2024 Kildare County Council election
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An election to all 40 seats on Kildare County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Kildare is divided into 8 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% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 14 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | 15 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | 14 | ||||||
| Green | 7 | ||||||
| Social Democrats | 8 | ||||||
| Aontú | 2 | ||||||
| Labour | 8 | ||||||
| Independent Ireland | 5 | New | New | ||||
| The Irish People | 2 | New | New | ||||
| Irish Freedom | 1 | New | New | ||||
| Independent | 14 | ||||||
| Total | 90 | 40 | 
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Retiring incumbents[edit]
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
| Constituency | Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celbridge | Michael Coleman[3] | Fianna Fáil | |
| Celbridge | Vanessa Liston | Independent | |
| Celbridge | Ciara Galvin[4] | Labour | |
| Celbridge | Íde Cussen | Independent | |
| Kildare | Anne Connolly[5] | Fianna Fáil | |
| Newbridge | Fiona McLoughlin Healy[6] | Independent | |
| Clane | Brendan Weld[7] | Fine Gael | |
Candidates by local electoral area[edit]
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Athy[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Veralouise Behan[*] | |||
| Labour | Aoife Breslin[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Geraldine Campbell | |||
| Independent Ireland | William Carton | |||
| Irish Freedom | Anthony Casey | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Dooley[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Ivan Keatley[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Brian Kenny | |||
| Labour | Mark Leigh[†] | |||
| Independent | Nicola Maughan | |||
| Fianna Fáil | David Owens | |||
| Sinn Féin | Thomas Redmond | |||
| Social Democrats | Rachael Wall | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Celbridge[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | David Trost | 24.5% | 1,687 | |
| Social Democrats | Claire O’Rourke | 20.5% | 1,412 | |
| Fine Gael | Lumi Panaite Fahey | 17.8% | 1,221 | |
| Labour | Rupert Heather[†] | 9.8% | 672 | |
| Sinn Féin | David Monaghan | 8.6% | 593 | |
| The Irish People | Darragh Toner | 7.1% | 486 | |
| Independent | Zhyan Phelan | 6.0% | 415 | |
| Green | Peter Paul Hughes | 5.7% | 389 | |
| Electorate: 16,662 Valid: 6,875 Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,376 Turnout: 6,956 (41.7%) | ||||
Clane[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Brendan Wyse[*] | 21.54% | 1,986 | ||||||||
| Independent | Pádraig McEvoy[*] | 14.50% | 1,337 | 1,355 | 1,370 | 1,380 | 1,401 | 1,415 | 1,502 | 1,647 | |
| Social Democrats | Aidan Farrelly[*] | 14.10% | 1,300 | 1,343 | 1,381 | 1,385 | 1,468 | 1,489 | 1,497 | 1,562 | |
| Fine Gael | William Durkan | 11.40% | 1,051 | 1,229 | 1,254 | 1,257 | 1,300 | 1,309 | 1,319 | 1,365 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Darragh Fitzpatrick[*] | 10.99% | 1,013 | 1,111 | 1,120 | 1,121 | 1,142 | 1,166 | 1,178 | 1,221 | |
| Sinn Féin | Killian Brennan | 7.51% | 692 | 729 | 731 | 733 | 750 | 919 | 936 | 981 | |
| Independent Ireland | Ryan McKeown | 5.07% | 467 | 478 | 482 | 503 | 508 | 520 | 596 | 683 | |
| Aontú | Una O'Connor | 5.04% | 465 | 480 | 485 | 497 | 502 | 514 | 532 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Mick Tuohy | 2.60% | 240 | 261 | 266 | 269 | 278 | ||||
| Labour | Eoin Coates | 2.16% | 199 | 209 | 234 | 234 | |||||
| Independent | Sophie Roker | 1.84% | 170 | 176 | 180 | 284 | 290 | 293 | |||
| Independent | Jessica McLoughlin | 1.75% | 161 | 167 | 171 | ||||||
| Green | Patricia Foley | 1.50% | 138 | 144 | |||||||
| Electorate: 20,665 Valid: 9,219 Spoilt: 103 Quota: 1,537 Turnout: 9,322 | |||||||||||
Kildare[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Suzanne Doyle[*] | 20.1 | 1,667 | |
| Fine Gael | Kevin Duffy[*] | 17.6 | 1,459 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Brian O'Loughlin | 13.8 | 1,142 | |
| Fine Gael | Paddy Curran[†] | 8.9 | 741 | |
| Social Democrats | Pat Balfe | 7.3 | 608 | |
| Sinn Féin | Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh | 7.2 | 599 | |
| Independent | Declan Crowe | 5.7 | 473 | |
| Sinn Féin | Noel Connolly[†] | 5.1 | 425 | |
| Independent Ireland | Paul O'Malley | 4.4 | 378 | |
| Labour | Chris Harrison | 3.8 | 319 | |
| Green | Lorraine Benson | 3.3 | 277 | |
| Independent | Aisling Goodwin | 1.5 | 124 | |
| Independent | Denis Delaney | 1.0 | 84 | |
| Electorate: 19,042 Valid: 8,286 Spoilt: 136 Quota: 1,382 Turnout: 8,422 | ||||
Leixlip[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Joe Neville[*] | 37.8 | 2,293 | ||
| Social Democrats | Nuala Killeen[*] | 29.1 | 1,767 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Bernard Caldwell[*] | 20.3 | 1,232 | 1,818 | |
| Sinn Féin | Joan O’Boyle | 9.7 | 586 | 649 | |
| Green | Imran Ali | 3.2 | 194 | 319 | |
| Electorate: 14,011 Valid: 6,072 Spoilt: 149 Quota: 1,519 Turnout: 6,221 (44.4%) | |||||
Maynooth[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Naoise Ó Cearúil[*] | 20.0% | 1,880 | |||
| Fine Gael | Tim Durkan[*] | 15.4% | 1,447 | 1,494 | 1,566 | |
| Labour | Angela Feeney[*] | 13.3% | 1,247 | 1,351 | 1,478 | |
| Social Democrats | Peter Melrose | 12.7% | 1,195 | 1,243 | 1,429 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Paul Ward[*] | 11.7% | 1,095 | 1,173 | 1,197 | |
| Fine Gael | Tara Lane | 10.1% | 952 | 961 | 987 | |
| Sinn Féin | Evelyn Gaynor | 5.8% | 543 | 548 | 566 | |
| Independent Ireland | Liam Meade | 5.7% | 534 | 541 | 551 | |
| Green | Peter Hamilton[*] | 5.3% | 498 | 514 | ||
| Electorate: 20,869 Valid: 9,391 Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,566 Turnout: 9,480 (45.43%) | ||||||
Naas[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Labour | Anne Breen[*] | 7.8% | 1,110 | |
| Fine Gael | Fintan Brett[*] | 12.4% | 1,719 | |
| Social Democrats | Bill Clear[*] | 14.2% | 1,975 | |
| The Irish People | Avril Corcoran | 3.8% | 529 | |
| Fine Gael | Ciara Dunne | 5.8% | 800 | |
| Independent Ireland | Ger Dunne | 5.4% | 755 | |
| Sinn Féin | Caroline Hogan | 4.0% | 554 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Carmel Kelly[*] | 8.4% | 1,173 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Larkin | 7.1% | 993 | |
| Independent | Hugo Magee | 1.5% | 211 | |
| Independent | Seamie Moore | 9.2% | 1,285 | |
| Sinn Féin | Evangeline Ngozi Omini | 1.9% | 262 | |
| Sinn Féin | Pauline O'Neill | 1.4% | 201 | |
| Green | Bob Quinn[†] | 6.3% | 871 | |
| Fine Gael | Evie Sammon[*] | 10.6% | 1,470 | |
| Electorate: 30,153 Valid: 13,908 Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,739 Turnout: 46.6% | ||||
Newbridge[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Tracey O'Dwyer[*] | 17.9 | 2,083 | |||||||
| Fine Gael | Peggy O'Dwyer[*] | 17.3 | 2,013 | |||||||
| Social Democrats | Chris Pender[*] | 12.6 | 1,461 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Noel Heavey[*] | 9.0 | 1,043 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Robert Power[*] | 7.2 | 838 | |||||||
| Aontú | Melissa Byrne | 5.9 | 691 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | James Stokes | 5.5 | 643 | |||||||
| Labour | Aina Conway | 5.3 | 621 | |||||||
| Independent | Tom McDonnell | 4.7 | 548 | |||||||
| Independent | James Garvin | 4.3 | 500 | |||||||
| Independent | Chris McCormack | 4.0 | 460 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | Terri Thorpe | 3.3 | 383 | |||||||
| Green | Ronan Maher | 1.6 | 189 | |||||||
| Independent | Leanne O'Neill | 1.4 | 167 | |||||||
| Quota: | ||||||||||
References[edit]
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- ^ "Councillor in Kildare-Newbridge MD to step down "to enjoy more family time"". Leinster Leader. 1 November 2023. Archived from the original on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
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- ^ "Tributes Paid To Brendan Weld Who Retires As A County Councillor Following 20 Years Of Service". Kildare's Kfm. Archived from the original on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
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- ^ https://www.rte.ie/news/elections-2024/results/#/local/kildare-county/newbridge