2024 Wicklow 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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All 32 seats on Wicklow County Council 17 seats needed for a majority | ||
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Area of Wicklow County Council |
An election to all 32 seats on Wicklow County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Wicklow 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]
The period for nominations opened at 10 a.m. on Saturday 11 May and will close at 12 p.m. on Saturday 18 May 2024.[3]
Retiring incumbents[edit]
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | |
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Baltinglass | Vincent Blake | Fine Gael | |
Wicklow | Shay Cullen | Fine Gael | |
Greystones | Derek Mitchell | Fine Gael | |
Bray West | Rory O'Connor | Independent | |
Greystones | Gerry Walsh | Fianna Fáil | |
Wicklow | Irene Winters | Fine Gael |
Results by party[edit]
Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 10 | ||||||
Fine Gael | 11 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | 11 | ||||||
Aontú | 1 | ||||||
Social Democrats | 5 | ||||||
Green | 4 | ||||||
Labour | 4 | ||||||
Independent Ireland | 3 | New | New | ||||
People Before Profit | 4 | ||||||
Irish Freedom | 1 | New | New | ||||
The Irish People | 1 | New | New | ||||
Independent | 19 | ||||||
Total | 74 | 32 | 100.00 | — |
Candidates by LEA[edit]
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
^ ‡: Outgoing councillor co-opted in 2024 for Bray East now contesting in Bray West.
Arklow[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Tommy Annesley[*] | |||
Independent | Viktoria Bodley | |||
Fine Gael | Sylvester Bourke[*] | |||
Sinn Féin | Sheila Busher | |||
People Before Profit | Lorraine Farrell | |||
Fianna Fáil | Pat Fitzgerald[*] | |||
Fine Gael | Laurie Kearon | |||
Fianna Fáil | Pat Kennedy[*] | |||
Independent | Peir Leonard[*] | |||
Independent Ireland | David O'Gorman | |||
Sinn Féin | Warren O'Toole | |||
Independent | Miriam Murphy[*] | |||
Quota: |
Baltinglass[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Kieran Burke | |||
Sinn Féin | Connor Byrne | |||
Fine Gael | Avril Cronin[*] | |||
Fianna Fáil | Patsy Glennon[*] | |||
Sinn Féin | Aidan Kinsella | |||
Social Democrats | Deirdre McCormack | |||
People Before Profit | Anthony McNulty | |||
Fianna Fáil | John Mullen[*] | |||
Independent | Jason Mulhall | |||
Independent | Gerry O'Neill[*] | |||
Independent | Dominic Plant | |||
Fine Gael | Peter Stapleton | |||
Fine Gael | Edward Timmins[*] | |||
Quota: |
Bray East[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Denise Cahill | |||
The Irish People | Finnian Cremins | |||
Independent | Lee Donnelly | |||
Green | Erika Doyle[†] | |||
Independent | Malachai Duddy | |||
Labour | Anne Ferris[*] | |||
Fine Gael | Aoife Flynn Kennedy[*] | |||
Fianna Fáil | Fergal Fitzgerald | |||
People Before Profit | Frank Hayes | |||
Aontú | Ciaran Hogan | |||
Social Democrats | Aaron McAllorum | |||
Independent Ireland | Ian Neary | |||
Quota: |
Bray West[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Independent | Joe Behan[*] | |||
Independent | Rob Carry | |||
Fine Gael | Melanie Corrigan[*] | |||
Independent | Colm Flood | |||
Labour | Bryan Kenna | |||
Independent | Keith Manning | |||
Sinn Féin | Dermot O’Brien[*] | |||
Green | Alex Pigot | |||
Sinn Féin | Mick Ryan[‡] | |||
Social Democrats | Caroline Winstanley | |||
Quota: |
Greystones[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Social Democrats | Mark Barry[†] | |||
Labour | Anne Waithira Burke | |||
Fianna Fáil | Jack Commons | |||
Fine Gael | Louise Fenelon Gaskin | |||
Independent | Orla Finn | |||
Sinn Féin | Brian Fogarty | |||
Independent | Tom Fortune[*] | |||
Irish Freedom | Anthony Goldsmith | |||
Independent | Charlie Keddy | |||
Sinn Féin | Esther Kelly | |||
Fine Gael | Aileen Lennon | |||
People Before Profit | Kellie McConnell | |||
Green | Lourda Scott[*] | |||
Independent | Stephen Stokes[†] | |||
Quota: |
Wicklow[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Social Democrats | Danny Alvey | |||
Fianna Fáil | Sonia Casey-Shortt | |||
Fianna Fáil | Gail Dunne[*] | |||
Green | Mia Fahey McCarthy | |||
Sinn Féin | Anthony Hill | |||
Independent Ireland | Tim Kavanagh | |||
Independent | Mary Kavanagh[*] | |||
Fine Gael | Shane Langrell | |||
Independent | John Larkin | |||
Labour | Paul O'Brien[*] | |||
Sinn Féin | Abbie O'Loughlin | |||
Fine Gael | Graham Richmond | |||
Independent | John Snell[*] | |||
Quota: |
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Local Elections". Wicklow County Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). Wicklow County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
Sources[edit]
- Buchanan, Myles; Galvin, Tom; Mac Raghnaill, Eoin (29 March 2024). "Wicklow Local Elections 2024 candidates: get the latest running news". Wicklow People. Retrieved 1 April 2024 – via Irish Independent.
- "Wicklow Local Election 2024". Irish Freedom Party. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- "Local Election Candidates 2024 - Leinster". Independent Ireland. Retrieved 1 April 2024.