2024 Meath County Council election
Part of the 2024 Irish local elections

2024 Meath County Council election
7 June 2024
All 40 seats on Meath County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
Area of Meath County Council

An election to all 40 seats on Meath County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Meath 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]

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:[3]

Constituency Departing Councillor Party
Ratoath Deirdre Geraghty-Smith Fianna Fáil

Results by party

Party Candidates Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 17 11 Decrease1 18,559 24.36 Decrease5.22
Fianna Fáil 17 9 Decrease3 15,887 20.86 Decrease4.42
Sinn Féin 14 6 Increase3 10,170 13.35 Increase3.50
Aontú 7 2 Increase1 4,883 6.41 Increase1.57
Social Democrats 2 1 Steady 1,251 1.64 Decrease0.57
Labour 3 0 Decrease1 1,389 1.82 Decrease0.64
Green 4 0 Steady 1,154 1.51 Increase0.63
National Party 2 0 New 556 0.73 New
Independent Ireland 2 0 New 464 0.61 New
Irish Freedom 1 0 New 297 0.39 New
Workers' Party 1 0 Steady 178 0.23 Decrease0.25
Party for Animal Welfare 1 0 New 80 0.11 New
Independent 21 11 Increase1 21,304 27.97 Increase4.14
Totals 92 40 Steady 76,172 100.00

Results by LEA

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.

Ashbourne

Ashbourne: 6 seats[4][5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Independent Joe Bonner[*] 24.66% 2,685                    
Independent Amanda Smith[†] 13.91% 1,514 1,546                  
Fine Gael Suzanne Jamal[*] 11.43% 1,244 1,299 1,303 1,334 1,335 1,357 1,390 1,394 1,432 1,610  
Fine Gael Alan Tobin[*] 10.28% 1,119 1,391 1,409 1,428 1,479 1,483 1,529 1,531 1,544    
Fianna Fáil Conor Tormey[*] 7.10% 773 949 955 957 975 979 1,017 1,019 1,036 1,243 1,395
Fianna Fáil Bryan Mallon 5.21% 567 584 587 603 607 613 629 629 652    
Aontú Brandon Scott 5.18% 564 621 638 649 658 757 811 813 862 933 1,040
Sinn Féin Helen Meyer[†] 4.96% 539 635 643 647 654 664 685 686 972 1,001 1,242
Social Democrats Paul Nolan 4.16% 453 594 603 646 690 710 753 755 779 808  
Sinn Féin Maria Uí Ruairc 3.99% 434 458 464 470 476 486 502 503      
National Party Jean Murray 2.27% 247 285 290 295 298            
Independent Sivakumar Murugadoss 1.58% 172 218 230 247              
Green Martina Eskdale 1.51% 164 180 181                
Independent Charles Bobbett 1.41% 154 270 322 324 350 411          
Independent Cathal Ashbourne-Loftus 0.67% 73 127                  
Independent Marcin Czekalski 0.17% 19 32                  
Electorate: 23,012   Valid: 10,721   Spoilt: 166   Quota: 1,532   Turnout: 10,887 (47.31%)  

Kells

Kells: 7 seats[6][7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fine Gael Sarah Reilly[*] 13.88% 2,077                  
Fine Gael Eugene Cassidy[*] 12.25% 1,833 1,874                
Fianna Fáil Seán Drew[*] 9.86% 1,476 1,506 1,513 1,594 1,639 1,639 1,704 1,939    
Fianna Fáil Mike Bray[*] 8.88% 1,328 1,347 1,355 1,388 1,480 1,480 1,528 1,730 1,775 2,086
Sinn Féin Michael Gallagher[†] 8.41% 1,258 1,264 1,279 1,304 1,310 1,311 1,439 1,544 1,550 1,591
Independent David Gilroy[*] 8.23% 1,231 1,239 1,309 1,427 1,442 1,442 1,688 1,735 1,738 1,876
Sinn Féin Peter Caffrey 6.60% 987 991 995 1,013 1,269 1,269 1,320 1,332 1,335 1,524
Sinn Féin Oliver Curran 6.38% 955 960 968 1,047 1,053 1,053 1,119 1,172 1,178 1,234
Fine Gael Seamus McGee 5.33% 798 845 848 878 1,024 1,026 1,057 1,139 1,144  
Fianna Fáil Paul McCabe[*] 5.33% 797 814 814 872 899 899 941      
Fianna Fáil Paddy Rennick 4.76% 712 721 722 728            
Aontú Peter Devlin 4.74% 709 717 784 872 897 897        
Independent Cormac Corr 3.66% 547 558 588              
Independent Ireland Colm Mac an tSionnaigh 1.72% 257 258                
Electorate: 27,565   Valid: 14,963   Spoilt: 208   Quota: 1,871   Turnout: 15,171 (55.04%)  

Laytown–Bettystown

Laytown–Bettystown: 7 seats[8][9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fine Gael Sharon Tolan[*] 13.25% 1,782                    
Independent Geraldine Keoghan[†] 11.44% 1,538 1,540 1,557 1,595 1,612 1,666 1,824        
Fianna Fáil Stephen McKee[*] 11.15% 1,499 1,515 1,521 1,528 1,561 1,625 1,651 1,657 1,824    
Fine Gael Paddy Meade[*] 10.91% 1,467 1,479 1,483 1,486 1,513 1,681          
Fianna Fáil Wayne Harding[*] 9.51% 1,278 1,279 1,282 1,284 1,299 1,342 1,468 1,482 1,669 1,726  
Sinn Féin Maria White 7.88% 1,059 1,069 1,082 1,097 1,132 1,137 1,202 1,207 1,264 1,280 1,921
Independent Carol Lennon 6.95% 934 944 990 1,035 1,053 1,055 1,136 1,196 1,302 1,319 1,358
Sinn Féin Seamus Lynch 5.53% 744 745 754 756 766 788 854 863 886 891  
Labour Elaine McGinty[†] 5.42% 729 737 746 750 882 894 919 923 994 1,013 1,063
Fianna Fáil Tom Behan[*] 4.76% 640 661 665 680 714 730 746 749      
Aontú Peter Whelan 4.65% 625 626 634 684 687 705          
Fine Gael Declan O'Neill 3.20% 430 440 440 446 464            
Green Cathal Mac Reamoinn 2.66% 357 364 370 378              
Independent Ireland Raymond Westlake 1.54% 207 208 226                
Independent Patrick Smith 0.78% 105 105                  
Independent Marjeta Qevani 0.38% 51 52                  
Electorate: 28,991   Valid: 13,445   Spoilt: 160   Quota: 1,681   Turnout: 13,605 (46.93%)  
Navan: 7 seats[10][11]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Sinn Féin Eddie Fennessy[*] 14.30% 1,711                        
Aontú Emer Tóibín[*] 13.28% 1,588                        
Independent Francis Deane[*] 9.73% 1,164 1,176 1,182 1,198 1,222 1,244 1,261 1,335 1,371 1,419 1,452 1,520  
Fianna Fáil Padraig Fitzsimons[*] 7.69% 920 939 942 945 949 999 1,006 1,011 1,038 1,049 1,069 1,192 1,239
Fine Gael Linda Nelson Murray 7.27% 870 880 886 893 899 931 937 943 983 1,000 1,145 1,237 1,293
Independent Alan Lawes[*] 6.47% 774 794 800 827 838 842 859 954 998 1,039 1,080 1,134 1,317
Fianna Fáil Tommy Reilly[*] 6.64% 794 804 809 811 820 840 849 854 870 880 905 969 1,025
Fine Gael Yemi Adenuga[*] 6.31% 755 759 762 767 773 787 791 791 861 904 1,011 1,211 1,272
Fianna Fáil Kashif Ali 5.80% 694 697 699 699 700 739 743 745 774 812 874    
Sinn Féin Caoimhe Ní Shluain 4.28% 512 588 591 591 600 610 793 809 849 867 881 913  
Fine Gael Ross Kelly 3.69% 441 444 446 447 449 461 463 467 498 522      
Green Seamus McMenamin 2.92% 349 354 355 356 366 374 380 384          
Aontú Jose Cyriac 2.78% 333 335 342 344 426 431 436 468 482        
Irish Freedom David O'Shea 2.48% 297 299 301 348 369 370 375            
Sinn Féin Frances Murphy 2.01% 240 280 283 285 294 296              
Fianna Fáil Niamh Carroll 1.88% 225 226 228 229 236                
Aontú Francis O'Toole 1.41% 169 175 215 223                  
Independent Edel Gillick 1.05% 126 128 129                    
Electorate: 25,710   Valid: 11,962   Spoilt: 227   Quota: 1,496   Turnout: 12,189 (47.41%)  

Ratoath

Ratoath: 7 seats[12] [13]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Independent Gillian Toole[*]† 23.82% 3,158                        
Fine Gael Maria Murphy[*] 13.53% 1,794                        
Independent Brian Fitzgerald[*] 11.23% 1,488 1,581 1,593 1,604 1,626 1,642 1,651 1,674          
Fianna Fáil Caroline O'Reilly[†] 10.81% 1,433 1,500 1,564 1,573 1,599 1,609 1,614 1,668          
Independent Nick Killian[*] 7.73% 1,025 1,468 1,471 1,480 1,497 1,539 1,557 1,582 1,723        
Fianna Fáil John Donohoe 6.59% 874 964 966 970 974 976 977 1,000 1,007 1,056 1,061 1,064  
Fine Gael Gerry O'Connor[*] 5.69% 754 936 961 965 966 978 979 1,006 1,017 1,210 1,219 1,222 1,603
Sinn Féin Fionnan Blake 5.23% 693 769 772 779 793 817 1,006 1,039 1,061 1,085 1,094 1,094 1,215
Labour Eilish Balfe 3.64% 483 675 679 686 689 737 755 873 895 1,067 1,081 1,092 1,200
Fine Gael Fergus O'Riordan 2.89% 383 546 555 558 560 571 578 590 611        
National Party Jean Murray 2.33% 309 358 358 369 378 391 395 398          
Green Ruadháin Bonham 2.14% 284 316 324 331 337 355 360            
Sinn Féin Trish Murtagh 1.60% 212 238 239 243 248 267              
Workers' Party Gerry Rooney 1.34% 178 228 229 233 239                
Independent Eleanor Carroll 0.81% 107 120 123 130                  
Party for Animal Welfare Carolyn Fahy 0.60% 80 105 107                    
Electorate: 28,420   Valid: 13,255   Spoilt: 98   Quota: 1,657   Turnout: 13,353 (46.98%)  

Trim

Trim: 6 seats[14][15]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Noel French[*] 33.52% 3,963              
Fine Gael Joe Fox[*] 15.91% 1,881              
Fianna Fáil Aisling Dempsey[*]†† 8.33% 1,044 1,365 1,412 1,447 1,461 1,578 1,621 1,810
Aontú Dave Boyne 7.57% 895 1,159 1,179 1,192 1,217 1,251 1,442 1,502
Fianna Fáil Pádraig Coffey 7.04% 833 1,036 1,055 1,083 1,105 1,115 1,151 1,439
Social Democrats Ronan Moore[*] 6.75% 798 1,184 1,217 1,229 1,254 1,354 1,557 1,677
Fine Gael Niamh Souhan[*] 4.37% 517 688 723 768 774 1,001 1,035  
Independent Trevor Golden[*] 4.03% 476 952 982 992 1,005 1,069 1,187 1,282
Sinn Féin Dáithí McEvoy 3.60% 426 538 555 559 889 917    
Fine Gael Luba Healy 3.50% 414 568 581 622 637      
Sinn Féin Aoife Drew 3.38% 400 490 498 501        
Labour Tracey McElhinney 1.50% 177 273            
Electorate: 27,282   Valid: 11,824   Spoilt: 162   Quota: 1,690   Turnout: 11,986 (43.93%)  

Changes since 2024

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References

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  2. ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ Casey, Ann (11 January 2024). "On the campaign trail... Meet the candidates who have put their hats in the ring for June's local elections". Meath Chronicle. Archived from the original on 31 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Fógra na Vótaíochta / Notice of Poll - Ashbourne" (PDF). Meath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Ashbourne LEA Results". Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Fógra na Vótaíochta / Notice of Poll - Kells" (PDF). Meath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Kells LEA 2024 Results". Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Fógra na Vótaíochta / Notice of Poll - Laytown-Bettystown" (PDF). Meath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Laytown-Bettystown LEA Results". Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Fógra na Vótaíochta / Notice of Poll - Navan" (PDF). Meath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Navan LEA 2024 results". Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Fógra na Vótaíochta / Notice of Poll - Ratoath" (PDF). Meath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Ratoath LEA Results". Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Fógra na Vótaíochta / Notice of Poll - Trim" (PDF). Meath County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Trim LEA results". Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  16. ^ url=https://meathlive.net/2024/12/18/new-councillors-obrien-and-everard-co-opted-to-council/%7CRatoath Independent Cllr Gillian Toole was elected to Dáil Eireann for Meath East at the 2024 Irish general election. Yvonne Everard was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 18 December 2024.
  17. ^ url=https://meathlive.net/2024/12/18/new-councillors-obrien-and-everard-co-opted-to-council/%7CTrim Fianna Fáil Cllr Aisling Dempsey was elected to Dáil Eireann for Meath West at the 2024 Irish general election. Paul O'Rourke was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 18 December 2024.
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