2024 Wicklow County Council election
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7 June 2024
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All 32 seats on Wicklow County Council 17 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 54% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Area of Wicklow County Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An election to all 32 seats on Wicklow County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Wicklow 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]
The period for nominations opened at 10 a.m. on Saturday 11 May and closed at 12 p.m. on Saturday 18 May 2024.[3]
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
| Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltinglass | Vincent Blake | Fine Gael | |
| Wicklow | Shay Cullen | Fine Gael | |
| Greystones | Derek Mitchell | Fine Gael | |
| Bray West | Rory O'Connor | Independent | |
| Greystones | Gerry Walsh | Fianna Fáil | |
| Wicklow | Irene Winters | Fine Gael | |
Results by party
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | 11 | 9 |  0 |
12,499 | 21.29% |  4.89% | |
| Fianna Fáil | 10 | 4 | 3 |
10,595 | 18.05% | 4.01% | |
| Social Democrats | 5 | 3 |  2 |
4,524 | 7.71% | 2.42% | |
| Sinn Féin | 11 | 2 | 0 |
5,092 | 8.67% | 0.86% | |
| Green | 4 | 2 | 0 |
2,686 | 4.57% | 4.01% | |
| Labour | 4 | 1 | 1 |
2,168 | 3.69% | 0.94% | |
| Independent Ireland | 3 | 1 |
New | 1,522 | 2.59% | New | |
| People Before Profit | 4 | 0 | 0 |
943 | 1.61% | 0.11% | |
| Aontú | 1 | 0 | 0 |
424 | 0.72% | 0.40% | |
| Irish Freedom | 1 | 0 | New | 288 | 0.49% | New | |
| The Irish People | 1 | 0 | New | 162 | 0.28% | New | |
| Independent | 19 | 10 | 1 |
17,806 | 30.33% | 3.92% | |
| Total | 74 | 32 | 0 |
58,711 | 100% | N/a | |