2024 Sligo County Council election
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All 18 seats on Sligo County Council 10 seats needed for a majority | ||
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Area of Sligo County Council |
An election to all 18 seats on Sligo County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Sligo 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 | |
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Ballymote–Tubbercurry | Martin Baker | Fianna Fáil | |
Sligo–Strandhill | Sinead Maguire | Fine Gael | |
Sligo–Strandhill | Rosaleen O'Grady | Fianna Fáil |
Results by party[edit]
Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 8 | ||||||
Fine Gael | 7 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | 6 | ||||||
Aontú | 1 | ||||||
Green | 3 | ||||||
Labour | 1 | ||||||
People Before Profit | 2 | ||||||
Inds. 4 Change | 1 | ||||||
Irish Freedom | 2 | New | New | ||||
The Irish People | 1 | New | New | ||||
Independent | 7 | ||||||
Total | 39 | 18 | 100.00 |
Candidates by local electoral area[edit]
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Ballymote–Tubbercurry[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Liam Brennan | |||
Independent | Michael Clarke[*] | |||
Fine Gael | Patrick Cleary | |||
Fine Gael | Martin Connolly[*] | |||
Irish Freedom | James Conway | |||
Fianna Fáil | Barry Gallagher | |||
Sinn Féin | Jason Gorman | |||
PBP–Solidarity | Emma Hendrick | |||
Fianna Fáil | Keith Henry | |||
Fine Gael | Gerry Mullaney[*] | |||
Fine Gael | Dara Mulvey[*] | |||
Sinn Féin | Donal O'Connor | |||
Independent | Joe Queenan[*] | |||
Fianna Fáil | Paul Taylor[*] | |||
Sinn Féin | Jennifer van Aswegen | |||
Quota: |
Sligo–Drumcliff[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Independent | Marie Casserly[*] | |||
The Irish People | Rob De Salle | |||
Fine Gael | Tom Fox[*] | |||
Irish Freedom | Amanda Gallagher | |||
Fianna Fáil | Donal Gilroy[*] | |||
Sinn Féin | Thomas Healy[*] | |||
Fianna Fáil | Edel McSharry | |||
Green | Agnieszka Piwowarczyk | |||
Independent | Colm McGurran | |||
Fine Gael | Thomas Walsh[*] | |||
Quota: |
Sligo–Strandhill[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Inds. 4 Change | Declan Bree[*] | |||
Labour | Nessa Cosgrave | |||
Sinn Féin | Pauline Donnelly | |||
Independent | Finbar Filan | |||
Sinn Féin | Arthur Gibbons[*] | |||
Green | Johnny Gogan | |||
The Irish People | Michael Kelly | |||
Fianna Fáil | Seamus Kilgannon | |||
Independent | Jim Lawlor | |||
Independent | Diarmuid Mac Conville | |||
Fianna Fáil | Tom MacSharry[*] | |||
Aontú | Graham Monaghan | |||
Fine Gael | Fergal Nealon | |||
PBP–Solidarity | Gino O'Boyle[*] | |||
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.
- ^ "Local Electoral Area: SLIGO - BALLYMOTE/TUBBERCURRY". Sligo County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Local Electoral Area: SLIGO-DRUMCLIFF". Sligo County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Local Electoral Area: SLIGO-STRANDHILL". Sligo County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
Sources[edit]
- Comisky, John (1 February 2024). "Election 2024: An overview of 125 years of Local and Euro elections". Sligo Weekender. p. 22.
- "European Election 2024". Irish Freedom Party. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- McLaughlin, Gerry (27 March 2024). "Award-winning filmmaker Johnny Gogan on his reasons for running in the Sligo local elections". The Sligo Champion. Retrieved 1 April 2024 – via Irish Independent.
- McLaughlin, Gerry (27 March 2024). "Sligo Councillor Rosaleen O'Grady 'loved every minute' as she bids farewell to politics after 25 years". The Sligo Champion. Retrieved 1 April 2024 – via Irish Independent.
- "Son of former RTE current affairs presenter and TD enters the political fray in Sligo". The Sligo Champion. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024 – via Irish Independent.