2019 Kerry County Council election

An election to all 33 seats on Kerry County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Kerry was divided into 6 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 Kerry County Council election

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All 33 seats on Kerry County Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 10 7 4 Seat change 1 2 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Labour Kerry Ind. Alliance Independent Seats won 2 1 9 Seat change 2
Results by local electoral area
Council control before election Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Council control after election Fianna Fáil Fine Gael

Boundary review

Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used in the 2014 elections. Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a lower maximum LEA size of seven councillors, exceeded by three of the four 2014 LEAs.^[1][2][3] Other changes reflected population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	10	1	17,943	25.78	3.53
	Fine Gael	7	2	15,225	21.88	0.09
	Sinn Féin	4	1	9,292	13.35	0.84
	Labour	2		3,117	4.48	2.11
	Kerry Ind. Alliance	1		1,983	2.85	0.22
	Green	0		2,151	3.09	New
	Aontú	0		1,100	1.58	New
	People Before Profit	0		174	0.25	0.31
	Independent	9	2	18,594	26.72	4.82
Total		33		69,588	100.00

Results by local electoral area

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

Castleisland

Castleisland: 4 seats^[4][5][6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Independent	Jackie Healy-Rae	28.55%	2,621
	Independent	Charlie Farrelly	18.17%	1,668	1,872
	Fine Gael	Bobby O'Connell[*]	15.89%	1,459	1,562	1,674	2,076
	Fianna Fáil	Fionnán Fitzgerald	11.30%	1,037	1,171	1,482	1,753
	Sinn Féin	Kate McSweeney	10.60%	973	1,149	1,245	1,364
	Fine Gael	Pat McCarthy[*]	8.66%	795	861	926
	Fianna Fáil	Tom McEllistrim[*]	6.84%	628	729
Electorate: 14,764   Valid: 9,181   Spoilt: 107   Quota: 1,837   Turnout: 9,288 (62.91%)

Corca Dhuibhne

Corca Dhuibhne: 3 seats^[7][5][6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Michael D. O'Shea[*]	22.43%	1,680	1,774	1,880
	Fianna Fáil	Breandán Fitzgerald	17.09%	1,280	1,423	1,561	2,013
	Fine Gael	Tommy Griffin	16.70%	1,251	1,325	1,400	1,535	1,567
	Fine Gael	Séamus Cosaí Fitzgerald[*]	13.43%	1,006	1,121	1,310	1,515	1,623
	Sinn Féin	Robert Brosnan	11.12%	833	969	1,147
	Green	Michael Fitzgerald	10.37%	777	829
	Independent	David Russell	8.86%	664
Electorate: 11,904   Valid: 7,491   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 1,873   Turnout: 7,584 (63.71%)

Kenmare

Kenmare: 6 seats^[8][9][6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Johnny Healy-Rae[*]	22.15%	3,023
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Cahill[*]	16.26%	2,219
	Fianna Fáil	Norma Moriarty[*]	14.41%	1,966
	Fianna Fáil	John Francis Flynn[*]	10.08%	1,375	1,537	1,685	1,710	1,714	1,872	1,921	2,001
	Fine Gael	Patrick Connor-Scarteen[*]	9.67%	1,320	1,505	1,527	1,634	1,636	1,772	1,942	2,142
	Independent	Dan McCarthy[*]	7.69%	1,050	1,465	1,484	1,588	1,592	1,618	1,734	1,955
	Sinn Féin	Damian Quigg[*]	5.61%	766	864	901	921	923	992	1,047	1,247
	Green	Cleo Murphy	5.06%	691	732	740	845	846	862	892
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lyne	3.25%	444	502	509	513	516	561
	Fine Gael	Donie O'Sullivan	3.14%	428	478	502	516
	Labour	Luke Crowley-Holland	2.67%	364	428	432
Electorate: 21,813   Valid: 13,646   Spoilt: 142   Quota: 1,950   Turnout: 13,788 (63.21%)

Killarney

Killarney: 7 seats^[10][5][6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Maura Healy-Rae[†]	24.46%	3,099
	Kerry Ind. Alliance	Michael Gleeson[*][a]	15.65%	1,983
	Independent	Brendan Cronin[*]	11.88%	1,505	1,727
	Independent	Donal Grady[*]	10.45%	1,324	1,529	1,618
	Fianna Fáil	Niall Kelleher[*]	9.81%	1,243	1,603
	Independent	Niall O'Callaghan	8.41%	1,065	1,293	1,387	1,444	1,480	1,694
	Labour	Marie Moloney	6.88%	871	1,037	1,122	1,172	1,204	1,348	1,400
	Fine Gael	John Sheahan[*]	6.53%	827	978	1,056	1,133	1,163	1,217
	Sinn Féin	John Buckley	3.83%	485	591	615	661	690
	Fianna Fáil	Neily O'Connor	2.10%	266	343	372
Electorate: 20,864   Valid: 12,668   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 1,584   Turnout: 12,794 (61.32%)

Listowel

Listowel: 6 seats^[11][12][6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Aoife Thornton[*]	18.95%	2,578
	Fine Gael	Mike Kennelly[*]	15.17%	2,064
	Sinn Féin	Robert Beasley[*]	10.89%	1,482	1,537	1,546	1,566	1,683	2,010
	Sinn Féin	Tom Barry[†]	10.57%	1,438	1,474	1,494	1,535	1,579	1,797	1,829
	Fianna Fáil	John Lucid[†]	9.48%	1,289	1,389	1,394	1,406	1,630	1,681	1,685
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Moloney[*]	9.28%	1,262	1,361	1,388	1,487	1,519	1,714	1,727
	Fine Gael	Michael Foley	9.11%	1,239	1,439	1,477	1,551	1,607	1,761	1,778
	Independent	Michael O'Gorman	7.51%	1,022	1,084	1,097	1,209	1,333
	Aontú	Sonny Foran	5.75%	782	843	846	870
	Independent	John Martin O'Sullivan	3.22%	438	468	473
Electorate: 25,077   Valid: 13,603   Spoilt: 220   Quota: 1,944   Turnout: 13,823 (55.12%)

Tralee

Tralee: 7 seats^[13][14][6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Norma Foley[*][a]	16.20%	2,106
	Sinn Féin	Toiréasa Ferris[*][a]	11.84%	1,539	1,590	1,600	1,636
	Labour	Terry O'Brien[*]	11.25%	1,462	1,538	1,551	1,568	1,589	1,613	1,748
	Fine Gael	Jim Finucane[*]	9.25%	1,202	1,250	1,251	1,257	1,274	1,297	1,333	1,401	1,423	1,423	1,630
	Fianna Fáil	Mikey Sheehy	9.08%	1,180	1,311	1,313	1,318	1,329	1,366	1,411	1,539	1,545	1,545	1,676
	Sinn Féin	Pa Daly[*][a]	8.64%	1,123	1,149	1,156	1,167	1,196	1,235	1,278	1,333	1,341	1,344	1,400	1,904
	Independent	Sam Locke[*]	6.23%	810	838	851	862	901	1,000	1,035	1,122	1,144	1,144	1,228	1,305
	Green	Anne-Marie Fuller	5.25%	683	704	708	753	775	815	868	890	915	920	974	996
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Foley	5.02%	653	661	669	674	685	693	704	730	734	737	753
	Fine Gael	Bridget O'Brien	4.71%	612	639	643	647	655	668	687	725	730	730
	Labour	Ben Slimm	3.23%	420	429	432	443	452	460
	Fianna Fáil	Johnnie Wall	3.17%	412	449	455	458	462	473	501
	Aontú	Mary Fitzgibbon	2.45%	318	327	336	338	350
	Independent	Ted Cronin	1.52%	197	203	213	225
	People Before Profit	Bec Fahy	1.34%	174	176	184
	Independent	Yvonne Dineen	0.62%	80	81
	Independent	Denis O'Reilly	0.22%	28	29
Electorate: 25,036   Valid: 12,999   Spoilt: 170   Quota: 1,625   Turnout: 13,169 (52.6%)

Footnotes

1. See change below.

Results by gender

2019 Kerry County Council election[6][15] Candidates by gender
Gender	Number of candidates	% of candidates	Elected councillors	% of councillors
Men	49	79.0%	27	81.8%
Women	13	21.0%	6	18.2%
TOTAL	62		33

Changes after the 2019 election

Party		Outgoing	LEA	Reason	Date	Co-optee
	Sinn Féin	Toiréasa Ferris	Tralee	Resignation on 2 September 2019[16][17]	21 October 2019	Cathal Foley[18]
	Fianna Fáil	Norma Foley	Tralee	Elected to the 33rd Dáil at the 2020 general election[19][20]	25 February 2020	Johnnie Wall[21]
	Sinn Féin	Pa Daly	Tralee	Elected to the 33rd Dáil at the 2020 general election[19][20]	25 February 2020	Deirdre Ferris[21]
	Kerry Ind. Alliance	Michael Gleeson	Killarney	Resignation	May 2021	John O'Donoghue[22]
	Independent	Donal Grady	Killarney	Retirement	May 2023	Martin Grady

Sources

• "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 119–125. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
• "Kerry County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ News. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
• "Kerry County Council: 2019 Local Election". IrelandElection.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.