2019 Monaghan County Council election

An election to Monaghan County Council took place on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 18 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote. The 2018 LEA boundary review committee kept the LEAs used in the 2014 elections, adjusting the boundaries and moving one seat from Ballybay–Clones LEA to Monaghan LEA.

2019 Monaghan County Council election
24 May 2019
All 18 seats to Monaghan County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Sinn Féin Fine Gael Fianna Fáil
Seats won 6 5 4
Seat change 1
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 3
Seat change 1
Map showing the area of Monaghan County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Bucking a trend elsewhere Sinn Féin slightly increased their vote in Monaghan. However this did not prevent the party from losing a seat in the Carrickmacross-Castleblayney LEA but Sinn Féin would still remain the largest party. The Sinn Féin loss was to former Carrickmacross TC Cllr, Mary Kerr-Conlon. However the Fine Gael vote in Monaghan fell by over 5% a consequence of Hugh McElvaney retaining his seat in Ballybay-Clones as an Independent.

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Sinn Féin 6 1 9,238 34.38% 0.09%
Fine Gael 5 6,568 24.44% 5.23%
Fianna Fáil 4 6,609 24.60% 0.90%
Green Party 0 676 2.52% 2.12%
Aontú 0 354 1.32% 1.32%
Independent 3 1 3,425 12.75% 1.69%
Totals 18 26,870 100%

Candidates by LEA

Ballybay–Clones
Ballybay–Clones — 5 Seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3
Fianna Fáil Séamus Coyle[c 1] 28.57% 2,346    
Sinn Féin Pat Treanor[c 1] 17.40% 1,429    
Fine Gael Richard John Truell[c 2] 15.89% 1,305 1,525  
Fine Gael Séan Gilliland[c 2] 14.42% 1,184 1,412  
Independent Hugh McElvaney[c 1] 13.87% 1,139 1,357 1,419
Sinn Féin Rosie Smyth O'Harte 9.84% 808 1,119 1,213
Electorate: 14,767   Valid: 8,211   Spoilt: 168   Quota: 1,369   Turnout: 8,379 (57%)

    Carrickmacross–Castleblayney
    Carrickmacross–Castleblayney — 6 Seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
    Sinn Féin Colm Carthy[c 2] 14.60% 1,401            
    Sinn Féin Noel Keelan[c 1] 14.34% 1,376            
    Fine Gael Aidan Campbell[c 1] 14.22% 1,364 1,365 1,401        
    Fianna Fáil P.J. O'Hanlon[c 1] 14.03% 1,346 1,350 1,372        
    Sinn Féin Jackie Crowe[c 1] 9.87% 947 961 1,005 1,108 1,129 1,173  
    Fine Gael Mary Kerr-Conlon 7.84% 752 755 796 813 1,024 1,237 1,247
    Fianna Fáil Aoife McCooey 7.66% 735 736 765 868 905 1,192 1,197
    Fianna Fáil Rory Owen McEvoy 6.42% 616 620 642 677 748    
    Fine Gael Patrick Cassidy 4.28% 411 412 432 441      
    Aontú James Duffy 3.69% 354 354 378        
    Green Party Conan Connolly 3.03% 291 293          
    Electorate: 17,286   Valid: 9,593   Spoilt: 192   Quota: 1,371   Turnout: 9,785 (57%)

      Monaghan
      Monaghan — 7 Seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11
      Sinn Féin Cathy Bennett[c 1] 14.24% 1,291                    
      Independent Seamus Treanor[c 1] 12.71% 1,152                    
      Fianna Fáil Raymond Aughey[c 2] 12.03% 1,091 1,107 1,109 1,116 1,131 1,151          
      Sinn Féin Brian McKenna[c 1] 9.91% 898 951 953 954 967 977 1,003 1,004 1,033 1,146  
      Fine Gael David Maxwell[c 1] 9.39% 851 854 855 855 856 868 942 944 987 1,003 1,281
      Independent Paudge Connolly[c 1] 8.10% 734 747 751 757 770 816 839 840 922 990 1,082
      Sinn Féin Seán Conlon[c 1] 7.49% 679 711 713 718 753 783 795 798 844 1,018 1,074
      Fianna Fáil Emer Brennan 5.24% 475 483 484 487 491 506 531 536 602 623 673
      Fine Gael Barra Flynn 4.80% 435 439 440 444 449 462 524 526 589 595  
      Sinn Féin Catriona Moen 4.51% 409 420 421 421 432 441 456 456 480    
      Green Party Mícheál Callaghan 4.25% 385 392 393 397 417 428 445 446      
      Fine Gael Fiona McCaffrey Jones 2.93% 266 269 269 271 272 280          
      Independent Thomas Hagan 2.04% 185 188 190 203 225            
      Independent Alvin McGlone 1.69% 153 153 157 163              
      Independent Paddy Grenham 0.44% 40 40 40                
      Independent James Mee 0.24% 22 23 23                
      Electorate: 18,421   Valid: 9,066   Spoilt: 206   Quota: 1,134   Turnout: 9,272 (50%)

        Footnotes
        1. Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
        2. Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

        References

          Sources
          • "Monaghan County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
          • "2019 Local Elections County Monaghan Final Results". Monaghan County Council. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
          • Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 88–91, 158. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
          • Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 629/2018 — County of Monaghan Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
          Preceded by
          2014 Monaghan County Council election          		 Monaghan County Council elections Succeeded by
          2024 Monaghan County Council election
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