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2019 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election

An election to all 40 seats on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown was divided into six 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).

2019 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election
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All 40 seats on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Green
Seats won 13 7 6
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 1 Increase 4
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour People Before Profit Social Democrats
Seats won 6 2 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1 Increase 1
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 5
Seat change Decrease 1
Results by Local Electoral Area
Council control after election

TBD

Boundary changes

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Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used at the 2014 election.[1][2] Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a lower maximum LEA size of seven councillors, requiring a change to the eight-seat Dún Laoghaire LEA. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.

Overview

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After the 2019 election, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown became Ireland's first 50:50 gender-neutral Council. Fine Gael remained the largest party gaining an additional 2 seats while seeing a slight reduction in vote-share. Fianna Fáil lost a seat in Stillorgan to return 7 in total and saw a slight reduction in vote share. The main winners in Dún Laoghaire were the Greens who won 6 seats and saw all 6 of their candidates elected in the process. They topped the poll in 4 of the 6 LEAs. Labour gained a seat in Dun Laoghaire but lost seats in Stillorgan and Glencullen–Sandyford to reduce their numbers to 6 seats overall. Solidarity–People Before Profit lost a seat in Dún Laoghaire to only return with 2 seats while Sinn Féin had a terrible election losing all 3 of their seats.

Results by party

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Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 13  2 21,156 27.30  0.85
Fianna Fáil 7  1 13,634 17.59  1.07
Green 6  4 15,234 19.66  12.69
Labour 6  1 9,132 11.78  1.36
People Before Profit 2  1 5,108 6.59  1.31
Social Democrats 1  1 1,267 1.63 New
Sinn Féin 0  3 2,656 3.43  6.22
Aontú 0   728 0.94 New
Éirígí 0   631 0.81 New
Independent 5  1 7,959 10.27  5.27
Total 40   77,505 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

Blackrock

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Blackrock: 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Green Séafra Ó Faoláin  24.95% 3,128                
Fine Gael Marie Baker[*]  16.76% 2,101                
Fianna Fáil Mary Hanafin[*]  14.72% 1,846                
Fine Gael Barry Ward[*][a]  9.62% 1,206 1,464 1,564 1,568 1,628 1,638 1,677 2,420  
Fianna Fáil Kate Feeney[*]  8.74% 1,096 1,285 1,331 1,354 1,447 1,476 1,532 1,657 1,873
Fine Gael Rebecca Molloy  6.14% 770 980 1,048 1,054 1,097 1,104 1,133    
Labour Deirdre Kingston[*][a]  5.12% 642 893 916 928 979 983 1,156 1,217 1,412
People Before Profit Lola Hynes  4.73% 593 729 735 814 867 869      
Social Democrats Sinéad Gibney  4.40% 552 754 766 805 873 875 1,189 1,238 1,283
Independent Reji Chacko Jacob  3.17% 397 504 516 536          
Sinn Féin Grainne Ferris  1.64% 206 229 231            
Electorate: 26,344   Valid: 12,537   Spoilt: 271   Quota: 1,792   Turnout: 12,808 (48.62%)  

Dundrum

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Dundrum: 7 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Green Daniel Dunne[†]  19.63% 2,897                
Independent Sean McLoughlin  10.88% 1,606 1,660 1,700 1,743 1,838 1,920      
Fianna Fáil Shay Brennan[*]  10.07% 1,487 1,549 1,566 1,612 1,629 1,770 1,843 1,847  
Fine Gael Anna Grainger  8.54% 1,261 1,377 1,382 1,415 1,432 1,461 1,488 1,490 1,908
Fianna Fáil Olivia Buckley  7.54% 1,113 1,178 1,184 1,211 1,231 1,288 1,328 1,334 1,442
Fine Gael Pat Hand[*]  6.90% 1,019 1,081 1,086 1,121 1,135 1,170 1,216 1,216  
Labour Peter O'Brien[*]  6.66% 983 1,258 1,299 1,327 1,475 1,506 1,660 1,667 1,762
Fine Gael Jim O'Leary  6.53% 964 1,035 1,041 1,081 1,098 1,210 1,233 1,239 1,536
Independent Anne Colgan[†]  6.16% 909 1,015 1,031 1,078 1,172 1,303 1,482 1,508 1,598
Aontú Liam Coughlan  4.93% 728 757 771 805 828        
Éirígí Brian Leeson  4.27% 631 673 719 730 852 903      
People Before Profit Eoghan Pádraig Ó Ceannabháin  3.49% 515 625 701 727          
Independent Seamas O'Neill[*]  2.38% 351 383 401            
Sinn Féin Sorcha Nic Cormaic[*]  2.01% 297 324              
Electorate: 30,064   Valid: 14,761   Spoilt: 384   Quota: 1,846   Turnout: 15,145 (50.38%)  

Dún Laoghaire

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Dún Laoghaire: 7 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Green Ossian Smyth[*][a]  20.16% 3,147                  
Fianna Fáil Cormac Devlin[*][a]  17.20% 2,684                  
Fine Gael John Bailey[*][a]  9.64% 1,504 1,594 1,690 1,702 1,735 1,759 1,778 1,900 1,996  
Labour Juliet O'Connell  9.63% 1,503 1,761 1,835 1,868 2,192          
Fine Gael Lorraine Hall  8.58% 1,339 1,465 1,520 1,526 1,567 1,603 1,611 1,747 1,819 1,832
People Before Profit Melissa Halpin[*]  6.84% 1,067 1,194 1,228 1,315 1,355 1,388 1,825 1,889 2,127  
Fine Gael Mary Fayne[*]  6.07% 947 1,018 1,072 1,080 1,117 1,153 1,166 1,266 1,323 1,338
Independent Michael Merrigan[*]  4.90% 765 824 862 908 934 949 1,002 1,053    
Social Democrats Dave Quinn  4.58% 715 949 970 995 1,035 1,102 1,181 1,283 1,476 1,564
Fianna Fáil Justin Moylan  3.50% 547 593 885 903 928 936 951      
People Before Profit Dave O'Keeffe[†]  3.45% 538 611 634 717 730 751        
Labour Valerie McDermott  3.21% 501 594 623 633            
Sinn Féin Séamus Mac Floinn  2.26% 352 370 386              
Electorate: 33,876   Valid: 15,609   Spoilt: 409   Quota: 1,952   Turnout: 16,018 (47.28%)  

Glencullen–Sandyford

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Glencullen–Sandyford: 7 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour Lettie McCarthy[*]  22.01% 2,269                
Green Deirdre Ní Fhloinn[a]  15.51% 1,599                
Independent Michael Fleming  11.87% 1,224 1,455              
Fine Gael Emma Louise Blain[†]  9.69% 999 1,115 1,160 1,184 1,193 1,257 1,305    
Fianna Fáil Tom Murphy[*]  8.19% 844 974 994 1,025 1,028 1,120 1,357    
Independent Lynsey McGovern[*]  6.02% 621 728 784 809 895 1,016 1,087 1,110 1,219
Fine Gael Kazi Ahmed  5.99% 618 713 759 780 796 843 894 912 1,334
Fianna Fáil Ben Stafford  5.19% 535 603 605 617 636 664      
Fine Gael Sandra Stewart  4.98% 513 587 638 647 652 683 716 732  
Sinn Féin Shaun Tracey  4.69% 484 535 554 558 656 673 762 773 788
Independent Kevin Daly  3.57% 368 436 457 490 507        
People Before Profit Ruth O'Connor  2.28% 235 275 325 332          
Electorate: 27,705   Valid: 10,309   Spoilt: 222   Quota: 1,289   Turnout: 10,531 (38.01%)  

Killiney–Shankill

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Killiney–Shankill: 7 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Green Una Power  16.63% 2,193                
Labour Carrie Smyth[*]  12.81% 1,689                
Fine Gael Jennifer Carroll MacNeill[a]  12.21% 1,610 1,691              
People Before Profit Hugh Lewis[*]  8.66% 1,142 1,198 1,201 1,204 1,251 1,291 1,796    
Fine Gael Jim Gildea[†]  8.13% 1,072 1,104 1,112 1,117 1,132 1,189 1,206 1,210 1,706
Sinn Féin Shane O'Brien[*]  8.03% 1,059 1,082 1,083 1,084 1,097 1,111 1,179 1,249 1,285
Labour Denis O'Callaghan[*]  7.99% 1,053 1,160 1,163 1,181 1,202 1,267 1,358 1,414 1,565
Fine Gael Frank McNamara  7.14% 942 1,004 1,017 1,021 1,051 1,133 1,159 1,167  
Fianna Fáil Michael Clark  5.51% 726 744 745 747 816 1,166 1,179 1,193 1,344
Fianna Fáil Helena Kelly  5.21% 687 723 731 734 761        
People Before Profit Danielle O'Rourke  5.07% 669 770 774 777 811 856      
Independent Sandra Archer  2.62% 345 373 374 375          
Electorate: 30,387   Valid: 13,187   Spoilt: 381   Quota: 1,649   Turnout: 13,568 (44.65%)  

Stillorgan

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Stillorgan: 6 seats[8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Barry Saul[*]  21.40% 2,376              
Green Eva Elizabeth Dowling  20.45% 2,270              
Fine Gael Maeve O'Connell  11.46% 1,272 1,571 1,698          
Fianna Fáil Dónal Smith[†]  10.30% 1,143 1,228 1,278 1,292 1,302 1,367 1,392 1,488
Fianna Fáil Liam Dockery[*]  8.34% 926 980 1,023 1,035 1,045 1,099 1,128 1,210
Independent Deirdre Donnelly[*]  8.34% 926 1,009 1,090 1,122 1,128 1,247 1,410 1,641
Fine Gael John Kennedy[*]  5.79% 643 809 877 889 945 1,040 1,066 1,282
Labour Paul Gordon  4.43% 492 530 697 726 743 801 968  
Independent Gearóid O'Keeffe  4.03% 447 494 527 548 551      
People Before Profit Rachael Prendergast Spollen  3.14% 349 358 447 553 559 607    
Sinn Féin Rosie Ní Laoghaire  2.32% 258 266 291          
Electorate: 22,993   Valid: 11,102   Spoilt: 231   Quota: 1,587   Turnout: 11,333 (49.29%)  

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g See change below.

Results by gender

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2019 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election[9][10]
Candidates by gender
Gender Number of
candidates 		% of
candidates 		Elected
councillors 		% of
councillors
Men 39 53.4% 21 52.5%
Women 34 46.6% 19 47.5%
TOTAL 73   40  

Changes

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Co-options

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Party Outgoing LEA Reason Date Co-optee
Fine Gael John Bailey Dún Laoghaire Death on 9 July 2019[11] 14 October 2019[12] Mary Fayne
Green Ossian Smyth Dún Laoghaire Elected to 33rd Dáil at the 2020 general election[13][14] 24 February 2020[15] Tom Kivlehan
Fianna Fáil Cormac Devlin Dún Laoghaire Elected to 33rd Dáil at the 2020 general election[13][14] 24 February 2020[15] Justin Moylan
Fine Gael Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Killiney–Shankill Elected to 33rd Dáil at the 2020 general election[13][14] 24 February 2020[15] Frank McNamara
Fine Gael Barry Ward Blackrock Elected to 26th Seanad at the 2020 Seanad election[16] 6 July 2020[17] Maurice Dockrell
Labour Deirdre Kingston Blackrock Resignation[18] 6 July 2020[17] Martha Fanning
Green Deirdre Ní Fhloinn Glencullen–Sandyford Resignation on 12 October 2020 14 December 2020 Oisín O'Connor
Green Séafra Ó Faoláin Blackrock Resignation August 2022 Kate Ruddock

Changes in affiliation

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Name LEA Elected as New affiliation Date
Hugh Lewis[19] Killiney-Shankill Solidarity–PBP Independent May 2021

Sources

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  • "Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 5 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  • "Election of members of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council [Nominations]" (PDF). Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council. 4 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  • "Local Elections 2019 Latest Results". Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. 20 May 2019. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  • "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Government of Ireland. Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 98–103. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

References

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  1. ^ Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 2 (13 June 2018). Report 2018 (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 22–25, 54. ISBN 978-1-4064-2991-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 (S.I. No. 615 of 2018). Signed on 19 December 2018 by John Paul Phelan, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
  3. ^ "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Blackrock LEA" (PDF). Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. 24 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Dundrum LEA" (PDF). Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. 24 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Dún Laoghaire LEA" (PDF). Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. 24 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Glencullen–Sandyford LEA" (PDF). Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. 24 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Killiney–Shankill LEA" (PDF). Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. 24 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Local election – 24 May 2019 – Stillorgan LEA" (PDF). Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. 24 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  9. ^ Pope, Conor (30 May 2019) [25 May 2019]. "Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council: Remarkable success for Green Party". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  10. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
  11. ^ "Tributes paid to Dublin councillor John Bailey, who has died aged 74". TheJournal.ie. 9 July 2019. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  12. ^ Hall, Lorraine (14 October 2019). "Delighted to welcome Cllr Mary Fayne back to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council this evening, following her co-option to the late John Bailey's seat". Facebook. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  13. ^ a b c Kelly, Olivia (9 February 2020). "Dún Laoghaire results: Green's Smyth 'overwhelmed' at securing seat". Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  14. ^ a b c "Election 2020: Dún Laoghaire". Irish Times. Dublin. 9 February 2020. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  15. ^ a b c Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council [@dlrcc] (24 February 2020). "At a Special Council Meeting tonight, Councillors co-opted 3 new Councillors following vacancies created by the Dáil elections" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 5 June 2021 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ O'Halloran, Marie (4 April 2020). "Seanad election results: Full list of Senators voted in to new Seanad". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  17. ^ a b Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council [@dlrcc] (6 July 2020). "At the July Council Meeting two new Councillors have been co-opted onto the Council" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 5 June 2021 – via Twitter.
  18. ^ O'Mahony, Kieran (1 July 2020). "Politics is labour of love for campaigning Deirdre". The Southern Star. Skibbereen. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  19. ^ "A Statement Of People Before Profit". 10 May 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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