2024 Westmeath County Council election

Part of the 2024 Irish local elections

2024 Westmeath County Council election

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All 20 seats on Westmeath County Council
11 seats needed for a majority
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Party  | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour
Last election  | 9  | 5  | 2
Seats before  | 9  | 5  | 2
Seats won  | 9  | 4  | 2
Seat change  |  |  1  |

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party
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Party  | Sinn Féin | Independent Ireland | Independent
Last election  | 0  | N/A | 2
Seats before  | 0  | 1  | 1
Seats won  | 2  | 1  | 2
Seat change  |  2  |  1  |

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Area of Westmeath County Council

An election to all 20 seats on Westmeath County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Westmeath is divided into 4 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  | 9  |  | 11,695  | 31.02  |  5.32
| Fine Gael | 8  | 4  |  1  | 7,420  | 19.68  |  3.62
| Labour | 4  | 2  |  | 3,584  | 9.51  |  0.77
| Sinn Féin | 7  | 2  |  2  | 3,295  | 8.74  |  2.94
| Independent Ireland | 3  | 1  | New | 1,575  | 4.18  | New
| Green | 3  | 0  |  2  | 916  | 2.43  |  1.05
| Aontú | 1  | 0  |  | 349  | 0.93  |  0.24
| Irish Freedom | 2  | 0  | New | 548  | 1.45  | New
| Ireland First | 2  | 0  | New | 482  | 1.28  | New
| Social Democrats | 1  | 0  |  | 318  | 0.84  |  0.26
| The Irish People | 1  | 0  | New | 92  | 0.24  | New
| Independent | 6  | 2  |  | 7,426  | 19.70  |  0.90
Total  | 48  | 20  |  | 37,700  | 100.00  |

## Retiring incumbents

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The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

Constituency  | Councillor  | Party

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Kinnegad | John Shaw[3] |  | Fianna Fáil
Kinnegad  | Paddy Hill[4] |  | Fianna Fáil
Kinnegad  | Frank McDermott  |  | Fine Gael

## Results by local electoral area

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

### Athlone

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Athlone: 5 Seats[5] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
| Independent | Kevin "Boxer" Moran | 39.64%  | 3,782 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Frankie Keena[*] | 14.37%  | 1,371  | 1,780 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | John Dolan[*] | 12.72%  | 1,214  | 1,568  | 1,639 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Aengus O'Rourke[*] | 11.77%  | 1,123  | 1,686 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Conor Dowling-Linehan  | 4.66%  | 445  | 563  | 571  | 579  | 579  | 599  | 628  | 644  |  |
| Green | Louise Heavin[*] | 3.82%  | 364  | 477  | 489  | 508  | 517  | 553  | 629  | 654  | 760  |
| Independent | Tom Cleary  | 3.31%  | 316  | 507  | 530  | 546  | 554  | 598  | 642  | 739  | 858  | 1,034
| Independent Ireland | Paul Hogan[†] | 3.25%  | 310  | 530  | 565  | 590  | 601  | 632  | 684  | 814  | 965  | 1,120
| Irish Freedom | Catrina O'Donohoe  | 2.91%  | 278  | 363  | 372  | 377  | 381  | 388  | 399  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Ruairí Keyes  | 1.98%  | 189  | 260  | 271  | 284  | 296  | 329  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Ray Lennon  | 1.56%  | 149  | 216  | 236  | 245  | 249  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 20,464  Valid: 9,541  Spoilt: 70  Quota: 1,591  Turnout: 9,661 (47.21%)

### Kinnegad

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Kinnegad: 5 Seats[6] [7] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
| Labour | Denis Leonard[*] | 14.91%  | 1,457  |  |  | 1,502  | 1,569  | 1,590  | 1,632 |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Alfie Devine | 12.64%  | 1,236  |  |  | 1,239  | 1,243  | 1,252  |  | 1,364  | 1,533  | 1,689 |  [8]
| Sinn Féin | David Jones | 11.61%  | 1,135  |  |  | 1,146  | 1,203  | 1,246  |  | 1,553  | 1,582  | 1,690 |
| Fianna Fáil | Niall Gaffney | 10.69%  | 1,045  |  |  | 1,052  | 1,066  | 1,105  |  |  | 1,125  | 1,225  | 1,287
| Fine Gael | Seamus MacDermott  | 10.04%  | 981  |  |  | 986  | 1,010  | 1,028  |  |  | 1,089  | 1,101  | 1,181
| Fine Gael | Emily Wallace[*] | 9.73%  | 951  |  |  | 960  | 1,019  | 1,040  |  |  | 1,072  | 1,252  | 1,421
| Independent Ireland | Brian Crum  | 6.05%  | 591  |  |  | 660  | 669  | 732  |  |  | 1,015  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Shauna Coyne  | 5.86%  | 573  |  |  | 578  | 600  | 614  |  | 635  |  |  |
| Independent | Noleen Fanning  | 4.38%  | 428  |  |  | 464  | 468  | 528  | 548  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Maureen Piggot  | 3.87%  | 378  |  |  | 399  | 468  | 501  |  |  |  |  |
| Aontú | Laura O’Neill  | 3.57%  | 349  |  |  | 390  | 397  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Anthonia Izekor  | 1.79%  | 175  |  |  | 196  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Frances Monahan  | 1.53%  | 150  |  |  | 161  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Green | Carol Okeke  | 1.24%  | 121  | 122  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Ireland First | Sarah Heraty  | 1.16%  | 113  |  | 133  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| The Irish People | Ian McGauley  | 0.94%  | 92  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 18,090  Valid: 9,775  Spoilt: 123  Quota: 1,630  Turnout: 9,898 (54.72%)

### Moate

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Moate: 4 Seats[9] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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| Fine Gael | Tom Farrell[*] | 23.96%  | 2,185 |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Vinny McCormack[*] | 17.87%  | 1,630  | 1,777  | 1,797  | 1,833 |
| Fianna Fáil | Liam McDaniel[*] | 16.23%  | 1,480  | 1,512  | 1,522  | 1,558  | 1,826
| Labour | Johnnie Penrose[*] | 15.80%  | 1,441  | 1,516  | 1,537  | 1,663  | 1,851
| Independent | Michael O’Brien  | 11.24%  | 1,025  | 1,093  | 1,174  | 1,253  | 1,465
| Independent Ireland | Paul Hogan[††] | 7.39%  | 674  | 697  | 779  | 873  |
| Sinn Féin | John Lawlor  | 4.56%  | 416  | 424  | 445  |  |
| Irish Freedom | Shane Lynam  | 2.96%  | 270  | 277  |  |  |
Electorate: 16,297  Valid: 9,121  Spoilt: 72  Quota: 1,825  Turnout: 9,193 (56.41%)

### Mullingar

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Mullingar: 6 Seats[10] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Independent | Mick Dollard[*] | 18.31%  | 1,696 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Ken Glynn[*] | 14.27%  | 1,322  | 1,387 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Aoife Davitt[*] | 10.54%  | 976  | 1,009  | 1,017  | 1,023  | 1,029  | 1,048  | 1,060  | 1,133  | 1,258
| Fine Gael | Andrew Duncan[*] | 10.43%  | 966  | 1,001  | 1,010  | 1,014  | 1,018  | 1,029  | 1,056  | 1,119  | 1,266
| Fianna Fáil | Bill Collentine[*] | 10.14%  | 939  | 981  | 995  | 1,002  | 1,006  | 1,017  | 1,029  | 1,076  | 1,222
| Fine Gael | Gerry Heery  | 8.19%  | 759  | 784  | 788  | 796  | 797  | 821  | 840  | 913  | 1,048
| Sinn Féin | Julie McCourt | 6.18%  | 572  | 607  | 611  | 753  | 769  | 830  | 886  | 942  | 1,053
| Labour | Fidelma Bennett  | 5.80%  | 537  | 580  | 588  | 595  | 602  | 658  | 695  | 877  |
| Green | Hazel Smyth[*] | 4.65%  | 431  | 442  | 444  | 446  | 452  | 560  | 577  |  |
| Ireland First | Margaret Maguire  | 3.98%  | 369  | 392  | 392  | 396  | 514  | 537  |  |  |
| Social Democrats | Ali Morris  | 3.43%  | 318  | 325  | 326  | 335  | 347  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Damien Rooney  | 2.15%  | 199  | 209  | 210  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Patrick Hussey  | 1.93%  | 179  | 222  | 226  | 229  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 20,673  Valid: 9,263  Spoilt: 133  Quota: 1,324  Turnout: 9,396 (45.45%)

## 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. ^ "John Shaw to bow out of politics". Westmeath Examiner. 21 July 2023. Archived from the original on 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
4. ^ "FF selects Kinnegad area candidates". Westmeath Examiner. 15 December 2023. Archived from the original on 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
5. ^ "Notice of Poll ATHLONE" (PDF). Westmeath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
6. ^ "Notice of Poll Kinnegad" (PDF). Westmeath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
7. ^ https://elections.westmeathcoco.ie/2024/results.html?conId=4
8. ^ https://elections.westmeathcoco.ie/2024/results.html?conId=4
9. ^ "Notice of Poll Moate" (PDF). Westmeath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
10. ^ "Notice of Poll Mullingar" (PDF). Westmeath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

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