2019 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election

A Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election was held in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. Forty councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from six local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote.

2019 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election
24 May 2019
All 40 seats to Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Green Party
Seats won 13 7 6
Seat change 2 1 4
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Party People Before Profit Social Democrats
Seats won 6 2 1
Seat change 1 1 1
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 5
Seat change 1
Map showing the area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used in the 2014 elections.[1][2] Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a lower maximum LEA size of seven councillors, requiring a change to the eight-seat Dún Laoghaire LEA. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.

Uniquely after 2019 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown became Ireland's first 50:50 gender-neutral Council. Fine Gael remained the largest party gaining an additional 2 seats while seeing a slight reduction in vote-share. Fianna Fáil lost a seat in Stillorgan to return 7 in total and saw a slight reduction in vote share. The main winners in Dún Laoghaire were the Greens who won 6 seats and saw all 6 of their candidates elected in the process. They topped the poll in 4 of the 6 LEAs. Labour lost a seat in Blackrock to reduce their numbers to 6 seats overall. Solidarity-People Before Profit lost a seat in Dún Laoghaire to only return with 2 seats while Sinn Féin had a terrible election losing all 3 of their seats.

Results by party
Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 13 2 21,156 27.30% 0.85%
Fianna Fáil 7 1 13,634 17.59% 1.07%
Green Party 6 4 15,234 19.66% 12.69%
Labour Party 6 1 9,132 11.78% 1.36%
People Before Profit 2 1 5,108 6.59% 1.31%
Social Democrats 1 1 1,267 1.63% 1.63%
Sinn Féin 0 3 2,656 3.43% 6.22%
Aontú 0 728 0.94% 0.94%
Éirígí 0 631 0.81% 0.81%
Independent 5 1 7,959 10.27% 5.27%
Total 40 77,505 100%

Candidates by LEA

Blackrock
Blackrock — 6 Seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
Green Party Séafra Ó Faoláin  24.95% 3,128                
Fine Gael Marie Baker[c 1]  16.76% 2,101                
Fianna Fáil Mary Hanafin[c 1]  14.72% 1,846                
Fine Gael Barry Ward[c 1][c 2]  9.62% 1,206 1,464 1,564 1,568 1,628 1,638 1,677 2,420  
Fianna Fáil Kate Feeney[c 1]  8.74% 1,096 1,285 1,331 1,354 1,447 1,476 1,532 1,657 1,873
Fine Gael Rebecca Molloy  6.14% 770 980 1,048 1,054 1,097 1,104 1,133    
Labour Party Deirdre Kingston[c 1]  5.12% 642 893 916 928 979 983 1,156 1,217 1,412
People Before Profit Lola Hynes  4.73% 593 729 735 814 867 869      
Social Democrats Sinéad Gibney  4.40% 552 754 766 805 873 875 1,189 1,238 1,283
Independent Reji Chacko Jacob  3.17% 397 504 516 536          
Sinn Féin Grainne Ferris  1.64% 206 229 231            
Electorate: 26,344   Valid: 12,537   Spoilt: 271   Quota: 1,792   Turnout: 12,808 (48.62%)

    Dundrum
    Dundrum — 7 Seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
    Green Party Daniel Dunne[c 3]  19.63% 2,897                
    Independent Sean McLoughlin  10.88% 1,606 1,660 1,700 1,743 1,838 1,920      
    Fianna Fáil Shay Brennan[c 1]  10.07% 1,487 1,549 1,566 1,612 1,629 1,770 1,843 1,847  
    Fine Gael Anna Grainger  8.54% 1,261 1,377 1,382 1,415 1,432 1,461 1,488 1,490 1,908
    Fianna Fáil Olivia Buckley  7.54% 1,113 1,178 1,184 1,211 1,231 1,288 1,328 1,334 1,442
    Fine Gael Pat Hand[c 1]  6.90% 1,019 1,081 1,086 1,121 1,135 1,170 1,216 1,216  
    Labour Party Peter O'Brien[c 1]  6.66% 983 1,258 1,299 1,327 1,475 1,506 1,660 1,667 1,762
    Fine Gael Jim O'Leary  6.53% 964 1,035 1,041 1,081 1,098 1,210 1,233 1,239 1,536
    Independent Anne Colgan[c 3]  6.16% 909 1,015 1,031 1,078 1,172 1,303 1,482 1,508 1,598
    Aontú Liam Coughlan  4.93% 728 757 771 805 828        
    Éirígí Brian Leeson  4.27% 631 673 719 730 852 903      
    People Before Profit Eoghan Pádraig Ó Ceannabháin  3.49% 515 625 701 727          
    Independent Seamas O'Neill[c 1]  2.38% 351 383 401            
    Sinn Féin Sorcha Nic Cormaic[c 1]  2.01% 297 324              
    Electorate: 30,064   Valid: 14,761   Spoilt: 384   Quota: 1,846   Turnout: 15,145 (50.38%)

      Dún Laoghaire
      Dún Laoghaire — 7 Seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10
      Green Party Ossian Smyth[c 1]††  20.16% 3,147                  
      Fianna Fáil Cormac Devlin[c 1]†††  17.20% 2,684                  
      Fine Gael John Bailey[c 1]†  9.64% 1,504 1,594 1,690 1,702 1,735 1,759 1,778 1,900 1,996  
      Labour Party Juliet O'Connell  9.63% 1,503 1,761 1,835 1,868 2,192          
      Fine Gael Lorraine Hall  8.58% 1,339 1,465 1,520 1,526 1,567 1,603 1,611 1,747 1,819 1,832
      People Before Profit Melissa Halpin[c 1]  6.84% 1,067 1,194 1,228 1,315 1,355 1,388 1,825 1,889 2,127  
      Fine Gael Mary Fayne[c 1]  6.07% 947 1,018 1,072 1,080 1,117 1,153 1,166 1,266 1,323 1,338
      Independent Michael Merrigan[c 1]  4.90% 765 824 862 908 934 949 1,002 1,053    
      Social Democrats Dave Quinn  4.58% 715 949 970 995 1,035 1,102 1,181 1,283 1,476 1,564
      Fianna Fáil Justin Moylan  3.50% 547 593 885 903 928 936 951      
      People Before Profit Dave O'Keeffe[c 3]  3.45% 538 611 634 717 730 751        
      Labour Party Valerie McDermott  3.21% 501 594 623 633            
      Sinn Féin Séamus Mac Floinn  2.26% 352 370 386              
      Electorate: 33,876   Valid: 15,609   Spoilt: 409   Quota: 1,952   Turnout: 16,018 (47.28%)

        Glencullen–Sandyford
        Glencullen–Sandyford — 7 Seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
        Labour Party Lettie McCarthy[c 1]  22.01% 2,269                
        Green Party Deirdre Ní Fhlionn  15.51% 1,599                
        Independent Michael Fleming  11.87% 1,224 1,455              
        Fine Gael Emma Louise Blain[c 3]  9.69% 999 1,115 1,160 1,184 1,193 1,257 1,305    
        Fianna Fáil Tom Murphy[c 1]  8.19% 844 974 994 1,025 1,028 1,120 1,357    
        Independent Lynsey McGovern[c 1]  6.02% 621 728 784 809 895 1,016 1,087 1,110 1,219
        Fine Gael Kazi Ahmed  5.99% 618 713 759 780 796 843 894 912 1,334
        Fianna Fáil Ben Stafford  5.19% 535 603 605 617 636 664      
        Fine Gael Sandra Stewart  4.98% 513 587 638 647 652 683 716 732  
        Sinn Féin Shaun Tracey  4.69% 484 535 554 558 656 673 762 773 788
        Independent Kevin Daly  3.57% 368 436 457 490 507        
        People Before Profit Ruth O'Connor  2.28% 235 275 325 332          
        Electorate: 27,705   Valid: 10,309   Spoilt: 222   Quota: 1,289   Turnout: 10,531 (38.01%)

          Killiney–Shankill
          Killiney–Shankill — 7 Seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
          Green Party Una Power  16.63% 2,193                
          Labour Party Carrie Smyth[c 1]  12.81% 1,689                
          Fine Gael Jennifer Carroll MacNeill††††  12.21% 1,610 1,691              
          People Before Profit Hugh Lewis[c 1]  8.66% 1,142 1,198 1,201 1,204 1,251 1,291 1,796    
          Fine Gael Jim Gildea[c 3]  8.13% 1,072 1,104 1,112 1,117 1,132 1,189 1,206 1,210 1,706
          Sinn Féin Shane O'Brien[c 1]  8.03% 1,059 1,082 1,083 1,084 1,097 1,111 1,179 1,249 1,285
          Labour Party Denis O'Callaghan[c 1]  7.99% 1,053 1,160 1,163 1,181 1,202 1,267 1,358 1,414 1,565
          Fine Gael Frank McNamara  7.14% 942 1,004 1,017 1,021 1,051 1,133 1,159 1,167  
          Fianna Fáil Michael Clark  5.51% 726 744 745 747 816 1,166 1,179 1,193 1,344
          Fianna Fáil Helena Kelly  5.21% 687 723 731 734 761        
          People Before Profit Danielle O'Rourke  5.07% 669 770 774 777 811 856      
          Independent Sandra Archer  2.62% 345 373 374 375          
          Electorate: 30,387   Valid: 13,187   Spoilt: 381   Quota: 1,649   Turnout: 13,568 (44.65%)

            Stillorgan
            Stillorgan — 6 Seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
            Fine Gael Barry Saul[c 1]  21.40% 2,376              
            Green Party Eva Elizabeth Dowling  20.45% 2,270              
            Fine Gael Maeve O'Connell  11.46% 1,272 1,571 1,698          
            Fianna Fáil Dónal Smith[c 3]  10.30% 1,143 1,228 1,278 1,292 1,302 1,367 1,392 1,488
            Fianna Fáil Liam Dockery[c 1]  8.34% 926 980 1,023 1,035 1,045 1,099 1,128 1,210
            Independent Deirdre Donnelly[c 1]  8.34% 926 1,009 1,090 1,122 1,128 1,247 1,410 1,641
            Fine Gael John Kennedy[c 3]  5.79% 643 809 877 889 945 1,040 1,066 1,282
            Labour Party Paul Gordon  4.43% 492 530 697 726 743 801 968  
            Independent Gearóid O'Keeffe  4.03% 447 494 527 548 551      
            People Before Profit Rachael Prendergast Spollen  3.14% 349 358 447 553 559 607    
            Sinn Féin Rosie Ní Laoghaire  2.32% 258 266 291          
            Electorate: 22,993   Valid: 11,102   Spoilt: 231   Quota: 1,587   Turnout: 11,333 (49.29%)

              Changes Since 2019
              • † Dún Laoghaire Fine Gael Cllr John Bailey died on 9 July 2019 after a battle with motor neuron disease.[3] Mary Fayne was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 October 2019.
              • †† Dún Laoghaire Green Party Cllr Ossian Smyth was elected as a TD for Dún Laoghaire at the 2020 General Election. Tom Kivlehan was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 24 February 2020.
              • ††† Dún Laoghaire Fianna Fáil Cllr Cormac Devlin was elected as a TD for Dún Laoghaire at the 2020 General Election. Justin Moylan was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 24 February 2020.
              • †††† Killiney-Shankill Fine Gael Cllr Jennifer Carroll MacNeill was elected as a TD for Dún Laoghaire at the 2020 General Election. Frank McNamara was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 24 February 2020.

              Footnotes
              1. Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
              2. Elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2020.
              3. Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

              References

              Citations
              1. Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 2 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 22–25, 54. ISBN 978-1-4064-2991-6. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
              2. Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 615/2018 - County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
              3. https://www.thejournal.ie/john-bailey-death-rip-4717835-Jul2019/


              Sources
              Preceded by
              2014 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election              		 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council elections Succeeded by
              2024 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election
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