2019 Westmeath County Council election
24 May 2019
All 20 seats on Westmeath County Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won
9 / 20
5 / 20
2 / 20
Seat change Increase 1 Steady Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Green Independent
Seats won
2 / 20
2 / 20
Seat change Increase 2 Steady
Results by local electoral area
Council control before election

Fianna Fáil–Fine Gael

 Council control after

Fianna Fáil–Green Party

An election to all 20 seats on Westmeath County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Westmeath was divided into 4 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).

Boundary review

Following the recommendations of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, the three LEAs used at the 2014 Westmeath County Council election were revised and replaced with four LEAs.[1][2]

Results by party

Fianna Fáil gained one seat in this election, Fine Gael and the Labour Party retained their five and two seats respectively, the Green Party had its first ever two local councillors in Westmeath elected, Sinn Féin lost their representation on this council while two Independent candidates were elected. The smaller parties that ran candidates in Westmeath (Aontú, the Social Democrats and Renua) failed to make any breakthrough.

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 9 Increase1 12,259 36.34 Increase3.44
Fine Gael 5 Steady 7,860 23.30 Decrease0.60
Labour 2 Steady 3,469 10.28 Decrease3.42
Green 2 Increase2 1,174 3.48 New
Sinn Féin 0 Decrease3 1,957 5.80 Decrease5.30
Aontú 0 Steady 394 1.17 New
Social Democrats 0 Steady 194 0.58 New
Renua 0 Steady 86 0.25 New
Independent 2 Steady 6,344 18.80 Decrease0.40
Total 20 Steady 33,737 100.00

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

Athlone

Athlone: 5 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567891011
Fianna Fáil Frankie Keena[*] 18.55 1,584                    
Fianna Fáil Aengus O'Rourke[*] 15.39 1,314 1,374 1,390 1,403 1,437            
Fine Gael John Dolan[*] 14.91 1,273 1,298 1,305 1,320 1,335 1,337 1,433        
Independent Jamie Moran[lower-alpha 1] 12.04 1,028 1,042 1,072 1,089 1,126 1,128 1,167 1,238 1,417 1,420 1,615
Green Louise Heavin 6.95 593 604 627 706 729 731 771 864 935 939 1,071
Fine Gael Alan Shaw 6.59 563 574 578 594 601 603 623 692 752 754 794
Sinn Féin Pádraig Hegarty 6.11 522 528 538 558 567 567 581 605 715 716  
Independent Paul Hogan[*] 5.33 455 464 475 481 503 505 530 581      
Independent Michael O'Brien[*] 4.03 344 352 363 380 392 394 429        
Independent P.J. Coghill 3.64 311 318 325 328 347 349          
Aontú Noel Peter McKervey 2.30 196 198 223 226              
Social Democrats Fiona Lynam 2.27 194 199 204                
Renua Anthony Moran 1.01 86 88                  
Independent Imelda Geraghty 0.49 42 42                  
Independent Donal Jackson 0.37 32 33                  
Electorate: 19,157   Valid: 8,537   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 1,423   Turnout: 8,656  

    Kinnegad

    Kinnegad: 5 seats[4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Fine Gael Frank McDermott[*] 15.16 1,246 1,281 1,303 1,392    
    Fianna Fáil John Shaw[*] 14.79 1,216 1,244 1,258 1,279 1,322 1,521
    Fianna Fáil Paddy Hill[*] 12.41 1,020 1,021 1,048 1,142 1,303 1,434
    Labour Denis Leonard 12.03 989 1,014 1,020 1,046 1,191 1,314
    Fine Gael Emily Wallace[†] 11.12 914 956 973 993 1,122 1,285
    Fianna Fáil Shauna Coyne 8.41 691 699 710 725 765  
    Sinn Féin Hazel Behan 7.65 629 631 646 749 823 898
    Labour Lorraine Scally 7.08 582 597 608 698    
    Independent Úna D'Arcy[*] 5.99 492 502 569      
    Independent Patrick Joseph Boyhan 3.19 262 268        
    Fine Gael Becky Loftus Dore 2.18 179          
    Electorate: 16,746   Valid: 8,220   Spoilt: 169   Quota: 1,371   Turnout: 8,389  

      Moate

      Moate: 4 seats[5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234
      Fine Gael Thomas Farrell[*] 18.48 1,567 1,588 1,806  
      Fianna Fáil Liam McDaniel[†] 15.68 1,329 1,363 1,528 1,597
      Fianna Fáil Vinny McCormack 15.49 1,313 1,332 1,358 1,595
      Labour Johnnie Penrose[*] 14.89 1,262 1,342 1,474 1,922
      Independent Michael O'Brien 12.66 1,073 1,199 1,223 1,249
      Fianna Fáil Brian Crum[†] 10.05 852 872 899  
      Fine Gael Damien Clear 7.16 607 644    
      Sinn Féin Peter Judge 3.48 295      
      Independent Searlait Cabdi Ní Chianáin 2.12 180      
      Electorate: 15,319   Valid: 8,478   Spoilt: 165   Quota: 1,696   Turnout: 8,643  

        Mullingar

        Mullingar: 6 seats[6]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678910
        Independent Mick Dollard[*] 15.13 1,286                  
        Fianna Fáil Ken Glynn[*] 14.02 1,192 1,201 1,203 1,217            
        Fianna Fáil Aoife Davitt 10.42 886 891 892 907 907 921 951 1,008 1,059 1,120
        Fianna Fáil William Patrick Collentine[†] 10.14 862 872 873 886 888 906 930 979 1,029 1,106
        Fine Gael Andrew Joseph Duncan[*] 9.27 788 795 797 811 811 850 880 937 980 1,078
        Fine Gael Gerard Joseph Heery 8.5 723 728 732 741 741 767 786 831 853 955
        Green Hazel Smyth 6.83 581 584 591 605 605 655 681 753 860 1,019
        Independent Sean Lynch 6.25 531 537 545 569 569 611 627 665 742  
        Sinn Féin Sorca Clarke[*] 6.01 511 518 522 537 537 561 587 616    
        Labour Mark Scally 4.16 354 359 360 363 363 384 487      
        Labour Margaret Lynam Sweeney 3.32 282 290 291 295 295 307        
        Independent Chris Murtagh 2.98 253 256 267 294 294          
        Aontú Séamus Burke 2.33 198 200 205              
        Independent Alice McDonnell 0.65 55 56                
        Electorate: 19,946   Valid: 8,502   Spoilt: 200   Quota: 1,215   Turnout: 8,702  

          Footnotes

          1. ↑ See change below.

          Results by gender

          2019 Westmeath County Council election[7][8]
          Candidates by gender
          Gender Number of
          candidates          		  % of
          candidates          		 Elected
          councillors          		  % of
          councillors
          Men 34 69.4% 16 80.0%
          Women 15 30.6% 4 20.0%
          TOTAL49 20 

          Changes after 2019

          Party Outgoing Electoral area Reason Date Co-optee
          Independent Jamie Moran Athlone Resignation January 2022 Paul Hogan[9]

          References

          Sources

          • "Westmeath County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
          • "Elections 2019". Westmeath County Council. Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
          • "Elections 2019; How the Voting Went". The Westmeath Examiner. 1 June 2019. pp. 6–7.
          • "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 208–212. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

          Citations

          1. ↑ Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). Report 2018 (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 114–117, 165. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
          2. ↑ County of Westmeath Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 (S.I. No. 636 of 2018). Signed on 19 December 2018 by John Paul Phelan, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 May 2019.
          3. ↑ DHPLG 2019, p. 208–209.
          4. ↑ DHPLG 2019, p. 210.
          5. ↑ DHPLG 2019, p. 211.
          6. ↑ DHPLG 2019, p. 212.
          7. ↑ "Westmeath County Council: Greens surprise with two seats". The Irish Times. Dublin. 27 May 2019 [25 May 2019]. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021.
          8. ↑ DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
          9. ↑ "Former OPW Minister Misses Out On Westmeath County Council Seat". Midlands 103 Radio. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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