Part of the 2024 Irish local elections
2024 Westmeath County Council election
Area of Westmeath County Council
An election to all 20 seats on Westmeath County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections .[ 1] County Westmeath is divided into 4 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 [ edit ] The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
Candidates by local electoral area [ edit ] ^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ **: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019 in another LEA.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
^ ††: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election in another LEA
Athlone : 5 Seats[ 5]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Independent
Kevin "Boxer" Moran
39.64%
3,782
Fianna Fáil
Frankie Keena[*]
14.37%
1,371
1,780
Fine Gael
John Dolan[*]
12.72%
1,214
1,568
1,639
Fianna Fáil
Aengus O'Rourke[*]
11.77%
1,123
1,686
Sinn Féin
Conor Dowling-Linehan
4.66%
445
563
571
579
579
599
628
644
Green
Louise Heavin[*]
3.82%
364
477
489
508
517
553
629
654
760
Independent
Tom Cleary
3.31%
316
507
530
546
554
598
642
739
858
1,034
Independent Ireland
Paul Hogan[†]
3.25%
310
530
565
590
601
632
684
814
965
1,120
Irish Freedom
Catrina O'Donohoe
2.91%
278
363
372
377
381
388
399
Fine Gael
Ruairí Keyes
1.98%
189
260
271
284
296
329
Labour
Ray Lennon
1.56%
149
216
236
245
249
Electorate: 20,464 Valid: 9,541 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,591 Turnout: 9,661 (47.21%)
Kinnegad : 5 Seats[ 6]
[ 7]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Labour
Denis Leonard[*]
14.91%
1,457
1,632
Fianna Fáil
Alfie Devine
12.64%
1,236
1,364
1,533
1,689
[ 8]
Sinn Féin
David Jones
11.61%
1,135
1,553
1,582
1,690
Fianna Fáil
Niall Gaffney
10.69%
1,045
1,125
1,225
1,287
Fine Gael
Seamus MacDermott
10.04%
981
1,089
1,101
1,181
Fine Gael
Emily Wallace
9.73%
951
1,072
1,252
1,421
Independent Ireland
Brian Crum
6.05%
591
1,015
Fianna Fáil
Shauna Coyne
5.86%
573
635
Independent
Noleen Fanning
4.38%
428
548
Sinn Féin
Maureen Piggot
3.87%
378
501
Aontú
Laura O’Neill
3.57%
349
397
Fine Gael
Anthonia Izekor
1.79%
175
196
Sinn Féin
Frances Monahan
1.53%
150
161
Green
Carol Okeke
1.24%
121
122
Ireland First
Sarah Heraty
1.16%
113
133
The Irish People
Ian McGauley
0.94%
92
Electorate: 18,090 Valid: 9,775 Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,630 Turnout: 9,898 (54.72%)
Moate : 4 Seats[ 9]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Fine Gael
Tom Farrell[*]
23.96%
2,185
Fianna Fáil
Vinny McCormack[*]
17.87%
1,630
1,777
1,797
1,833
Fianna Fáil
Liam McDaniel[*]
16.23%
1,480
1,512
1,522
1,558
1,826
Labour
Johnnie Penrose[*]
15.80%
1,441
1,516
1,537
1,663
1,851
Independent
Michael O’Brien
11.24%
1,025
1,093
1,174
1,253
1,465
Independent Ireland
Paul Hogan[††]
7.39%
674
697
779
873
Sinn Féin
John Lawlor
4.56%
416
424
445
Irish Freedom
Shane Lynam
2.96%
270
277
Electorate: 16,297 Valid: 9,121 Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,825 Turnout: 9,193 (56.41%)
Mullingar : 6 Seats[ 10]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Independent
Mick Dollard[*]
18.31%
1,696
Fianna Fáil
Ken Glynn[*]
14.27%
1,322
1,387
Fianna Fáil
Aoife Davitt[*]
10.54%
976
1,009
1,048
1,258
Fine Gael
Andrew Duncan[*]
10.43%
966
1,001
1,029
1,266
Fianna Fáil
Bill Collentine[*]
10.14%
939
981
1,017
1,222
Fine Gael
Gerry Heery
8.19%
759
784
821
1,048
Sinn Féin
Julie McCourt
6.18%
572
607
830
1,053
Labour
Fidelma Bennett
5.80%
537
580
658
877
Green
Hazel Smyth[*]
4.65%
431
442
560
577
Ireland First
Margaret Maguire
3.98%
369
392
537
Social Democrats
Ali Morris
3.43%
318
325
347
Sinn Féin
Damien Rooney
2.15%
199
209
210
Independent
Patrick Hussey
1.93%
179
222
229
Electorate: 20,673 Valid: 9,263 Spoilt: 133 Quota: 1,324 Turnout: 9,396 (45.45%)