2019 Galway City Council election

Part of the 2019 Irish local elections

2019 Galway City Council election

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All 18 seats on Galway City Council
10 seats needed for a majority
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Party  | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Green
Seats won  | 5  | 3  | 2
Seat change  |  2  |  1  |  2

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party
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Party  | Labour | Social Democrats | Independent
Seats won  | 1  | 1  | 6
Seat change  |  1  |  1  |

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First preference vote and seat totals by local electoral area. As this is a STV election, seat totals are determined by popular vote and preferences in each local electoral area.

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An election to all 18 seats on Galway City Council was held in Galway in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. Councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## Boundary review

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Following a recommendation of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, the only change to the areas used at the 2014 election was to move the electoral division of Claddagh from the West LEA to the Central LEA in line with population changes revealed by the 2016 census.[1][2]

## Overview

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Fianna Fáil became the largest party on the City Council gaining 2 seats in the process. Fine Gael lost 1 seat despite slightly increasing their vote. The Green Party emerged as the big winners winning 2 seats; 1 in each of Galway City Central and Galway City West and a nearly 5 fivefold increase in voteshare. Following two recounts the Social Democrats held onto a seat in Galway City East at the expense of Sinn Féin, and lost a seat in City Central to the Greens. Sinn Féin lost all their seats as their vote collapsed almost in half. To a significant extent the rise in support for both the Social Democrats and the Greens contributed to the loss for Sinn Féin.

## Results by party

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Party  | Seats  | ±  | 1st pref | FPv% | ±%

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| Fianna Fáil | 5  | 2  | 4,848  | 20.47  | 0.97
| Fine Gael | 3  | 1  | 3,752  | 15.85  | 0.05
| Green | 2  | 2  | 2,230  | 9.42  | 7.23
| Labour | 1  | 1  | 1,651  | 6.97  | 3.83
| Social Democrats | 1  | 1  | 1,419  | 5.99  | New
| Sinn Féin | 0  | 3  | 1,272  | 5.37  | 4.13
| Aontú | 0  |  | 574  | 2.42  | New
| People Before Profit | 0  |  | 377  | 1.59  | 1.00
| Renua | 0  |  | 225  | 0.95  | New
| Solidarity | 0  |  | 203  | 0.86  | 3.65
| Independent | 6  |  | 7,134  | 30.13  | 6.97
Total  | 18  |  | 23,679  | 100.00  |

## Results by local electoral area

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

### Galway City Central

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Galway City Central: 6 seats[3][4] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
| Independent | Mike Cubbard[*] | 16.16%  | 1,292 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Ollie Crowe[*][a] | 12.61%  | 1,008  | 1,024  | 1,036  | 1,053  | 1,065  | 1,072  | 1,160 |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Eddie Hoare | 10.68%  | 854  | 866  | 881  | 937  | 951  | 967  | 1,023  | 1,108  | 1,109  | 1,188 |
| Fine Gael | Frank Fahy[*] | 8.68%  | 694  | 709  | 721  | 757  | 780  | 790  | 833  | 927  | 931  | 1,010  | 1,029
| Green | Martina O'Connor | 6.80%  | 544  | 552  | 571  | 590  | 618  | 684  | 720  | 769  | 768  | 912  | 924
| Labour | John McDonagh  | 6.59%  | 527  | 547  | 579  | 602  | 636  | 656  | 694  | 759  | 768  |  |
| Social Democrats | Sharon Nolan  | 6.44%  | 515  | 525  | 534  | 539  | 576  | 741  | 762  | 793  | 788  | 870  | 873
| Independent | Colette Connolly[†] | 6.17%  | 493  | 510  | 526  | 551  | 590  | 648  | 701  | 800  | 804  | 963  | 974
| Fianna Fáil | Imelda Byrne  | 6.13%  | 490  | 497  | 516  | 535  | 551  | 568  | 609  |  |  |  |
| Aontú | Cormac Ó Corcoráin  | 5.37%  | 429  | 434  | 453  | 481  | 493  | 517  |  |  |  |  |
| People Before Profit | Joe Loughnane  | 4.71%  | 377  | 386  | 396  | 413  | 468  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Mark Lohan[†] | 4.10%  | 328  | 336  | 342  | 345  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Mike Geraghty  | 3.04%  | 243  | 256  | 273  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | James O'Toole  | 1.55%  | 124  | 128  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Daragh O'Flaherty  | 1.04%  | 83  | 86  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Patrick Feeney  | 0.01%  | 1  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 16,241  Valid: 7,996  Spoilt: 150  Quota: 1,143  Turnout: 8,146 (50.16%)

### Galway City East

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Galway City East: 6 seats[5][6] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
| Independent | Declan McDonnell[*] | 14.71%  | 1,090 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Alan Cheevers | 12.97%  | 961  | 967  | 977  | 979  | 993  | 1,004  | 1,021  | 1,049  | 1,052  | 1,079 |  |  |
| Independent | Terry O'Flaherty[*] | 12.65%  | 937  | 942  | 957  | 965  | 997  | 1,025  | 1,044  | 1,071 |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael John Crowe[*] | 10.19%  | 755  | 759  | 763  | 766  | 779  | 791  | 797  | 818  | 819  | 845  | 868  | 972  | 978
| Independent | Noel Larkin[*] | 9.11%  | 675  | 687  | 694  | 701  | 722  | 739  | 751  | 761  | 762  | 811  | 849  | 1,006  | 1,015
| Sinn Féin | Mairéad Farrell[*] | 7.04%  | 522  | 529  | 544  | 546  | 557  | 571  | 617  | 625  | 626  | 659  | 727  | 772  | 772
| Fine Gael | John Walsh[*] | 6.15%  | 456  | 463  | 468  | 471  | 475  | 486  | 489  | 577  | 581  | 603  | 645  |  |
| Social Democrats | Owen Hanley[a] | 5.57%  | 413  | 416  | 417  | 418  | 428  | 447  | 502  | 513  | 514  | 537  | 728  | 786  | 790
| Green | Claire Hillery  | 5.16%  | 382  | 385  | 388  | 388  | 398  | 422  | 455  | 467  | 467  | 495  |  |  |
| Renua | Neil O'Mahony  | 3.04%  | 225  | 230  | 287  | 288  | 300  | 303  | 309  | 316  | 317  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Donal Lynch  | 2.91%  | 216  | 216  | 218  | 219  | 240  | 249  | 250  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Solidarity | Conor Burke  | 2.74%  | 203  | 207  | 211  | 212  | 219  | 239  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Liam Boyle  | 2.47%  | 183  | 187  | 190  | 191  | 200  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Michael Tully  | 2.46%  | 182  | 184  | 189  | 190  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aontú | Nuala Nolan  | 1.96%  | 145  | 145  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Pat Hardiman  | 0.88%  | 65  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 15,370  Valid: 7,410  Spoilt: 118  Quota: 1,059  Turnout: 7,528 (48.98%)

### Galway City West

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Galway City West: 6 seats[7][8] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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| Independent | Donal Lyons[*] | 17.68%  | 1,463 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Green | Pauline O'Reilly[a] | 15.76%  | 1,304 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Níall McNelis[*] | 11.37%  | 941  | 1,030  | 1,062  | 1,070  | 1,085  | 1,105  | 1,152  | 1,243 |
| Fianna Fáil | Peter Keane[*] | 10.88%  | 900  | 935  | 940  | 944  | 946  | 965  | 987  | 1,016  | 1,059
| Fine Gael | Clodagh Higgins | 9.80%  | 811  | 851  | 867  | 871  | 878  | 890  | 916  | 941  | 1,040
| Fianna Fáil | John Connolly | 8.87%  | 734  | 764  | 769  | 775  | 779  | 808  | 825  | 891  | 960
| Fine Gael | Pearce Flannery[*] | 8.72%  | 721  | 752  | 759  | 761  | 769  | 772  | 786  | 809  | 882
| Social Democrats | John Crowley  | 5.93%  | 491  | 503  | 540  | 548  | 566  | 574  | 613  | 705  |
| Sinn Féin | Cathal Ó Conchúir[*] | 5.10%  | 422  | 434  | 440  | 444  | 455  | 461  | 473  |  |
| Independent | Marian Maloney  | 2.21%  | 183  | 198  | 204  | 210  | 222  | 240  |  |  |
| Independent | Tommy Roddy  | 1.66%  | 137  | 145  | 147  | 160  | 166  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Marc Anderson  | 1.10%  | 91  | 95  | 98  | 111  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Darius Ivan  | 0.36%  | 30  | 33  | 34  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Claire Keegan  | 0.36%  | 30  | 31  | 33  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Patrick Feeney  | 0.18%  | 15  | 16  | 16  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 16,574  Valid: 8,273  Spoilt: 125  Quota: 1,182  Turnout: 8,398 (50.67%)

### Footnotes

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1. ^ a b c See change below.

## Changes

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### Co-options

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Party  | Outgoing  | LEA  | Reason  | Date  | Co-optee

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|  Green | Pauline O'Reilly | Galway City West  | Elected to 26th Seanad at the 2020 Seanad election[9][10] | March 2020  | Niall Murphy[11]
|  Fianna Fáil | Ollie Crowe | Galway City Central  | Elected to 26th Seanad at the 2020 Seanad election[10] | 8 June 2020  | Imelda Byrne[12]
|  Social Democrats | Owen Hanley  | Galway City East  | Resigned[13] | January 2023  | Alan Curran

### Changes in affiliation

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Name  | LEA  | Elected as  | New affiliation  | Date

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Noel Larkin  | Galway City East  |  |  Independent |  |  Independent Ireland | March 2024

## References

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### Sources

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* "Galway City Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
* "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Government of Ireland. Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 40–45\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

### Citations

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1. ^ Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 2 (13 June 2018). Report 2018 (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 30–33, 56. ISBN 978-1-4064-2991-6. Retrieved 8 May 2019.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
2. ^ City of Galway Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 (S.I. No. 617 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 6 June 2021. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 May 2019.
3. ^ Bradley, Dara (27 May 2019). "RESULT: City Central count completed". Connacht Tribune. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
4. ^ DHPLG 2019, pp. 40–41.
5. ^ Corrigan, Stephen (27 May 2019). "13th Count (Recount) Galway East: RESULT". Connacht Tribune. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
6. ^ DHPLG 2019, pp. 42–43.
7. ^ Bradley, Dara (27 May 2019). "RESULT: Galway City West". Connacht Tribune. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
8. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 45.
9. ^ O'Halloran, Marie (1 April 2020). "Seanad elections: Traveller candidate narrowly loses out on election". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
10. ^ a b O'Halloran, Marie (4 April 2020). "Seanad election results: Full list of Senators voted in to new Seanad". Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
11. ^ Varley, Declan (28 May 2020). "Greens select O'Reilly replacement for City Council". Galway Advertiser. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
12. ^ "Will councillors provide the strong leadership needed after Covid-19?". Galway Advertiser. 11 June 2020. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
13. ^ "City councillor resigns following serious allegations". Connacht Tribune. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.

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