2019 Cavan County Council election

An election to Cavan County Council took place on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 18 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from three local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote. The 2018 boundary review committee did not recommend any alteration in the LEAs used by Cavan in the 2014 elections.

2019 Cavan County Council election

24 May 2019
All 18 seats to Cavan County Council
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 8 7 1 Seat change 1 3   Party Aontú Independent Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1
Map showing the area of Cavan County Council

The election was disastrous for Sinn Féin, which lost all but one of their seats. Fianna Fáil returned with one extra seat, to give a total of eight seats; while Independent candidate Brendan Fay was elected and became the first Independent councillor in the county since 1999. Fine Gael and Aontú both returned with the same number of seats as on the previous council.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	8	1	12,492	38.92%	1.56%
	Fine Gael	7		10,712	33.37%	3.29%
	Sinn Féin	1	3	3,974	12.38%	5.79%
	Aontú	1	1	2,482	7.73%	7.73%
	Labour	0		705	2.20%	1.61%
	People Before Profit	0		498	1.55%	1.55%
	Independent	1	1	1,236	3.85%	0.21%
Totals		18		32,099	100%

Results by LEA

Bailieborough–Cootehill

Bailieborough–Cootehill — 6 Seats[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Aontú	Sarah O'Reilly[lower-alpha 1]	14.93%	1,704
	Fine Gael	Val Smith[lower-alpha 2]	10.07%	1,150	1,158	1,163	1,173	1,263	1,512	1,643
	Fine Gael	Carmel Brady[lower-alpha 2]	8.94%	1,021	1,035	1,038	1,064	1,152	1,206	1,505	1,669
	Fianna Fáil	Clifford Kelly[lower-alpha 2]	11.94%	1,363	1,365	1,369	1,425	1,448	1,543	1,557	1,611
	Fianna Fáil	Aiden Fitzpatrick	7.93%	905	910	917	1,042	1,101	1,274	1,380	1,502
	Sinn Féin	Paddy McDonald	6.76%	772	782	801	941	980	1,005	1,075	1,500
	Fianna Fáil	Francis McDermott	8.14%	929	930	936	1,009	1,131	1,214	1,302	1,353
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Murray	6.88%	785	791	794	822	829
	Sinn Féin	Bridget Boyle	6.84%	781	804	807	824	883	916	938
	Fine Gael	John O'Hare	5.79%	661	665	670	699
	Fine Gael	Shirley Hall	5.52%	630	642	652	714	860	880
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Barry	5.26%	601	606	614
	Labour	Mary Roche	1.00%	114
Electorate: 20,421   Valid: 11,416   Spoilt: 249   Quota: 1,631   Turnout: 11,665 (57.12%)

Ballyjamesduff

Ballyjamesduff — 6 Seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Trevor Smith	16.20%	1,826
	Fianna Fáil	Shane P. O'Reilly[lower-alpha 2]†	15.11%	1,703
	Fine Gael	T.P. O'Reilly	13.98%	1,576	1,635
	Fine Gael	Winston Bennett[lower-alpha 2]	13.28%	1,497	1,527	1,533	1,544	1,694
	Fianna Fáil	Craig Lovett	11.45%	1,290	1,356	1,389	1,446	1,642
	Fianna Fáil	Philip "The Gunner" Brady[lower-alpha 2]	11.78%	1,328	1,339	1,360	1,375	1,489
	Sinn Féin	Noel Connell[lower-alpha 2]	7.13%	804	826	840	1,171	1,307
	Aontú	Gráinne McPhillips	6.90%	778	796	808	842
	Sinn Féin	Geraldine Harten	4.16%	469	478	484
Electorate: 20,222   Valid: 11,271   Spoilt: 204   Quota: 1,611   Turnout: 11,475 (56.75%)

Cavan–Belturbet

Cavan–Belturbet — 6 Seats[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	John Paul Feeley[lower-alpha 2]	15.02%	1,414
	Independent	Brendan Fay	13.13%	1,236	1,237	1,241	1,265	1,349
	Fine Gael	Madeleine Argue[lower-alpha 2]	13.02%	1,225	1,289	1,294	1,337	1,392
	Fianna Fáil	Patricia Walsh	11.26%	1,060	1,067	1,075	1,113	1,176	1,389
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Smith[lower-alpha 2]	11.84%	1,114	1,124	1,150	1,155	1,174	1,244	1,246
	Fine Gael	Peter McVitty[lower-alpha 2]	10.14%	954	1,007	1,020	1,027	1,039	1,144	1,159
	Sinn Féin	Damien Brady[lower-alpha 2]	7.63%	718	722	729	922	1,006	1,096	1,106
	Labour	Liam van der Spek	6.28%	591	608	611	643	761
	People Before Profit	Emmett Smith	5.29%	498	500	502	567
	Sinn Féin	Daniel Downey[lower-alpha 1]	4.57%	430	434	435
	Fine Gael	Seán McKiernan, Jnr.	1.83%	172
Electorate: 18,308   Valid: 9,412   Spoilt: 188   Quota: 1,345   Turnout: 9,600 (52.44%)

Footnotes

1. Outgoing councillor co-opted subsequent to the 2014 election.
2. Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.

Changes since 2019 Elections

• †Ballyjamesduff Fianna Fáil Cllr Shane P. O'Reilly resigned from the party citing irreconcilable differences on 18 June 2020 and became an Independent.[4]

References

Sources

• "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. p. 69. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
• "Cavan County Council – Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
• Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 24–27, 142. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
• Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "County of Cavan Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
• "Local Election Count - News - Cavan County Council". Cavan County Council. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

Citations

1. "Local Election 2019 — Bailieborough-Cootehill LEA" (PDF). Cavan County Council. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
2. "Local Election 2019 — Ballyjamesduff LEA" (PDF). Cavan County Council. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
3. "Local Election 2019 — Cavan–Belturbet LEA" (PDF). Cavan County Council. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
4. https://www.anglocelt.ie/2020/06/18/reaction-to-ff-cllrs-resignation/