2024 Kerry County Council election

2024 Kerry County Council election
All 33 seats on Kerry County Council; 17 seats needed for a majority
	Area of Kerry County Council
Council control before election; Fianna Fáil; Fine Gael;	Council control after election ; Fianna Fáil; Fine Gael; Labour;

An election to all 33 seats on Kerry County Council was held on 7 June 2024, as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.^[1] County Kerry is 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).^[2]

On 20 June, one day before the first sitting, Labour agreed to join Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in a power-sharing agreement, which will end in 2029.^[3]

On 21 June, the newly-elected council met for the first time, with Breandán Fitzgerald of Fianna Fáil being appointed Cathaoirleach.^[4]

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Party		Candidates	Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	11	9	1	16,057	21.43	4.35
	Fine Gael	10	6	1	12,427	16.59	5.29
	Sinn Féin	13	4		10,882	14.53	1.18
	Labour	4	2		3,291	4.39	0.09
	Kerry Ind. Alliance	1	1		1,574	2.10	0.75
	Green	6	0		2,767	3.69	0.60
	Aontú	3	0		1,177	1.57	0.01
	Social Democrats	2	0	New	861	1.15	New
	The Irish People	3	0	New	558	0.74	New
	National Party	1	0	New	393	0.52	New
	Party for Animal Welfare	1	0	New	110	0.15	New
	Independent	22	11	2	24,816	33.13	6.41
Totals		77	33		74,913	100.00

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Jackie Healy-Rae^[*]	29.86%	2,890
	Independent	*Charlie Farrelly^[]**	18.63%	1,803	2,117
	Fianna Fáil	Fionnán Fitzgerald ^[*]	15.92%	1,541	1,741	1,794	1,847	2,104
	Fine Gael	Bobby O'Connell^[*]	15.15%	1,466	1,628	1,682	1,721	1,910
	Independent	Michelle Keane	10.24%	991	1,106	1,138	1,196	1,382
	Sinn Féin	Deirdre Bell	7.51%	727	851	882	965
	Green	Paul Bowler	1.41%	136	146	147
	Aontú	Cáit Ní Ríordáin	1.29%	125	154	164
Electorate: 15,460 Valid: 9,679 Spoilt: 67 Quota: 1,936 Turnout: 9,746 (63.04%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Tommy Griffin	22.68%	1,807	1,844	2,041
	Sinn Féin	Robert Brosnan	17.94%	1,429	1,563	1,677	2,131
	Fianna Fáil	Michael O’Shea^[*]	16.80%	1,338	1,373	1,435	1,562	1,596
	Green	Peadar Ó Fionnáin	12.85%	1,024	1,143	1,242
	Fianna Fáil	*Breandán Fitzgerald^[]**	12.73%	1,014	1,110	1,372	1,735	1,866
	Fine Gael	Séamus Cosaí Fitzgerald^[*]	9.29%	740	774
	Labour	Mike Kennedy	6.38%	508
Electorate: 12,578 Valid: 7,860 Spoilt: 106 Quota: 1,966 Turnout: 7,966 (66.3%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Independent	Johnny Healy-Rae^[*]	23.04%	3,441
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Cahill^[*]	14.48%	2,162
	Fianna Fáil	Norma Moriarty^[*]	12.09%	1,805	1,986	1,990	1,999	2,018	2,024	2,168
	Independent	Podge Foley	7.73%	1,154	1,257	1,270	1,290	1,335	1,343	1,367	1,369	1,495	1,513	1,567	1,845	1,928
	Fine Gael	Teddy O'Sullivan Casey	7.73%	1,154	1,384	1,388	1,427	1,435	1,435	1,439	1,440	1,479	1,486	1,649	1,757	2,017
	Independent	Dan McCarthy^[*]	5.55%	829	1,183	1,193	1,255	1,298	1,299	1,376	1,381	1,402	1,431	1,543	1,648	1,832
	Fianna Fáil	Ken O'Sullivan	5.49%	820	932	932	935	950	955	961	961	976	979	1,001
	Fine Gael	Tony Donnelly	5.16%	770	825	829	832	844	846	918	934	949	1,051	1,099	1,143
	Sinn Féin	Damian Quigg	4.01%	599	677	680	683	709	712	732	733	780	1,021	1,105	1,269	1,352
	Green	Cleo Murphy	3.09%	462	482	482	485	491	491	494	494	598	625
	Social Democrats	Tim Clifford	2.91%	434	453	453	455	474	475	479	479
	Sinn Féin	Stephanie O'Shea	2.89%	431	470	476	477	495	496	529	538	569
	Independent	Patrick Lyne	2.49%	372	418	431	438	459	460
	Aontú	Catherina O'Sullivan	1.39%	207	244	278	301
	Independent	Oliver O'Neill	1.06%	158	182	215
	The Irish People	William O'Brien	0.91%	136	145
Electorate: 23,922 Valid: 14,934 Spoilt: 109 Quota: 2,134 Turnout: 15,043 (62.88%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent	Maura Healy-Rae^[*]	23.71%	3,385
	Independent	Martin Grady	14.38%	2,053
	Kerry Ind. Alliance	John O'Donoghue	11.02%	1,574	1,812
	Independent	Brendan Cronin	9.97%	1,423	1,699	1,741	1,746	1,756	1,784	1,787
	Fianna Fáil	Niall Kelleher^[*]	9.15%	1,307	1,640	1,674	1,681	1,683	1,685	1,748	1,780	1,804
	Independent	Niall O'Callaghan^[*]	8.10%	1,156	1,384	1,445	1,451	1,459	1,494	1,499	1,500	1,528	1,544	1,599
	Labour	Marie Moloney^[*]	7.31%	1,044	1,252	1,298	1,302	1,306	1,311	1,323	1,334	1,383	1,418	1,575
	Fine Gael	Dermot Healy	4.57%	653	750	767	769	771	773	788	797	803	822	881
	Sinn Féin	Damien Switzer	2.37%	339	409	430	431	434	440	443	446	609	621	667
	Green	Diarmaid Griffin	2.30%	329	359	368	369	371	374	394	402	417	432
	Independent	Iqbal Mahmud	2.13%	304	316	325	325	327	327	335	369	369
	Sinn Féin	Caroline Kenneally	1.74%	248	308	323	324	326	327	332	335
	Independent	Kamaruzzaman Abdul-Kadir	1.29%	184	198	201	201	201	203	210
	Independent	Natalia Krasnenkova	1.02%	146	156	157	157	157	157
	The Irish People	Alan O'Connor	0.71%	101	112	117	117	125
	Independent	William Leen	0.14%	20	28	32	32
	Independent	Diarmuid McGuckin	0.08%	12	17	18	18
Electorate: 23,159 Valid: 14,278 Spoilt: 132 Quota: 1,785 Turnout: 14,410 (62.22%)

2024 Kerry County Council election

Results by local electoral area

Castleisland

Corca Dhuibhne

Kenmare

Killarney

Listowel

Tralee

Campaign

Debates

Councillors not standing for re-election

References

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2024 Kerry County Council election debates
Date	Broadcaster	Moderator(s)	Participants — Name Participant N Party not invited/did not participate							Notes
			FG	FF	SF	Lab	IND	GP	Aon

23 Apr	Radio Kerry	Jerry O'Sullivan	Tommy Griffin	Breandán Fitzgerald	Robert Brosnan	Mike Kennedy	N	Peadar Ó Fionnáin	N	^[7]
29 Apr	Radio Kerry	Jerry O'Sullivan	Michael Foley	Jimmy Moloney	Thomas Harrington	N	Liam "Speedy" Nolan	N	Sonny Foran	^[8]
7 May	Radio Kerry	Jerry O'Sullivan	Teddy O’Sullivan Casey	Norma Moriarty	Stephanie O’Shea	N	Podge Foley + Johnny Healy-Rae	N	N

Councillor	Electoral area	First elected		Date announced
Jim Finucane^[a]	Tralee	2009	Fine Gael	12 September 2023^[9]
Patrick O'Connor-Scarteen	Kenmare	2009	Fine Gael	3 October 2023^[10]
Aoife Thornton	Listowel	2014	Fine Gael	2 February 2024^[11]
John Francis Flynn	Killorglin	2014	Fianna Fáil	14 March 2024^[12]

Listowel: 6 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Mike Kennelly^[*]	15.70%	2,301
	Independent	Liam "Speedy" Nolan	15.16%	2,223
	Fine Gael	Michael Foley^[*]	13.93%	2,042	2,131
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Leane	12.05%	1,766	1,777	1,788	1,812	1,818	1,865	1,884	2,213
	Sinn Féin	Tom Barry^[*]	11.49%	1,685	1,714	1,746	1,770	1,775	1,843	1,933	2,030	2,051
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Moloney^[*]	9.35%	1,371	1,416	1,446	1,484	1,500	1,524	1,645	1,725	1,784
	Sinn Féin	Marion Falvey O’Sullivan	8.81%	1,292	1,302	1,315	1,372	1,373	1,503	1,528	1,643	1,681
	Aontú	Sonny Foran	5.76%	845	853	864	898	901	1,026
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Harrington	3.04%	446	448	453	455
	Independent	John O'Sullivan	2.82%	414	420	440	481	486
	Green	Oonagh Comerford	1.13%	165	168	170
	Party for Animal Welfare	Rosemarie Smith	0.75%	110	113	117
Electorate: 25,821 Valid: 14,660 Spoilt: 137 Quota: 2,095 Turnout: 14,797 (57.31%)

Tralee: 7 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Fianna Fáil	Mikey Sheehy^[*]	15.66%	2,114
	Sinn Féin	Deirdre Ferris^[†]	11.55%	1,560	1,592	1,612	1,627	1,723
	Labour	Terry O'Brien^[*]	11.38%	1,537	1,637	1,721
	Independent	Sam Locke	7.83%	1,057	1,088	1,097	1,119	1,160	1,193	1,323	1,325	1,428	1,549	1,555	1,725
	Sinn Féin	Paul Daly	7.75%	1,046	1,081	1,073	1,089	1,155	1,213	1,258	1,268	1,316	1,436	1,441	1,935
	Fianna Fáil	Anne O'Sullivan	6.07%	819	922	934	937	945	968	978	978	1,059	1,162	1,170	1,220	1,224	1,251
	Fine Gael	Angie Baily	5.97%	806	841	860	866	874	904	923	924	1,201	1,413	1,419	1,480	1,518	1,527
	Independent	Tom McEllistrim	5.73%	774	804	810	831	844	878	986	988	1,059	1,083	1,088	1,150	1,225	1,245
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Foley^[†]	5.29%	714	730	735	738	814	850	880	898	971	1,051	1,054
	Fine Gael	Sinéad Donnelly	5.10%	688	713	722	725	743	782	793	794
	Green	Anluan Dunne	4.82%	651	665	680	687	702	824	837	838	899
	Social Democrats	Mistura Oyebamji	3.16%	427	432	456	456	471
	National Party	Jacob Sweeney	2.91%	393	398	401	576	582	590
	Sinn Féin	Paddy Kevane	2.71%	366	370	377	386
	The Irish People	Eddie O'Grady	2.38%	321	323	324
	Labour	Ben Slimm	1.50%	202	211
	Independent	Ame Abdurahman	0.20%	27	27
Electorate: 26,411 Valid: 13,502 Spoilt: 160 Quota: 1,688 Turnout: 13,662 (51.73%)