2019 Wexford County Council election

Part of the 2019 Irish local elections

2019 Wexford County Council election

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All 34 seats on Wexford County Council
18 seats needed for a majority
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Party  | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour
Seats won  | 12  | 9  | 2
Seat change  |  1  |  |

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party
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Party  | Sinn Féin | Aontú | Independent
Seats won  | 2  | 1  | 8
Seat change  |  3  |  1  |  2

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Results by local electoral area

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|  | Council control after election

Fianna Fáil/ Independents

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An election to all 24 seats on Wexford County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Wexford was 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).

## Boundary review[edit]

Following the recommendations of the 2018 LEA boundary review, the four LEAs used at the 2014 Wexford County Council election were revised, as each exceeded the maximum of 7 seats in the 2018 terms of reference, and replaced by a new set of 6 LEAs.[1][2]

## Results by party[edit]

Fianna Fáil gained an additional seat boosting their numbers to 12 overall while also increasing their vote by almost 3%. The party was boosted by the candidature of Malcolm Byrne in the South constituency at the 2019 European Parliament election held on the same day. However outgoing Cathaoirleach Keith Doyle proved to be a casualty in the Enniscorthy LEA. Fine Gael retained 9 seats overall while Labour returned 2 seats again; this time both from the Wexford LEA. Independents increased their numbers by 2 seats from 6 to 8. Sinn Féin lost 3 seats, including 1 to Aontú, to be reduced to just 2 seats in total.

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

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| Fianna Fáil | 12  | 1  | 18,066  | 30.03  | 2.63
| Fine Gael | 9  |  | 15,095  | 25.09  | 0.49
| Labour | 2  |  | 5,343  | 8.88  | 0.48
| Sinn Féin | 2  | 3  | 4,540  | 7.55  | 4.55
| Aontú | 1  | 1  | 1,017  | 1.69  | New
| Renua | 0  |  | 1,289  | 2.14  | New
| People Before Profit | 0  | 1  | 1,074  | 1.79  | 0.01
| Inds. 4 Change | 0  |  | 757  | 1.26  | New
| Direct Democracy | 0  |  | 53  | 0.09  | 0.12
| Independent | 8  | 2  | 12,929  | 21.49  | 0.99
Total  | 34  |  | 60,163  | 100.0  |

## Results by local electoral area[edit]

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

### Enniscorthy[edit]

Enniscorthy: 6 seats[3][4] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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| Fine Gael | Kathleen Codd-Nolan[*] | 13.16%  | 1,419  | 1,485  | 1,539  | 1,630 |  |
| Independent | John O'Rourke | 12.01%  | 1,295  | 1,366  | 1,462  | 1,573 |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Barbara-Anne Murphy[*] | 11.58%  | 1,249  | 1,293  | 1,336  | 1,449  | 1,463  | 1,520
| Fine Gael | Cathal Byrne | 11.40%  | 1,230  | 1,270  | 1,332  | 1,368  | 1,381  | 1,419
| Fianna Fáil | Aidan Browne | 9.22%  | 995  | 1,017  | 1,052  | 1,228  | 1,246  | 1,362
| Independent | Jackser Owens | 9.09%  | 980  | 1,038  | 1,105  | 1,171  | 1,178  | 1,569
| Fine Gael | Paddy Kavanagh[*] | 8.97%  | 967  | 993  | 1,026  | 1,152  | 1,175  | 1,298
| Sinn Féin | Johnny Mythen[*] | 7.58%  | 818  | 884  | 928  | 1,016  | 1,021  |
| Fianna Fáil | Keith Doyle[*] | 7.31%  | 788  | 819  | 863  |  |  |
| Renua | Gerald O'Donoghue  | 4.86%  | 524  | 559  |  |  |  |
| Inds. 4 Change | Annette Byrne Moran  | 2.67%  | 288  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | John 'Texas' Byrne  | 2.16%  | 233  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 21,822  Valid: 10,786  Spoilt: 221  Quota: 1,541  Turnout: 11,007 (50.44%)

### Gorey[edit]

Gorey: 6 seats[5][6] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| Fianna Fáil | Malcolm Byrne[*][a] | 25.45%  | 2,639 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Anthony Donohoe[*] | 13.54%  | 1,404  | 1,511 |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Donal Kenny | 10.67%  | 1,106  | 1,305  | 1,314  | 1,337  | 1,428  | 1,441  | 1,452
| Fine Gael | Diarmuid Devereux | 9.69%  | 1,005  | 1,185  | 1,315  | 1,366  | 1,529 |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Sullivan[*] | 9.15%  | 949  | 1,219  | 1,236  | 1,273  | 1,431  | 1,446  | 1,455
| Sinn Féin | Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin[*] | 9.11%  | 945  | 1,023  | 1,038  | 1,177  | 1,297  | 1,307  | 1,312
| Independent | Jimmy Fleming  | 8.47%  | 878  | 974  | 1,011  | 1,131  | 1,276  | 1,285  | 1,289
| Labour | Robert Ireton[*] | 6.57%  | 681  | 801  | 845  | 925  |  |  |
| People Before Profit | Cinnamon Blackmore  | 4.79%  | 497  | 550  | 575  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Elaine Clarke  | 2.57%  | 266  | 320  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 19,989  Valid: 10,370  Spoilt: 208  Quota: 1,482  Turnout: 10,578 (52.92%)

### Kilmuckridge[edit]

Kilmuckridge: 4 seats[7][8] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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| Fianna Fáil | Pip Breen[*] | 18.12%  | 1,297  | 1,298  | 1,322  | 1,474 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Oliver Walsh[*] | 17.98%  | 1,287  | 1,289  | 1,307  | 1,360  | 1,375  | 1,383  | 1,544
| Independent | Mary Farrell[*] | 17.08%  | 1,223  | 1,239  | 1,400  | 1,533 |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Willie Kavanagh[†] | 15.64%  | 1,120  | 1,123  | 1,157  | 1,175  | 1,180  | 1,187  | 1,340
| Fine Gael | Edel Gahan  | 9.26%  | 663  | 665  | 686  | 738  | 772  | 795  | 937
| Renua | Peter Mernagh  | 8.58%  | 614  | 624  | 685  | 736  | 760  | 764  |
| Labour | Nicky Wafer  | 6.64%  | 475  | 483  | 528  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Colette Nolan  | 5.96%  | 427  | 436  |  |  |  |  |
| Direct Democracy | Jan Van De Ven  | 0.74%  | 53  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 13,701  Valid: 7,159  Spoilt: 117  Quota: 1,432  Turnout: 7,276 (53.11%)

### New Ross[edit]

New Ross: 6 seats[9][10] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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| Independent | Patrick Gerard Barden | 16.92%  | 1,980 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Sheehan[*] | 15.58%  | 1,824 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | John Fleming[*] | 11.90%  | 1,393  | 1,457  | 1,468  | 1,473  | 1,492  | 1,541  | 1,582  | 1,650
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Whelan[*] | 11.07%  | 1,296  | 1,333  | 1,348  | 1,359  | 1,381  | 1,415  | 1,462  | 1,765
| Independent | Anthony Connick[*] | 9.44%  | 1,105  | 1,143  | 1,170  | 1,219  | 1,267  | 1,403  | 1,550  | 1,644
| Fine Gael | Brídín Murphy | 7.92%  | 927  | 980  | 986  | 997  | 1,005  | 1,105  | 1,177  | 1,542
| Fine Gael | Willie Fitzharris[*] | 7.26%  | 850  | 898  | 905  | 916  | 924  | 968  | 1,007  |
| Independent | John Dwyer  | 6.72%  | 787  | 805  | 819  | 876  | 900  | 949  | 1,140  | 1,164
| Sinn Féin | Marie Doyle[†] | 4.98%  | 583  | 604  | 610  | 697  | 709  | 769  |  |
| Labour | Bridín Moloney  | 4.19%  | 490  | 505  | 508  | 563  | 573  |  |  |
| People Before Profit | Susan Jennifer Breen  | 2.73%  | 319  | 329  | 340  |  |  |  |  |
| Renua | Dorota Kulesza  | 1.29%  | 151  | 154  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 22,001  Valid: 11,705  Spoilt: 251  Quota: 1,673  Turnout: 11,956 (54.34%)

### Rosslare[edit]

Rosslare: 5 seats[11][12] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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| Independent | Ger Carthy[*] | 24.74%  | 2,317 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Frank Staples[*] | 16.57%  | 1,552  | 1,720 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Wallace  | 9.81%  | 919  | 942  | 946  | 952  | 1,041  | 1,090  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Lisa McDonald[†] | 9.71%  | 910  | 1,057  | 1,076  | 1,112  | 1,169  | 1,252  | 1,620 |
| Fine Gael | Jim Moore[*] | 9.45%  | 885  | 1,027  | 1,065  | 1,120  | 1,266  | 1,361  | 1,539  | 1,562
| Sinn Féin | Mick Roche[*] | 8.96%  | 839  | 912  | 964  | 983  | 1,015  | 1,150  | 1,250  | 1,258
| Aontú | Jim Codd | 8.30%  | 777  | 858  | 892  | 907  | 1,024  | 1,114  | 1,295  | 1,322
| Fine Gael | Paul Codd  | 5.27%  | 494  | 527  | 529  | 535  |  |  |  |
| Inds. 4 Change | Jane Johnstone  | 5.01%  | 469  | 533  | 578  | 581  | 611  |  |  |
| Independent | Terry Lawton  | 2.19%  | 205  | 229  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 17,103  Valid: 9,367  Spoilt: 153  Quota: 1,562  Turnout: 9,520 (55.66%)

### Wexford[edit]

Wexford: 7 seats[13][4] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Labour | George Lawlor[*] | 21.92%  | 2,362 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | John Hegarty[*] | 12.53%  | 1,350 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Leonard Kelly | 10.34%  | 1,114  | 1,239  | 1,259  | 1,297  | 1,362 |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Garry Laffan | 8.62%  | 929  | 973  | 978  | 995  | 998  | 1,038  | 1,106  | 1,106  | 1,354
| Sinn Féin | Tom Forde[†] | 8.61%  | 928  | 1,002  | 1,005  | 1,028  | 1,072  | 1,085  | 1,103  | 1,107  | 1,159
| Labour | Maura Bell | 7.63%  | 822  | 1,071  | 1,075  | 1,092  | 1,107  | 1,180  | 1,337  | 1,339  | 1,493
| Independent | Davy Hynes[*][a] | 7.02%  | 756  | 866  | 874  | 921  | 977  | 1,008  | 1,069  | 1,077  | 1,225
| Fianna Fáil | Colin Murphy  | 6.05%  | 652  | 727  | 729  | 750  | 757  | 776  | 832  | 832  |
| Labour | Joe Ryan  | 4.76%  | 513  | 734  | 736  | 740  | 762  | 805  | 895  | 895  | 989
| Fine Gael | Ger Walsh  | 3.88%  | 418  | 456  | 457  | 458  | 469  | 647  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Angela Reville  | 3.51%  | 378  | 434  | 435  | 442  | 447  |  |  |  |
| People Before Profit | Tony Walsh[†] | 2.39%  | 258  | 268  | 273  | 282  |  |  |  |  |
| Aontú | Elaine Cole  | 2.23%  | 240  | 246  | 252  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Mícheál Ó Drisceol  | 0.52%  | 56  | 62  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 22,044  Valid: 10,776  Spoilt: 169  Quota: 1,348  Turnout: 10,945 (49.65%)

### Footnotes[edit]

1. ^ a b See change below.

## Results by gender[edit]

2019 Wexford County Council election[14][15]
Candidates by gender

Gender  | Number of
candidates  | % of
candidates  | Elected
councillors  | % of
councillors
Men  | 34  | 69.4%  | 16  | 80.0%
Women  | 15  | 30.6%  | 4  | 20.0%
TOTAL | 49 |  | 20 |

## Changes after the 2019 election[edit]

### Co-options[edit]

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

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|  Fianna Fáil | Malcolm Byrne | Gorey  | Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2019 Wexford by-election in November 2019[16] | 20 January 2020  | Andrew Bolger[17][18]

### Changes in affiliation[edit]

Name  | LEA  | Elected as  | New affiliation  | Date

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Davy Hynes  | Wexford  |  |  Independent |  |  Sinn Féin | December 2022

## References[edit]

### Sources[edit]

* "Wexford County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 14 May 2019. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
* "Local Elections 2019: Results". Wexford County Council. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
* "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

### Citations[edit]

1. ^ Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). Report 2018 (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 118–121, 166. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2019.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
2. ^ County of Wexford Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 (S.I. No. 637 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 2 February 2019. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 May 2019.
3. ^ "Local election 24 May 2019 – constituency of Enniscorthy LEA" (PDF). Wexford County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
4. ^ a b DHPLG 2019, p. 213.
5. ^ "Local election 24 May 2019 – constituency of Gorey LEA" (PDF). Wexford County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
6. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 214.
7. ^ "Local election 24 May 2019 – constituency of Kilmuckridge LEA" (PDF). Wexford County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
8. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 215.
9. ^ "Local election 24 May 2019 – constituency of New Ross LEA" (PDF). Wexford County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
10. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 216.
11. ^ "Local election 24 May 2019 – constituency of Rosslare LEA" (PDF). Wexford County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
12. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 217.
13. ^ "Local election 24 May 2019 – constituency of Wexford LEA" (PDF). Wexford County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
14. ^ "Wexford County Council: Malcolm Byrne elected, but has sights on bigger battle". The Irish Times. Dublin. 27 May 2019 [25 May 2019]. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021.
15. ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
16. ^ Bray, Jennifer (30 November 2019). "Wexford byelection: Fianna Fáil's Malcolm Byrne tops poll". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021.
17. ^ Walsh, Dan. "Andrew Bolger is Gorey's new Council member". Wexford Today. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
18. ^ Walsh, Dan (20 January 2020). "Welcome for Council's youngest member Andrew Bolger". Wexford Today. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020.

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