2024 Kerry County Council election
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An election to all 33 seats on Kerry County Council was held on 7 June 2024, as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Kerry 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]
Results by party[edit]
Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 11 | ||||||
Fine Gael | 10 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | 13 | ||||||
Aontú | 3 | ||||||
Social Democrats | 2 | ||||||
Green | 6 | ||||||
Labour | 4 | ||||||
Kerry Ind. | 1 | ||||||
Party for Animal Welfare | 1 | New | New | ||||
The Irish People | 3 | New | New | ||||
National Party | 1 | New | New | ||||
Independent | 22 | ||||||
Totals | 77 | 31 | ![]() |
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Results by local electoral area[edit]
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Castleisland[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Independent | Jackie Healy-Rae[*] | 29.86% | 2,890 | |||||
Independent | Charlie Farrelly[*] | 18.63% | 1,803 | 2,117 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Fionnán Fitzgerald [*] | 15.92% | 1,541 | 1,741 | 1,794 | 1,847 | 2,104 | |
Fine Gael | Bobby O'Connell[*] | 15.15% | 1,466 | 1,628 | 1,682 | 1,721 | 1,910 | |
Independent | Michelle Keane | 10.24% | 991 | 1,106 | 1,138 | 1,196 | 1,382 | |
Sinn Féin | Deirdre Bell | 7.51% | 727 | 851 | 882 | 965 | ||
Green | Paul Bowler | 1.41% | 136 | 146 | 147 | |||
Aontú | Cáit Ní Ríordáin | 1.29% | 125 | 154 | 164 | |||
Electorate: 15,460 Valid: 9,679 Spoilt: 67 Quota: 1,936 Turnout: 9,746 (63.04%) |
Corca Dhuibhne[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Fine Gael | Tommy Griffin | 22.68% | 1,807 | 1,844 | 2,041 | |||
Sinn Féin | Robert Brosnan | 17.94% | 1,429 | 1,563 | 1,677 | 2,131 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Michael O’Shea[*] | 16.80% | 1,338 | 1,373 | 1,435 | 1,562 | 1,596 | |
Green | Peadar Ó Fionnáin | 12.85% | 1,024 | 1,143 | 1,242 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Breandán Fitzgerald[*] | 12.73% | 1,014 | 1,110 | 1,372 | 1,735 | 1,866 | |
Fine Gael | Séamus Cosaí Fitzgerald[*] | 9.29% | 740 | 774 | ||||
Labour | Mike Kennedy | 6.38% | 508 | |||||
Electorate: 12,578 Valid: 7,860 Spoilt: 106 Quota: 1,966 Turnout: 7,966 (66.3%) |
Kenmare[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
Independent | Johnny Healy-Rae[*] | 23.04% | 3,441 | |||||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Cahill[*] | 14.48% | 2,162 | |||||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Norma Moriarty[*] | 12.09% | 1,805 | |||||||||||||
Independent | Podge Foley | 7.73% | 1,154 | |||||||||||||
Fine Gael | Teddy O'Sullivan Casey | 7.73% | 1,154 | |||||||||||||
Independent | Dan McCarthy[*] | 5.55% | 829 | |||||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Ken O'Sullivan | 5.49% | 820 | |||||||||||||
Fine Gael | Tony Donnelly | 5.16% | 770 | |||||||||||||
Sinn Féin | Damian Quigg | 4.01% | 599 | |||||||||||||
Green | Cleo Murphy | 3.09% | 462 | |||||||||||||
Social Democrats | Tim Clifford | 2.91% | 434 | |||||||||||||
Sinn Féin | Stephanie O'Shea | 2.89% | 431 | |||||||||||||
Independent | Patrick Lyne | 2.49% | 372 | |||||||||||||
Aontú | Catherina O'Sullivan | 1.39% | 207 | |||||||||||||
Independent | Oliver O'Neill | 1.06% | 158 | |||||||||||||
The Irish People | William O'Brien | 0.91% | 136 | |||||||||||||
Electorate: 23,922 Valid: 14,934 Spoilt: 109 Quota: 2,134 Turnout: 15,043 (62.88%) |
Killarney[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Independent | Maura Healy-Rae[*] | 23.71% | 3,385 | |||||||||||
Independent | Martin Grady | 14.38% | 2,053 | |||||||||||
Kerry Ind. | John O'Donoghue | 11.02% | 1,574 | |||||||||||
Independent | Brendan Cronin | 9.97% | 1,423 | |||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Niall Kelleher[*] | 9.15% | 1,307 | |||||||||||
Independent | Niall O'Callaghan[*] | 8.10% | 1,156 | |||||||||||
Labour | Marie Moloney[*] | 7.31% | 1,044 | |||||||||||
Fine Gael | Dermot Healy | 4.57% | 653 | |||||||||||
Sinn Féin | Damien Switzer | 2.37% | 339 | |||||||||||
Green | Diarmaid Griffin | 2.30% | 329 | |||||||||||
Independent | Iqbal Mahmud | 2.13% | 304 | |||||||||||
Sinn Féin | Caroline Kenneally | 1.74% | 248 | |||||||||||
Independent | Kamaruzzaman Abdul-Kadir | 1.29% | 184 | |||||||||||
Independent | Natalia Krasnenkova | 1.02% | 146 | |||||||||||
The Irish People | Alan O'Connor | 0.71% | 101 | |||||||||||
Independent | William Leen | 0.14% | 20 | |||||||||||
Independent | Diarmuid McGuckin | 0.08% | 12 | |||||||||||
Electorate: 23,159 Valid: 14,278 Spoilt: 132 Quota: 1,785 Turnout: 14,410 (62.22%) |
Listowel[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Fine Gael | Michael Foley | 16.38% | 2,402 | |
Fine Gael | Mike Kennelly[*] | 15.70% | 2,301 | |
Independent | Liam "Speedy" Nolan | 15.16% | 2,223 | |
Fianna Fáil | Mike Leane | 12.05% | 1,766 | |
Sinn Féin | Tom Barry | 11.49% | 1,685 | |
Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Moloney[*] | 9.35% | 1,371 | |
Sinn Féin | Marion Falvey O’Sullivan | 8.81% | 1,292 | |
Aontú | Sonny Foran | 5.76% | 845 | |
Sinn Féin | Thomas Harrington | 3.04% | 446 | |
Independent | John O'Sullivan | 2.82% | 414 | |
Green | Oonagh Comerford | 1.13% | 165 | |
Party for Animal Welfare | Rosemarie Smith | 0.75% | 110 | |
Electorate: 25,821 Valid: 14,660 Spoilt: 137 Quota: 2,095 Turnout: 14,797 (57.31%) |
Tralee[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Mikey Sheehy[*] | 15.66% | 2,114 | |
Sinn Féin | Deirdre Ferris[†] | 11.55% | 1,560 | |
Labour | Terry O'Brien[*] | 11.38% | 1,537 | |
Independent | Sam Locke | 7.83% | 1,057 | |
Sinn Féin | Paul Daly | 7.75% | 1,046 | |
Fianna Fáil | Anne O'Sullivan | 6.07% | 819 | |
Fine Gael | Angie Baily | 5.97% | 806 | |
Independent | Tom McEllistrim | 5.73% | 774 | |
Sinn Féin | Cathal Foley[†] | 5.29% | 714 | |
Fine Gael | Sinéad Donnelly | 5.10% | 688 | |
Green | Anluan Dunne | 4.82% | 651 | |
Social Democrats | Mistura Oyebamji | 3.16% | 427 | |
National Party | Jacob Sweeney | 2.91% | 393 | |
Sinn Féin | Paddy Kevane | 2.71% | 366 | |
The Irish People | Eddie O'Grady | 2.38% | 321 | |
Labour | Ben Slimm | 1.50% | 202 | |
Independent | Ame Abdurahman | 0.20% | 27 | |
Electorate: 26,411 Valid: 13,502 Spoilt: 160 Quota: 1,688 Turnout: 13,662 (51.73%) |
Campaign[edit]
Debates[edit]
2024 Kerry County Council election debates | |||||||||||
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Date | Broadcaster | Moderator(s) | Participants — Name Participant N Party not invited/did not participate | Notes | |||||||
FG | FF | SF | Lab | IND | GP | SD | Aon | ||||
23 Apr | Radio Kerry | Jerry O'Sullivan | Tommy Griffin | Breandán Fitzgerald | Robert Brosnan | Mike Kennedy | N | Peadar Ó Fionnáin | N | N | [5] |
29 Apr | Radio Kerry | Jerry O'Sullivan | Michael Foley | Jimmy Moloney | Thomas Harrington | N | Liam "Speedy" Nolan | N | N | Sonny Foran | [6] |
7 May | Radio Kerry | Jerry O'Sullivan | Teddy O’Sullivan Casey | Norma Moriarty | Stephanie O’Shea | N | Podge Foley + Johnny Healy-Rae |
N | N | N |
Councillors not standing for re-election[edit]
Councillor | Electoral area | First elected | Party | Date announced | |
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Jim Finucane[a] | Tralee | 2009 | Fine Gael | 12 September 2023[7] | |
Patrick O'Connor-Scarteen | Kenmare | 2009 | Fine Gael | 3 October 2023[8] | |
Aoife Thornton | Listowel | 2014 | Fine Gael | 2 February 2024[9] | |
John Francis Flynn | Killorglin | 2014 | Fianna Fáil | 14 March 2024[10] |
- Notes
References[edit]
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Election Candidates". Kerry County Council. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Corca Dhuibhne - Kerry County Council". RTE News. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "Election 2024: An Daingean Electoral Area Debate – April 23rd, 2024". Radio Kerry. 23 April 2024. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Local Elections 2024: Listowel Electoral Area Debate – April 29th, 2024". Radio Kerry. 29 April 2024. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ Crean, Dermot (12 September 2023). "Cllr Jim Finucane Will Not Run For Council At Next Local Elections". Tralee Today. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ "Kenmare cllr Patrick O'Connor-Scarteen won't contest next election". Radio Kerry. 3 October 2023. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "Cllr Aoife Thornton will not contest next local elections". Radio Kerry. 2 February 2024. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Cllr John Francis Flynn will not contest next local elections". Radio Kerry. 14 March 2024. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.