2019 Wexford County Council election

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

← 2014 24 May 2019 2024 →
All 34 seats on Wexford County Council 18 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 12 9 2 Seat change 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Sinn Féin Aontú Independent Seats won 2 1 8 Seat change 3 1 2
Results by local electoral area
Council control after election Fianna Fáil/ Independents

Boundary review

Following the recommendations of the 2018 LEA boundary review, the four LEAs used at the 2014 Wexford County Council election were revised, as each exceeded the maximum of 7 seats in the 2018 terms of reference, and replaced by a new set of 6 LEAs.^[1][2]

Results by party

Fianna Fáil gained an additional seat boosting their numbers to 12 overall while also increasing their vote by almost 3%. The party was boosted by the candidature of Malcolm Byrne in the South constituency at the 2019 European Parliament election held on the same day. However outgoing Cathaoirleach Keith Doyle proved to be a casualty in the Enniscorthy LEA. Fine Gael retained 9 seats overall while Labour returned 2 seats again; this time both from the Wexford LEA. Independents increased their numbers by 2 seats from 6 to 8. Sinn Féin lost 3 seats, including 1 to Aontú, to be reduced to just 2 seats in total.

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	12	1	18,066	30.03	2.63
	Fine Gael	9		15,095	25.09	0.49
	Labour	2		5,343	8.88	0.48
	Sinn Féin	2	3	4,540	7.55	4.55
	Aontú	1	1	1,017	1.69	New
	Renua	0		1,289	2.14	New
	People Before Profit	0	1	1,074	1.79	0.01
	Inds. 4 Change	0		757	1.26	New
	Direct Democracy	0		53	0.09	0.12
	Independent	8	2	12,929	21.49	0.99
Total		34		60,163	100.0

Results by local electoral area

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

Enniscorthy

Enniscorthy: 6 seats^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Kathleen Codd-Nolan[*]	13.16%	1,419	1,485	1,539	1,630
	Independent	John O'Rourke	12.01%	1,295	1,366	1,462	1,573
	Fianna Fáil	Barbara-Anne Murphy[*]	11.58%	1,249	1,293	1,336	1,449	1,463	1,520
	Fine Gael	Cathal Byrne	11.40%	1,230	1,270	1,332	1,368	1,381	1,419
	Fianna Fáil	Aidan Browne	9.22%	995	1,017	1,052	1,228	1,246	1,362
	Independent	Jackser Owens	9.09%	980	1,038	1,105	1,171	1,178	1,569
	Fine Gael	Paddy Kavanagh[*]	8.97%	967	993	1,026	1,152	1,175	1,298
	Sinn Féin	Johnny Mythen[*]	7.58%	818	884	928	1,016	1,021
	Fianna Fáil	Keith Doyle[*]	7.31%	788	819	863
	Renua	Gerald O'Donoghue	4.86%	524	559
	Inds. 4 Change	Annette Byrne Moran	2.67%	288
	Independent	John 'Texas' Byrne	2.16%	233
Electorate: 21,822   Valid: 10,786   Spoilt: 221   Quota: 1,541   Turnout: 11,007 (50.44%)

Gorey

Gorey: 6 seats^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Malcolm Byrne[*][a]	25.45%	2,639
	Fine Gael	Anthony Donohoe[*]	13.54%	1,404	1,511
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Kenny	10.67%	1,106	1,305	1,314	1,337	1,428	1,441	1,452
	Fine Gael	Diarmuid Devereux	9.69%	1,005	1,185	1,315	1,366	1,529
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Sullivan[*]	9.15%	949	1,219	1,236	1,273	1,431	1,446	1,455
	Sinn Féin	Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin[*]	9.11%	945	1,023	1,038	1,177	1,297	1,307	1,312
	Independent	Jimmy Fleming	8.47%	878	974	1,011	1,131	1,276	1,285	1,289
	Labour	Robert Ireton[*]	6.57%	681	801	845	925
	People Before Profit	Cinnamon Blackmore	4.79%	497	550	575
	Fine Gael	Elaine Clarke	2.57%	266	320
Electorate: 19,989   Valid: 10,370   Spoilt: 208   Quota: 1,482   Turnout: 10,578 (52.92%)

Kilmuckridge

Kilmuckridge: 4 seats^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Pip Breen[*]	18.12%	1,297	1,298	1,322	1,474
	Fine Gael	Oliver Walsh[*]	17.98%	1,287	1,289	1,307	1,360	1,375	1,383	1,544
	Independent	Mary Farrell[*]	17.08%	1,223	1,239	1,400	1,533
	Fianna Fáil	Willie Kavanagh[†]	15.64%	1,120	1,123	1,157	1,175	1,180	1,187	1,340
	Fine Gael	Edel Gahan	9.26%	663	665	686	738	772	795	937
	Renua	Peter Mernagh	8.58%	614	624	685	736	760	764
	Labour	Nicky Wafer	6.64%	475	483	528
	Sinn Féin	Colette Nolan	5.96%	427	436
	Direct Democracy	Jan Van De Ven	0.74%	53
Electorate: 13,701   Valid: 7,159   Spoilt: 117   Quota: 1,432   Turnout: 7,276 (53.11%)

New Ross

New Ross: 6 seats^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Patrick Gerard Barden	16.92%	1,980
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sheehan[*]	15.58%	1,824
	Fianna Fáil	John Fleming[*]	11.90%	1,393	1,457	1,468	1,473	1,492	1,541	1,582	1,650
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Whelan[*]	11.07%	1,296	1,333	1,348	1,359	1,381	1,415	1,462	1,765
	Independent	Anthony Connick[*]	9.44%	1,105	1,143	1,170	1,219	1,267	1,403	1,550	1,644
	Fine Gael	Brídín Murphy	7.92%	927	980	986	997	1,005	1,105	1,177	1,542
	Fine Gael	Willie Fitzharris[*]	7.26%	850	898	905	916	924	968	1,007
	Independent	John Dwyer	6.72%	787	805	819	876	900	949	1,140	1,164
	Sinn Féin	Marie Doyle[†]	4.98%	583	604	610	697	709	769
	Labour	Bridín Moloney	4.19%	490	505	508	563	573
	People Before Profit	Susan Jennifer Breen	2.73%	319	329	340
	Renua	Dorota Kulesza	1.29%	151	154
Electorate: 22,001   Valid: 11,705   Spoilt: 251   Quota: 1,673   Turnout: 11,956 (54.34%)

Rosslare

Rosslare: 5 seats^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Ger Carthy[*]	24.74%	2,317
	Fine Gael	Frank Staples[*]	16.57%	1,552	1,720
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Wallace	9.81%	919	942	946	952	1,041	1,090
	Fianna Fáil	Lisa McDonald[†]	9.71%	910	1,057	1,076	1,112	1,169	1,252	1,620
	Fine Gael	Jim Moore[*]	9.45%	885	1,027	1,065	1,120	1,266	1,361	1,539	1,562
	Sinn Féin	Mick Roche[*]	8.96%	839	912	964	983	1,015	1,150	1,250	1,258
	Aontú	Jim Codd	8.30%	777	858	892	907	1,024	1,114	1,295	1,322
	Fine Gael	Paul Codd	5.27%	494	527	529	535
	Inds. 4 Change	Jane Johnstone	5.01%	469	533	578	581	611
	Independent	Terry Lawton	2.19%	205	229
Electorate: 17,103   Valid: 9,367   Spoilt: 153   Quota: 1,562   Turnout: 9,520 (55.66%)

Wexford

Wexford: 7 seats^[13][4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	George Lawlor[*]	21.92%	2,362
	Fine Gael	John Hegarty[*]	12.53%	1,350
	Independent	Leonard Kelly	10.34%	1,114	1,239	1,259	1,297	1,362
	Fianna Fáil	Garry Laffan	8.62%	929	973	978	995	998	1,038	1,106	1,106	1,354
	Sinn Féin	Tom Forde[†]	8.61%	928	1,002	1,005	1,028	1,072	1,085	1,103	1,107	1,159
	Labour	Maura Bell	7.63%	822	1,071	1,075	1,092	1,107	1,180	1,337	1,339	1,493
	Independent	Davy Hynes[*][a]	7.02%	756	866	874	921	977	1,008	1,069	1,077	1,225
	Fianna Fáil	Colin Murphy	6.05%	652	727	729	750	757	776	832	832
	Labour	Joe Ryan	4.76%	513	734	736	740	762	805	895	895	989
	Fine Gael	Ger Walsh	3.88%	418	456	457	458	469	647
	Fine Gael	Angela Reville	3.51%	378	434	435	442	447
	People Before Profit	Tony Walsh[†]	2.39%	258	268	273	282
	Aontú	Elaine Cole	2.23%	240	246	252
	Independent	Mícheál Ó Drisceol	0.52%	56	62
Electorate: 22,044   Valid: 10,776   Spoilt: 169   Quota: 1,348   Turnout: 10,945 (49.65%)

Footnotes

1. See change below.

Results by gender

2019 Wexford County Council election[14][15] Candidates by gender
Gender	Number of candidates	% of candidates	Elected councillors	% of councillors
Men	34	69.4%	16	80.0%
Women	15	30.6%	4	20.0%
TOTAL	49		20

Changes after the 2019 election

Co-options

Party		Outgoing	LEA	Reason	Date	Co-optee
	Fianna Fáil	Malcolm Byrne	Gorey	Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2019 Wexford by-election in November 2019[16]	20 January 2020	Andrew Bolger[17][18]

Changes in affiliation

Name	LEA	Elected as		New affiliation		Date
Davy Hynes	Wexford		Independent		Sinn Féin	December 2022