2024 Fingal County Council election

Part of the 2024 Irish local elections

2024 Fingal County Council election

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| ← 2019 | 7 June 2024 | 2029 →

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All 40 seats on Fingal County Council
21 seats needed for a majority

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Results by Local Electoral Area

An election to all 40 seats on Fingal County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] Fingal 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]

## Campaign

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On 8 May, councillor Tania Doyle and her husband, while erecting election posters, were assaulted by a man shouting anti-immigration and anti-Muslim rhetoric while an accomplice filmed it. Her husband was left bleeding, bruised and knocked to the ground by the assault which also saw Doyle herself punched in the head after she attempted to shield her husband. The assault lasted 15 minutes and only ended when the accomplice pulled the assaulter away from kicking Doyle's husband while on the ground. Doyle stated she feared for their lives and would not be canvassing for the remainder of the election.[3] The Gardaí stated that they are investigating the matter.[3]

## Results by party

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Party  | First-preference votes  | Seats

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Votes  | % FPv  | Swing (pp)  | Cand. | 2019 | Elected
2024  | Change
| Fine Gael | 14,096  | 16.37  | 0.56  | 9  | 7  | 7  |
| Labour | 12,275  | 14.25  | 1.07  | 8  | 6  | 7  | 1
| Fianna Fáil | 14,723  | 17.10  | 0.15  | 13  | 8  | 6  | 2
| Sinn Féin | 9,615  | 11.17  | 2.09  | 15  | 4  | 4  |
| Social Democrats | 5,630  | 6.54  | 0.63  | 5  | 2  | 2  |
| Aontú | 3,859  | 4.48  | 2.28  | 4  | 0  | 2  | 2
| Solidarity | 2,401  | 2.79  | 0.86  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 1
| Green | 5,134  | 5.96  | 8.11  | 7  | 5  | 1  | 4
| Inds. 4 Change | 2,000  | 2.32  | 0.68  | 1  | 1  | 1  |
| National Party | 456  | 0.53  | New | 1  | New | 1  | 1
| People Before Profit | 926  | 1.08  | 0.75  | 3  | 0  | 0  |
| Irish Freedom | 750  | 0.87  | New | 2  | New | 0  |
| The Irish People | 139  | 0.16  | New | 1  | New | 0  |
| Independent | 14,112  | 16.39  | 0.66  | 19  | 6  | 7  | 1
Total Valid  | 86,116  | 98.66  |
Spoilt votes  | 1,172  | 1.34
Total  | 87,288  | 100.00  | —  | 91  | 40  | 40  |
Registered voters/Turnout  | 208,819  | 41.80  |

## Results by LEA

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

### Balbriggan

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Balbriggan: 5 seats[4] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
| Independent | Tony Murphy[*] | 19.48  | 2,148 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Labour | Brendan Ryan[†] | 14.47  | 1,595  | 1,627  | 1,637  | 1,660  | 1,680  | 1,736  | 1,779  | 2,009 |   |
| Fine Gael | Tom O'Leary[*] | 13.07  | 1,441  | 1,463  | 1,469  | 1,484  | 1,501  | 1,519  | 1,544  | 1,886 |   |
| Independent | Grainne Maguire[*] | 12.05  | 1,328  | 1,470  | 1,516  | 1,560  | 1,679  | 1,768  | 1,887 |   |   |
| Green | Karen Power[†] | 9.63  | 1,062  | 1,071  | 1,073  | 1,098  | 1,099  | 1,192  | 1,216  | 1,370  | 1,452  | 1,459
| Fianna Fáil | Sinéad Lucey Brennan  | 7.41  | 817  | 835  | 839  | 855  | 861  | 883  | 921  |   |   |
| Sinn Féin | Malachy Quinn | 7.29  | 804  | 831  | 845  | 871  | 884  | 945  | 1,454  | 1,504  | 1,517  | 1,559
| Sinn Féin | Anne Marie Brady  | 6.15  | 678  | 695  | 702  | 722  | 736  | 837  |   |   |   |
| People Before Profit | Bryn Edwards  | 3.93  | 433  | 442  | 452  | 494  | 509  |   |   |   |   |
| Irish Freedom | John Oakes  | 2.93  | 323  | 333  | 367  | 373  |   |   |   |   |   |
| Independent | Oghenetano John Uwhumiakpor  | 2.16  | 238  | 249  | 246  |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Independent | Derek Mcloughlin  | 1.22  | 134  | 145  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Independent | Aneta Laska  | 0.21  | 23  | 25  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
Electorate: 25,174   Valid: 11,024   Spoilt: 128   Quota: 1,838   Turnout: 11,152 (44.30%)

### Blanchardstown–Mulhuddart

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Blanchardstown–Mulhuddart: 5 seats[5] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
| Labour | Mary McCamley[*] | 11.14  | 685  | 711  | 715  | 737  | 745  | 836  | 896  | 945  | 974  | 1,002  | 1,105 |
| Fianna Fáil | John-Kingley Onwumereh[†] | 10.82  | 665  | 671  | 671  | 687  | 697  | 724  | 891  | 908  | 925  | 937  | 1,001  | 1,021
| Fine Gael | Steve O'Reilly[†] | 9.30  | 572  | 589  | 589  | 619  | 625  | 653  | 729  | 750  | 766  | 775  | 816  | 835
| Sinn Féin | Breda Hanaphy[*] | 8.51  | 523  | 524  | 526  | 533  | 663  | 689  | 724  | 773  | 1,155 |   |   |
| Solidarity | John Burtchaell[*] | 7.77  | 478  | 485  | 495  | 508  | 522  | 602  | 615  | 673  | 717  | 764  | 840  | 855
| Aontú | Robbie Loughlin  | 7.60  | 467  | 469  | 483  | 488  | 495  | 538  | 550  | 604  | 617  | 640  |   |
| National Party | Patrick Quinlan | 7.42  | 456  | 456  | 508  | 508  | 515  | 521  | 528  | 665  | 673  | 684  | 838  | 855
| Fianna Fáil | Lorna Nolan  | 7.11  | 437  | 438  | 440  | 447  | 451  | 461  |   |   |   |   |   |
| Sinn Féin | Damien Bissett  | 6.55  | 403  | 405  | 407  | 417  | 515  | 543  | 555  | 569  |   |   |   |
| Independent | Susanne Delaney  | 6.55  | 388  | 392  | 411  | 439  | 451  | 471  | 488  |   |   |   |   |
| Social Democrats | Neil Dowling  | 5.94  | 365  | 383  | 387  | 397  | 402  |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Sinn Féin | Louise Kavanagh  | 5.09  | 313  | 314  | 316  | 317  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Independent | Shashank Chakerwarti  | 2.64  | 162  | 164  | 167  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| The Irish People | Andy Heasman  | 2.26  | 139  | 140  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Green | Oisín Ó hAlmhain  | 1.55  | 95  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
Electorate: 19,395   Valid: 6,148   Spoilt: 156 (2.47%)   Quota: 1,025   Turnout: 6,304 (32.50%)

### Castleknock

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Castleknock: 6 seats[6] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| Fine Gael | Ted Leddy[*] | 15.26  | 2,153 |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Labour | John Walsh[*] | 13.73  | 1,937  | 1,952  | 2,045 |   |   |   |   |
| Fine Gael | Siobhan Shovlin[†] | 13.40  | 1,891  | 1,962  | 2,006  | 2,011  | 2,364 |   |   |
| Aontú | Ellen Troy | 11.86  | 1,674  | 1,682  | 1,729  | 1,730  | 1,795  | 1,815  | 2,087 |
| Solidarity | Ruth Coppinger†††  | 11.00  | 1,553  | 1,556  | 1,671  | 1,678  | 1,951  | 1,990  | 2,429 |
| Fianna Fáil | Eimear Carbone-Mangan | 8.02  | 1,132  | 1,148  | 1,165  | 1,167  | 1,317  | 1,451  | 1,508  | 1,584
| Fianna Fáil | Howard Mahony[*] | 7.92  | 1,118  | 1,134  | 1,144  | 1,146  | 1,276  | 1,332  | 1,395  | 1,459
| Sinn Féin | Philip Lynam  | 7.90  | 1,115  | 1,116  | 1,171  | 1,172  | 1,221  | 1,229  |   |
| Green | Pamela Conroy[†] | 7.19  | 1,015  | 1,021  | 1,113  | 1,124  |   |   |   |
| Social Democrats | Luke Daly  | 3.67  | 519  | 520  |   |   |   |   |   |
Electorate: 34,239   Valid: 14,107   Spoilt: 156 (1.09%)   Quota: 2,016   Turnout: 14,263 (41.65%)

### Howth–Malahide

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Howth–Malahide: 7 seats[7] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| Social Democrats | Joan Hopkins[†] | 15.64  | 3,272 |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Fine Gael | Aoibhinn Tormey[*] | 11.39  | 2,383  | 2,507  | 2,550  | 2,612  | 2,637 |   |   |
| Fianna Fáil | Cathal Haughey | 10.80  | 2,260  | 2,305  | 2,335  | 2,411  | 2,498  | 2,710 |   |
| Fianna Fáil | Eoghan O'Brien[*] | 10.23  | 2,139  | 2,155  | 2,164  | 2,224  | 2,269  | 2,400  | 2,437  | 2,490
| Labour | Brian McDonagh[*] | 10.11  | 2,114  | 2,210  | 2,234  | 2,275  | 2,455  | 2,568  | 2,628 |
| Fine Gael | Anthony Lavin[*] | 8.45  | 1,767  | 1,782  | 1,794  | 1,836  | 1,857  | 2,036  | 2,078  | 2,108
| Independent | Jimmy Guerin[*] | 8.10  | 1,695  | 1,770  | 1,910  | 2,115  | 2,379  | 2,814 |   |
| Green | David Healy[*] | 7.61  | 1,591  | 1,742  | 1,788  | 1,828  | 1,955  | 2,082  | 2,142  | 2,154
| Independent | Margaret Donnellan  | 5.40  | 1,130  | 1,157  | 1,218  | 1,389  | 1,553  |   |   |
| Sinn Féin | Tara Bailey  | 4.57  | 956  | 1,006  | 1,240  | 1,301  |   |   |   |
| Aontú | Margaret McGovern  | 4.28  | 896  | 914  | 989  |   |   |   |   |
| Sinn Féin | Kevin Doherty  | 1.58  | 331  | 350  |   |   |   |   |   |
| Independent | Jamie McGlue  | 1.21  | 253  | 263  |   |   |   |   |   |
| Independent | Vedh Kannan  | 0.38  | 80  | 87  |   |   |   |   |   |
| Independent | Motseta Rachel Ndlovu  | 0.24  | 50  | 54  |   |   |   |   |   |
Electorate: 46,575   Valid: 20,917   Spoilt: 232   Quota: 2,615   Turnout: 21,149 (45.41%)

### Ongar

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Ongar: 5 seats[8] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
| Independent | Tania Doyle[*] | 24.06  | 2,057 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Sinn Féin | Angela Donnelly[†] | 13.05  | 1,116  | 1,227  | 1,232  | 1,247  | 1,257  | 1,406  | 1,739 |   |   |   |
| Fine Gael | Kieran Dennison[*] | 10.05  | 860  | 934  | 937  | 973  | 1,017  | 1,020  | 1,027  | 1,032  | 1,036  | 1,061  | 1,212
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Kitt[*] | 9.76  | 835  | 907  | 909  | 920  | 945  | 951  | 960  | 981  | 1,000  | 1,024  | 1,217
| Aontú | Gerard Sheehan | 9.61  | 822  | 924  | 931  | 942  | 961  | 973  | 978  | 1,026  | 1,225  | 1,322  | 1,396
| Fianna Fáil | Ali Asad  | 7.48  | 640  | 664  | 665  | 686  | 707  | 711  | 716  | 725  | 725  | 752  |
| Irish Freedom | Paul Fitzsimons  | 4.99  | 427  | 466  | 474  | 477  | 478  | 482  | 487  | 515  |   |   |
| Social Democrats | Ellen Murphy  | 4.65  | 398  | 459  | 470  | 503  | 591  | 608  | 614  | 656  | 683  | 924  | 972
| Solidarity | Kate Relihan  | 4.33  | 370  | 413  | 446  | 462  | 486  | 499  | 510  | 558  | 588  |   |
| Sinn Féin | Declan Cairns  | 3.84  | 328  | 340  | 340  | 345  | 346  | 408  |   |   |   |   |
| Sinn Féin | Niall O'Donoghue  | 2.99  | 256  | 279  | 282  | 287  | 288  |   |   |   |   |   |
| Green | Michelle Griffin[†] | 2.37  | 203  | 236  | 240  | 259  |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Labour | Nekesa Nancy Khisa  | 1.8  | 160  | 186  | 189  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| People Before Profit | Andrew Doyle  | 0.92  | 79  | 90  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
Electorate: 22,871   Valid: 8,551   Spoilt: 125   Quota: 1,426   Turnout: 8,676 (37.93%)

### Rush–Lusk

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Rush–Lusk: 5 seats[9] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| Labour | Robert O'Donoghue[*]††  | 25.99  | 3,185 |   |   |   |   |
| Labour | Corina Johnston | 14.00  | 1,716  | 1,952  | 2,068 |   |   |
| Independent | Cathal Boland[*] | 11.41  | 1,399  | 1,497  | 1,691  | 1,694  | 1,878  | 1,951
| Fine Gael | Eoghan Dockrell | 11.32  | 1,387  | 1,602  | 1,671  | 1,676  | 1,731  | 2,001
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Dennehy[*] | 9.28  | 1,137  | 1,387  | 1,439  | 1,440  | 1,500  | 1,689
| Social Democrats | Paul Mulville[*] | 8.78  | 1,076  | 1,158  | 1,310  | 1,323  | 1,618  | 1,991
| Fianna Fáil | Adrian Henchy[*] | 7.38  | 905  | 936  | 968  | 971  | 1,011  |
| Sinn Féin | Patrick Roche  | 6.09  | 747  | 888  | 945  | 946  |   |
| Green | Suzanne Young  | 2.61  | 320  | 378  |   |   |   |
| Independent | Fergal O'Connell  | 2.22  | 272  | 287  |   |   |   |
| Independent | Aneta Laska  | 0.87  | 107  | 124  |   |   |   |
Electorate: 26,494   Valid: 12,251   Spoilt: 157 (1.26%)   Quota: 2,042   Turnout: 12,408 (46.83%)

### Swords

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Swords: 7 seats[10] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
| Inds. 4 Change | Dean Mulligan[*] | 15.25  | 2,000 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Fianna Fáil | Darragh Butler[*] | 13.30  | 1,745 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Fine Gael | Luke Corkery | 12.52  | 1,642 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Independent | Joe Newman[*] | 10.42  | 1,367  | 1,464  | 1,511  | 1,537  | 1,551  | 1,630  | 1,760 |   |   |
| Independent | Darren Jack Kelly | 8.97  | 1,177  | 1,177  | 1,235  | 1,246  | 1,250  | 1,291  | 1,347  | 1,363  | 1,537  | 1,544
| Fianna Fáil | Brigid Manton[*] | 6.81  | 893  | 918  | 922  | 932  | 985  | 995  | 1,133  | 1,147  |   |
| Labour | James Humphreys[†] | 6.73  | 883  | 909  | 913  | 929  | 943  | 1,002  | 1,325  | 1,362  | 1,677 |
| Sinn Féin | Marian Buckley†  | 6.72  | 881  | 912  | 915  | 1,043  | 1,046  | 1,136  | 1,184  | 1,191  | 1,255  | 1,259
| Green | Ian Carey[*] | 6.46  | 848  | 875  | 880  | 884  | 897  | 962  |   |   |   |
| Sinn Féin | Ann Graves[*] | 6.42  | 842  | 878  | 883  | 997  | 1,000  | 1,057  | 1,138  | 1,150  | 1,245  | 1,247
| People Before Profit | Ollie Power  | 3.16  | 414  | 465  | 477  | 489  | 490  |   |   |   |   |
| Sinn Féin | Conor Linnane  | 2.45  | 322  | 340  | 340  |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Independent | Bernadette Wright  | 0.79  | 104  | 115  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
Electorate: 34,071   Valid: 13,118   Spoilt: 218   Quota: 1,640   Turnout: 13,336 (39.14%)

## Co-options

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

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|  Sinn Féin | Marian Buckley  | Swords  | Resigned due to health reasons [11] | 9 September 2024  | Ann Graves[12]
|  Sinn Féin | Ann Graves | Swords  | Elected to 34th Dáil for Dublin Fingal East at the 2024 general election[13] | 29 November 2024  | John Smyth[14]
|  Labour | Rob O'Donoghue | Rush-Lusk  | Elected to 34th Dáil for Dublin Fingal West at the 2024 general election[15] | 29 November 2024  | Kevin Humphreys[14]
|  PBP–Solidarity | Ruth Coppinger | Castleknock  | Elected to 34th Dáil for Dublin West at the 2024 general election[16] | 29 November 2024  | Helen Redwood[17]
|  Labour | Kevin Humphreys | Rush-Lusk  | Temporary replacement in advance of Seanad Election.[18] | 13 March 2025  | Mark Boland[17]

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