2019 Kildare County Council election

A Kildare County Council election was held in County Kildare in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 40 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 8 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote.

2019 Kildare County Council election
24 May 2019
All 40 seats to Kildare County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party
Seats won 12 11 5
Seat change 2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Social Democrats Green Party Sinn Féin
Seats won 4 3 1
Seat change 4 3 4
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 4
Seat change 5
Map showing the area of Kildare County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Posters in Ardclough (part of the Celbridge LEA)

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, exceeded by three of the five 2014 LEAs. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.

Fianna Fáil remained the largest party with 12 seats although they saw a slight reduction in vote share. Fine Gael increased their vote share by over 2% and also gained an extra 2 seats to have a total of 11. Labour retained their 5 seats on the Council. The Social Democrats benefitted from the presence of Catherine Murphy in the County and saw 4 gains with the party winning seats in Clane, Leixlip, Naas and Newbridge. The Green Party returned to the Council with 3 seats; its 3 gains coming from Celbridge, Maynooth and Naas.

Sinn Féin lost 4 seats overall as its vote share fell by 67% and the party only came home with 1 seat. Partly due to retirements Independents saw a net loss of 5 seats.

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 12 17,614 25.67% 0.73%
Fine Gael 11 2 16,964 24.72% 3.82%
Labour Party 5 8,774 12.79% 0.61%
Social Democrats 4 4 4,600 6.70% 6.70%
Green Party 3 3 4,945 7.21% 6.09%
Sinn Féin 1 4 3,060 4.46% 7.44%
Aontú 0 636 0.93% 0.93%
People Before Profit 0 314 0.46% 0.55%
Renua 0 190 0.28% 0.28%
Independent 4 5 11,522 16.79% 5.91%
Totals 40 68,619 100%

Candidates by LEA

Athy
Athy — 5 Seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
Labour Party Mark Wall[c 1][c 2]†† 26.97% 2,489              
Fine Gael Ivan Keatley[c 1] 15.99% 1,476 1,536 1,580          
Labour Party Aoife Breslin[c 1] 15.47% 1,428 2,026            
Fianna Fáil Brian Dooley[c 3] 10.43% 963 1,033 1,137 1,165 1,172 1,216 1,389 1,586
Fianna Fáil Emmet Kane 6.08% 561 590 608 618 621 684    
Fianna Fáil Veralouise Behan 5.89% 544 591 631 663 664 766 1,044 1,216
Sinn Féin Thomas Redmond[c 1] 5.88% 543 604 719 785 791 871 912 1,003
Independent Tony McNamee 5.76% 532 542 554 601 605      
Fine Gael Ciara O'Keeffe 4.80% 443 496 573 622 634 719 774  
Social Democrats Samantha Kenny 2.72% 251 271 316          
Electorate: 19,330   Valid: 9,230   Spoilt: 219   Quota: 1,539   Turnout: 9,449 (48.88%)

    Celbridge
    Celbridge — 4 Seats[4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
    Fianna Fáil Michael Coleman[c 3] 22.38% 1,493              
    Independent Íde Cussen[c 1] 12.62% 842 877 902 927 981 1,075 1,151 1,276
    Green Party Vanessa Liston 12.20% 814 832 839 864 905 952 1,093 1,297
    Independent Brendan Young[c 1] 10.64% 710 726 751 792 837 898 978 1,146
    Labour Party Ciara Galvin 9.94% 663 683 691 708 736 786 971 1,155
    Social Democrats Stephen Marken 9.75% 650 665 680 706 730 765 840  
    Fine Gael Philip Slattery 8.73% 582 606 618 625 656 682    
    Independent Michael Beirne 4.71% 314 326 341 355 395      
    Independent Peter Kavanagh 4.03% 269 277 297 306        
    Sinn Féin John Paul Monks 2.71% 181 186 192          
    Independent Tony Murray 2.28% 152 157            
    Electorate: 15,383   Valid: 6,670   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 1,335   Turnout: 6,803 (44.22%)

      Clane
      Clane — 5 Seats[5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10
      Fine Gael Brendan Weld[c 1] 15.10% 1,255 1,269 1,310 1,338 1,393          
      Fianna Fáil Daragh Fitzpatrick[c 1] 14.12% 1,173 1,181 1,208 1,366 1,399          
      Independent Pádraig McEvoy[c 1] 13.45% 1,118 1,137 1,179 1,220 1,309 1,381 1,385 1,387    
      Social Democrats Aidan Farrelly 12.79% 1,063 1,084 1,113 1,147 1,209 1,326 1,331 1,332 1,745  
      Fine Gael Brendan Wyse 10.25% 852 861 889 905 922 944 945 948 1,032 1,119
      Fine Gael Seamus Langan 8.80% 731 740 762 778 784 803 803 803 857 913
      Green Party Eoin Hallissey 7.22% 600 622 636 664 713 781 784 785    
      Sinn Féin Marc Gibbs 4.60% 382 393 415 427 445          
      Fianna Fáil Daniel Keenan 4.21% 350 361 372              
      Aontú Una O'Connor 3.81% 317 354 382 394            
      Independent Thomas Hogan 3.36% 279 289                
      Renua Séamus Ó Riain 2.29% 190                  
      Electorate: 18,527   Valid: 8,310   Spoilt: 168   Quota: 1,386   Turnout: 8,478 (45.76%)

        Kildare
        Kildare — 5 Seats[6]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
        Fianna Fáil Suzanne Doyle[c 1] 24.50% 1,847            
        Fianna Fáil Anne Connolly 16.48% 1,242 1,482          
        Fine Gael Kevin Duffy 14.62% 1,102 1,147 1,173 1,350      
        Fine Gael Mark Stafford[c 1] 13.07% 985 1,090 1,124 1,161 1,299    
        Sinn Féin Patricia Ryan 9.02% 680 708 721 874 1,006 1,081 1,096
        Independent Declan Crowe 8.90% 671 753 797 853 1,029 1,047 1,074
        Green Party Colette Newman 6.79% 512 573 603 673      
        Labour Party Paul Hutchinson 6.62% 499 528 549        
        Electorate: 17,272   Valid: 7,538   Spoilt: 161   Quota: 1,257   Turnout: 7,699 (44.58%)

          Leixlip
          Leixlip — 3 Seats[7]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
          Fine Gael Joe Neville[c 1] 25.54% 1,596        
          Fianna Fáil Bernard Caldwell[c 1] 16.91% 1,057 1,066 1,105 1,369 1,574
          Social Democrats Nuala Killeen 16.00% 1,000 1,004 1,135 1,226 1,498
          Independent Anthony Larkin[c 1] 13.74% 859 867 962 1,051 1,234
          Fianna Fáil Valerie Colton 10.22% 639 643 669    
          Labour Party Mairéad Beades 10.03% 627 633 707 816  
          Green Party Jason W. Kenny 2.96% 185 186      
          Sinn Féin Anthony Doyle 2.38% 149 149      
          Independent Sean Gill 1.34% 84 84      
          Independent Michael Reidy 0.86% 54 55      
          Electorate: 13,174   Valid: 6,250   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 1,563   Turnout: 6,336 (48.09%)

            Maynooth
            Maynooth — 5 Seats[8]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4
            Fianna Fáil Naoise Ó Cearúil[c 1] 16.40% 1,341 1,405    
            Fianna Fáil Paul Ward[c 1] 15.95% 1,304 1,339 1,354 1,455
            Labour Party Angela Feeney 13.45% 1,100 1,197 1,206 1,434
            Fine Gael Tim Durkan[c 1] 13.44% 1,099 1,134 1,139 1,234
            Fine Gael Rioana "Oni" Mulligan 11.60% 949 985 986 1,088
            Green Party Peter Hamilton 11.38% 931 1,047 1,053 1,304
            Independent Teresa Murray[c 1] 10.17% 832 962 967  
            Sinn Féin Réada Cronin[c 1] 6.24% 510      
            Independent John Reid 1.37% 112      
            Electorate: 17,928   Valid: 8,178   Spoilt: 187   Quota: 1,364   Turnout: 8,365 (46.66%)

              Naas
              Naas — 7 Seats[9]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10
              Green Party Vincent P. Martin 12.01% 1,462 1,505 1,521 1,596            
              Fine Gael Fintan Brett[c 1] 10.42% 1,269 1,277 1,283 1,289 1,291 1,302 1,313 1,374 1,510 1,583
              Fine Gael Evie Sammon 9.95% 1,211 1,233 1,236 1,254 1,257 1,305 1,309 1,357 1,667  
              Fianna Fáil Brian Larkin 8.25% 1,004 1,012 1,055 1,064 1,067 1,098 1,122 1,146 1,219 1,229
              Independent Seamie Moore[c 1] 7.98% 971 982 996 1,037 1,038 1,172 1,325 1,370 1,491 1,512
              Fianna Fáil Carmel Kelly[c 3] 7.80% 950 963 1,078 1,082 1,084 1,109 1,150 1,422 1,495 1,505
              Social Democrats Bill Clear 7.60% 925 947 966 1,012 1,034 1,070 1,153 1,250 1,319 1,332
              Labour Party Anne Breen[c 1] 7.53% 917 926 945 960 965 1,009 1,049 1,281 1,392 1,410
              Fine Gael Darren Scully[c 1] 7.23% 880 884 894 902 905 932 971 1,000    
              Labour Party Fergus Carpenter 6.94% 845 858 867 884 886 900 936      
              Independent Gerard Dunne 3.58% 436 448 453 484 487          
              Independent Sorcha O'Neill[c 1] 3.54% 431 458 461 523 531 602        
              People Before Profit Ashling Merriman 2.58% 314 370 371              
              Fianna Fáil Terry Dignan 2.34% 285 289                
              Sinn Féin Niall Flynn 2.26% 275                  
              Electorate: 26,430   Valid: 12,175   Spoilt: 261   Quota: 1,522   Turnout: 12,436 (47.05%)

                Newbridge
                Newbridge — 6 Seats[10]
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11
                Independent Fiona McLoughlin Healy[c 1] 22.70% 2,331                    
                Fine Gael Peggy O'Dwyer 10.33% 1,061 1,195 1,202 1,228 1,239 1,271 1,467        
                Fianna Fáil Robert Power[c 1] 9.97% 1,024 1,087 1,090 1,108 1,118 1,141 1,184 1,218 1,228 1,335 1,437
                Fine Gael Tracey O'Dwyer 9.72% 998 1,043 1,045 1,062 1,069 1,088 1,144 1,192 1,231 1,433 1,505
                Fianna Fáil Noel Heavey 7.13% 732 802 809 816 830 869 918 948 952 1,032 1,118
                Social Democrats Chris Pender 6.92% 711 833 848 894 999 1,042 1,065 1,254 1,258 1,313 1,477
                Fianna Fáil Antoinette Buckley 5.75% 590 631 632 639 645 656 675 701 702    
                Fianna Fáil Murty Aspell[c 3] 5.02% 515 573 575 583 596 627 704 719 719 829 902
                Fine Gael Tom Dempsey 4.63% 475 519 521 529 537 553          
                Green Party Enda Connolly 4.29% 441 484 497 538 580 628 636        
                Independent Morgan McCabe[c 3] 4.08% 419 504 546 553 586 654 677 747 749 774  
                Sinn Féin Noel Connolly 3.31% 340 373 377 381              
                Aontú Damian Molyneaux 3.11% 319 376 395 411 452            
                Labour Party Ciara O'Reilly 2.01% 206 235 237                
                Independent Gerard Delaney 1.03% 106 146                  
                Electorate: 22,464   Valid: 10,268   Spoilt: 217   Quota: 1,467   Turnout: 10,485 (46.67%)

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

                  Changes Since 2019 Local Elections
                  • †Kildare Sinn Féin Cllr Patricia Ryan was elected a TD for Kildare South at the 2020 General Election. Noel Connolly was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 25 February 2020.[11]
                  • ††Athy Labour Cllr Mark Wall was elected to the Seanad in April 2020. Mark Leigh was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 26 May 2020.[12]

                  References

                  Citations
                  1. Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 48–51, 148. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
                  2. Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 620/2018 — County of Kildare Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
                  3. "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Athy LEA" (PDF). Kildare County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
                  4. "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Celbridge LEA" (PDF). Kildare County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
                  5. "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Clane LEA" (PDF). Kildare County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
                  6. "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Kildare LEA" (PDF). Kildare County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
                  7. "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Leixlip LEA" (PDF). Kildare County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
                  8. "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Maynooth LEA" (PDF). Kildare County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
                  9. "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Naas LEA" (PDF). Kildare County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
                  10. "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Newbridge LEA PART A - 1 to 10 of 11 Counts" (PDF). Kildare County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.; "Local Election 24 May 2019 — Constituency of Newbridge LEA Counts 11-11 of 11" (PDF). Kildare County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
                  11. https://www.kildarenow.com/news/home/520291/kildare-county-council-co-opts-new-sinn-fein-councillor.html
                  12. https://www.kildarenow.com/news/home/545529/new-face-to-join-kildare-co-council-following-election-of-mark-wall-as-senator.html

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