2024 Wexford County Council election
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 Area of Wexford County Council | ||
An election to all 34 seats on Wexford County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Wexford 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]
Voting took place in 197 polling booths accross 6 local electoral areas on 7th June, which coincided with voting for the 2024 european elections in the constitucency of Ireland South.
Counting of votes took place from 8th-10th of June in St. Joseph's Community Centre in Wexford town. Counting of votes was suspended 10pm on Sunday 9th after the Sixth count in the Enniscorthy electoral area, due to a request for a recount from Wexford Independent Alliance candidate Cyrill Wheelock following the discovery of a vote with two first preferences indicated on it, which should have been deemed a spoiled vote, which would have reduced the number of votes seperating the two lowest remaining candidates to just 4 votes.
Counting resumed 11am Monday following a review of the 2nd preference votes of the candidate with the next lowest votes, Sinn Fein's Collette Nolan, determined there would not be any effect on the outcome of the election.
A recounts was also called in the Rosslare area.
Retiring incumbents[edit]
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
| Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enniscorthy | Kathleen Codd-Nolan | Fine Gael | |
| Gorey | Diarmuid Devereux | Fine Gael | |
| Rosslare | Jim Moore | Fine Gael | |
| Wexford | Maura Bell | Labour | |
| Wexford | John Hegarty | Fine Gael | |
Results by party[edit]
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 14 | 9 | -3 | 16500 | 25.72 | ||
| Fine Gael | 10 | 8 | -1 | 11826 | 18.43 | ||
| Sinn Féin | 11 | 3 | +1 | 7039 | 10.97 | ||
| Aontú | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2455 | 3.83 | ||
| Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | 586 | 0.92 | ||
| Labour | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4421 | 6.89 | ||
| People Before Profit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 0.21 | ||
| Ireland First | 1 | 0 | New | 389 | 0.61 | New | |
| National Party | 1 | 0 | New | 125 | 0.19 | New | |
| The Irish People | 1 | 0 | New | 145 | 0.23 | New | |
| Wexford Ind. Alliance | 12 | 5 | New | 10223 | 15.93 | New | |
| Independent | 12 | 6 | -2 | 10312 | 16.07 | ||
| Total | 72 | 34 | 
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The Wexford Independent Alliance is a team of candidates associated with the Independent politician TD Verona Murphy[3]
Candidates by local electoral area[edit]
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor co-opted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Enniscorthy[edit]
*Note a recount was called following the discovery of an invalid ballot paper in the transfers following count 6. The request for recount was repealed after review of the transfer pattern for the next proposed elimination revealed there would be no change to the election outcome.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Aidan Browne[*] | 14.37 | 1617 | 1617 | 1617 | 1617 | 1617 | 1617 | 1608 | 1608 | |
| Fine Gael | Cathal Byrne[*] | 20.22 | 2275 | 1608 | 1608 | 1608 | 1608 | 1608 | 1608 | 1608 | |
| Green | Brendan Cahill Flynn | 2.30 | 259 | 297 | 308 | 0 | |||||
| Independent | Eamonn Doyle | 2.63 | 296 | 310 | 318 | 334 | 0 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Patrick Kehoe | 8.33 | 937 | 1186 | 1189 | 1226 | 1240 | 1296 | 1297 | 1467 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Barbara-Anne Murphy[*] | 11.91 | 1340 | 1436 | 1443 | 1481 | 1496 | 1561 | 1564 | 1694 | |
| Sinn Féin | Colette Nolan | 6.16 | 693 | 713 | 882 | 932 | 964 | 1021 | 1022 | 1077 | |
| Independent | John O'Rourke[*] | 10.33 | 1162 | 1223 | 1257 | 1289 | 1401 | 1525 | 1526 | 1643 | |
| Sinn Féin | Alfie Ó Súilleabháin | 2.45 | 276 | 284 | 0 | ||||||
| Independent | Jackser Owens[*] | 10.14 | 1141 | 1192 | 1214 | 1261 | 1315 | 1444 | 1446 | 1675 | |
| Wexford Ind. Alliance | Majella Wall | 5.31 | 597 | 658 | 674 | 694 | 740 | 0 | |||
| Wexford Ind. Alliance | Cyril Wheelock | 5.87 | 660 | 729 | 734 | 754 | 786 | 1016 | 1017 | 0 | |
| Electorate: 22900 Valid: 11253 Spoilt: 157 Quota: 1608 Turnout: 11410 | |||||||||||
Gorey[edit]
*Note Full Recount underway for Gorey starting 10am 10 june.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Wexford Ind. Alliance | Nicky Boland | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Andrew Bolger[†] | |||
| Independent | Cillian Byrne | |||
| Fine Gael | Anthony Donohoe[*] | |||
| Labour | Lorna Fitzpatrick | |||
| Wexford Ind. Alliance | Jimmy Fleming | |||
| People Before Profit | Aisling Hudson | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Donal Kenny[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Darragh McDonald | |||
| Ireland First | Darren McGovern | |||
| Sinn Féin | Kevin Molloy | |||
| Sinn Féin | Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Sullivan[*] | |||
| Green | Ann Walsh | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Kilmuckridge[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Pip Breen[*] | |||
| Independent | Mary Farrell[*] | |||
| Wexford Ind. Alliance | Paddy Kavanagh | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Willie Kavanagh[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Declan Kenny | |||
| Fine Gael | Oliver Walsh[*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
New Ross[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Wexford Ind. Alliance | Pat Barden[*] | |||
| Independent | Anthony Connick[*] | |||
| Independent | John Dwyer | |||
| Fianna Fáil | John Fleming[*] | |||
| Independent | Anne Flynn | |||
| Independent | Raymond Forte | |||
| Independent | James Furlong | |||
| Sinn Féin | Kayley Goodison | |||
| Labour | Bridín Lyng-Moloney | |||
| Fine Gael | Bridín Murphy[*] | |||
| Wexford Ind. Alliance | Marty Murphy | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Sheehan[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Harry Twomey | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Whelan[*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Rosslare[edit]
*Note Full Recount underway for Rosslare starting 10am 10 june.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Wexford Ind. Alliance | Jack Barden | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Simon Boyse | |||
| Independent | Ger Carthy[*] | |||
| Aontú | Jim Codd[*] | |||
| Labour | Damien Corish | |||
| Wexford Ind. Alliance | Joe Druhan | |||
| Fine Gael | Willie Fitzharris | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Lisa McDonald[*] | |||
| National Party | Jason Murphy | |||
| Sinn Féin | Aoife Rose O'Brien | |||
| Sinn Féin | Michael Roche | |||
| Fine Gael | Frank Staples[*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Wexford[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Labour | Vicky Clancy-Barron | |||
| Sinn Féin | Tom Forde[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Davy Hynes[*] | |||
| Independent | Leonard Kelly[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Garry Laffan[*] | |||
| Labour | George Lawlor[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Emmet Moloney | |||
| Wexford Ind. Alliance | Michelle O'Neill | |||
| The Irish People | Stephen Power | |||
| Wexford Ind. Alliance | Dave Ryan | |||
| Wexford Ind. Alliance | Raymond Shannon | |||
| Sinn Féin | Lorraine Smyth | |||
| Fine Gael | Robbie Staples | |||
| Labour | Catherine 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.
- ^ "Wexford TD Verona Murphy confirms 'Wexford Independent Alliance' grouping to contest local elections". Independent.ie. 13 February 2024. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Notice of Poll" (PDF). Wexford County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.