2019 Longford County Council election

A Longford County Council election was held in County Longford in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 18 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote.

2019 Longford County Council election

24 May 2019
All 18 seats to Longford County Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Independent Seats won 9 6 3 Seat change 1 1
Map showing the area of Longford County Council
Council control after election TBD

The 2018 LEA boundary review committee kept the LEAs used in the 2014 elections, adjusting their boundaries and transferring one seat from Granard to Longford LEA.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	9	1	7,828	39.27%	2.82%
	Fianna Fáil	6	1	6,471	32.47%	0.57%
	Sinn Féin	0		912	4.58%	1.97%
	People Before Profit	0		96	0.48%	0.48%
	Independent	3		4,625	23.20%	3.80%
Totals		18		19,932	100%

Candidates by LEA

Ballymahon

Ballymahon — 6 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Paul Ross[c 1]	18.33%	1,217
	Independent	Mark Casey[c 1]	14.99%	995
	Fianna Fáil	Mick Cahill[c 1]	11.25%	747	807	825	830	855	873	938	1,024
	Fianna Fáil	Pat O'Toole[c 1]	10.08%	669	689	727	728	772	796	849	895
	Fine Gael	Colm Murray[c 1]	9.54%	633	705	713	718	740	750	859	927
	Fine Gael	Gerard Farrell[c 1]	9.37%	622	651	656	675	687	692	715	867
	Fianna Fáil	Brigid Duffy	7.55%	501	554	556	558	562	580	593	640
	Fianna Fáil	John Kenny	6.31%	419	427	431	438	442	448	499
	Independent	Tony Moran	4.90%	325	331	350	353	405	448
	Sinn Féin	Geraldine Ryan	2.95%	196	204	211	213	224
	Independent	Charlie McMonagle	2.73%	181	186	206	209
	Independent	P.J. Walsh	2.00%	133	138
Electorate: 11,204   Valid: 6,638   Spoilt: 94   Quota: 949   Turnout: 6,732 (60.09%)

Granard

Granard — 5 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	Turlough 'Pott' McGovern	19.41%	1,280
	Fine Gael	Micheál Carrigy[c 1]††	17.94%	1,183
	Fine Gael	Paraic Brady[c 1]	13.15%	867	881	899	943	1,025	1,053	1,235
	Fine Gael	Garry Murtagh	11.07%	730	747	764	803	876	912	942	980	1,123
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Reilly[c 1]	9.83%	648	710	720	760	816	957	1,008	1,029	1,070
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Murphy	5.92%	390	397	399	412	424	452	524	565	708
	Sinn Féin	Mark Maguire	5.46%	360	370	373	387	420	456	486	514
	Fianna Fáil	Amanda Duffy	4.52%	298	304	306	372	386	421
	Independent	Grace Kearney	4.41%	291	331	338	359	383
	Fine Gael	Frank Kilbride	4.25%	280	297	307	334
	Fianna Fáil	Victor Connell	4.03%	266	274	289
Electorate: 10,032   Valid: 6,593   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 1,099   Turnout: 6,697 (66.76%)

Longford

Longford — 7 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Flaherty[c 2]†	15.71%	1,053
	Fine Gael	Peggy Nolan[c 1]	11.06%	741	763	765	776	779	796	808	841
	Fine Gael	Gerry Hagan[c 2]	10.89%	730	748	749	753	755	788	824	833	842
	Fine Gael	John Browne[c 1]	10.33%	692	706	707	712	715	746	767	813	854
	Independent	Gerry Warnock[c 1]	9.83%	659	689	693	701	722	736	756	778	899
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Butler[c 1]	9.79%	656	700	702	705	708	718	737	779	792
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Monaghan	8.60%	576	609	613	627	634	645	695	736	781
	Independent	Mae Sexton[c 1]	7.07%	474	484	484	488	493	496	510	528	586
	Sinn Féin	Tena Keown	5.31%	356	369	383	390	411	411	418	437
	Fianna Fáil	Uruemu Adejinmi	3.70%	248	265	268	269	279	284	292
	Independent	Seamus Gallagher	2.33%	156	161	163	174	184	201
	Fine Gael	Gerard Cooney	1.98%	133	137	138	147	149
	People Before Profit	Barbara Smyth	1.43%	96	97	99	106
	Independent	Tony Reilly	1.33%	89	91	92
	Independent	Julie O'Reilly	0.42%	28	29
	Independent	George Breaden	0.21%	14	15
Electorate: 12,356   Valid: 6,701   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 838   Turnout: 6,813 (55.14%)

Changes Since 2019 Local Elections

• †Longford Fianna Fáil Cllr Joe Flaherty was elected a TD for Longford-Westmeath at the 2020 General Election. Remu Adejinmi was co-opted to fill the vacancy.[1]
• ††Granard Fine Gael Cllr Michael Carrigy was elected to the Seanad in April 2020. Colin Dalton was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 16 May 2020.[2]

Footnotes

1. Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
2. Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

References

1. https://www.longfordleader.ie/news/home/522487/history-is-made-as-uruemu-adejinmi-is-co-opted-onto-longford-county-council.html
2. https://www.shannonside.ie/news/local/longford/ballinalees-colin-dalton-elected-to-longford-county-council/

Sources

• "Longford County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
• "Results 2019". Longford County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
• Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 72–75, 154. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
• Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 625/2018 — County of Longford Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 8 May 2019.