2024 Laois County Council election
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All 19 seats on Laois County Council 10 seats needed for a majority | ||
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 Area of Laois County Council | ||
An election to all 19 seats on Laois County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Laois is divided into 3 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]
Results by party[edit]
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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| Fianna Fáil | 11 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | 8 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | 7 | ||||||
| Green | 3 | ||||||
| Aontú | 1 | ||||||
| Labour | 3 | ||||||
| Independent Ireland | 2 | ||||||
| Independent | 12 | ||||||
| Total | 47 | 19 | 
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Candidates by local electoral area[edit]
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Borris-in-Ossory–Mountmellick[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Conor Bergin[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Bracken[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Paddy Buggy | |||
| Sinn Féin | Helen Campion | |||
| Independent | Ollie Clooney[*] | 1,514 | ||
| Labour | Bryan Corrigan | 99 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Fintan Cuddy | |||
| Independent | Kevin Drennan | 198 | ||
| Green | Fiona Dunne | 136 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Declan Good | |||
| Sinn Féin | Lorna Holohan Garry | |||
| Independent | James Kelly[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | John King[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus McDonald[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Phelan | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Graiguecullen–Portarlington[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Labour | Eoin Barry | 506 | 557 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Ben Brennan[*] | 1,350 | 1,357 | 1,492 | 1,499 | 1,666 | |||||||
| Independent Ireland | Patsy Fennell | 682 | 690 | 708 | 722 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Padraig Fleming[*] | 1,275 | 1,287 | 1,371 | 1,433 | 1,483 | 1,511 | 1,520 | 1,708 | ||||
| Green | Charlie Hackett | 214 | |||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Aaron Kelly | 785 | 796 | 865 | 869 | 911 | 916 | 923 | |||||
| Fine Gael | P.J Kelly[†] | 997 | 1,012 | 1,035 | 1,140 | 1,164 | 1,168 | 1,171 | 1,197 | 1,226 | 1,240 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Joey Kennedy | 578 | 607 | 625 | |||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Paschal McEvoy[*] | 1,402 | 1,414 | 1,427 | 1,534 | 1,666 | |||||||
| Independent | Aisling Moran[*] | 1,142 | 1,156 | 1,220 | 1,233 | 1,335 | 1,347 | 1,401 | 1,633 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Aidan Mullins[*] | 1,359 | 1,371 | 1,394 | 1,597 | ||||||||
| Fine Gael | Vivienne Phelan | 806 | 835 | 890 | 957 | 1,049 | 1,080 | 1,087 | 1,175 | 1,224 | 1,257 | ||
| Electorate: 11,299 Valid: 11,096 Spoilt: 133 Quota: 1,586 | |||||||||||||
Portlaoise[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Bolaji Adeyanju | |||
| Fine Gael | Willie Aird[*] | |||
| Independent | Noel Burke | |||
| Independent Ireland | Colette Byrne | |||
| Fine Gael | Thomasina Connell[*] | |||
| Independent | John Cowhig | |||
| Independent | Dom Dunne | |||
| Sinn Féin | Caroline Dwane-Stanley[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | John Joe Fennelly[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Catherine Fitzgerald[*] | |||
| Independent | Pauline Flanagan | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Naeem Iqbal | |||
| Independent | Donal Kelly | |||
| Sinn Féin | Maria McCormack | |||
| Independent | Tommy Mulligan | |||
| Green | Rosie Palmer | |||
| Sinn Féin | Jason Phelan | |||
| Aontú | Martha Ryan | |||
| Labour | Marie Tuohy[†] | |||
| Fine Gael | Barry Walsh[†] | |||
| 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.
- ^ "Notice of Poll Borris-in-Ossory–Mountmellick" (PDF). Laois County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Notice of Poll Graiguecullen–Portarlington" (PDF). Laois County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Notice of Poll Portlaoise" (PDF). Laois County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.