2024 Offaly County Council election

Part of the 2024 Irish local elections

2024 Offaly County Council election

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All 19 seats on Offaly County Council
10 seats needed for a majority

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Area of Offaly County Council

An election to all 19 seats on Offaly County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Offaly  is divided into 3 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  | Candidates  | Seats  | ±  | 1st pref | FPv% | ±%

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| Fianna Fáil | 10  | 8  |  | 12,603  | 38.89  | -1.06
| Fine Gael | 5  | 5  | 1  | 6,652  | 20.53  | -1.11
| Sinn Féin | 5  | 3  | 3  | 3,186  | 9.83  | +5.25
| Independent Ireland | 1  | 1  | New | 1,320  | 4.07  | New
| Social Democrats | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1,220  | 3.77  | +1.66
| Green | 3  | 0  | 1  | 807  | 2.49  | +0.61
| Irish Freedom | 1  | 0  | New | 418  | 1.29  | New
| Aontú | 1  | 0  | New | 191  | 0.59  | New
| Independent | 9  | 2  | 1  | 6,006  | 18.53  | +2.36
Total  | 37  | 19  |  | 32,403  | 100.00  |

## Results by local electoral area

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

### Birr

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Birr: 6 Seats[3][4] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
| Fianna Fáil | Peter Ormond[*] | 16.22%  | 1,943 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | John Leahy[*] | 15.15%  | 1,815 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | John Clendennen[*] | 13.03%  | 1,562  | 1,644  | 1,666  | 1,677  | 1,708  | 1,782 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Hugh Egan | 9.77%  | 1,171  | 1,176  | 1,185  | 1,185  | 1,196  | 1,206  | 1,307  | 1,378  | 1,393  | 1,458  | 1,877 |
| Sinn Féin | Sean Maher | 7.74%  | 927  | 943  | 949  | 957  | 981  | 1,055  | 1,088  | 1,113  | 1,137  | 1,236  | 1,264  | 1,282
| Fianna Fáil | Barbara Daly  | 7.34%  | 879  | 895  | 905  | 905  | 916  | 918  | 979  | 1,012  | 1,012  | 1,047  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Audrey Hennessy-Kennedy | 6.92%  | 829  | 907  | 916  | 923  | 940  | 1,022  | 1,039  | 1,083  | 1,110  | 1,212  | 1,507  | 1,573
| Social Democrats | Clare Claffey[*] | 5.03%  | 603  | 609  | 618  | 624  | 700  | 734  | 785  | 901  | 913  | 1,089  | 1,175  | 1,256
| Independent | Jonathan O'Meara  | 4.62%  | 554  | 561  | 570  | 577  | 622  | 671  | 727  | 880  | 881  |  |  |
| Independent | Mike Boylan  | 4.03%  | 483  | 486  | 493  | 499  | 548  | 578  | 645  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Martin Buckley  | 3.58%  | 429  | 431  | 443  | 444  | 459  | 470  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Michael Deegan  | 3.17%  | 380  | 385  | 388  | 402  | 425  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aontú | Aubrey Claffey  | 1.59%  | 191  | 194  | 198  | 199  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Green | Ekaterina Koneva  | 1.19%  | 143  | 147  | 148  | 153  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Garrett Kelly  | 0.59%  | 71  | 75  | 76  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 22,379  Valid: 11,980  Spoilt: 159  Quota: 1,712  Turnout: 12,139 (54.24%)

### Edenderry

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Edenderry: 6 Seats[3][5] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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| Fianna Fáil | Eddie Fitzpatrick[*]†  | 22.83%  | 1,998 |  |  |  |  |
| Independent Ireland | Fergus McDonnell | 15.08%  | 1,320 |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Claire Murray | 12.96%  | 1,134  | 1,361 |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Liam Quinn[*] | 12.18%  | 1,066  | 1,156  | 1,172  | 1,179  | 1,271 |
| Fine Gael | Noel Cribben[*] | 10.18%  | 891  | 978  | 987  | 992  | 1,043  | 1,185
| Sinn Féin | Claire Murray | 7.40%  | 648  | 709  | 716  | 884  | 912  | 1,128
| Social Democrats | John McNamee  | 7.05%  | 617  | 639  | 641  | 650  | 692  |
| Fianna Fáil | Robert McDermott[*] | 7.01%  | 614  | 757  | 817  | 820  | 867  | 1,112
| Green | Mark Hackett  | 3.08%  | 270  | 362  | 371  | 380  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Rory Ryan  | 2.22%  | 194  | 219  | 226  |  |  |
Electorate: 18,340  Valid: 8,752  Spoilt: 133  Quota: 1,251  Turnout: 8,885 (48.45%)

### Tullamore

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Tullamore: 7 Seats[3][6] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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| Fine Gael | Neil Feighery[*] | 16.81%  | 1,962 |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Frank Moran[*] | 12.24%  | 1,429  | 1,450  | 1,459 |  |  |
| Independent | Sean O'Brien[*] | 11.45%  | 1,337  | 1,393  | 1,445  | 1,538 |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Tony McCormack[*] | 11.36%  | 1,326  | 1,422  | 1,429  | 1,509 |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Declan Harvey[*] | 10.87%  | 1,269  | 1,339  | 1,357  | 1,415  | 1,441  | 1,466
| Sinn Féin | Aoife Masterson | 10.42%  | 1,216  | 1,267  | 1,418  | 1,483 |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Ollie Bryant | 10.13%  | 1,182  | 1,308  | 1,323  | 1,373  | 1,388  | 1,408
| Independent | Sandy Feehan-Smollen[†] | 6.70%  | 782  | 808  | 863  | 895  | 913  | 916
| Irish Freedom | Paddy Broder  | 4.12%  | 418  | 423  | 449  | 453  | 454  | 456
| Green | Liam Walsh  | 3.37%  | 394  | 425  | 435  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Tim Farrell  | 1.72%  | 201  | 204  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Deirdre Dillon  | 1.33%  | 155  | 173  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 23,791  Valid: 11,671  Spoilt: 162  Quota: 1,459  Turnout: 11,833 (49.74%)

### Changes since 2024

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* †Fianna Fáil Edenderry Cllr Eddie Fitzpatrick resigned from the party and became an Independent on 8 October 2024.[7]

## References

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1. ^ "Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick mayoral elections". Gov.ie (Press release). Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
2. ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
3. ^ a b c "Notice of Poll" (PDF). Offaly County Council. 22 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
4. ^ "Birr LEA Results" (PDF). Retrieved 14 June 2024.
5. ^ "Edenderry LEA Results" (PDF). Retrieved 14 June 2024.
6. ^ "Tullamore LEA Results" (PDF). Retrieved 14 June 2024.
7. ^ url=https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/elections/1624435/election-shock-in-portarlington-as-fianna-fail-councillor-opts-to-run-for-dail-as-independent.html

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