2019 Cork County Council election

A Cork County Council election wias held in County Cork in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 55 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 10 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote.

2019 Cork County Council election

24 May 2019
All 55 seats to Cork County Council 28 seats needed for a majority
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Seats won 20 18 2 Seat change 4 1 8   Party Labour Green Social Democrats Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 2 1   Party Independent Seats won 10 Seat change
Map showing the area of Cork County Council prior to the 2019 loss of land to Cork City Council
Council control after election TBD

This election coincides with a transfer of land around Cork city from the administration of the County Council to that of Cork City Council. Several outgoing county councillors, based in areas transferred to the city, are standing in the city council election. Compared to the previous election in 2014, the total number of councillors is unchanged, but following the recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, there were significant changes to the LEAs, taking account of the transfer of land to the city, a maximum of 7 seats per LEA in its terms of reference, and population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.[1][2]

Fianna Fáil increased its seat number by 1 to 18 and also polled more votes than Fine Gael. However, Fine Gael gained an additional 4 seats to emerge as the largest party with 20 seats. Both parties benefitted from the collapse of Sinn Féin who only returned with 2 seats, a loss of 8. However, there had been many defections within the party in the years since 2014 and several Councillors did not seek re-election. The Green Party gained 2 seats in the Cobh and Midleton LEAs. After a recount, Holly McKeever Cairns won a seat in Bantry-West Cork for the Social Democrats.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	20	4	42,656	31.88%	4.21%
	Fianna Fáil	18	1	45,143	33.74%	5.09%
	Sinn Féin	2	8	7,273	5.44%	9.08%
	Labour	2		4,368	3.26%	3.95%
	Green	2	2	3,863	2.89%	1.76%
	Social Democrats	1	1	3,369	2.52%	2.52%
	Aontú	0		2,394	1.79%	1.79%
	Inds. 4 Change	0		827	0.62%	0.62%
	People Before Profit	0		188	0.14%	0.97%
	Independent	10		23,719	17.73%	1.63%
Totals		55		133,800	100%

Candidates by LEA

Bandon–Kinsale

Bandon–Kinsale — 6 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Gillian Coughlan[c 1]	18.65%	2,762
	Independent	Alan Coleman[c 2]	15.87%	2,350
	Fine Gael	Kevin Murphy[c 2]	11.95%	1,769	1,845	1,861	1,930	1,973	2,007	2,077	2,277
	Fine Gael	John O'Sullivan[c 1]	11.00%	1,629	1,665	1,666	1,681	1,693	1,710	1,790	1,812	2,075
	Fine Gael	Marie O'Sullivan	9.07%	1,343	1,386	1,397	1,426	1,449	1,491	1,528	1,753	1,984
	Fianna Fáil	Sean O'Donovan	6.77%	1,002	1,197	1,201	1,233	1,265	1,301	1,594	1,658	1,931
	Fine Gael	Gerard Seaman	5.91%	875	980	981	995	1,006	1,038	1,073	1,089
	Green	Gordon Reid	5.90%	873	895	902	914	993	1,067	1,089	1,275	1,318
	Independent	Pat O'Regan	5.36%	793	810	839	865	927	1,048	1,084
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Brennan	3.26%	483	601	603	623	643	673
	Aontú	Mairéad Ruane	2.94%	435	451	468	478	524
	Sinn Féin	Noel Harrington	2.54%	376	389	409	416
	Independent	Cormac Hayes	0.78%	116	121
Electorate: 28,220   Valid: 14,806   Spoilt: 192   Quota: 2,116   Turnout: 14,998 (53.15%)

Bantry–West Cork

Bantry–West Cork — 4 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Danny Collins[c 1]	27.29%	3,148
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Gerard Murphy[c 2]	12.80%	1,477	1,652	1,682	1,830	2,293	2,782
	Social Democrats	Holly Cairns††	11.06%	1,276	1,361	1,460	1,510	1,584	1,777	1,843	1,866
	Fianna Fáil	George Gill	9.92%	1,145	1,239	1,288	1,462	1,508
	Fine Gael	Katie Murphy	9.85%	1,136	1,272	1,319	1,539	1,917	2,292	2,376
	Independent	Finbarr Harrington	9.53%	1,100	1,233	1,300	1,439	1,624	1,777	1,852	1,865
	Fine Gael	Noel Harrington	8.91%	1,028	1,073	1,084	1,291
	Fine Gael	John Dinneen	7.62%	879	987	1,007
	Sinn Féin	Donnchadh Ó Seaghdha	1.82%	210	236
	Aontú	Lorraine Deane-Ross	1.20%	138	176
Electorate: 20,290   Valid: 11,537 (56.86%)   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 2,308   Turnout: 11,672 (57.53%)

Carrigaline

Carrigaline — 6 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus McGrath[c 2]	32.48%	4,247
	Independent	Marcia D'Alton[c 2]	15.98%	2,089
	Fine Gael	Aidan Lombard[c 1]	14.49%	1,894
	Independent	Ben Dalton O'Sullivan	6.26%	818	1,032	1,054	1,198	1,234	1,272	1,447
	Fine Gael	Liam O'Connor	6.00%	785	1,303	1,321	1,354	1,407	1,728	1,779
	Green	Catriona Reid	5.56%	727	881	929	1,000	1,040	1,121	1,282
	Fianna Fáil	Audrey Buckley	5.31%	694	1,282	1,293	1,346	1,622	1,817	1,913
	Fine Gael	Michael Paul Murtagh	4.52%	591	771	794	815	851
	Sinn Féin	Michael Frick Murphy[c 2]	4.44%	580	762	818	841	914	932
	Aontú	John Weldon	3.27%	427	520	530
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Corcoran	1.70%	222	672	705	729
Electorate: 27,772   Valid: 13,074   Spoilt: 154   Quota: 1,868   Turnout: 13,098 (47.16%)

Cobh

Cobh — 6 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig O'Sullivan[c 2]†	21.82%	2,608
	Fine Gael	Anthony Barry[c 2]	16.80%	2,009
	Labour	Cathal Rasmussen[c 2]	12.97%	1,550	1,593	1,605	1,653	1,667	1,747
	Fine Gael	Sinéad Sheppard[c 2]	11.46%	1,370	1,619	1,796
	Independent	Sean O'Connor	10.08%	1,205	1,229	1,239	1,256	1,267	1,392	1,501	1,662
	Green	Alan O'Connor	7.39%	883	983	1,032	1,084	1,110	1,153	1,242	1,358
	Inds. 4 Change	Karen Doyle	6.92%	827	844	853	903	912	972	1,138	1,252
	Sinn Féin	Louise Murphy	4.29%	513	543	556	577	581	618
	Independent	Peter Kidney	3.34%	399	412	415	440	444
	Fianna Fáil	John Paul Reilly	2.93%	350	759	777	788	810	845	901
	Social Democrats	Ken Curtin	2.02%	241	256	266
Electorate: 26,045   Valid: 11,955   Spoilt: 252   Quota: 1,708   Turnout: 12,207 (46.87%)

Fermoy

Fermoy — 6 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Noel McCarthy[c 2]	21.80%	3,228
	Fianna Fáil	Frank O'Flynn[c 2]	19.55%	2,895
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre O'Brien[c 1]	15.02%	2,225
	Fianna Fáil	William O'Leary	14.94%	2,212
	Fine Gael	Kay Dawson[c 2]	10.31%	1,527	2,095	2,412
	Independent	Frank Roche	6.07%	899	1,014	1,231	1,278	1,315	1,515	1,560	1,780
	Social Democrats	June Murphy[c 2]	4.56%	676	777	857	896	923	1,116	1,137	1,456
	Sinn Féin	Helen White	4.17%	617	696	769	790	818
	Labour	David Kenneally	3.59%	531	780	872	931	948	1,056	1,086
Electorate: 29,888   Valid: 14,810   Spoilt: 259   Quota: 2,116   Turnout: 15,069 (50.42%)

Kanturk

Kanturk — 4 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Moynihan[c 2]	26.15%	2,843
	Fianna Fáil	Ian Doyle[c 2]	21.39%	2,325
	Fine Gael	John Paul O'Shea[c 2]	21.29%	2,314
	Fine Gael	Gerard Murphy[c 2]	18.26%	1,985	2,336
	Aontú	Paddy Scully	4.56%	496	637
	Sinn Féin	Lillian Meade	4.23%	460	570
	Green	Ted Bradley	3.28%	356	397
	Independent	Ado Mazombe	0.84%	91	116
Electorate: 21,110   Valid: 10,870   Spoilt: 204   Quota: 2,175   Turnout: 11,074 (52.46%)

Macroom

Macroom — 6 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fine Gael	Michael Creed[c 2]	17.06%	2,954
	Fianna Fáil	Gobnait Moynihan[c 1]	15.39%	2,665
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Looney	12.91%	2,234	2,250	2,259	2,300	2,351	2,633
	Fine Gael	Eileen Lynch	10.22%	1,770	1,857	1,870	1,880	1,898	1,947	1,972	2,046	2,282	2,422	2,473
	Independent	Martin Coughlan	9.62%	1,666	1,759	1,834	1,879	1,954	2,005	2,043	2,195	2,432	2,787
	Fine Gael	Ted Lucey[c 2]	8.39%	1,452	1,590	1,610	1,622	1,629	1,658	1,670	1,712	1,758	1,811	1,855
	Fine Gael	Áine Collins	7.73%	1,338	1,410	1,420	1,434	1,450	1,513	1,535	1,568	1,608	1,687	1,725
	Social Democrats	Síle Ní Dhubhghaill	4.14%	716	732	779	790	896	910	926	970	1,038
	Aontú	P.J. Feeney	3.48%	602	610	635	639	686	698	705
	Independent	Nigel Dennehy	3.37%	584	597	627	634	699	720	736	838
	Fianna Fáil	Jason Fitzgerald	3.04%	526	540	552	594	616
	Sinn Féin	Ronnie Morley	2.96%	512	517	537	542
	Independent	Mary O'Callaghan-Hallissey	1.69%	292	310
Electorate: 30,607   Valid: 17,311   Spoilt: 288   Quota: 2,474   Turnout: 17,599 (57.5%)

Mallow

Mallow — 5 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Hayes	17.30%	1,806
	Fianna Fáil	Gearóid Murphy[c 1]	17.18%	1,794
	Labour	James Kennedy	17.17%	1,793
	Fine Gael	Tony O'Shea	16.18%	1,689	1,703	1,720	1,730	1,915
	Fine Gael	Liam Madden	15.88%	1,658	1,682	1,697	1,711	1,916
	Sinn Féin	Melissa Mullane[c 2]	11.45%	1,196	1,214	1,229	1,249	1,301
	Fine Gael	Cian Moriarty	4.85%	506	515	521	529
Electorate: 21,949   Valid: 10,442   Spoilt: 254   Quota: 1,741   Turnout: 10,696 (48.73%)

Midleton

Midleton — 7 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Independent	Mary Linehan Foley[c 2]	17.80%	2,699
	Independent	Noel Collins[c 2]	15.64%	2,371
	Fine Gael	Michael Hegarty[c 2]	14.20%	2,154
	Fianna Fáil	James O'Connor†††	10.12%	1,535	1,777	1,824	1,874	1,892	1,947
	Sinn Féin	Danielle Twomey[c 1]	9.91%	1,503	1,557	1,642	1,660	1,713	1,946
	Fine Gael	Susan McCarthy[c 2]	8.31%	1,260	1,289	1,404	1,519	1,561	1,565	1,704	1,940
	Green	Liam Quaide	6.75%	1,024	1,065	1,104	1,113	1,163	1,185	1,362	1,483	1,495	1,536
	Fianna Fáil	Rosarii Griffin	6.67%	1,012	1,058	1,144	1,173	1,201	1,210	1,308	1,410	1,420	1,429
	Labour	Eric Nolan	3.26%	494	515	550	559	597	610
	Fine Gael	John Phillips	3.24%	492	751	762	781	788	818	854
	Sinn Féin	Shane Neville	2.14%	324	397	411	414	425
	Independent	Martin Murray	1.95%	296	334	377	383
Electorate: 33,436   Valid: 15,164   Spoilt: 234   Quota: 1,896   Turnout: 15,398 (46.05%)

Skibbereen–West Cork

Skibbereen–West Cork — 5 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Christopher O'Sullivan[c 2]††††	19.54%	2,703
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Carroll[c 2]	16.51%	2,284	2,364
	Independent	Declan Hurley[c 2]	11.82%	1,635	1,666	1,679	1,742	1,787	1,850	2,017	2,181	2,861
	Fine Gael	Karen Coakley	8.84%	1,222	1,236	1,248	1,260	1,296	1,426	1,691	1,821	1,903	1,958
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Kelly	7.91%	1,094	1,138	1,140	1,150	1,163	1,181	1,263	1,304
	Fine Gael	J.J. Walsh	7.55%	1,044	1,105	1,109	1,137	1,174	1,189	1,339	1,463	1,536	1,611
	Sinn Féin	Paul Hayes[c 2]†††††	7.10%	982	1,060	1,086	1,143	1,226	1,353	1,396	1,610	1,707	1,814
	Fine Gael	Yvonne Cahalane	5.46%	755	769	773	783	819	843
	Independent	Yousuf Janab Ali	4.32%	597	631	662	696	823	1,005	1,052
	Independent	Brendan McCormack	4.13%	571	579	599	612	700
	Social Democrats	Evie Nevin	3.33%	460	477	533	552
	Aontú	Séan Creedon	2.14%	296	307	313
	People Before Profit	Vanessa O'Sullivan	1.36%	188	193
Electorate: 25,355   Valid: 13,831   Spoilt: 155   Quota: 2,306   Turnout: 13,986 (55.16%)

Footnotes

1. Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.
2. Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.

Changes Since 2019 Local Elections

• †Cobh Fianna Fáil Cllr Pádraig O'Sullivan was elected a TD for Cork North-Central at the November 2019 By-Election. Sheila O'Callaghan was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 24 February 2020.[3]
• ††Bantry-West Cork Social Democrats Cllr Holly Cairns was elected as a TD for Cork South-West at the 2020 General Election. Ross O'Connell was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 24 February 2020.[4]
• †††Midleton Fianna Fáil Cllr James O'Connor was elected as a TD for Cork East at the 2020 General Election. Ann Marie Ahern was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 24 February 2020.[5]
• ††††Skibbereen-West Cork Fianna Fáil Cllr Christopher O'Sullivan was elected a TD for Cork South-West at the 2020 General Election. Deirdre Kelly was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 24 February 2020.[6]
• †††††Skibbereen West Cork Sinn Féin Cllr Paul Hayes quit the party and became an Independent on 5 May 2020 citing disillusionment.[7]

References

Citations

1. Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 32–35, 144. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
2. Phelan, John Paul (31 January 2019). "S.I. No. 28/2019 - County Of Cork Local Electoral Areas And Municipal Districts Order 2019". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 15 May 2019.
3. https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/New-Cork-councillors-take-their-seats-at-County-Hall-2e806316-0b65-4356-8d78-968b81297e36-ds
4. https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/New-Cork-councillors-take-their-seats-at-County-Hall-2e806316-0b65-4356-8d78-968b81297e36-ds
5. https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/New-Cork-councillors-take-their-seats-at-County-Hall-2e806316-0b65-4356-8d78-968b81297e36-ds
6. https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/New-Cork-councillors-take-their-seats-at-County-Hall-2e806316-0b65-4356-8d78-968b81297e36-ds
7. https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/Disillusioned-Cork-councillor-Paul-Hayes-quits-Sinn-Fein-2ce05a22-e5de-4e9c-b08b-859ce8fb7f77-ds

Sources

• "Cork County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
• "Local Elections 2019". Cork County Council. Retrieved 19 June 2019.