2024 Cork City Council election

Part of the 2024 Irish local elections

2024 Cork City Council election

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All 31 seats on Cork City Council
16 seats needed for a majority
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Party  | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Sinn Féin
Last election  | 8  | 7  | 4
Seats before  | 7  | 7  | 4
Seats won  | 9  | 5  | 4
Seat change  |  2  |  2  |

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party
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Party  | Green | Labour | Social Democrats
Last election  | 4  | 1  | 0
Seats before  | 3  | 1  | 0
Seats won  | 3  | 3  | 1
Seat change  |  |  2  |  1

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| Seventh party  | Eighth party  | Ninth party
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Party  | Independent Ireland | People Before Profit-Solidarity | Rabharta
Last election  | 0  | 1  | 0
Seats before  | 1  | 1  | 1
Seats won  | 1  | 1  | 0
Seat change  |  |  |  1

An election to all 31 seats on Cork City Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] Cork is divided into 5 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

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Party  | First-preference votes  | Seats

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Votes  | % FPv  | Swing (pp)  | Cand. | 2019 | Out. | Elected
2024  | Change
| Fianna Fáil | 16,648  | 24.28  | 0.24  | 12  | 8  | 7  | 9  | 1
| Fine Gael | 12,780  | 18.64  | 1.95  | 10  | 7  | 7  | 5  | 2
| Sinn Féin | 9,680  | 14.12  | 2.09  | 12  | 4  | 4  | 4  |
| Labour | 5,125  | 7.48  | 1.86  | 5  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 2
| Green | 4,117  | 6.01  | 4.24  | 5  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 1
| Social Democrats | 3,695  | 5.39  | 2.55  | 5  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
| Independent Ireland | 3,334  | 4.86  | New | 2  | 0  | New | 1  | New
| Solidarity | 1,356  | 1.98  | 0.36  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 1  |
| Aontú | 1,815  | 2.65  | 0.28  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  |
| The Irish People | 1,419  | 2.07  | New | 3  | New | 0  | 0  | New
| Rabharta | 523  | 0.76  | New | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1
| Ireland First | 330  | 0.48  | New | 1  | New | 0  | 0  | New
| People Before Profit | 226  | 0.33  | 0.50  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  |
| Independent | 6,400  | 9.34  | 5.34  | 14  | 5  | 5  | 4  | 1
Total Valid  | 68,554  | 98.65  |
Spoilt votes  | 938  | 1.35
Total  | 69,492  | 100.00  | —  | 76  | 30  | 29  | 31  |
Registered voters/Turnout  | 158,902  | 43.73  |

## Results by local electoral area

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^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.

### Cork City North East

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Cork City North East: 6 Seats[3][4] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
| Independent Ireland | Ken O'Flynn[*] | 22.58  | 3,134 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | John Maher[*] | 14.44  | 2,005 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Margaret McDonnell | 9.93  | 1,379  | 1,489  | 1,500  | 1,516  | 1,543  | 1,548  | 1,804  | 1,823  | 2,134 |  |
| Fine Gael | Joe Kavanagh[*] | 9.75  | 1,353  | 1,573  | 1,585  | 1,610  | 1,626  | 1,633  | 1,705  | 1,733  | 2,180 |  |
| Independent | Ted Tynan[*] | 6.55  | 909  | 1,118  | 1,207  | 1,248  | 1,284  | 1,432  | 1,476  | 1,699  | 1,734  | 1,768  | 1,803
| Green | Oliver Moran[*] | 6.53  | 906  | 947  | 959  | 1,068  | 1,083  | 1,094  | 1,132  | 1,336  | 1,436  | 1,585  | 1,668
| Fine Gael | Imelda Daly  | 6.31  | 876  | 925  | 928  | 955  | 969  | 975  | 1,017  | 1,048  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Christa Daley  | 6.07  | 843  | 934  | 947  | 991  | 1,290  | 1,326  | 1,344  | 1,546  | 1,574  | 1,587  | 1,607
| Solidarity | Edith Busteed  | 4.49  | 623  | 666  | 685  | 809  | 824  | 849  | 862  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Shane Ryan  | 3.23  | 448  | 543  | 550  | 559  | 574  | 579  |  |  |  |  |
| Social Democrats | Sinéad Halpin  | 3.00  | 416  | 442  | 454  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Mandy O'Leary-Hegarty  | 2.93  | 407  | 474  | 485  | 495  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| The Irish People | Anita Ward  | 2.50  | 347  | 461  | 515  | 521  | 531  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Martin Condon  | 1.42  | 197  | 265  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Tamasin MacCarthy Morrogh  | 0.27  | 38  | 55  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 32,628  Valid: 13,881  Spoilt: 190  Quota: 1,984  Turnout: 14,071 (43.13%)

### Cork City North West

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Cork City North West: 6 Seats[3][5] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
| Fianna Fáil | Tony Fitzgerald[*] | 15.73  | 1,930 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Damian Boylan[*] | 15.26  | 1,872 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | John Sheehan[*] | 12.82  | 1,573  | 1,655  | 1,727  | 1,780 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Kenneth Collins[*] | 10.42  | 1,279  | 1,298  | 1,303  | 1,313  | 1,332  | 1,373  | 1,374  | 1,424  | 1,463  | 1,769
| Sinn Féin | Michelle Gould | 9.18  | 1,126  | 1,147  | 1,153  | 1,172  | 1,223  | 1,278  | 1,279  | 1,321  | 1,411  | 1,773
| Sinn Féin | Mick Nugent[†] | 6.02  | 739  | 757  | 759  | 772  | 788  | 826  | 827  | 871  | 908  |
| Solidarity | Brian McCarthy[†] | 5.97  | 733  | 740  | 743  | 772  | 917  | 978  | 981  | 1,055  | 1,291  | 1,366
| The Irish People | Ross Lahive  | 5.90  | 724  | 728  | 730  | 742  | 748  | 883  | 885  | 1,104  | 1,130  | 1,173
| Aontú | Finian Twomey  | 4.65  | 570  | 575  | 580  | 590  | 609  | 700  | 702  |  |  |
| Independent | Stephen Morrissey  | 4.36  | 535  | 541  | 542  | 560  | 574  |  |  |  |  |
| Green | Louise Jordan  | 3.75  | 460  | 465  | 476  | 546  | 692  | 704  | 721  | 760  |  |
| Social Democrats | Saoirse Mackin  | 3.19  | 391  | 394  | 398  | 468  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | James Joy  | 2.75  | 337  | 344  | 352  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 30,018  Valid: 12,269  Spoilt: 257  Quota: 1,753  Turnout: 12,526 (41.73%)

### Cork City South Central

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Cork City South Central: 6 Seats[3][6] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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| Fine Gael | Shane O'Callaghan[*] | 17.49  | 1,870 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Martin[*] | 13.11  | 1,402  | 1,489  | 1,490  | 1,502  | 1,503  | 1,508  | 1,537 |  |  |
| Social Democrats | Pádraig Rice | 10.11  | 1,081  | 1,103  | 1,105  | 1,114  | 1,216  | 1,228  | 1,355  | 1,397  | 1,447  | 1,555
| Green | Dan Boyle[*] | 8.26  | 883  | 918  | 921  | 929  | 942  | 945  | 1,025  | 1,073  | 1,097  | 1,281
| Independent | Paudie Dineen[*] | 8.22  | 879  | 895  | 897  | 931  | 935  | 1,003  | 1,015  | 1,152  | 1,197  | 1,311
| Sinn Féin | Fiona Kerins[*] | 7.91  | 846  | 853  | 854  | 865  | 887  | 896  | 927  | 979  | 1,447  | 1,491
| Independent | William O'Brien  | 7.90  | 845  | 854  | 854  | 875  | 892  | 981  | 997  | 1,088  | 1,134  | 1,176
| Fianna Fáil | David Boyle  | 5.84  | 624  | 732  | 735  | 745  | 746  | 749  | 765  | 827  | 858  |
| Sinn Féin | Luke McGrath  | 5.76  | 616  | 628  | 629  | 643  | 666  | 689  | 701  | 734  |  |
| Aontú | Anna Daly  | 4.93  | 527  | 539  | 540  | 557  | 558  | 637  | 653  |  |  |
| Labour | Lekha Margassery  | 3.16  | 338  | 352  | 358  | 362  | 396  | 398  |  |  |  |
| Ireland First | Tommy Murphy  | 3.09  | 330  | 334  | 335  | 373  | 376  |  |  |  |  |
| People Before Profit | Shane Laird  | 2.11  | 226  | 227  | 228  | 231  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent Ireland | Joe Harris  | 1.87  | 200  | 212  | 214  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Joel Rajesh  | 0.23  | 25  | 28  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 26,020  Valid: 10,692  Spoilt: 108  Quota: 1,528  Turnout: 10,800 (41.51%)

### Cork City South East

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Cork City South East: 6 Seats[7][8] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
| Fianna Fáil | Terry Shannon[*] | 13.77%  | 2,157  | 2,160  | 2,163  | 2,169  | 2,188  | 2,201  | 2,214  | 2,302 |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Rose Desmond[*] | 12.11%  | 1,897  | 1,898  | 1,900  | 1,904  | 1,909  | 1,932  | 1,967  | 2,100  | 2,176  | 2,191  | 2,196  | 2,269
| Independent | Kieran McCarthy[*] | 11.18%  | 1,752  | 1,771  | 1,791  | 1,818  | 1,906  | 1,939  | 2,046  | 2,155  | 2,302 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Des Cahill[*] | 11.16%  | 1,748  | 1,750  | 1,754  | 1,757  | 1,764  | 1,775  | 1,814  | 1,975  | 2,015  | 2,033  | 2,040  | 2,119
| Labour | Peter Horgan | 7.69%  | 1,205  | 1,209  | 1,215  | 1,221  | 1,228  | 1,248  | 1,275  | 1,321  | 1,547  | 1,556  | 1,575  | 1,814
| Fine Gael | Deirdre Forde[*] | 7.58%  | 1,187  | 1,189  | 1,191  | 1,195  | 1,198  | 1,213  | 1,230  | 1,478  | 1,528  | 1,539  | 1,543  | 1,592
| Green | Honore Kamegni | 7.57%  | 1,186  | 1,189  | 1,200  | 1,207  | 1,213  | 1,238  | 1,331  | 1,400  | 1,706  | 1,715  | 1,731  | 1,934
| Fine Gael | Barry O'Brien  | 5.90%  | 924  | 925  | 925  | 928  | 937  | 951  | 968  |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Chris O'Leary  | 5.36%  | 840  | 840  | 852  | 869  | 894  | 1,274  | 1,320  | 1,339  | 1,434  | 1,446  | 1,449  |
| Social Democrats | Susan Doyle  | 5.10%  | 799  | 799  | 816  | 820  | 830  | 863  | 1,061  | 1,084  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Michelle Cowhey Shahid  | 3.95%  | 619  | 620  | 628  | 634  | 643  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Rabharta | Lorna Bogue[*] | 3.34%  | 523  | 532  | 594  | 629  | 688  | 730  |  |  |  |  |  |
| The Irish People | Michael O'Riordan  | 2.22%  | 348  | 363  | 367  | 456  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Shannon Wright  | 1.49%  | 234  | 243  | 252  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Rachel Hurley Roche  | 1.02%  | 160  | 168  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Tony Field  | 0.55%  | 86  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 34,109  Valid: 15,665  Spoilt: 183  Quota: 2,238  Turnout: 15,848 (46.46%)

### Cork City South West

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Cork City South West: 7 Seats[3][9] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
| Fianna Fáil | Colm Kelleher[*] | 10.88%  | 1,746  | 1,748  | 1,759  | 1,770  | 1,775  | 1,902  | 1,919  | 1,967  | 1,970  | 2,174 |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Fergal Dennehy[*] | 10.67%  | 1,713  | 1,724  | 1,758  | 1,826  | 1,870  | 1,943  | 1,994  | 2,051 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Garret Kelleher[*] | 9.72%  | 1,559  | 1,566  | 1,575  | 1,766  | 1,766  | 1,823  | 1,896  | 1,942  | 1,946  | 2,373 |  |  |  |
| Labour | Laura Harmon | 7.73%  | 1,240  | 1,260  | 1,290  | 1,346  | 1,377  | 1,435  | 1,648  | 1,689  | 1,692  | 1,735  | 1,789  | 1,816  | 1,951  | 1,986
| Fianna Fáil | Terry Coleman | 7.33%  | 1,176  | 1,184  | 1,196  | 1,267  | 1,274  | 1,334  | 1,373  | 1,404  | 1,415  | 1,456  | 1,573  | 1,595  | 1,654  | 1,663
| Independent | Albert Deasy | 7.10%  | 1,137  | 1,166  | 1,356  | 1,380  | 1,395  | 1,410  | 1,431  | 1,688  | 1,704  | 1,728  | 1,756  | 1,769  | 1,830  | 1,860
| Sinn Féin | Joe Lynch | 6.40%  | 1,027  | 1,034  | 1,046  | 1,049  | 1,154  | 1,169  | 1,192  | 1,223  | 1,224  | 1,293  | 1,309  | 1,337  | 2,120 |
| Social Democrats | Ciarán McCarthy  | 6.28%  | 1,008  | 1,030  | 1,048  | 1,058  | 1,075  | 1,110  | 1,274  | 1,309  | 1,311  | 1,385  | 1,431  | 1,459  | 1,548  | 1,588
| Fine Gael | Gary O'Brien  | 5.35%  | 858  | 863  | 870  | 917  | 922  | 970  | 1,003  | 1,035  | 1,035  |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Orla O'Leary  | 4.90%  | 787  | 800  | 823  | 833  | 1,177  | 1,188  | 1,224  | 1,261  | 1,262  | 1,290  | 1,297  | 1,306  |  |
| Aontú | Joanne Murphy  | 4.47%  | 718  | 729  | 762  | 765  | 770  | 787  | 811  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Green | Colette Finn[*] | 4.25%  | 682  | 692  | 698  | 723  | 731  | 759  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Olga Shevchenko  | 3.76%  | 603  | 609  | 613  | 623  | 625  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Trevor McCarthy  | 3.43%  | 551  | 569  | 615  | 620  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Andrea Christopher-Rea  | 3.32%  | 533  | 537  | 544  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Thomas Kiely  | 2.92%  | 469  | 519  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Aran MacDonnchadha  | 1.50%  | 240  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 36,127  Valid: 16,047  Spoilt: 200  Quota: 2,006  Turnout: 16,247 (44.97%)

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