2019 Waterford City and County Council election

A Waterford City and County Council election was held in County Waterford and Waterford City in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 32 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 6 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote.

2019 Waterford City and County Council election
24 May 2019
All 32 seats to Waterford City and County Council
17 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Seats won 7 7 6
Seat change 1 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Green Independent
Seats won 4 2 6
Seat change 3 2 3
Map showing the area of Waterford City and County Council
Council control after election

Progressive Alliance composed of Sinn Féin, Independent (5), Labour and Green Party Councillors.

The 2018 boundary review committee recommended significant changes 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.[1] These changes were adopted by statutory instrument (S.I.) No. 635/2018.[2]

Voters in Waterford also took part in a plebiscite on whether or not to establish the position of a directly elected mayor for the council under the Local Government Act 2019.[3][4] The proposal was rejected by a narrow margin of 50.8% No to 49.2% Yes.[5] Two other council also held plebiscites on directly elected mayors: Cork City rejected the proposal, and Limerick was the only one of the three to vote Yes.[5]

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 7 1 11,043 25.01 0.09
Fianna Fáil 7 1 8,248 18.68 0.82
Sinn Féin 6 6,216 14.08 1.92
Labour 4 3 3,662 8.29 0.29
Green 2 2 2,659 6.02 New
People Before Profit 0 332 0.75 0.35
Renua 0 253 0.57 New
Aontú 0 246 0.56 New
Independent 6 3 11,501 26.04 1.26
Totals 32 44,160 100.0

Results by local electoral area

Dungarvan
Dungarvan — 6 Seats[6][7][8]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Fine Gael Damien Geoghegan[c 1] 20.03% 1,716              
Fianna Fáil Tom Cronin[c 1] 14.08% 1,206 1,234            
Fine Gael Pat Nugent[c 1] 11.65% 998 1,081 1,094 1,121 1,171 1,211 1,313  
Sinn Féin Conor D. McGuinness 9.01% 772 818 842 1,007 1,054 1,137 1,216 1,221
Independent Seamus O'Donnell[c 1] 8.32% 713 737 746 771 861 965 1,079 1,096
Labour Thomas Phelan 7.87% 674 724 741 758 795 913 1,026 1,038
Fine Gael Ian Noctor 6.69% 573 669 688 707 751 819 953 980
Independent Joe O'Riordan 5.80% 497 529 552 578 653      
Fianna Fáil Ann Marie Rossiter 5.73% 491 560 587 628 686 774    
Independent Caren Hallahan 4.40% 377 403 449 471        
Sinn Féin Siobhán Whelan[c 1] 4.12% 353 379 391          
Independent Ciara Langan 1.32% 113 117            
Fianna Fáil Sean French 0.99% 85 92            
Electorate: 16,197   Valid: 8,568   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 1,225   Turnout: 8,703 (53.73%)

    Lismore
    Lismore — 3 Seats[9][7][10]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12
    Labour John Pratt[c 1] 31.55% 1,385  
    Fianna Fáil James Tobin[c 1] 27.52% 1,208  
    Fine Gael Declan Doocey[c 1] 23.71% 1,041 1,205
    Sinn Féin Louise Brierley 9.68% 425 491
    Green Lynne Glasscoe 7.54% 331 388
    Electorate: 9,226   Valid: 4,390   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 1,098   Turnout: 4,476 (48.52%)

      Portlaw–Kilmacthomas
      Portlaw–Kilmacthomas — 5 Seats[11][7][12]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      Fine Gael Seanie Power 21.17% 1,591 1,253        
      Fine Gael Liam Brazil[c 1] 19.72% 1,482 1,482 1,253      
      Fianna Fáil John O'Leary[c 1] 14.94% 1,123 1,163 1,204 1,273 1,253  
      Labour Ger Barron 13.05% 981 1,018 1,098 1,249 1,256  
      Sinn Féin Declan Clune[c 1] 9.84% 740 762 771 860 861 1,028
      Fianna Fáil Ray Murphy[c 2] 8.19% 616 708 721 770 778 963
      Fine Gael Mairead Coffey Jacob 5.92% 445 550 612 686 690  
      Independent Dolores Whelan 3.72% 280 305 319      
      Independent Ann Troy 3.45% 259 276 286      
      Electorate: 14,318   Valid: 7,517   Spoilt: 152   Quota: 1,253   Turnout: 7,669 (53.6%)

        Tramore–Waterford City West
        Tramore–Waterford City West — 6 Seats[13][7][14]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678910
        Green Marc Ó Cathasaigh 14.28% 1,122 1,126 1,123              
        Independent Joe Conway[c 1] 13.75% 1,080 1,083 1,083 1,097 1,126          
        Fine Gael Lola O'Sullivan[c 1] 13.07% 1,027 1,031 1,031 1,052 1,062 1,183 1,183 1,123    
        Independent Joe Kelly[c 1] 12.09% 950 963 964 976 1,002 1,014 1,062 1,069 1,102 1,143
        Fianna Fáil Eamon Quinlan[c 1] 9.70% 762 769 770 836 844 868 920 946 969 1,002
        Independent Blaise Hannigan[c 1] 8.74% 687 690 690 701 714 742 794 807 886 912
        Sinn Féin Jim Griffin[c 1] 7.39% 581 589 589 596 614 620 626 629 691 979
        Sinn Féin Leslie Hughes 5.03% 395 399 399 405 425 430 437 439 523  
        People Before Profit Úna Dunphy 4.23% 332 333 333 341 349 368 385 394    
        Renua Michael Gallwey 3.22% 253 257 257 260 263 273        
        Fine Gael Maxine Keoghan 3.16% 248 250 251 254 257          
        Fianna Fáil Rita Lacey 2.16% 170 173 173              
        Independent Brendan Byrne 2.15% 169 176 176 182            
        Independent Melissa O'Neill 1.03% 81                  
        Electorate: 16,215   Valid: 7,857   Spoilt: 173   Quota: 1,123   Turnout: 8,030 (49.5%)

          Waterford City East
          Waterford City East — 6 Seats[15][7][16]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Independent Matt Shanahan[c 2] 20.32% 1,736 1221          
          Independent David Daniels[c 1] 14.06% 1,201 1,307 1,307 1,221      
          Fianna Fáil Eddie Mulligan[c 1] 10.91% 932 1,010 1,071 1,083 1,153 1,195 1,267
          Fianna Fáil Adam Wyse[c 1] 10.44% 892 966 1,032 1,052 1,122 1,202 1,308
          Green Jody Power 8.95% 765 833 908 928 975 1,038 1,141
          Sinn Féin Pat Fitzgerald[c 1] 6.87% 587 602 611 615 664 936 1,086
          Fine Gael Sharon Carey[c 2] 6.77% 578 612 639 653 831 871 950
          Sinn Féin Michael Doyle 6.27% 536 558 576 579 590    
          Independent Lee Walsh 6.12% 523 563 607 615 661 700  
          Fine Gael Fiona Dowd 5.64% 482 515 531 536      
          Independent Michael Garland 3.64% 311 356          
          Electorate: 15,562   Valid: 8,543   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 1,221   Turnout: 8,665 (55.7%)

            Waterford City South
            Waterford City South — 6 Seats[17][7][18]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345678910
            Sinn Féin John Hearne[c 1] 14.70% 1,071 1,071 1,041              
            Fine Gael John Cummins[c 1][c 3] ††† 11.83% 862 876 877 899 915 929 959 1,025 1,067  
            Fianna Fáil Jason Murphy[c 1] 10.47% 763 772 774 840 850 870 919 960 1,015 1,028
            Independent Donal Barry 9.94% 724 751 753 782 840 868 946 1,008 1,163 1,041
            Labour Séamus Ryan 8.54% 622 627 629 640 653 672 729 812 879 893
            Independent Laurence (Cha) O'Neill[c 1] 6.97% 508 515 517 543 554 584 637 665 756 788
            Independent Andrew Power 6.12% 446 470 471 488 518 535 586 627    
            Sinn Féin Breda Brennan[c 1] 6.09% 444 456 464 471 502 649 702 774 835 863
            Green Susan Gallagher 6.05% 441 451 452 473 504 513 534      
            Independent Seán Reinhardt[c 1] 5.59% 407 418 421 432 446 483        
            Sinn Féin Warren Fitzgerald 4.28% 312 331 339 347 370          
            Independent Vivienne Burns 3.68% 268 280 281 290            
            Aontú Ronan Cleary 3.38% 246 254 254              
            Independent Brendan Byrne 2.35% 171                  
            Electorate: 14,323   Valid: 7,285   Spoilt: 156   Quota: 1,041   Turnout: 7,441 (51.95%)

              Results by gender
              2019 Waterford City and County Council election[19][20]
              Candidates by gender
              Gender Number of
              candidates              		  % of
              candidates              		 Elected
              councillors              		  % of
              councillors
              Men 46 69.7% 30 93.8%
              Women 20 30.3% 2 6.3%
              TOTAL66 32 

              Plebiscite
              2019 Waterford City and County Council Directly Elected Mayor plebiscite[21][5]
              Choice Votes  %
              No 22,437 50.8
              Yes 21,718 49.2
              Total votes 44,155 100.00

              Changes since 2019 local elections

              Footnotes
              1. Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
              2. Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.
              3. Elected to Seanad Éireann on 1 April 2020.

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