2019 Tipperary County Council election

An election to all 40 seats on Tipperary County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Tipperary was divided into 8 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 Tipperary County Council election

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All 40 seats on Tipperary County Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Seats won 12 9 2 Seat change 2 1 3   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Labour Workers and Unemployed Independent Seats won 1 1 15 Seat change 2
Results by local electoral area

Boundary review

Following the recommendations of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, there were significant change to the LEAs in use, as three of the five in place at the 2014 Tipperary County Council election exceeded the new maximum of 7 councillors. Other changes reflected population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.^[1][2]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	12	2	20,208	27.07	1.04
	Fianna Fáil	9	1	19,527	26.16	2.48
	Sinn Féin	2	3	4,711	6.31	3.66
	Labour	1		3,817	5.11	2.84
	Workers and Unemployed	1		2,621	3.51	0.95
	Green	0		446	0.60	New
	Aontú	0		262	0.35	New
	Independent	15	2	23,064	30.89	1.41
Total		40		74,656	100.00

Results by local electoral area

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

Cahir

Cahir: 4 seats^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Independent	Andy Moloney[*]	27.65%	1,885
	Fine Gael	Marie Murphy[*]	17.98%	1,226	1,346	1,385
	Independent	Máirín McGrath	17.13%	1,168	1,328	1,400
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Jnr Anglim[*]	15.49%	1,056	1,124	1,204	1,509
	Independent	Martin Lonergan[*]	9.33%	636	703	762	910
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. English	7.82%	533	581	638
	Fianna Fáil	Anita Lonergan	2.77%	189	233
	Sinn Féin	Danny Carroll	1.82%	124	137
Electorate: 11,826   Valid: 6,817   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,364   Turnout: 6,905 (58.39%)

Carrick-on-Suir

Carrick-on-Suir: 5 seats^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Imelda Goldsboro[*]	20.93%	1,980
	Sinn Féin	David Dunne[*]	13.55%	1,282	1,287	1,350	1,419	1,497	1,662
	Fine Gael	Mark Fitzgerald[†]	12.99%	1,229	1,325	1,335	1,346	1,351	1,425	1,616
	Independent	Kevin O'Meara[†]	12.44%	1,177	1,256	1,273	1,281	1,322	1,344	1,546	1,562
	Fine Gael	Louise McLoughlin[*]	10.73%	1,015	1,068	1,077	1,097	1,109	1,171	1,314	1,325
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran Bourke[*]	10.27%	971	1,031	1,042	1,101	1,196	1,347	1,414	1,482
	Workers and Unemployed	Michael Cleere	7.16%	677	752	779	799	814	823
	Fine Gael	Margaret Croke	4.35%	411	414	414	441	525
	Independent	Pierce O'Loughlin	3.46%	327	330	333	358
	Labour	Sarah Dunne	2.72%	257	259	262
	Sinn Féin	Joanne Ivors	1.40%	132	159
Electorate: 16,382   Valid: 9,458   Spoilt: 146   Quota: 1,577   Turnout: 9,604 (58.63%)

Cashel–Tipperary

Cashel–Tipperary: 7 seats^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Michael Fitzgerald[*]	25.43%	3,005
	Fianna Fáil	Roger Kennedy[*]	12.42%	1,468	1,651
	Fine Gael	Declan Burgess	11.19%	1,322	1,533
	Fine Gael	Mary Hanna Hourigan[*]	10.79%	1,275	1,623
	Fine Gael	John Crosse[*]	8.51%	1,006	1,326	1,381	1,471	1,498
	Sinn Féin	Tony Black	6.13%	724	780	787	791	792	815	898	955	1,353
	Fianna Fáil	Jacqui Finnan	6.07%	717	856	897	914	918	943	1,021	1,077	1,166
	Sinn Féin	Martin Browne[*]	5.60%	662	717	741	745	760	766	792	818
	Independent	Annemarie Ryan (Shiner)	4.96%	586	658	662	676	678	785	869	1,276	1,339
	Independent	Lisa McGrath	3.94%	465	504	513	517	519	569	649
	Labour	Robert O'Donnell	3.23%	382	455	461	469	472	486
	Independent	Barry Walsh	1.73%	205	236	237	241	242
Electorate: 22,816   Valid: 11,817   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 1,478   Turnout: 11,968 (52.45%)

Clonmel

Clonmel: 6 seats^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Michael Murphy[*]	22.57%	2,102
	Fianna Fáil	Siobhán Ambrose[*]	21.81%	2,031
	Workers and Unemployed	Pat English[*]	17.17%	1,599
	Independent	Richie Molloy[*]	8.93%	832	1,004	1,188	1,238	1,266	1,334
	Fine Gael	Garret Ahearn[a]	8.76%	816	1,222	1,356
	Independent	Niall P. Dennehy	5.48%	510	581	659	689	705	760	882	1,065
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Carey[*]	5.35%	498	531	590	624	645	709	738	898
	Workers and Unemployed	Teresa Johnson	3.70%	345	376	417	548	575	622	653
	Aontú	Martin Duggan	2.81%	262	280	295	306	317
	Fianna Fáil	David Shanahan	2.09%	195	227	404	409	419	433
	Independent	Eoin O'Flaherty	1.33%	124	132	144	151
Electorate: 18,681   Valid: 9,314   Spoilt: 182   Quota: 1,331   Turnout: 9,496 (50.83%)

Nenagh

Nenagh: 5 seats^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Joe Hannigan[*]	20.23%	2,113
	Independent	Michael O'Meara[*]	15.71%	1,641	1,727	1,747
	Fine Gael	Gerard Darcy[*]	12.47%	1,303	1,380	1,509	1,536	1,593	1,989
	Independent	Séamus Morris[*]	10.24%	1,070	1,108	1,151	1,293	1,408	1,592	1,675
	Labour	Louise Morgan Walsh	10.07%	1,052	1,085	1,129	1,225	1,330	1,411	1,461
	Independent	Hughie McGrath[*]	9.82%	1,026	1,060	1,122	1,199	1,330	1,441	1,516
	Fianna Fáil	Damien Hough	8.57%	895	959	967	984	1,130
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Murphy	4.71%	492	513	538	617
	Sinn Féin	Damian O'Donoghue	4.71%	492	500	518
	Fine Gael	Conor Delaney	3.02%	315	322
	Independent	Graham King	0.44%	46	48
Electorate: 17,823   Valid: 10,445   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 1,741   Turnout: 10,564 (59.27%)

Newport

Newport: 4 seats^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Labour	Fiona Bonfield[*]	26.37%	2,126
	Independent	John 'Rocky' McGrath	18.58%	1,498	1,695
	Fine Gael	Dr. Phyll Bugler[*]	16.77%	1,352	1,475	1,722
	Fianna Fáil	John Carroll[*]	16.30%	1,314	1,383	1,471
	Fianna Fáil	Mattie Ryan (Coole)[*]	14.52%	1,171	1,222	1,270
	Green	Rose Anne White	5.53%	446	497
	Sinn Féin	Teresa Collins	1.92%	155	177
Electorate: 13,435   Valid: 8,062   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 1,613   Turnout: 8,141 (60.6%)

Roscrea–Templemore

Roscrea–Templemore: 4 seats^[15][16]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Smith[*]	28.79%	2,570
	Fine Gael	Noel J. Coonan	18.14%	1,619	1,805
	Independent	Shane Lee	15.87%	1,417	1,586	1,592	1,713	1,897
	Independent	Eddie Moran[†]	14.80%	1,321	1,399	1,404	1,441	1,495	1,771
	Fine Gael	Jonathan Cullen	7.46%	666	686	688	710	745
	Fianna Fáil	William Bergin	6.97%	622	822	826	846	925	1,219
	Sinn Féin	Michael 'Chinny' Donovan	4.20%	375	431	432	568
	Independent	Tommy Murphy	3.78%	337	412	413
Electorate: 14,584   Valid: 8,927   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 1,786   Turnout: 9,057 (62.1%)

Thurles

Thurles: 5 seats^[17][18]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Micheál Lowry[*]	17.42%	1,710
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Hanafin[*]	15.87%	1,558	1,570	1,596	1,620	1,896
	Fine Gael	Peter Ryan	15.75%	1,546	1,566	1,596	1,620	1,920
	Independent	Jim Ryan[*]	13.54%	1,329	1,341	1,381	1,434	1,568	1,619	1,683
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Ryan[†]	12.02%	1,180	1,188	1,200	1,231	1,327	1,419	1,547
	Independent	David Doran[*]	11.11%	1,091	1,101	1,132	1,191	1,319	1,366	1,392
	Fianna Fáil	Fergal Butler	5.96%	585	589	595	601
	Independent	Tommy Barrett	3.47%	341	344	372	403
	Sinn Féin	Ciara McCormack	2.72%	267	269	282
	Independent	Catherine Fogarty	1.20%	118	119
	Independent	Michael Bracken	0.93%	91	92
Electorate: 16,447   Valid: 9,816   Spoilt: 107   Quota: 1,637   Turnout: 9,923 (60.33%)

Footnotes

1. See change below.

Results by gender

2019 Tipperary County Council election[19][20] Candidates by gender
Gender	Number of candidates	% of candidates	Elected councillors	% of councillors
Men	57	72.2%	32	80.0%
Women	22	27.8%	8	20.0%
TOTAL	79		40

Changes after 2019

Co-options

Party		Outgoing	LEA	Reason	Date	Co-optee
	Fine Gael	Garret Ahearn	Clonmel	Elected to the 26th Seanad at the 2020 Seanad election[21]	13 July 2020	John Fitzgerald[22][23][24]

Changes in affiliation

Name	LEA	Elected as		New affiliation		Date
Annemarie Ryan	Cashel–Tipperary		Independent		Sinn Féin	November 2023[25]