2019 South Dublin County Council election

An election to all 40 seats on South Dublin County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. South Dublin was divided into 7 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).

2019 South Dublin County Council election

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All 40 seats on South Dublin County Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 8 / 40 7 / 40 6 / 40 Seat change 3 3   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Green Labour Solidarity Seats won 4 / 40 2 / 40 2 / 40 Seat change 3 2 1   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Party Social Democrats People Before Profit Independent Seats won 1 / 40 1 / 40 9 / 40 Seat change 1 2 1
Results by local electoral area
Council control before election Sinn Féin Labour Party Green Party Council control after election Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Green Party

Boundary review

Following the recommendations of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, the boundaries in South Dublin were altered, as two of the LEAs at the 2014 South Dublin County Council election exceeded the upper limit of 7 councillors set by the 2018 Committee. Changes were also made to reflect population shifts revealed in the 2016 census.^[1][2]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	8	3	14,931	19.02	5.65
	Fine Gael	7		13,735	17.49	0.54
	Sinn Féin	6	3	9,106	11.60	12.36
	Green	4	3	7,559	9.63	7.46
	Labour	2	2	6,604	8.41	1.80
	Solidarity	2	1	3,832	4.88	0.28
	Social Democrats	1	1	3,880	4.94	New
	People Before Profit	1	2	2,997	3.82	0.90
	Aontú	0		659	0.84	New
	Renua	0		631	0.80	New
	Inds. 4 Change	0		392	0.50	New
	Workers' Party	0		227	0.29	0.93
	Independent	9	1	13,190	16.80	4.35
Total		40		78,513	100.00

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.
^ ‡: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014 in Lucan for People Before Profit, contesting both Lucan and Palmerstown–Fonthill.

Clondalkin

Clondalkin: 7 seats^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Emer Higgins[*][a]	17.36%	1,966
	Independent	Francis Timmons[*]	11.45%	1,297	1,327	1,368	1,468
	Independent	Eoin Ó Broin[a]	10.22%	1,158	1,192	1,229	1,309	1,330	1,416
	Fianna Fáil	Trevor Gilligan[*]	8.93%	1,011	1,076	1,086	1,123	1,127	1,149	1,499
	Labour	Robert Dowds	8.44%	956	1,003	1,009	1,044	1,049	1,060	1,183	1,211
	Green	Peter Kavanagh[a]	8.17%	925	979	1,011	1,107	1,116	1,155	1,229	1,250
	Fine Gael	Kenny Egan[*]	8.12%	920	1,166	1,174	1,203	1,206	1,231	1,366	1,400
	Fianna Fáil	Cathal O'Donoghue	7.01%	794	835	842	853	854	866
	Sinn Féin	William Joseph Carey	6.78%	768	774	783	867	872	1,396	1,431
	Sinn Féin	Lisa Kinsella-Coleman	6.37%	722	738	747	828	833
	People Before Profit	Kevin Creagh	5.27%	597	601	628
	Inds. 4 Change	David Moore	1.28%	145	151
	Independent	Shakeel Jeeroburkan	0.60%	68	69
Electorate: 29,616   Valid: 11,327   Spoilt: 417   Quota: 1,416   Turnout: 11,744 (39.65%)

Firhouse–Bohernabreena

Firhouse–Bohernabreena: 5 seats^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre O'Donovan[*]	21.00%	2,344
	Green	Francis Noel Duffy[*][a]	16.34%	1,823	1,889
	Fine Gael	Brian Lawlor[†]	15.66%	1,748	1,838	1,842	2,087
	Fianna Fáil	Emma Murphy[†]	13.89%	1,550	1,757	1,766	1,805	1,864
	Independent	Alan Edge	7.20%	804	843	845	866	883	1,005	1,188	1,429
	Sinn Féin	Sarah Holland[*]	6.50%	725	732	734	737	744	875	958
	Social Democrats	Rob Hunter	5.71%	637	656	659	671	689	861	1,090	1,386
	Labour	Aideen Carberry	5.30%	591	617	623	637	738	756
	Solidarity	Jess Spear	5.01%	559	567	568	580	584
	Fine Gael	Becky Smith	3.40%	379	400	401
Electorate: 25,877   Valid: 11,160   Spoilt: 356   Quota: 1,861   Turnout: 11,516 (44.5%)

Lucan

Lucan: 5 seats^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent	Paul Gogarty[*]	15.82%	1,509	1,534	1,571	1,595
	Fine Gael	Vicki Casserly[*]	13.80%	1,316	1,328	1,340	1,353	1,368	1,422	1,474	1,522	1,523	2,032
	Independent	Liona O'Toole[*]	11.53%	1,100	1,119	1,147	1,188	1,258	1,298	1,399	1,589	1,591
	Labour	Joanna Tuffy	9.23%	880	907	916	926	952	1,015	1,136	1,223	1,224	1,350	1,517
	Fianna Fáil	Ed O'Brien[*]	8.46%	807	814	839	844	867	1,084	1,129	1,163	1,163	1,252	1,352
	Fine Gael	Caroline Brady	7.54%	719	728	737	747	761	823	850	874
	Social Democrats	Anne-Marie McNally	5.90%	563	574	577	594	651	693	796	989	990	1,037	1,121
	Fianna Fáil	Caitríona McClean	5.72%	546	559	573	577	600
	People Before Profit	Kellie Sweeney	5.13%	489	504	508	544	681	708	790
	Green	Vanessa Mulhall	4.97%	474	503	526	549	608	645
	Sinn Féin	Derren Ó Brádaigh	4.96%	473	476	482	529
	Inds. 4 Change	Ruth Nolan[‡]	2.59%	247	249	255
	Renua	Howard Hughes	2.41%	230	234
	Independent	Anwar Ul Haq Malik	1.94%	185
Electorate: 21,723   Valid: 9,538   Spoilt: 192   Quota: 1,590   Turnout: 9,730 (44.79%)

Palmerstown–Fonthill

Palmerstown–Fonthill: 5 seats^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Sinn Féin	Mark Ward[†][a]	17.14%	1,460
	Independent	Alan Hayes	11.50%	980	980	1,002	1,060	1,109	1,131	1,161	1,238	1,295	1,322	1,385
	Independent	Guss O'Connell[*]	10.14%	864	865	887	923	951	981	1,008	1,062	1,131	1,165	1,274
	People Before Profit	Madeleine Johansson[†]	8.65%	737	741	753	764	803	892	959	1,026	1,122	1,245	1,289
	Fianna Fáil	Shane Moynihan	8.38%	714	715	730	735	739	758	783	802	827	987	1,169
	Fine Gael	Derek Keating	7.39%	630	630	650	657	664	679	704	744	760	803
	Independent	Paul Gogarty	7.00%	596	597	608	631	649	683	720	791	844	902	1,090
	Fianna Fáil	Jonathan Graham[*]	6.60%	562	566	570	577	586	595	597	632	655
	Sinn Féin	Danny O'Brien[*]	4.54%	387	411	418	423	448	476	502	523
	Labour	David Eaton	3.91%	333	334	350	367	397	407	460
	Green	David Morrison	3.64%	310	310	323	333	341	360
	Inds. 4 Change	Ruth Nolan[*]	3.52%	300	301	312	317	330
	Workers' Party	David Gardiner	2.66%	227	228	233
	Independent	Stephen Dunne	2.58%	220	220	231
	Independent	Sikandar Jahanzab	2.35%	200	201
Electorate: 25,112   Valid: 8,520   Spoilt: 395   Quota: 1,421   Turnout: 8,915 (35.5%)

Rathfarnham–Templeogue

Rathfarnham–Templeogue: 7 seats^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Green	William Priestley[a]	14.10%	2,868
	Independent	Ronan McMahon[*]	12.19%	2,480	2,511	2,531	2,565
	Labour	Pamela Kearns[*]	10.91%	2,220	2,269	2,283	2,333	2,355	2,396	2,544
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Foley[*]	8.53%	1,735	1,746	1,752	1,767	1,782	1,866	1,911	1,995	2,127
	Fine Gael	Mary Seery Kearney[a]	7.85%	1,597	1,617	1,621	1,628	1,806	1,843	1,868	2,286	2,504
	Social Democrats	Carly Bailey	7.03%	1,431	1,489	1,539	1,640	1,647	1,688	2,145	2,174	2,428
	Fine Gael	David McManus	6.60%	1,342	1,367	1,377	1,383	1,518	1,597	1,620	2,023	2,280
	Labour	Paddy Cosgrave	5.77%	1,174	1,214	1,228	1,249	1,282	1,314	1,356	1,438
	Fianna Fáil	Yvonne Collins	8.01%	1,635	1,654	1,664	1,682	1,727	1,835	1,861	1,950	2,171
	Fine Gael	Conor McMahon[†]	4.84%	984	997	998	1,004	1,171	1,212	1,228
	Solidarity	Stephen Nugent	3.61%	734	746	905	1,071	1,074	1,150
	Aontú	John Phelan	3.24%	659	669	678	714	722
	Fine Gael	Lynn McCrave	3.08%	626	639	642	647
	Sinn Féin	Robert Russell[†]	2.54%	516	524	547
	People Before Profit	John Flanagan	1.68%	341	357
Electorate: 40,863   Valid: 20,342   Spoilt: 506   Quota: 2,543   Turnout: 20,848 (51.02%)

Tallaght Central

Tallaght Central: 6 seats^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Charlie O'Connor[*]	17.11%	2,018
	Independent	Mick Duff[*]	12.57%	1,483	1,530	1,590	1,614	1,727
	Sinn Féin	Cathal King[*]	10.68%	1,260	1,279	1,292	1,308	1,331	1,335	1,358	1,744
	Green	Liam Sinclair[a]	7.69%	907	934	976	1,017	1,084	1,094	1,168	1,195	1,206	1,269	1,561
	Fianna Fáil	Teresa Costello	6.87%	810	874	914	926	957	960	1,238	1,270	1,278	1,326	1,563
	Fine Gael	Teresa Duffy	6.57%	775	797	827	837	894	900	990	1,007	1,009	1,040
	Solidarity	Kieran Mahon[*]	6.41%	756	764	784	857	881	885	899	941	956	1,461	1,521
	Social Democrats	Sandra Ruiz	6.19%	730	746	766	845	890	896	925	961	970	1,056	1,198
	Solidarity	Mick Murphy[*]	5.89%	695	713	724	812	846	851	869	923	937
	Sinn Féin	Cora McCann[†]	4.93%	581	599	607	640	663	665	678
	Fianna Fáil	Declan Burke	4.51%	532	589	620	622	647	649
	Labour	Denis Mackin	3.82%	450	467	482	490
	Renua	Anne Marie Condren	3.40%	401	408
	People Before Profit	Laura O'Reilly	3.36%	396	409	423
Electorate: 29,367   Valid: 11,794   Spoilt: 449   Quota: 1,685   Turnout: 12,243 (41.69%)

Tallaght South

Tallaght South: 5 seats^[15]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Paddy Holohan[a]	14.95%	872	893	906	922	969	971	1,048
	Fine Gael	Baby Pereppadan	12.57%	733	756	804	899	914	914	966	984
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Richardson[*]	12.24%	714	733	743	775	794	795	836	854
	Solidarity	Sandra Fay[a]	11.03%	643	669	690	722	984
	Sinn Féin	Louise Dunne[*]	10.77%	628	639	648	677	693	693	783	839
	Social Democrats	Marie Corr	8.90%	519	529	583	619	641	641	786	786
	Solidarity	Brian Leech[*]	7.63%	445	467	479	490
	People Before Profit	Emma Hendrick[†]	7.49%	437	457	486	521	597	605
	Fianna Fáil	Fiona Nolan	5.88%	343	360	390
	Green	Suzanne McEneaney	4.32%	252	268
	Independent	Ray Kelly	4.22%	246
Electorate: 22,494   Valid: 5,832   Spoilt: 220   Quota: 973   Turnout: 6,052 (27%)

Results by gender

2019 South Dublin County Council election[16][17] Candidates by gender
Gender	Number of candidates	% of candidates	Elected councillors	% of councillors
Men	56	60.9%	26	65.0%
Women	36	39.1%	14	35.0%
TOTAL	92		40

Changes after 2019

Co-options

Party		Outgoing	LEA	Reason	Date	Co-optee
	Sinn Féin	Mark Ward	Palmerstown–Fonthill	Elected to the 32nd Dáil for Dublin Mid-West in the 2019 by-election[18]	13 January 2020	Lisa Colman[19][20][21]
	Green	Francis Noel Duffy	Firhouse–Bohernabreena	Elected to the 33rd Dáil for Dublin South-West in the 2020 general election[22][23]	24 February 2020	Clare O'Byrne[24]
	Fine Gael	Emer Higgins[25][26]	Clondalkin	Elected to the 33rd Dáil for Dublin Mid-West in the 2020 general election	24 February 2020	Shirley O'Hara[24]
	Fine Gael	Mary Seery Kearney	Rathfarnham–Templeogue	Nominated by the Taoiseach to the 26th Seanad[27][28]	14 September 2020	Lynn McCrave[29]
	Green	William Priestley	Rathfarnham–Templeogue	Resignation; joined the Garda Síochána[30]	14 September 2020	Laura Donaghy
	Sinn Féin	Lisa Colman	Palmerstown–Fonthill	Resignation on 21 October 2020[31]	14 December 2020	Derren Ó Brádaigh[32][31]
	Green	Clare O'Byrne	Firhouse–Bohernabreena	Resignation on 8 Mar 2021[33][34]	10 April 2021	Suzanne McEneaney[34][35][36]
	PBP–Solidarity	Sandra Fay	Tallaght South	Resignation on 27 April 2021[37]	June 2021	Leah Whelan[38]
	Green	Suzanne McEneaney	Firhouse–Bohernabreena	Resignation	February 2022	Lyn Hagin Meade[39]
	Green	Peter Kavanagh[a]	Clondalkin	Resignation	October 2022	Laura Donaghy
	Green	Laura Donaghy	Rathfarnham-Templeogue	Resignation	January 2023	Mark Lynch
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre O'Donovan	Firhouse-Bohernabreena	Resignation	June 2023	Lilian Guéret
	Rabharta	Liam Sinclair	Tallaght Central	Resignation	November 2023	Vanessa Mulhall (Green)

Changes in affiliation

Name	LEA	Elected as		New affiliation		Date
Liam Sinclair	Tallaght Central		Green		Independent	19 January 2021[40]
Peter Kavanagh	Clondalkin		Green		Independent	25 January 2021[41]
Paddy Holohan	Tallaght South		Sinn Féin		Independent	January 2021[42][43]
Liam Sinclair	Tallaght Central		Independent		Rabharta	June 2021
Eoin Ó Broin	Clondalkin		Independent		Social Democrats	24 January 2022[44]

Notes

1. Changed party, see table for details.

References

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