2019 Limerick City and County Council election

An election to all 40 seats on Limerick City and County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. Limerick City and County was divided into 6 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect 40 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 Limerick City and County Council election

← 2014 24 May 2019 2024 →
All 40 seats on Limerick City and County Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour Seats won 14 12 3 Seat change 2 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Sinn Féin Green Social Democrats Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 4 2 1   Seventh party   Party Independent Seats won 6 Seat change 3
Results by local electoral area

The election was held alongside a plebiscite under the Local Government Act 2019 on whether or not Limerick City and County would establish the position of a directly elected mayor for the council.^[1][2] The proposition was approved by 52.4% to 47.6%.^[3][4][5] It was one of three areas to hold such a plebiscite, and the only one where the proposition passed.^[6] It was implemented by the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024.

Boundary review

Following the recommendations of the 2018 boundary review committee, significant changes were made to the LEAs in the 2014 elections due to terms of references requiring a maximum of seven councillors in each LEA and changes in population revealed in the 2016 census.^[7][8]

Overview

The 40 members included 16 new councillors, and one returning member who been defeated in 2014.^[9] 23 of the outgoing 33 councillors who stood for re-election were returned.^[9] The total of 8 women was unchanged from 2014, but 6 of those women were first-time councilors.^[9]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	14	2	25,168	34.19	1.49
	Fianna Fáil	12	1	19,567	26.58	0.82
	Labour	3		2,945	4.00	2.60
	Sinn Féin	2	4	4,400	5.98	6.92
	Green	2	2	3,639	4.94	4.94
	Social Democrats	1	1	2,065	2.81	New
	Aontú	0		2,136	2.90	New
	Solidarity	0	3	1,160	1.58	2.82
	Renua	0		211	0.29	New
	Direct Democracy	0		149	0.20	New
	Independent	6	3	12,172	16.54	0.64
Total		40		73,612	100.00

Results by local electoral area

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

Adare–Rathkeale

Adare–Rathkeale: 6 seats^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Adam Teskey[†]	19.80%	2,459
	Fine Gael	Stephen Keary[*]	16.76%	2,082
	Independent	Richard O'Donoghue[*][a]	14.10%	1,751	1,888
	Independent	Emmett O'Brien[*]	12.61%	1,566	1,672	1,742	1,763	1,939
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin Sheahan[*]	10.03%	1,246	1,355	1,400	1,416	1,473	1,592	1,611
	Fianna Fáil	Bridie Collins	7.94%	986	1,071	1,122	1,136	1,234	1,588	1,627
	Fine Gael	Leo Walsh	7.09%	880	1,053	1,160	1,175	1,292	1,436	1,458
	Fianna Fáil	Trina O'Dea	6.14%	762	788	801	809	879
	Green	Theresa Storey	4.33%	538	573	590	597
	Direct Democracy	Mark Keogh	0.94%	117	129	133	136
	Direct Democracy	Mike Putt	0.26%	32	33	33	35
Electorate: 23,675   Valid: 12,419   Spoilt: 184   Quota: 1,775   Turnout: 12,603 (53.23%)

Cappamore–Kilmallock

Cappamore–Kilmallock: 7 seats^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	Brigid Teefy[*]	15.88%	2,420
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Ryan	14.16%	2,157
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Ryan[*][a]	11.96%	1,822	1,882	1,923
	Fine Gael	Gerald Mitchell[*]	8.57%	1,306	1,414	1,427	1,500	1,566	1,599	1,754	2,017
	Fine Gael	John Egan	7.98%	1,216	1,289	1,354	1,387	1,462	1,482	1,519	1,685	1,721
	Fine Gael	Greg Conway	6.90%	1,052	1,066	1,070	1,099	1,103	1,186	1,241
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Donegan[*]	6.14%	935	958	970	1,012	1,138	1,232	1,301	1,546	1,558
	Fine Gael	Noreen Stokes	5.51%	840	924	974	1,022	1,211	1,251	1,351	1,474	1,525
	Sinn Féin	Jim Hickey	5.27%	803	826	834	906	946	1,039
	Independent	P.J. Carey	5.10%	777	811	817	921	939	1,196	1,412	1,683	1,696
	Social Democrats	Trevor McCarthy	4.54%	692	716	721	767	776
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Meagher	4.11%	627	656	697	723
	Aontú	Shane Hogan	3.18%	484	517	523
	Independent	John O'Gorman	0.70%	106	116	117
Electorate: 28,363   Valid: 15,237   Spoilt: 268   Quota: 1,905   Turnout: 15,505 (54.67%)

Limerick City East

Limerick City East: 7 seats^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Catherine Slattery	10.76%	1,188	1,203	1,227	1,273	1,294	1,333	1,337	1,342	1,346	1,482
	Labour	Elena Secas[*]	10.53%	1,162	1,167	1,180	1,193	1,314	1,346	1,358	1,488
	Fine Gael	Michael Murphy	10.48%	1,157	1,157	1,161	1,163	1,176	1,188	1,193	1,324	1,333	1,386
	Green	Seán Hartigan	9.91%	1,094	1,097	1,131	1,173	1,361	1,497
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Pond[†]	7.58%	837	838	846	851	865	888	892	956	970	1,030	1,037
	Fine Gael	Michael Sheahan[*]	7.35%	811	812	815	822	838	846	846	1,012	1,049	1,129	1,137
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry O'Dea[*]	7.27%	803	818	849	862	882	919	920	961	966	1,074	1,099
	Fine Gael	Sarah Kiely	7.15%	789	812	845	871	917	969	976	1,112	1,136	1,290	1,329
	Aontú	Michael Ryan	6.54%	722	737	757	795	812	892	917	935	939
	Fine Gael	Marian Hurley[*]	6.22%	687	688	693	695	720	727	729
	Social Democrats	Sarah Jane Hennelly	4.68%	517	521	537	599
	Sinn Féin	Séighin Ó Ceallaigh[*]	4.67%	515	525	543	613	661
	Solidarity	Paul Keller[*]	3.08%	340	348	392
	Independent	Noel Hannan	2.47%	273	293
	Independent	Derek Mulcahy	1.06%	117
	Independent	Diarmuid Ryan	0.24%	26
Electorate: 25,953   Valid: 11,038   Spoilt: 257   Quota: 1,380   Turnout: 11,295 (43.52%)

Limerick City North

Limerick City North: 7 seats^[13]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Independent	Frankie Daly[*]	15.76%	1,861
	Green	Brian Leddin[a]	11.83%	1,397	1,427	1,442	1,503
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran O'Hanlon[*]	10.40%	1,228	1,254	1,258	1,264	1,266	1,279	1,286	1,305	1,343	1,354	1,426	1,571
	Fine Gael	Olivia O'Sullivan	7.45%	880	908	914	931	936	983	1,007	1,017	1,035	1,075	1,081	1,105	1,200	1,232	1,242	1,621
	Sinn Féin	John Costelloe[†]	6.36%	751	790	792	796	799	800	816	863	872	882	982	996	1,060	1,130	1,131	1,139	1,142	1,270
	Fianna Fáil	Pat O'Neill	5.45%	644	659	664	670	671	676	682	697	719	727	728	761	784	792	850	915	954	975
	Labour	Conor Sheehan	4.93%	582	608	611	613	615	637	674	688	709	838	864	915	952	1,019	1,041	1,096	1,180	1,273
	Sinn Féin	Sharon Benson	4.83%	570	595	597	610	610	611	622	636	640	651	742	754	771	855	856	874	880	1,041
	Fine Gael	Eleanor McSherry	3.87%	457	462	473	489	494	563	570	579	594	636	637	648	698	718	719
	Independent	Dean Quinn	3.79%	448	508	510	523	524	524	547	597	642	646	658	664	689	767	768	782	794
	Solidarity	Mary Cahillane[†]	3.14%	371	386	388	401	401	406	455	466	484	508	523	544	564
	Sinn Féin	John Nugent	2.90%	342	353	353	355	355	362	374	377	379	381
	Fine Gael	Brian O'Connor	2.68%	317	326	326	329	329	359	362	393	400	418	424	443
	Fianna Fáil	Christy McInerney	2.68%	316	331	331	333	333	362	368	379	398	409	411
	Labour	Anne Cronin	2.39%	282	289	292	300	300	305	347	354	360
	Aontú	Maeve O'Donnell	2.35%	278	284	288	307	310	316	320	329
	Social Democrats	Kieran Walsh	2.30%	272	285	287	289	290	299
	Fine Gael	Denis McCarthy	2.20%	260	270	273	283	286
	Independent	Kevin Kiely	2.13%	252	273	279	294	296	307	312
	Independent	Ruth Clarke	1.52%	180	189	249
	Independent	Des Hayes	1.05%	124	138
Electorate: 26,436   Valid: 11,812   Spoilt: 294   Quota: 1,477   Turnout: 12,106 (45.79%)

Limerick City West

Limerick City West: 7 seats^[14]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Fianna Fáil	James Collins[*]	12.99%	1,375
	Fine Gael	Daniel Butler[*]	12.43%	1,316	1,326
	Labour	Joe Leddin[*]	8.68%	919	924	935	936	958	968	1,001	1,038	1,082	1,117	1,159	1,237	1,440
	Independent	Fergus Kilcoyne	7.08%	750	753	755	755	768	783	792	810	866	894	1,054	1,120	1,173	1,186
	Fianna Fáil	Abul Kalam Azad Talukder	6.58%	697	701	703	703	707	717	760	763	780	796	913	953	981	990
	Fine Gael	Elenora Hogan[†]	6.43%	681	685	691	692	700	707	712	739	780	795	825	853
	Fine Gael	Dan McSweeney	6.03%	638	640	648	648	653	676	681	698	718	730	832	866	1,151	1,200
	Green	Breandán Anraoi Macgabhann	5.76%	610	612	628	628	637	651	656	681	723	776	809	883	936	965
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Lynch[*]	5.58%	591	605	607	607	614	628	631	649	685	700
	Social Democrats	Elisa O'Donovan[a]	5.52%	584	585	599	599	612	624	632	646	676	910	940	1,081	1,155	1,171
	Sinn Féin	Malachy McCreesh[*]	5.27%	558	559	574	574	590	608	615	644	664	720	743
	Solidarity	Seónaidh Ní Shíomóin	4.24%	449	451	480	480	483	510	517	544	567
	Aontú	Julian Fitzgibbon	3.75%	397	398	404	404	427	434	445	457
	Independent	Jim Long	2.69%	285	286	295	295	305	321	323
	Independent	Sunnymartins Duruagwu	2.04%	216	216	224	224	230	238
	Independent	Cathal McCarthy	1.81%	192	192	200	200
	Independent	Jamie Morrissey	1.80%	191	192	201	201	210
	Independent	Mark Carey	0.89%	94	94
	Independent	John Loftus[*]	0.42%	44	44
Electorate: 23,374   Valid: 10,587   Spoilt: 214   Quota: 1,324   Turnout: 10,801 (46.21%)

Newcastle West

Newcastle West: 6 seats^[15]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Jerome Scanlan[*]	20.07%	2,512
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Collins[*]	17.52%	2,193
	Fine Gael	Liam Galvin[*]	16.97%	2,124
	Fine Gael	John Sheahan[*]	12.01%	1,503	1,623	1,656	1,750	1,796
	Fine Gael	Tom Ruddle	9.59%	1,201	1,493	1,578	1,613	1,635	1,808
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Foley[*]	9.27%	1,160	1,288	1,494	1,620	1,656	1,844
	Sinn Féin	Séamus Browne[*]	6.88%	861	941	973	1,015	1,038	1,206
	Independent	Christy Kelly	3.81%	477	524	544	569	607
	Aontú	Conor O'Donoghue	2.04%	255	291	309	316	383
	Renua	John Dalton	1.69%	211	226	235	240
	Independent	Sean O'Mahony	0.18%	22	27	28	29
Electorate: 22,827   Valid: 12,519   Spoilt: 195   Quota: 1,789   Turnout: 12,714 (55.7%)

Footnotes

1. See change below.

Results by gender

2019 Limerick City and County Council election[16][17] Candidates by gender
Gender	Number of candidates	% of candidates	Elected councillors	% of councillors
Men	72	78.3%	32	80.0%
Women	20	21.7%	8	20.0%
TOTAL	92		40

Plebiscite

2019 Limerick City and Council mayoral plebiscite^[3][4]

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	38,122	52.4
No	34,578	47.6
Total votes	74,670	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	150,628	49.6

Changes

Co-options

Party		Outgoing	LEA	Reason	Date	Co-optee
	Green	Brian Leddin	Limerick City North	Elected to the 33rd Dáil for Limerick City at the 2020 general election[18]	25 February 2020	Saša Novak Uí Chonchúir[19]
	Independent	Richard O'Donoghue	Adare–Rathkeale	Elected to the 33rd Dáil for Limerick County at the 2020 general election[20]	25 February 2020	John O'Donoghue[19]
	Sinn Féin	John Costelloe	Limerick City North	Stepping down from politics.[21]	May 2022	Tom Collopy[22]
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry O'Dea	Limerick City East	Death of councillor	July 2022	Joe Pond

Changes in affiliation

Name	LEA	Elected as		New affiliation		Date
Jerome Scanlan	Newcastle West		Fine Gael		Independent	November 2019
Eddie Ryan	Cappamore–Kilmallock		Fianna Fáil		Independent	23 June 2020[23]
Elisa O'Donovan	Limerick City West		Social Democrats		Independent	June 2020[24]
Elisa O'Donovan	Limerick City West		Independent		Social Democrats	December 2021[25]
P.J. Carey	Cappamore–Kilmallock		Independent		Sinn Féin	January 2022
Fergus Kilcoyne	Limerick City West		Independent		Fianna Fáil	January 2024[26]
John O'Donoghue	Adare–Rathkeale		Independent		Independent Ireland	March 2024

Sources

• "Limerick City and County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 14 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
• "Local Election Results 2019". Limerick City and County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019. ^{[permanent dead link]}
• "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 48–58. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.