2024 Roscommon County Council election
This article documents a current election. Information may change rapidly as the election progresses until official results have been published. Initial news reports may be unreliable, and the last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. (June 2024) |
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All 18 seats on Roscommon County Council 10 seats needed for a majority | ||
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Area of Roscommon County Council |
An election to all 18 seats on Roscommon County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Roscommon is divided into 3 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]
Retiring incumbents[edit]
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | First elected | Date announced | |
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Athlone | Donal Kilduff | Independent | 2019 | 4 April 2024[3] | |
Boyle | Joe Murphy | Fianna Fáil | 2019 | 26 October 2023[4] | |
Boyle | John Cummins | Fianna Fáil | 1999 | 18 May 2023[5] | |
Roscommon | Orla Leyden | Fianna Fáil | 2004 | 21 March 2023[6] | |
Roscommon | Kathleen Shanagher | Independent | 2014 | 17 November 2023[7] |
Results by party[edit]
Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 7 | ||||||
Fine Gael | 6 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | 6 | ||||||
Aontú | 1 | ||||||
Green | 1 | ||||||
Independent Ireland | 2 | New | New | ||||
Irish Freedom | 1 | New | New | ||||
The Irish People | 2 | New | New | ||||
Independent | 11 | ||||||
Total | 37 | 18 | 100.00 |
Candidates by LEA[edit]
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Athlone[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Sam Brooks | |||
Fine Gael | Domnick Connolly | |||
Independent | Laurence Fallon[*] | |||
Sinn Féin | Joe Harney | |||
Independent | Emer Kelly[†] | |||
Fianna Fáil | John Keogh[*] | |||
Fianna Fáil | James Murray | |||
Fine Gael | John Naughten[*] | |||
Independent | Dominic Naughton | |||
Independent | Tony Ward[*] | |||
Quota: |
Boyle[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Independent | Majid Ali | |||
Aontú | Fayiz Alsani | |||
Sinn Féin | Angela Beirne | |||
Independent | Valerie Byrne | |||
Fine Gael | Liam Callaghan[*] | |||
Independent | Tom Crosby | |||
Sinn Féin | Leah Cull | |||
Fine Gael | Dympna Daly Finn | |||
Independent Ireland | Paul Forde | |||
Independent | Micheál Frain | |||
Independent | Sajjid Hussain | |||
Fianna Fáil | Sean Moylan | |||
Independent | Caoimhín Ó Miadh | |||
Fianna Fáil | Aidan Sampey | |||
The Irish People | Edmund Shanahan | |||
Sinn Féin | Rory Williams Doyle | |||
Quota: |
Roscommon[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Larry Brennan | |||
Independent Ireland | Nigel Dineen[*] | |||
The Irish People | Cathal Finnegan | |||
Fianna Fáil | Paschal Fitzmaurice[*] | |||
Green | Paul Hester[*] | |||
Fine Gael | Robbie McConn | |||
Fianna Fáil | Marty McDermott[*] | |||
Sinn Féin | Christine McDonagh | |||
Fine Gael | Gareth Scahill | |||
Irish Freedom | Justin Slamen | |||
Independent | Anthony Waldron | |||
Quota: |
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.
- ^ "South Roscommon councillor confirms he won't seek re-election". Westmeath Independent. 4 April 2024. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Councillor Joe Murphy opts out 'for personal reasons'". Roscommon People. 26 October 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Fianna Fáil gears up for selection conventions". Roscommon People. 18 May 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Orla Leyden opts out of local politics". Roscommon People. 21 March 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Orla Leyden opts out of local politics". Roscommon People. 17 November 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ a b c "Roscommon ElectionsElection Information for 2024". Roscommon County Council. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.