2024 Galway County Council election
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Part of the 2024 Irish local elections
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An election to all 39 seats on Galway County Council was held on 7 June 2024, as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Galway is divided into 7 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).[2]
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | 14 | 13 |  2 |
23,430 | 29.43 |  1.43 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 17 | 11 | 4 |
21,719 | 27.28 | 5.52 | |
| Independent Ireland | 7 | 6 | New | 9,549 | 11.99 | New | |
| Sinn Féin | 9 | 2 | 1 |
6,252 | 7.85 | 3.04 | |
| Republican Sinn Féin | 1 | 1 |  |
974 | 1.22 | 0.04 | |
| Green | 6 | 0 | 1 |
2,575 | 3.23 | 1.31 | |
| The Irish People | 5 | 0 | New | 896 | 1.13 | New | |
| Labour | 2 | 0 | |
615 | 0.77 | 0.50 | |
| Aontú | 1 | 0 | |
553 | 0.69 | 0.77 | |
| People Before Profit | 1 | 0 | New | 364 | 0.46 | New | |
| National Party | 1 | 0 | New | 149 | 0.19 | New | |
| Irish Freedom | 1 | 0 | New | 122 | 0.15 | New | |
| Independent | 14 | 6 | 4 |
12,425 | 15.60 | 9.30 | |
| Totals | 79 | 39 | |
79,623 | 100.00 | ||
Incumbents retiring
| Constituency | Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinasloe | Tim Broderick[3] | Independent | |
| Athenry–Oranmore | Jim Cuddy[4] | Independent | |
| Tuam | Colm Keaveney[5] | Fianna Fáil | |
Results by local electoral area
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Athenry–Oranmore
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Albert Dolan[*] | 17.4% | 2,393 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Tomás Grealish | 13.4% | 1,843 | ||||||||||
| Fine Gael | David Collins[*] | 11.5% | 1,586 | 1,683 | 1,705 | 1,714 | 1,732 | ||||||
| Independent | James Charity[*] | 11.4% | 1,565 | 1,588 | 1,614 | 1,666 | 1,697 | 1,837 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Peter Feeney | 8.8% | 1,213 | 1,338 | 1,342 | 1,350 | 1,362 | 1,403 | 1,493 | 1,501 | 1,910 | ||
| Fine Gael | Eoghan Gallagher | 7.4% | 1,018 | 1,078 | 1,105 | 1,112 | 1,178 | 1,187 | 1,313 | 1,317 | 1,402 | 1,463 | |
| Sinn Féin | Louis O'Hara | 7.3% | 1,005 | 1,073 | 1,080 | 1,102 | 1,150 | 1,188 | 1,327 | 1,342 | 1,512 | 1,592 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Cillian Keane | 6.8% | 937 | 1,005 | 1,025 | 1,026 | 1,101 | 1,116 | 1,163 | 1,168 | 1,431 | 1,482 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Shelly Herterich Quinn[*] | 5.8% | 792 | 956 | 962 | 972 | 1,000 | 1,029 | 1,114 | 1,118 | |||
| Green | Eoin Madden | 3.3% | 454 | 475 | 477 | 478 | 597 | 608 | |||||
| Labour | Fergal Landy | 3.0% | 409 | 415 | 418 | 420 | |||||||
| Independent Ireland | Sean Hehir | 2.2% | 301 | 337 | 342 | 434 | 437 | ||||||
| The Irish People | Maria Carr | 1.6% | 226 | 233 | 236 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 26,073 Valid: 13,742 Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,718 Turnout: 13,877 (53.2%) | |||||||||||||
Ballinasloe
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Connolly[*] | 19.38% | 2,410 | ||
| Independent Ireland | Declan Geraghty [*] | 18.19% | 2,262 | ||
| Independent | Evelyn Parsons[*] | 16.53% | 2,055 | ||
| Fine Gael | Alan Harney | 14.35% | 1,784 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Dermot Connolly[*] | 14.22% | 1,768 | 1,925 | |
| Fine Gael | Peter Keaveney[*] | 12.56% | 1,561 | 1,953 | |
| PBP–Solidarity | Andrew Mannion | 2.93% | 364 | 397 | |
| Sinn Féin | Regan Maher | 1.84% | 229 | 280 | |
| Electorate: 26,074 Valid: 12,433 Spoilt: 134 Quota: 1,777 Turnout: 12,567 (48.20%) | |||||
Conamara North
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Independent | Thomas Welby [*] | 22.10% | 1,758 | ||||
| Independent Ireland | Séamus Walsh [*] | 19.17% | 1,525 | 1,598 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Gerard King[*] | 18.04% | 1,435 | 1,456 | 1,496 | 1,663 | |
| Fine Gael | Eileen Mannion[*] | 17.92% | 1,425 | 1,463 | 1,572 | 1,684 | |
| Independent | Mánus Ó Conaire | 11.38% | 905 | 920 | 973 | 1,117 | |
| Sinn Féin | Tom Healy | 7.43% | 591 | 600 | 671 | ||
| Green | Daniel Gleeson | 3.12% | 248 | 255 | |||
| Independent | Críostóir Breathnach | 0.84% | 67 | 71 | |||
| Electorate: 14,650 Valid: 7,954 Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,591 Turnout: 8,051 (54.96%) | |||||||
Conamara South
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Independent Ireland | Noel Thomas[*] | 15.96% | 1,569 | 1,633 | 1,648 | ||||||||
| Fine Gael | Padraig Mac An Iomaire[*] | 13.73% | 1,350 | 1,359 | 1,422 | 1,425 | 1,463 | 1,511 | 1,585 | 1,751 | |||
| Republican Sinn Féin | Tomás Ó Curraoin[*] | 9.91% | 974 | 1,003 | 1,043 | 1,043 | 1,090 | 1,146 | 1,278 | 1,383 | 1,402 | 1,596 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Daragh Ó Tuairisg | 8.65% | 850 | 862 | 868 | 868 | 921 | 935 | 966 | 1,150 | 1,191 | 1,346 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mairtin Lee | 8.28% | 814 | 818 | 904 | 904 | 910 | 974 | 1,033 | 1,061 | 1,078 | 1,372 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Dáithí O Cualáin[*] | 7.77% | 764 | 772 | 825 | 826 | 844 | 879 | 953 | 1,028 | 1,056 | ||
| Independent Ireland | Michael Leainde | 7.20% | 708 | 736 | 814 | 816 | 838 | 978 | 1,097 | 1,127 | 1,131 | 1,379 | |
| Sinn Féin | Kevin O’Hara | 6.74% | 663 | 675 | 689 | 690 | 738 | 777 | |||||
| Green | Alistair McKinstry[*] | 6.34% | 623 | 627 | 631 | 631 | 797 | 814 | 927 | ||||
| Independent | Sinead O'Brien | 4.43% | 435 | 461 | 470 | 470 | |||||||
| Independent | PJ Ó Flatharta | 4.30% | 423 | 442 | 479 | 481 | 509 | ||||||
| Independent | Michael Curran | 4.07% | 400 | 417 | |||||||||
| Irish Freedom | Doran McMahon | 1.24% | 122 | ||||||||||
| The Irish People | Aidan Walsh | 0.60% | 59 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Geri Slevin | 0.44% | 43 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Críostóir Breathnach | 0.34% | 33 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 19,718 Valid: 9,830 Spoilt: 141 Quota: 1,639 Turnout: 9,971 (50.57%) | |||||||||||||
Gort–Kinvara
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Fine Gael | P. J. Murphy[*] | 19.64% | 1,953 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Martina Kinane[*] | 18.95% | 1,884 | |||||
| Independent | Geraldine Donohue[*] | 17.71% | 1,761 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Paul Killilea | 15.47% | 1,538 | 1,717 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Gerry Finnerty[*] | 12.32% | 1,225 | 1,301 | 1,415 | 1,456 | 1,585 | |
| Green | Megan Flynn Dixon | 7.66% | 762 | 781 | 852 | 861 | 1,057 | |
| Sinn Féin | Lucina Kelly | 5.26% | 523 | 537 | 559 | 607 | ||
| The Irish People | Alan Sweeney | 2.98% | 296 | 303 | 322 | |||
| Electorate: 19,135 Valid: 9,942 Spoilt: 101 Quota: 1,658 Turnout: 10,043 (52.48%) | ||||||||
Loughrea
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Shane Curley[*] | 18.65% | 1,933 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | Jimmy McClearn[*] | 16.92% | 1,754 | ||||||
| Independent Ireland | Declan Kelly[*] | 16.84% | 1,746 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | Michael 'Moegie' Maher[*] | 16.41% | 1,701 | 1,801 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Ivan Canning[*] | 12.98% | 1,346 | 1,392 | 1,424 | 1,439 | 1,519 | 2,040 | |
| Sinn Féin | Ailish O'Reilly | 7.79% | 807 | 824 | 829 | 832 | 930 | 1,014 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mark Larkin | 6.28% | 651 | 684 | 701 | 707 | 761 | ||
| Green | Michelle Tooher Madden | 2.23% | 231 | 238 | 242 | 203 | |||
| The Irish People | John McGettigan | 1.90% | 197 | 199 | 202 | 203 | |||
| Electorate: 19,964 Valid: 10,366 Spoilt: 95 Quota: 1,728 Turnout: 10,461 (52.40%) | |||||||||
Tuam
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Andrew Reddington[*] | 18.13% | 2,784 | ||||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Peter Roche[*] | 16.63% | 2,553 | ||||||||||||
| Independent Ireland | Shaun Cunniffe | 9.36% | 1,438 | 1,456 | 1,496 | 1.512 | 1,544 | 1,632 | 1,648 | 1,656 | 1,680 | 1,701 | 1,802 | 2,009 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Donagh Killilea[*] | 8.98% | 1,379 | 1,431 | 1.522 | 1,530 | 1,531 | 1,533 | 1,542 | 1,550 | 1,564 | 1,660 | 1,715 | 1,804 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Hoade[*] | 8.64% | 1,326 | 1,798 | 1,834 | 1,837 | 1,839 | 1,843 | 1,852 | 1,859 | 1,900 | 1,933 | |||
| Fine Gael | Ollie Turner | 7.88% | 1,210 | 1,348 | 1,508 | 1,513 | 1,515 | 1,518 | 1,527 | 1,541 | 1,581 | 1,656 | 1,695 | 1,836 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Sheridan[*] | 7.51% | 1,153 | 1,171 | 1,206 | 1,209 | 1,209 | 1,210 | 1,220 | 1,228 | 1,246 | 1,292 | 1,327 | 1,375 | |
| Independent | Karey McHugh-Farag[*] | 6.79% | 1,042 | 1,089 | 1,163 | 1,189 | 1,199 | 1,221 | 1,241 | 1,276 | 1,369 | 1,456 | 1,628 | 1,790 | |
| Aontú | Luke Silke | 3.60% | 553 | 584 | 639 | 649 | 667 | 699 | 704 | 712 | 722 | 831 | 893 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Stiofán de Lundres Ó Dálaigh | 2.98% | 458 | 474 | 483 | 489 | 493 | 497 | 512 | 644 | 701 | 714 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Quirke | 2.78% | 427 | 435 | 531 | 533 | 536 | 536 | 538 | 540 | 549 | ||||
| Green | Islammiyah Saudique-Kadejo | 1.67% | 257 | 280 | 290 | 291 | 293 | 294 | 383 | 402 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Deborah Reynolds | 1.35% | 208 | 230 | 244 | 246 | 246 | 248 | 258 | ||||||
| Labour | Blessing Oguekwe | 1.34% | 206 | 219 | 224 | 230 | 230 | 230 | |||||||
| National Party | Ross Culligan | 0.97% | 149 | 150 | 153 | 157 | 197 | ||||||||
| The Irish People | Danann Gaughan | 0.77% | 118 | 120 | 124 | 124 | |||||||||
| Independent | Colin Lynch | 0.62% | 95 | 98 | 99 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 27,234 Valid: 15,356 Spoilt: 153 Quota: 1,920 Turnout: 15,509 (56.95%) | |||||||||||||||
Changes
Co-options
| Party | Outgoing | LEA | Reason | Date | Co-optee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | Louis O'Hara | Athenry–Oranmore | Elected to 34th Dáil at the 2024 general election | 11 December 2024 | Martin McNamara[8] | |
| Fianna Fáil | Albert Dolan | Athenry–Oranmore | Elected to 34th Dáil at the 2024 general election | 16 December 2024 | Seán Broderick[9] | |
| Fine Gael | Peter Roche | Tuam | Elected to 34th Dáil at the 2024 general election | 12 December 2024 | Siobhan McHugh[10] | |
| Fianna Fáil | Shane Curley | Loughrea | Elected to 27th Seanad at the 2025 Seanad election | 24 March 2025 | Michael Regan[11] | |
| Fine Gael | P. J. Murphy | Gort–Kinvara | Elected to 27th Seanad at the 2025 Seanad election | January 2025 | Laurie Harney | |
Changes in affiliation
| Name | LEA | Elected as | New affiliation | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Charity | Athenry-Oranmore | Independent | Fine Gael | 11 March 2025[12] | ||
| Martin McNamara | Athenry-Oranmore | Sinn Féin | Independent | 29 April 2026[13] | ||
References
- ↑ "Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick mayoral elections". Gov.ie (Press release). Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ↑ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ↑ Tierney, Declan (7 April 2024). "Publican and poll topper opts out of politics ahead of election". Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ↑ "Tomás Grealish to contest Local Election as Cuddy announces retirement". Galway Advertiser. 28 March 2024. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ↑ Fallon, John (16 April 2024). "Former TD Colm Keaveney withdraws from local elections due to drug driving charge". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Nomination of Candidates" (PDF). Galway County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "FÓGRA NA VÓTAÍOCHTA / NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). Galway County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ↑ "Sinn Féin's Martin McNamara to be co-opted to Louis O'Hara's seat on County Council". Galway bay FM. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ↑ "Fianna Fáil selects Seán Broderick for co-option to council seat left vacant by Albert Dolan". Galway Bay FM. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ↑ "Fine Gael's Siobhan McHugh to be co-opted to vacant seat on County Council". GalwayBay FM. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ↑ "Fianna Fáil selects former councillor Michael Regan for co-option to council seat left vacant by Shane Curley". GalwayBay FM. 24 March 2025.
- ↑ "Councillor James Charity explains decision to join Fine Gael after 10 years as an independent". Galway Bay FM. 11 March 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
- ↑ Murray, Joseph (29 April 2026). "Galway County Councillor Martin McNamara resigns from Sinn Féin". Irish Independent. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
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