2019 Fingal County Council election

An election to all 40 seats on Fingal County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of 2019 Irish local elections. Fingal was 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).

2019 Fingal County Council election

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All 40 seats on Fingal County Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 8 7 6 Seat change 1 1 2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Green Sinn Féin Social Democrats Seats won 5 4 2 Seat change 3 2 2   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Party Solidarity Inds. 4 Change Independent Seats won 1 1 6 Seat change 3 1 4
Results by Local Electoral Area
Council control before election Fianna Fáil Council control after election Fianna Fáil Labour Party Green Party Independent

Boundary changes

Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used in the 2014 elections.^[1][2] Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a lower maximum LEA size of seven councillors, breached by four of Fingal's five 2014 LEAs. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.

Overview

Fianna Fáil emerged as the largest party with 8 seats a net gain of 1 seat. The party won 2 seats in each of Swords and Rush–Lusk. Following boundary changes with Brian Dennehy having transferred to Rush–Lusk, the party emerged seatless in Balbriggan, however. Fine Gael also increased their seat numbers by 1 to 7 but failed to win a seat in Swords for another election as well as Rush–Lusk. Labour gained 2 seats to return with 6 seats in total. The Green Party gained 3 seats in Balbriggan, Ongar and Swords to increase their numbers to 5. Cian O'Callaghan and Paul Mulville had joined the Social Democrats in the years pre-election and both retained their seats. Sinn Féin lost 2 seats overall in Balbriggan and in Howth-Malahide. The party fared much better in the LEAs that make up the Dublin West constituency than Dubin Fingal and just took the last seat in Swords. Solidarity had a very poor election in a former heartland returning with just 1 seat.

Punam Rane, elected for Fine Gael in Blanchardstown–Mulhuddart, became Ireland's first Indian-born councillor.^[3] The Green gains included a 20-year-old student, Daniel Whooley, elected in Ongar.^[3]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	8	1	13,677	17.25	0.67
	Fine Gael	7	1	13,418	16.93	2.24
	Labour	6	2	10,449	13.18	1.87
	Green	5	3	11,154	14.07	8.96
	Sinn Féin	4	2	7,202	9.08	5.51
	Social Democrats	2	2	4,683	5.91	New
	Solidarity	1	3	2,891	3.65	4.36
	Inds. 4 Change	1	1	1,304	1.64	New
	Aontú	0		1,743	2.20	New
	People Before Profit	0	1	263	0.33	1.47
	Independent	6	4	12,474	15.73	9.69
Total		40		79,278	100.00

Results by local electoral area

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

Balbriggan

Balbriggan: 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	Tony Murphy[*]	17.74%	1,881
	Green	Joe O'Brien[a]	14.64%	1,552	1,560	1,587	1,612	1,679	1,717	1,792
	Labour	Seána Ó Rodaigh[a]	12.28%	1,302	1,307	1,314	1,325	1,358	1,382	1,431	1,538	1,687
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Leary[†]	11.46%	1,215	1,219	1,224	1,256	1,261	1,272	1,308	1,324	1,609
	Independent	Gráinne Maguire[*]	10.95%	1,161	1,206	1,272	1,289	1,346	1,391	1,502	1,646	1,825
	Sinn Féin	Malachy Quinn[*]	9.30%	986	998	1,048	1,055	1,082	1,109	1,141	1,246	1,287
	Fine Gael	Sam O'Connor	5.90%	626	637	647	700	720	748	828	876
	Fianna Fáil	Niall Keady	4.00%	424	432	444	453	461	487
	Solidarity	Carah Daniel	3.88%	411	415	435	449	490	573	600
	Social Democrats	Garrett Mullan	2.75%	292	297	309	320
	People Before Profit	Oghenetano John Uwhumiakpor	2.48%	263	265	271	340	359
	Fine Gael	Okezie Emuaga	2.39%	253	255	264
	Independent	Martin Hughes	2.24%	237	244
Electorate: 23,553   Valid: 10,603   Spoilt: 218   Quota: 1,768   Turnout: 10,821 (45.94%)

Blanchardstown–Mulhuddart

Blanchardstown–Mulhuddart: 5 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Mary McCamley[*]	17.81%	888
	Sinn Féin	Breda Hanaphy	12.24%	610	614	619	679	716	739	1,041
	Fine Gael	Punam Rane	11.07%	552	569	582	603	637	762	793	806
	Solidarity	John Burtchaell	10.75%	536	541	546	601	652	677	732	818
	Fianna Fáil	Freddie Cooper[a]	10.07%	502	508	511	526	554	647	667	685
	Independent	Robert Loughlin	8.91%	444	445	455	478	538	551	563	595
	Sinn Féin	Damien Bissett	8.37%	417	421	428	450	471	484
	Fianna Fáil	JK Onwumereh	6.88%	343	350	356	370	399
	Aontú	Sinéad Moore	6.14%	306	311	319	363
	Independent	Lorna Nolan[*]	5.98%	298	304	319
	Independent	Marius Marosan	0.96%	48	49
	Independent	Aran Smeallie	0.82%	41	42
Electorate: 17,132   Valid: 4,985   Spoilt: 201   Quota: 831   Turnout: 5,186 (30.27%)

Castleknock

Castleknock: 6 seats^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Green	Roderic O'Gorman[*][a]	27.25%	3,731
	Fine Gael	Emer Currie[a]	15.99%	2,189
	Fine Gael	Ted Leddy[*]	11.29%	1,546	1,928	2,082
	Fianna Fáil	Howard Mahony[†]	11.01%	1,507	1,621	1,638	1,661	1,678	2,117
	Labour	John Walsh	9.03%	1,237	1,944	1,970
	Aontú	Edward MacManus	6.64%	909	1,008	1,016	1,027	1,091	1,143	1,180	1,351
	Sinn Féin	Natalie Treacy[*]	6.36%	871	948	950	950	1,156	1,192	1,200	1,654
	Solidarity	Sandra Kavanagh[*]	5.25%	719	941	948	952	1,028	1,061	1,080
	Fianna Fáil	Mags Murray[*]	4.23%	579	671	684	710	728
	Sinn Féin	Ryan Fitzgerald	1.92%	263	303	306	309
	Independent	Kevin Mullally	1.04%	142	183	185	187
Electorate: 32,220   Valid: 13,693   Spoilt: 274   Quota: 1,957   Turnout: 13,967 (43.35%)

Howth–Malahide

Howth–Malahide: 7 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Eoghan O'Brien[*]	18.06%	3,561
	Green	David Healy[*]	17.35%	3,422
	Social Democrats	Cian O'Callaghan[*][a]	13.78%	2,717
	Labour	Brian McDonagh[*]	13.03%	2,569
	Independent	Jimmy Guerin[*]	11.34%	2,237	2,586
	Fine Gael	Aoibhinn Tormey	10.46%	2,064	2,325	2,725
	Fine Gael	Anthony Lavin[*]	9.55%	1,883	2,233	2,441
	Sinn Féin	Daire Ní Laoi[*]	4.90%	966	1,041	1,210
	Independent	Tom Daly	1.54%	304	364	543
Electorate: 43,919   Valid: 19,723   Spoilt: 656   Quota: 2,466   Turnout: 20,379 (46.40%)

Ongar

Ongar: 5 seats^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Sinn Féin	Paul Donnelly[*][a]	21.22%	1,594
	Independent	Tania Doyle[†]	15.00%	1,127	1,169	1,197	1,218	1,271
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Kitt	11.57%	869	894	905	917	947	949	991	1,048	1,144
	Fine Gael	Kieran Dennison[*]	8.93%	671	682	701	709	737	737	895	991	1,111
	Solidarity	Matt Waine[†]	8.87%	666	694	713	762	850	855	877	908	1,029
	Green	Daniel Whooley	8.79%	660	677	695	798	827	828	857	977	1,116
	Aontú	Gerard Sheehan	7.03%	528	537	552	576	599	606	647	698
	Labour	Elaine Carmel Dooley	4.61%	346	360	370	403	434	436	479
	Fine Gael	Jagan Muttumula	4.49%	337	343	400	417	426	428
	Social Democrats	Aengus Ó Maoláin	4.03%	303	312	318
	Sinn Féin	Marian Buckley	2.54%	191	370	376	391
	Independent	Ramesh Racherla	2.48%	186	188
	Independent	Raghu Nath Narayanam	0.44%	33	33
Electorate: 20,665   Valid: 7,511   Spoilt: 195   Quota: 1,252   Turnout: 7,766 (37.58%)

Rush–Lusk

Rush–Lusk: 5 seats^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Labour	Robert O'Donoghue[†]	18.65%	1,982
	Fianna Fáil	Adrian Henchy[*]	13.09%	1,391	1,397	1,411	1,428	1,441	1,451	1,474	1,498	1,653	1,748
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Dennehy[*]	11.73%	1,247	1,279	1,288	1,313	1,373	1,422	1,460	1,495	1,534	1,658
	Independent	Cathal Boland[†]	8.92%	948	963	999	1,036	1,074	1,142	1,211	1,292	1,320	1,628
	Social Democrats	Paul Mulville[*]	8.19%	871	883	894	923	936	998	1,085	1,270	1,362	1,435
	Fine Gael	Jim Monks	7.21%	766	787	808	814	830	841	868	908	1,095
	Labour	Corina Johnston	7.03%	747	794	806	832	843	879	909	1,046	1,195	1,303
	Fine Gael	Bob Dowling	6.12%	651	659	670	685	692	706	712	748
	Green	Maria Salahovs	4.77%	507	527	534	548	583	630	712
	Sinn Féin	Noeleen O'Hagan	4.16%	442	453	459	468	485	515
	Independent	Roslyn Fuller	3.04%	323	336	348	381	438
	Independent	Sandra Sweetman	2.72%	289	306	320	347
	Independent	Glenn Brady	2.23%	237	243	274
	Independent	Davin Browne	1.19%	126	127
	Independent	Eóin Corcoran	0.97%	103	104
Electorate: 23,611   Valid: 10,630   Spoilt: 296   Quota: 1,772   Turnout: 10,926 (46.28%)

Swords

Swords: 7 seats^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Fianna Fáil	Darragh Butler[*]	18.94%	2,298
	Inds. 4 Change	Dean Mulligan	10.75%	1,304	1,338	1,342	1,352	1,393	1,434	1,490	1,553
	Green	Ian Carey	10.57%	1,282	1,363	1,363	1,383	1,393	1,408	1,516	1,695
	Labour	Duncan Smith[a]	9.83%	1,193	1,259	1,260	1,339	1,347	1,375	1,406	1,461	1,494	1,497	1,576
	Independent	Joe Newman[*]	8.94%	1,085	1,163	1,171	1,175	1,213	1,222	1,263	1,292	1,305	1,312	1,456	1,477	1,662
	Fianna Fáil	Brigid Manton	7.88%	956	1,231	1,232	1,243	1,254	1,273	1,326	1,359	1,372	1,375	1,439	1,449	1,509	1,521
	Fine Gael	Helen Dunne	5.65%	685	740	743	751	755	760	804	854	864	867	911	923	982	994
	Solidarity	Eugene Coppinger[*]	4.61%	559	588	592	595	608	621	670	740	776	788	841	849
	Independent	Paul Uzo	4.18%	507	551	555	560	570	589	628	645	656	661
	Social Democrats	Tracey Carey	4.12%	500	531	534	551	558	561	598
	Independent	Duane Michael Browne	3.96%	481	518	524	534	553	561
	Sinn Féin	Ann Graves[†]	3.91%	475	488	490	499	513	733	758	790	801	804	852	853	1,046	1,080
	Sinn Féin	Lorraine O'Connell	3.19%	387	396	401	407	409
	Labour	Yulia Ghumman	1.52%	185	199	199
	Independent	James Fitzpatrick	1.52%	184	198	202	205
	Independent	Fergal O'Connell	0.43%	52	53
Electorate: 31,854   Valid: 12,133   Spoilt: 431   Quota: 1,517   Turnout: 12,564 (39.44%)

Footnotes

1. See change below.

Results by gender

2019 Fingal County Council election[3][11] Candidates by gender
Gender	Number of candidates	% of candidates	Elected councillors	% of councillors
Men	61	68.5%	29	72.5%
Women	28	31.5%	11	27.5%
TOTAL	89		40

Changes after 2019

Party		Outgoing	LEA	Reason	Date	Co-optee
	Green	Joe O'Brien[12][13]	Balbriggan	Elected to the 32nd Dáil for Dublin Fingal at the 2019 by-election	25 January 2020[14]	Karen Power
	Green	Roderic O'Gorman	Castleknock	Elected to the 33rd Dáil for Dublin West at the 2020 general election[15][16]	25 February 2020	Pamela Conroy[17]
	Social Democrats	Cian O'Callaghan	Howth–Malahide	Elected to the 33rd Dáil for Dublin Bay North at the 2020 general election[18][19]	25 February 2020	Joan Hopkins[17]
	Sinn Féin	Paul Donnelly	Ongar	Elected to the 33rd Dáil for Dublin West at the 2020 general election[15][16][20]	25 February 2020	Aaron O'Rourke[17]
	Labour	Duncan Smith	Swords	Elected to the 33rd Dáil for Dublin Fingal at the 2020 general election[21][22]	25 February 2020	James Humphreys[17]
	Fine Gael	Emer Currie	Castleknock	Nominated by the Taoiseach to the 26th Seanad on 27 June 2020	June 2020	Siobhan Shovlin
	Fianna Fáil	Freddie Cooper	Blanchardstown–Mulhuddart	Death on 29 June 2021[23]	11 October 2021[24]	John-Kingsley Onwumereh
	Sinn Féin	Aaron O'Rourke	Ongar	Resignation[25]	16 March 2022	Angela Donnelly
	Labour	Seána Ó Rodaigh	Balbriggan	Resignation	12 June 2023[26]	Brendan Ryan
	Green	Daniel Whooley	Ongar	Resignation	23 January 2024[27]	Michelle Griffin
	Fine Gael	Punam Rane	Blanchardstown–Mulhuddart	Resignation	February 2024	Steve O'Reilly[28]

Sources

• "Fingal County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
• "Local Elections 2019 - The Count". Fingal County Council. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
• "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Government of Ireland. Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 104–111. Retrieved 22 September 2023.