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2024 Waterford City and County Council election
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All 32 seats on Waterford City and County Council
17 seats needed for a majority
Area of Waterford City and County Council

An election to all 32 seats on Waterford City and County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] Waterford City and County is 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).[2]

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:[3][4]

Constituency Departing Councillor Party
Portlaw–Kilmacthomas Ger Barron Labour
Lismore Mairéad Tobin Fianna Fáil

Results by party

Party Candidates Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 9 5
Fine Gael 11 8
Sinn Féin 18 7
Aontú 1 0
Social Democrats 2 1
Green 5 0
Labour 4 3
Independent Ireland 1 0 New New
People Before Profit 1 0
Rabharta 1 0 New New
The Irish People 3 0 New New
Party for Animal Welfare 1 0 New New
Independent 22 8
Total 79 32 Steady 100.00

Candidates by LEA

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.

Dungarvan

Dungarvan: 6 seats[5][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Fine Gael Damien Geoghegan[*] 17.3 1,584
Sinn Féin Conor McGuinness[*] 15.3 1,408
Fianna Fáil Tom Cronin[*] 13.4 1,230
Fine Gael Pat Nugent[*] 11.7 1,073
Labour Thomas Phelan[*] 8.6 786
Independent Joe O'Riordan 6.8 627
Fine Gael Monica Murphy 5.1 468
Independent Seamus O'Donnell[*] 5.0 462
Green Críostóir Ó Faoláin 3.8 345
Independent Caren Hallahan 3.2 295
Independent Jonathan Shaw 2.7 244
Sinn Féin Siobhan Whelan 2.3 209
Sinn Féin Fiona Regan 2.2 204
Independent Aaron Joyce 1.4 131
Independent Roger Morrison 0.8 70
Independent Padraig Curran 0.4 38
Electorate: 17,625   Valid: 9,174   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 1,311   Turnout: 9,259 (52.53%)  

Lismore

Lismore: 3 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Sinn Féin Donnchadh Mulcahy 19.2% 988
Labour John Pratt[*] 18.6% 958
Fine Gael Niamh O’Donovan 15.5% 801
Independent Brian Buckley 15.2% 781
Fianna Fáil Michael Walsh 14.1% 729
Fine Gael Declan Doocey[*] 10.8% 559
Green Lynn Glasscoe 2.8% 145
Independent Frank Power 2.4% 126
The Irish People Michael McCarthy 1.3% 66
Electorate: 9,952   Valid: 5,153   Spoilt: 51   Quota: 1,289   Turnout: 5,204 (52.29%)  

Portlaw–Kilmacthomas

Portlaw–Kilmacthomas: 5 seats[8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Liam Brazil[*]
Sinn Féin Catherine Burke
Independent Declan Clune[*]
Independent Frank Conway
Sinn Féin Ben Duggan
Sinn Féin Thomas Guiry
Fianna Fáil Ray Murphy
Fianna Fáil John O’Leary[*]
The Irish People Declan Power
Fine Gael Seanie Power[*]
Electorate: 15,401   Valid: 7,788   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 1,299   Turnout: 7,861 (51.04%)  

Tramore–Waterford City West

Tramore–Waterford City West: 6 seats[9][10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Fine Gael Lola O’Sullivan[*] 16.0 1,313
Independent Joe Kelly[*] 13.0 1,069
Independent Blaise Hannigan 11.2 921
Independent Joe Conway[*] 10.6 871
Sinn Féin Jim Griffin[*] 9.0 739
Fianna Fáil Eamon Quinlan[*] 8.2 676
Green Cristiona Kiely[†] 4.5 373
Rabharta Killian Mangan 4.0 326
Sinn Féin Suzie Duffin 3.9 324
Sinn Féin Alannah Hutchinson-Smith 3.8 316
Aontú Ronan Cleary 3.3 275
Fine Gael Richie Hayes 3.0 245
Sinn Féin John Hayes 2.9 240
Labour Mairead McKnight 2.9 239
Independent Ireland Michael Gallwey 1.8 151
Party for Animal Welfare Samantha Dooley 1.0 81
Independent Melissa O'Neill 0.8 69
Electorate: 17,813   Valid: 8,228   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 1,176   Turnout: 8,348 (46.86%)  

Waterford City East

Waterford City East: 6 seats[11]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Independent Declan Barry
Sinn Féin Karl Cretzan
Independent David Daniels[*]
Fine Gael Jim Darcy
Sinn Féin Pat Fitzgerald[*]
Sinn Féin Caroline Griffin
Fianna Fáil Stephanie Keating[†]
Green Jody Power[*]
Social Democrats Mary Roche[†]
Independent Darren Ryan
The Irish People John Walsh
Fianna Fáil Adam Wyse[*]
Electorate: 17,379   Valid: 8,661   Spoilt: 90   Quota: 1,238   Turnout: 8,751 (50.35%)  

Waterford City South

Waterford City South: 6 seats[12]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Independent Donal Barry[*] 17.4% 1,291
Sinn Féin John Hearne[*] 13.9% 1,030
Fianna Fáil Jason Murphy[*] 12.8% 946
Sinn Féin Joeanne Bailey[†] 9.6% 712
Fine Gael Frank Quinlan[†] 8.6% 634
Labour Seamus Ryan[*] 8.0% 590
Sinn Féin Kevin Burke 7.0% 520
Fianna Fáil Vivienne Burns 4.6% 343
Independent Seán Reinhardt 4.6% 343
Sinn Féin Breda Brennan 3.9% 286
Independent Lisa Carroll 2.6% 191
Green Maolíosa Ní Chléirigh 2.2% 162
Social Democrats Sinead Ellen Griffin 1.9% 140
People Before Profit Patrick Curtin 1.8% 133
Independent Eric English 1.1% 81
Electorate: 15,641   Valid: 7,402   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 1,058   Turnout: 7,506 (47.99%)  

References

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  2. ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ Keane, Brendan (11 April 2024). "GLOWING TRIBUTES PAID TO WATERFORD COUNCILLOR ON HIS IMPENDING RETIREMENT FROM LOCAL AUTHORITY". Waterford News & Star. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  4. ^ Murphy, Darragh (12 April 2024). "LOCAL FIANNA FÁIL COUNCILLOR MAIREAD TOBIN RETIRING". Waterford News & Star. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Notice of Poll Dungarvan" (PDF). Waterford City & County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  6. ^ https://www.rte.ie/news/elections-2024/results/#/local/waterford-city-county/dungarvan
  7. ^ "Notice of Poll Lismore" (PDF). Waterford City & County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Notice of Poll PORTLAW-KILMACTHOMAS" (PDF). Waterford City & County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Notice of Poll Tramore" (PDF). Waterford City & County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  10. ^ https://www.rte.ie/news/elections-2024/results/#/local/waterford-city-county/tramore-waterford
  11. ^ "Notice of Poll WATERFORD CITY EAST" (PDF). Waterford City & County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Notice of Poll WATERFORD CITY South" (PDF). Waterford City & County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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