2024 Laois County Council election

2024 Laois County Council election
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All 19 seats on Laois County Council; 10 seats needed for a majority
	Area of Laois County Council

An election to all 19 seats on Laois County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.^[1] County Laois is divided into 3 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		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	6		10,087	29.02	3.03
	Fine Gael	5	2	8,802	25.32	4.32
	Sinn Féin	2		4,831	13.90	2.75
	Labour	1		1,237	3.55	2.01
	Independent Ireland	0		915	2.63	New
	Green	0		630	1.81	New
	Aontú	0		182	0.52	New
	Independent	5	2	8,066	23.21	3.21
Total		19		34,750	100.00

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	Conor Bergin^[*]	13.41%	1,606	1,614	1,628	1,659	1,665	1,684	1,813
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Bracken^[*]	12.12%	1,452	1,457	1,470	1,472	1,501	1,515	1,550	1,562	1,620	1,753
	Independent	James Kelly^[*]	11.75%	1,408	1,416	1,433	1,497	1,506	1,536	1,740
	Fine Gael	John King^[*]	11.29%	1,353	1,359	1,363	1,366	1,371	1,413	1,427	1,440	1,675	1,711
	Independent	Ollie Clooney^[*]	10.39%	1,245	1,258	1,275	1,310	1,312	1,332	1,379	1,402	1,524	1,650
	Fine Gael	Paddy Buggy	9.27%	1,111	1,122	1,137	1,141	1,191	1,194	1,201	1,209	1,213	1,284
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus McDonald^[*]	9.11%	1,091	1,094	1,101	1,103	1,211	1,214	1,269	1,277	1,365	1,460
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Phelan	4.88%	585	594	602	603	609	636	687	700
	Fianna Fáil	Fintan Cuddy	4.72%	566	568	573	588	596	601
	Sinn Féin	Lorna Holohan Garry	3.78%	453	458	475	477	507	754	774	778	800
	Sinn Féin	Helen Campion	3.5%	419	425	430	438	411
	Fianna Fáil	Declan Good	2.32%	278	279	280	284
	Independent	Kevin Drennan	1.60%	192	195	198
	Green	Fiona Dunne	1.01%	121	136
	Labour	Bryan Corrigan	0.83%	99
Electorate: 21,812 Valid: 11,979 Spoilt: 147 Quota: 1,712 Turnout: 12,126 (55.59%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Independent	*Ben Brennan^[]**	12.17%	1,350	1,357	1,492	1,499	1,666
	Fianna Fáil	*Padraig Fleming^[]**	11.49%	1,275	1,287	1,371	1,433	1,483	1,511	1,520	1,708
	Fianna Fáil	*Paschal McEvoy^[]**	12.64%	1,402	1,414	1,427	1,534	1,666
	Sinn Féin	*Aidan Mullins^[]**	12.25%	1,359	1,371	1,394	1,597
	Independent	*Aisling Moran^[]**	10.29%	1,142	1,156	1,220	1,233	1,335	1,347	1,401	1,633
	Fine Gael	P.J Kelly^[†]	8.99%	997	1,012	1,035	1,140	1,164	1,168	1,171	1,197	1,226	1,240
	Fine Gael	Vivienne Phelan	7.26%	806	835	890	957	1,049	1,080	1,087	1,175	1,224	1,257
	Sinn Féin	Aaron Kelly	7.07%	785	796	865	869	911	916	923
	Independent Ireland	Patsy Fennell	6.15%	682	690	708	722
	Fianna Fáil	Joey Kennedy	5.21%	578	607	625
	Labour	Eoin Barry	4.56%	506	557
	Green	Charlie Hackett	1.93%	214
Electorate: 22,233 Valid: 11,096 Spoilt: 133 Quota: 1,586 Turnout: 11,299 (50.51%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Fine Gael	William Aird^[*]	13.04%	1,540
	Sinn Féin	Caroline Dwane-Stanley^[*]	11.98%	1,415	1,420	1,460
	Fianna Fáil	John Joe Fennelly^[*]	9.71%	1,147	1,153	1,170	1,180	1,188	1,273	1,325	1,378	1,389	1,398	1,426	1,440	1,446	1,521
	Independent	Tommy Mulligan	9.31%	1,099	1,108	1,117	1,144	1,197	1,209	1,227	1,276	1,303	1,339	1,445	1,643
	Fianna Fáil	Catherine Fitzgerald^[*]	9.22%	1,089	1,103	1,103	1,112	1,123	1,129	1,144	1,152	1,165	1,181	1,223	1,309	1,324	1,489
	Fine Gael	Barry Walsh^[†]	7.19%	849	858	861	866	880	912	940	974	979	1,004	1,042	1,046	1,075	1,101
	Labour	Marie Tuohy^[†]	5.35%	632	637	646	658	671	690	751	757	797	850	899	1,003	1,042	1,119
	Fianna Fáil	Naeem Iqbal	5.28%	624	625	626	629	631	632	640	641	700	711	721	752	765
	Fine Gael	Thomasina Connell^[*]	4.75%	540	556	561	565	578	584	603	613	658	681	712	762	782	884
	Independent	Pauline Flanagan	3.29%	389	392	395	407	439	454	473	510	531	570	677
	Independent	Bolaji Adeyanju	2.92%	345	345	345	348	353	360	377	385
	Independent	Dom Dunne	2.88%	340	344	358	367	399	327	432	477	508	542
	Green	Rosie Palmer	2.5%	295	296	302	305	307	313
	Sinn Féin	Maria McCormack	2.34%	276	277	218	325	332	339	360	387	418
	Independent	Noel Burke	2.23%	263	265	274	281	290
	Independent	Donal Kelly	2.07%	244	246	248	271
	Independent Ireland	Colette Byrne	1.97%	233	234	237	258	294	325	352
	Aontú	Martha Ryan	1.54%	182	183	187
	Sinn Féin	Jason Phelan	1.05%	124	124
	Independent	John Cowhig	0.41%	49	49
Electorate: 24,426 Valid: 11,675 Spoilt: 133 Quota: 1,460 Turnout: 11,808 (48.34%)

Party		Outgoing	LEA	Reason	Date	Co-optee
	Fine Gael	William Aird	Portlaoise	Elected to 34th Dáil at the 2024 general election	8 December 2024	Paddy Buggy^[9]
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig Fleming	Graiguecullen–Portarlington	Retirement^[10]	1 April 2026	Elva Kelly^[11]

Results by local electoral area

Name	LEA	Elected as		New affiliation		Date
Aidan Mullins	Graiguecullen–Portarlington		Sinn Féin		Independent	28 August 2024^[12]
Caroline Dwane-Stanley	Portlaoise		Sinn Féin		Independent	27 December 2024^[13]