2019 Wicklow County Council election
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An election to all 32 seats on Wicklow County Council took place on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Wicklow was divided into 6 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).
Following the recommendations of the 2018 Local Area Boundary Committee Report, the Bray LEA from the 2014 Wicklow County Council election was divided in two, as its 8 seats exceeded the terms of reference of the report of a maximum of seven seats per LEA. All other LEAs retained the same boundaries.[1][2] The boundary committee recommended that Bray be designated a borough district. This was implemented in the initial statutory instrument, but reversed as being contrary to the terms of the Local Government Act 2001.[3]
Results by party
Fine Gael increased their seat numbers by 1 to emerge with 9 seats while Fianna Fáil retained 7 seats overall. Fianna Fáil again won 3 seats in Arklow but did secure 2 seats in Baltinglass. However they emerged seatless in both LEAs in Bray. Sinn Féin lost 4 seats to emerge 2 seats overall both in Bray, the base of the TD John Brady. Several party councillors had quit since 2014 and Gerry O'Neill and John Snell were both re-elected as Independents. The Greens gained an additional seat to return with 2 seats. Labour returned to the council with 2 seats in Bray and Wicklow while Jennifer Whitmore won a seat for the Social Democrats in Greystones. While there were a lot of changes Independent numbers reduced by just 1 seat to 9.
| Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | 9 |  1 |
14,149 | 26.18 | 6.28 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 7 |  0 |
11,924 | 22.06 | 2.16 | |
| Sinn Féin | 2 |  4 |
4,224 | 7.81 | 8.89 | |
| Green | 2 | 1 |
2,698 | 4.99 | 2.59 | |
| Labour | 2 | 2 |
2,504 | 4.63 | 1.53 | |
| Social Democrats | 1 | 1 |
2,861 | 5.29 | New | |
| People Before Profit | 0 | 0 |
811 | 1.50 | 0.55 | |
| Aontú | 0 | 0 |
605 | 1.12 | New | |
| Independent | 9 | 1 |
14,277 | 26.41 | 9.29 | |
| Total | 32 | 0 |
54,054 | 100.00 | ||
Retiring incumbents
The following members of Wicklow County Council announced in advance of the poll that they would not be seeking re-election:
| LEA | Departing councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltinglass | Tommy Cullen | Independent | |
| Baltinglass | Pat Doran | Fianna Fáil | |
| Bray | Christopher Fox | Independent | |
| Greystones | Gráinne McLoughlin | Fine Gael | |
| Wicklow | Dáire Nolan | Independent | |
| Baltinglass | Jim Ruttle | Independent | |
| Bray | John Ryan | Fine Gael | |
| Bray | Pat Vance | Fianna Fáil | |