2024 Wexford County Council election

2024 Wexford County Council election
All 34 seats on Wexford County Council; 18 seats needed for a majority
	Area of Wexford County Council

An election to all 34 seats on Wexford County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.^[1] County Wexford 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]

Voting took place in 197 polling booths across 6 local electoral areas on 7th June, which coincided with voting for the 2024 European elections in the constituency of Ireland South.

Counting of votes took place from 8th-10th of June in St. Joseph's Community Centre in Wexford town. Counting of votes was suspended 10pm on Sunday 9th after the Sixth count in the Enniscorthy electoral area, due to a request for a recount from Wexford Independent Alliance candidate Cyril Wheelock following the discovery of a vote with two first preferences indicated on it, which should have been deemed a spoiled vote, which would have reduced the number of votes separating the two lowest remaining candidates to just 4 votes.

Counting resumed 11am Monday following a review of the 2nd preference votes of the candidate with the next lowest votes, Sinn Fein's Colette Nolan, determined there would not be any effect on the outcome of the election.

A recount was also called in the Rosslare area.

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors did not seek re-election:

Constituency	Departing Councillor
Enniscorthy	Kathleen Codd-Nolan	Fine Gael
Gorey	Diarmuid Devereux	Fine Gael
Rosslare	Jim Moore	Fine Gael
Wexford	Maura Bell	Labour
Wexford	John Hegarty	Fine Gael

Results by party

Party		Candidates	Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	14	9	3	16,500	25.72	4.31
	Fine Gael	10	8	1	11,826	18.43	6.66
	Wexford Ind. Alliance	12	5	New	10,223	15.93	New
	Sinn Féin	11	3	1	7,039	10.97	3.42
	Labour	6	2		4,421	6.89	1.99
	Aontú	1	1		2,455	3.83	2.14
	Green	2	0	New	586	0.92	New
	Ireland First	1	0	New	389	0.61	New
	The Irish People	1	0	New	145	0.23	New
	People Before Profit	1	0		133	0.21	1.58
	National Party	1	0	New	125	0.19	New
	Independent	12	6	2	10,312	16.07	5.42
Total		72	34		64,154	100.00	—

The Wexford Independent Alliance is a team of candidates associated with the Independent politician TD Verona Murphy^[3]

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor co-opted subsequent to the 2019 election.

Enniscorthy

*Note a recount was called following the discovery of an invalid ballot paper in the transfers following count 6. The request for recount was repealed after review of the transfer pattern for the next proposed elimination revealed there would be no change to the election outcome.

Enniscorthy: 6 Seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Cathal Byrne^[*]	20.22	2,275
	Fianna Fáil	Aidan Browne^[*]	14.37	1,617
	Fianna Fáil	Barbara-Anne Murphy^[*]	11.91	1,340	1,436	1,443	1,481	1,496	1,561	1,564	1,694
	Independent	John O'Rourke^[*]	10.33	1,162	1,223	1,257	1,289	1,401	1,525	1.526	1,643
	Independent	Jackser Owens^[*]	10.14	1,141	1,192	1,214	1,261	1,315	1,444	1,446	1,675
	Fine Gael	Patrick Kehoe	8.33	937	1,186	1,189	1,226	1,240	1,296	1,297	1,467
	Sinn Féin	Colette Nolan	6.16	693	713	882	932	964	1,021	1,022	1,077
	Wexford Ind. Alliance	Cyril Wheelock	5.87	660	729	734	754	786	1,016	1,017
	Wexford Ind. Alliance	Majella Wall	5.31	597	658	674	694	740
	Independent	Eamonn Doyle	2.63	296	310	318	334
	Sinn Féin	Alfie Ó Súilleabháin	2.45	276	284
	Green	Brendan Cahill Flynn	2.30	259	297	308
Electorate: 22,900 Valid: 11,253 Spoilt: 157 Quota: 1,608 Turnout: 11,410 (49.83%)

Gorey

Gorey: 6 Seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Kenny^[*]	14.82	1,702
	Wexford Ind. Alliance	Nicky Boland	11.68	1,341	1,350	1,357	1,375	1,475	1,590	1,619	1,686
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Sullivan^[*]	11.05	1,269	1,271	1,284	1,316	1,324	1,350	1,378	1,418	1,710
	Fine Gael	Anthony Donohoe^[*]	10.23	1,175	1,177	1,191	1,209	1,214	1,237	1,240	1,276	1,399	1,434	1,441
	Fine Gael	Darragh McDonald	9.28	1,065	1,069	1,076	1,139	1,146	1,202	1,222	1,344	1,647
	Wexford Ind. Alliance	Jimmy Fleming	8.51	977	984	987	995	1,084	1,156	1,198	1,260	1,386	1,405	1,421
	Sinn Féin	Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin^[*]	7.44	854	867	870	885	914	971	1,383	1,501	1,594	1,609	1,620
	Fianna Fáil	Andrew Bolger^[†]	7.41	851	852	861	882	887	929	949	1,048
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Molloy	4.54	521	536	537	552	569	599
	Independent	Cillian Byrne	3.91	449	461	462	485	541
	Labour	Lorna Fitzpatrick	3.70	425	448	450	569	575	629	649
	Ireland First	Darren McGovern	3.39	389	391	392	400
	Green	Ann Walsh	2.87	330	361	361
	People Before Profit	Aisling Hudson	1.16	133
Electorate: 22,114 Valid: 11,481 Spoilt: 100 Quota: 1,641 Turnout: 11,581 (53.37%)

Kilmuckridge

Kilmuckridge: 4 Seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Independent	Mary Farrell^[*]	22.97	1,720
	Fianna Fáil	Pip Breen^[*]	19.51	1,461	1,525
	Fine Gael	Oliver Walsh^[*]	18.31	1,371	1,421	1,431	1,547
	Fianna Fáil	Willie Kavanagh^[*]	14.70	1,101	1,116	1,124	1,224
	Sinn Féin	Declan Kenny	12.30	921	955	958
	Wexford Ind. Alliance	Paddy Kavanagh	12.21	914	973	979	1,360
Electorate: 14,699 Valid: 7,488 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,498 Turnout: 7,572 (51.51%)

New Ross

New Ross: 6 Seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Wexford Ind. Alliance	Pat Barden^[*]	15.49	1,900
	Fianna Fáil	John Fleming^[*]	10.75	1,318	1,348	1,399	1,452	1,469	1,508	1,574	1,658
	Wexford Ind. Alliance	Marty Murphy	10.53	1,292	1,315	1,366	1,399	1,507	1,620	1,712	1,725
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sheehan^[*]	10.53	1,291	1,303	1,334	1,403	1,477	1,563	1,884
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Whelan^[*]	9.16	1,123	1,130	1,134	1,155	1,407	1,455	1,512	1,543
	Fine Gael	Bridín Murphy^[*]	8.29	1,017	1,038	1,086	1,173	1,451	1,529	1,645	1,669
	Independent	John Dwyer	8.28	1,015	1,022	1,086	1,126	1,148	1,383	1,574	1,608
	Independent	Anthony Connick^[*]	6.66	817	835	878	930	956	1,039
	Fine Gael	Harry Twomey	6.58	807	817	823	849
	Sinn Féin	Kayley Goodison	6.52	799	804	854	933	947
	Labour	Bridín Lyng-Moloney	3.78	463	469	497
	Independent	Raymond Forte	1.18	145	147
	Independent	Anne Flynn	1.17	143	146
	Independent	James Furlong	1.09	134	137
Electorate: 23,213 Valid: 12,264 Spoilt: 143 Quota: 1,753 Turnout: 12,407 (53.45%)

Rosslare

Rosslare: 5 Seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Aontú	Jim Codd^[*]	23.89	2,455
	Independent	Ger Carthy^[*]	18.97	1,949
	Fine Gael	Frank Staples^[*]	13.70	1,408	1,526	1,586	1,591	1,703	1,783
	Fianna Fáil	Lisa McDonald^[*]	10.76	1,106	1,201	1,245	1,248	1,277	1,367	1,390	1,611	1,664	1,828
	Wexford Ind. Alliance	Joe Druhan	6.84	703	751	803	833	839	869	873	893	923	1,210
	Sinn Féin	Aoife Rose O'Brien	5.72	588	681	699	712	717	773	776	821	1,245	1,342
	Fianna Fáil	Simon Boyse	4.76	489	570	576	580	620	642	648
	Sinn Féin	Michael Roche	4.70	483	578	590	602	602	641	650	680
	Wexford Ind. Alliance	Jack Barden	4.28	440	569	582	616	640	668	669	816	844
	Labour	Damien Corish	3.26	335	362	382	390	402
	Fine Gael	Willie Fitzharris	1.90	195	235	241	244
	National Party	Jason Murphy	1.22	125	141	146
Electorate: 18,400 Valid: 10,276 Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,713 Turnout: 10,357 (56.29%)

Wexford

Wexford: 7 Seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	George Lawlor^[*]	20.72	2,361
	Fine Gael	Robbie Staples	13.83	1,576
	Fianna Fáil	Garry Laffan^[*]	12.39	1,412	1,499
	Independent	Leonard Kelly^[*]	11.77	1,341	1,492
	Sinn Féin	Tom Forde^[*]	10.09	1,150	1,217	1,225	1,229	1,237	1,378	1,388	1,427
	Wexford Ind. Alliance	Dave Ryan	4.60	524	547	585	594	633	644	646	754	801	845
	Wexford Ind. Alliance	Raymond Shannon	4.45	507	541	546	547	580	586	591	662	758	897	1,180
	Sinn Féin	Davy Hynes^[*]	4.30	490	534	539	547	552	611	615	654	710
	Labour	Catherine Walsh	3.73	425	674	697	711	715	723	741	795	892	1,002	1,092
	Fianna Fáil	Emmet Moloney	3.69	420	468	495	514	515	517	523	557
	Labour	Vicky Clancy-Barron	3.62	412	586	609	622	624	644	657	706	771	878	986
	Wexford Ind. Alliance	Michelle O'Neill	3.23	368	410	428	433	449	460	469
	Sinn Féin	Lorraine Smyth	2.32	264	277	280	281	283
	The Irish People	Stephen Power	1.27	145	149	150	150
Electorate: 23,333 Valid: 11,395 Spoilt: 118 Quota: 1,425 Turnout: 11,513 (49.34%)

References

^ "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.
^ "Wexford TD Verona Murphy confirms 'Wexford Independent Alliance' grouping to contest local elections". Independent.ie. 13 February 2024. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Notice of Poll" (PDF). Wexford County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.

[order-1] "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.

[citizensinformation-2] "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[3] "Wexford TD Verona Murphy confirms 'Wexford Independent Alliance' grouping to contest local elections". Independent.ie. 13 February 2024. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.

[PollNotice-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Notice of Poll" (PDF). Wexford County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.

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