féin | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3,295 | 8.74 | 2.94 | |
| Independent Ireland | 3 | 1 | New | 1,575 | 4.18 | New | |
| Green | 3 | 0 | 2 | 916 | 2.43 | 1.05 | |
| Aontú | 1 | 0 | 349 | 0.93 | 0.24 | ||
| Irish Freedom | 2 | 0 | New | 548 | 1.45 | New | |
| Ireland First | 2 | 0 | New | 482 | 1.28 | New | |
| Social Democrats | 1 | 0 | 318 | 0.84 | 0.26 | ||
| The Irish People | 1 | 0 | New | 92 | 0.24 | New | |
| Independent | 6 | 2 | 7,426 | 19.70 | 0.90 | ||
| Total | 48 | 20 | 37,700 | 100.00 | |||
Retiring incumbents
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
| Constituency | Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinnegad | John Shaw[3] | Fianna Fáil | |
| Kinnegad | Paddy Hill[4] | Fianna Fáil | |
| Kinnegad | Frank McDermott | Fine Gael | |
Candidates by local electoral area
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ **: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019 in another LEA.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
^ ††: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election in another LEA
Athlone
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Independent | Kevin "Boxer" Moran | 39.64% | 3,782 | ||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Frankie Keena[*] | 14.37% | 1,371 | 1,780 | |||||||||
| Fine Gael | John Dolan[*] | 12.72% | 1,214 | 1,568 | 1,639 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Aengus O'Rourke[*] | 11.77% | 1,123 | 1,686 | |||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Conor Dowling-Linehan | 4.66% | 445 | 563 | 571 | 579 | 579 | 599 | 628 | 644 | |||
| Green | Louise Heavin[*] | 3.82% | 364 | 477 | 489 | 508 | 517 | 553 | 629 | 654 | 760 | ||
| Independent | Tom Cleary | 3.31% | 316 | 507 | 530 | 546 | 554 | 598 | 642 | 739 | 858 | 1,034 | |
| Independent Ireland | Paul Hogan[†] | 3.25% | 310 | 530 | 565 | 590 | 601 | 632 | 684 | 814 | 965 | 1,120 | |
| Irish Freedom | Catrina O'Donohoe | 2.91% | 278 | 363 | 372 | 377 | 381 | 388 | 399 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Ruairí Keyes | 1.98% | 189 | 260 | 271 | 284 | 296 | 329 | |||||
| Labour | Ray Lennon | 1.56% | 149 | 216 | 236 | 245 | 249 | ||||||
| Electorate: 20,464 Valid: 9,541 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,591 Turnout: 9,661 (47.21%) | |||||||||||||
Kinnegad
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Labour | Denis Leonard[*] | 14.91% | 1,457 | |||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Alfie Devine | 12.64% | 1,236 | |||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | David Jones | 11.61% | 1,135 | |||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Niall Gaffney | 10.69% | 1,045 | |||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Seamus MacDermott | 10.04% | 981 | |||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Emily Wallace[*] | 9.73% | 951 | |||||||||||
| Independent Ireland | Brian Crum | 6.05% | 591 | |||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Shauna Coyne | 5.86% | 573 | |||||||||||
| Independent | Noleen Fanning | 4.38% | 428 | |||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Maureen Piggot | 3.87% | 378 | |||||||||||
| Aontú | Laura O’Neill | 3.57% | 349 | |||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Anthonia Izekor | 1.79% | 175 | |||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Frances Monahan | 1.53% | 150 | |||||||||||
| Green | Carol Okeke | 1.24% | 121 | |||||||||||
| Ireland First | Sarah Heraty | 1.16% | 113 | |||||||||||
| The Irish People | Ian McGauley | 0.94% | 92 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 18,090 Valid: 9,775 Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,630 Turnout: 9,898 (54.72%) | ||||||||||||||
Moate
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Tom Farrell[*] | 23.96% | 2,185 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Vinny McCormack[*] | 17.87% | 1,630 | 1,777 | 1,797 | 1,833 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Liam McDaniel[*] | 16.23% | 1,480 | 1,512 | 1,522 | 1,558 | 1,826 | |
| Labour | Johnnie Penrose[*] | 15.80% | 1,441 | 1,516 | 1,537 | 1,663 | 1,851 | |
| Independent | Michael O’Brien | 11.24% | 1,025 | 1,093 | 1,174 | 1,253 | 1,465 | |
| Independent Ireland | Paul Hogan[††] | 7.39% | 674 | 697 | 779 | 873 | ||
| Sinn Féin | John Lawlor | 4.56% | 416 | 424 | 445 | |||
| Irish Freedom | Shane Lynam | 2.96% | 270 | 277 | ||||
| Electorate: 16,297 Valid: 9,121 Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,825 Turnout: 9,193 (56.41%) | ||||||||
Mullingar
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Independent | Mick Dollard[*] | 18.31% | 1,696 | |||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Ken Glynn[*] | 14.27% | 1,322 | 1,387 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Aoife Davitt[*] | 10.54% | 976 | 1,009 | ? | ? | ? | 1,048 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Andrew Duncan[*] | 10.43% | 966 | 1,001 | ? | ? | ? | 1,029 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Bill Collentine[*] | 10.14% | 939 | 981 | ? | ? | ? | 1,017 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Gerry Heery | 8.19% | 759 | 784 | ? | ? | ? | 821 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Julie McCourt | 6.18% | 572 | 607 | ? | ? | ? | 830 | ||||
| Labour | Fidelma Bennett | 5.80% | 537 | 580 | ? | ? | ? | 658 | ||||
| Green | Hazel Smyth[*] | 4.65% | 431 | 442 | ? | ? | ? | 560 | ||||
| Ireland First | Margaret Maguire | 3.98% | 369 | 392 | ? | ? | ? | 537 | ||||
| Social Democrats | Ali Morris | 3.43% | 318 | 325 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Damien Rooney | 2.15% | 199 | 209 | 210 | ? | ? | ? | ||||
| Independent | Patrick Hussey | 1.93% | 179 | 222 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||
| Electorate: 20,673 Valid: 9,263 Spoilt: 133 Quota: 1,324 Turnout: 9,396 (45.45%) | ||||||||||||
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.
- "John Shaw to bow out of politics". Westmeath Examiner. 21 July 2023. Archived from the original on 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- "FF selects Kinnegad area candidates". Westmeath Examiner. 15 December 2023. Archived from the original on 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- "Notice of Poll ATHLONE" (PDF). Westmeath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- "Notice of Poll Kinnegad" (PDF). Westmeath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- "Notice of Poll Moate" (PDF). Westmeath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- "Notice of Poll Mullingar" (PDF). Westmeath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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