2019 Monaghan County Council election

An election to Monaghan County Council took place on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 18 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote. The 2018 LEA boundary review committee kept the LEAs used in the 2014 elections, adjusting the boundaries and moving one seat from Ballybay–Clones LEA to Monaghan LEA.

2019 Monaghan County Council election

24 May 2019
All 18 seats to Monaghan County Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Party Sinn Féin Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Seats won 6 5 4 Seat change 1   Party Independent Seats won 3 Seat change 1
Map showing the area of Monaghan County Council
Council control after election TBD

Bucking a trend elsewhere Sinn Féin slightly increased their vote in Monaghan. However this did not prevent the party from losing a seat in the Carrickmacross-Castleblayney LEA but Sinn Féin would still remain the largest party. The Sinn Féin loss was to former Carrickmacross TC Cllr, Mary Kerr-Conlon. However the Fine Gael vote in Monaghan fell by over 5% a consequence of Hugh McElvaney retaining his seat in Ballybay-Clones as an Independent.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Sinn Féin	6	1	9,238	34.38%	0.09%
	Fine Gael	5		6,568	24.44%	5.23%
	Fianna Fáil	4		6,609	24.60%	0.90%
	Green	0		676	2.52%	2.12%
	Aontú	0		354	1.32%	1.32%
	Independent	3	1	3,425	12.75%	1.69%
Totals		18		26,870	100%

Candidates by LEA

Ballybay–Clones

Ballybay–Clones — 5 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Coyle[c 1]	28.57%	2,346
	Sinn Féin	Pat Treanor[c 1]	17.40%	1,429
	Fine Gael	Richard John Truell[c 2]	15.89%	1,305	1,525
	Fine Gael	Séan Gilliland[c 2]	14.42%	1,184	1,412
	Independent	Hugh McElvaney[c 1]	13.87%	1,139	1,357	1,419
	Sinn Féin	Rosie Smyth O'Harte	9.84%	808	1,119	1,213
Electorate: 14,767   Valid: 8,211   Spoilt: 168   Quota: 1,369   Turnout: 8,379 (57%)

Carrickmacross–Castleblayney

Carrickmacross–Castleblayney — 6 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Colm Carthy[c 2]	14.60%	1,401
	Sinn Féin	Noel Keelan[c 1]	14.34%	1,376
	Fine Gael	Aidan Campbell[c 1]	14.22%	1,364	1,365	1,401
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. O'Hanlon[c 1]	14.03%	1,346	1,350	1,372
	Sinn Féin	Jackie Crowe[c 1]	9.87%	947	961	1,005	1,108	1,129	1,173
	Fine Gael	Mary Kerr-Conlon	7.84%	752	755	796	813	1,024	1,237	1,247
	Fianna Fáil	Aoife McCooey	7.66%	735	736	765	868	905	1,192	1,197
	Fianna Fáil	Rory Owen McEvoy	6.42%	616	620	642	677	748
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cassidy	4.28%	411	412	432	441
	Aontú	James Duffy	3.69%	354	354	378
	Green	Conan Connolly	3.03%	291	293
Electorate: 17,286   Valid: 9,593   Spoilt: 192   Quota: 1,371   Turnout: 9,785 (57%)

Monaghan

Monaghan — 7 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Sinn Féin	Cathy Bennett[c 1]	14.24%	1,291
	Independent	Seamus Treanor[c 1]	12.71%	1,152
	Fianna Fáil	Raymond Aughey[c 2]	12.03%	1,091	1,107	1,109	1,116	1,131	1,151
	Sinn Féin	Brian McKenna[c 1]	9.91%	898	951	953	954	967	977	1,003	1,004	1,033	1,146
	Fine Gael	David Maxwell[c 1]	9.39%	851	854	855	855	856	868	942	944	987	1,003	1,281
	Independent	Paudge Connolly[c 1]	8.10%	734	747	751	757	770	816	839	840	922	990	1,082
	Sinn Féin	Seán Conlon[c 1]	7.49%	679	711	713	718	753	783	795	798	844	1,018	1,074
	Fianna Fáil	Emer Brennan	5.24%	475	483	484	487	491	506	531	536	602	623	673
	Fine Gael	Barra Flynn	4.80%	435	439	440	444	449	462	524	526	589	595
	Sinn Féin	Catriona Moen	4.51%	409	420	421	421	432	441	456	456	480
	Green	Mícheál Callaghan	4.25%	385	392	393	397	417	428	445	446
	Fine Gael	Fiona McCaffrey Jones	2.93%	266	269	269	271	272	280
	Independent	Thomas Hagan	2.04%	185	188	190	203	225
	Independent	Alvin McGlone	1.69%	153	153	157	163
	Independent	Paddy Grenham	0.44%	40	40	40
	Independent	James Mee	0.24%	22	23	23
Electorate: 18,421   Valid: 9,066   Spoilt: 206   Quota: 1,134   Turnout: 9,272 (50%)

Footnotes

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

References

Sources

• "Monaghan County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
• "2019 Local Elections County Monaghan Final Results". Monaghan County Council. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
• Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 88–91, 158. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
• Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 629/2018 — County of Monaghan Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 8 May 2019.