2024 Galway County Council election

2024 Galway County Council election
All 39 seats on Galway County Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Area of Galway County Council

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]

Results by party

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
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

Athenry–Oranmore: 7 seats ^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	*Albert Dolan^[]**	17.41%	2,393
	Independent	Tomás Grealish	13.41%	1,843
	Fine Gael	*David Collins^[]**	11.54%	1,586	1,683	1,705	1,714	1,732
	Independent	*James Charity^[]**	11.39%	1,565	1,588	1,614	1,666	1,697	1,837
	Fine Gael	Peter Feeney	8.83%	1,213	1,338	1,342	1,350	1,362	1,403	1,493	1,501	1,910
	Fine Gael	Eoghan Gallagher	7.41%	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	7.31%	1,005	1,073	1,080	1,102	1,150	1,188	1,327	1,342	1,512	1,592
	Fianna Fáil	Cillian Keane	6.82%	937	1,005	1,025	1,026	1,101	1,116	1,163	1,168	1,431	1,482
	Fianna Fáil	Shelly Herterich Quinn^[*]	5.76%	792	956	962	972	1,000	1,029	1,114	1,118
	Green	Eoin Madden	3.30%	454	475	477	478	597	608
	Labour	Fergal Landy	2.98%	409	415	418	420
	Independent Ireland	Sean Hehir	2.19%	301	337	342	434	437
	The Irish People	Maria Carr	1.64%	226	233	236
Electorate: 26,073 Valid: 13,742 Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,718 Turnout: 13,877 (53.22%)

Ballinasloe

Ballinasloe: 6 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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

Conamara North: 4 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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

Conamara South: 5 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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

Gort–Kinvara: 5 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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

Loughrea: 5 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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

Tuam: 7 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

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. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
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[order-1] "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.

[citizensinformation-2] "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[3] 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.

[cuddy-4] "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.

[5] Fallon, John (16 April 2024). "Former TD Colm Keaveney withdraws from local elections due to drug driving charge". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

[nominated-6] "Nomination of Candidates" (PDF). Galway County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

[PollNotice-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "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.

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