2024 Mayo County Council election

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2024 Mayo County Council election

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All 30 seats on Mayo County Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Last election 12 11 1
Seats before 11 11 1

  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Last election 6
Seats before 7

Area of Mayo County Council

An election to all 30 seats on Mayo County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Mayo 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]

Incumbents retiring[edit]

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

Constitutency Councillor Party
Claremorris John Cribbin[3] Independent
Ballina Séamus Weir[4] Independent

Results by party[edit]

Party Candidates Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 13
Fine Gael 15
Sinn Féin 9
Aontú 3
Social Democrats 1
Green 2
Labour 1
Independent Ireland 2 New New
People Before Profit 1
Irish Freedom 1 New New
The Irish People 1 New New
Independent 12
Total 61 30 Steady 100.00

Results by local electoral area[edit]

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

Ballina[edit]

Ballina: 6 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil David Alexander
Independent Garie Beattie
Sinn Féin Antonio Cafolla
Independent Joe Doocey
Independent Mark Duffy[*]
Independent Joe Faughan
Independent Keith Howley
Fianna Fáil Michael Loftus[*]
Independent Jo Mullen
Fine Gael Jarlath Munnelly[*]
Independent Willie Nolan
Fine Gael John O'Hara[*]
Sinn Féin Úna Morris
Fianna Fáil Annie May Reape[*]
Fine Gael Hugh Rouse
Quota:  

Belmullet[edit]

Belmullet: 3 Seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Independent John Paul Carey
Fianna Fáil Sean Carey[*]
Fine Gael Pat Chambers
Fine Gael Gerry Coyle[*]
Independent Jay Heneghan
Sinn Féin Rosaleen Lally
Fianna Fáil Paul McNamara[*]
Green Micheál O’Conaill
Quota:  

Castlebar[edit]

Castlebar: 7 Seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Independent Harry Barrett
Social Democrats Aidan Browne
Fine Gael Cyril Burke[*]
People Before Profit Joe Daly
Fine Gael Ger Deere[*]
Fianna Fáil Blackie Gavin
Independent Ireland Donal Geraghty
Sinn Féin Donna Hyland
Independent Stephen Kerr
Independent Michael Kilcoyne
Independent Brendan Lavelle
Independent Gerry Loftus
Fianna Fáil Al McDonnell[*]
Fianna Fáil Martin McLoughlin[*]
The Irish People Tom Moran
Sinn Féin Maura O’Sullivan
Independent Maksym Shalomon
Fine Gael Donna Sheridan[*]
Labour Kamal Uddin
Quota:  

Claremorris[edit]

Claremorris: 6 Seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fine Gael Michael Burke[*]
The Irish People Árón Ceallaigh
Fine Gael Tom Connolly[*]
Independent Ireland Mark Devane
Independent Richard Finn[*]
Fine Gael Alma Gallagher
Independent Geraldine Kelly
Aontú Paul Lawless
Fianna Fáil Stephen Nolan
Independent Patsy O'Brien[*]
Sinn Féin Eamon Phelan
Fianna Fáil Damien Ryan[*]
Independent Sandra Sweetman
Quota:  

Swinford[edit]

Swinford: 4 Seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil John Caulfield[*]
Fine Gael Neil Cruise[*]
Fianna Fáil Adrian Forkan[†]
Independent Seán Forkin
The Irish People Marion Gordon
Aontú Tommy Horan
Sinn Féin Gerry Murray[*]
Fine Gael Antoinette Peyton
Sinn Féin John Sheahan
Quota:  

Westport[edit]

Westport: 4 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fine Gael Peter Flynn[*]
Sinn Féin Karen Gallagher
Independent Christy Hyland
Fine Gael Keira Keogh
Aontú John Loftus
Independent Ireland Chris Maxwell
Irish Freedom Niall McCormack
Fianna Fáil Brendan Mulroy[*]
Green Peter Nolan
Independent John O'Malley
Quota:  

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick mayoral elections". Gov.ie (Press release). Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ O'Malley, Paul (7 May 2024). "'Ballyhaunis is the better for John Cribbin'". westernpeople.ie. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  4. ^ Kelly, Tom (13 March 2024). "Long-serving Mayo Councillor Seamus Weir is set to retire from public life". Connaugh Telegraph. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Fógra na Vótaíochta-Notice of Poll" (PDF). Mayo County Council. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.