2024 Tipperary County Council election

An election to all 40 seats on Tipperary County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Tipperary is divided into 8 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]

2024 Tipperary County Council election

← 2019 7 June 2024 2029 →

All 40 seats on Tipperary County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Last election 12 9 2
Seats before 12 9 3
Seats won 10 10 2
Seat change Decrease2 Increase1 Steady

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Workers and Unemployed Independent
Last election 1 1 15
Seats before 1 1 14
Seats won 3 1 14
Seat change Increase2 Steady Decrease1

Area of Tipperary County Council

Results by party

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Party First-preference votes Seats
Votes % FPv Swing (pp) Cand. 2019 Out. Elected
2024
Change
Fianna Fáil 16,406 21.98  4.18 13 9 9 10  1
Fine Gael 15,183 20.34  6.73 12 12 12 10  2
Sinn Féin 6,777 9.08  2.77 11 2 3 2  
Labour 5,167 6.92  1.81 4 1 1 3  2
Workers and Unemployed 1,887 2.53  0.98 2 1 1 1  
Green 664 0.89  0.29 3 0 0 0  
Independent Ireland 594 0.80 New 1 New 0 0 New
National Party 381 0.51 New 1 New 0 0 New
Irish Freedom 299 0.40 New 1 New 0 0 New
Social Democrats 99 0.13 New 1 New 0 0 New
Independent 27,187 36.42  5.53 21 15 14 14  1
Total Valid 74,644 99.16
Spoilt votes 635 0.84
Total 75,279 100 70 40 40 40  
Registered voters/Turnout 137,476 54.76

Retiring incumbents

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The following councillors did not seek re-election:

Constituency Councillor Party
Roscrea-Templemore Noel Coonan[3] Fine Gael
Nenagh Ger Darcy[4] Fine Gael
Thurles Seamus Hanafin[5] Fianna Fáil
Nenagh Hughie McGrath[6] Independent
Newport John McGrath[7] Independent

Results by local electoral area

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

Cahir

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Cahir: 4 Seats[8][9][10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Máirín McGrath[*] 28.94% 2,079              
Independent Andy Moloney[*] 24.53% 1,762              
Fine Gael Marie Murphy[*] 16.05% 1,153 1,320 1,423 1,428 1,456      
Fianna Fáil Micheál Anglim[*] 12.61% 906 1,053 1,116 1,129 1,143 1,174 1,218 1,462
Independent Tom Hennessy 5.76% 414 540 585 620 633 727 839 938
Fianna Fáil PJ English 4.81% 346 420 457 464 465 486 516  
Sinn Féin Cathal Ó hÉanna 3.09% 222 271 308 311 355 370    
Independent Bill Fitzgerald 1.85% 133 172 191 209 217      
Social Democrats Alan Moynihan 1.38% 99 120 134 135        
Independent Shane Smith 0.96% 69 88 95          
Electorate: 12,428   Valid: 7,183   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 1,437   Turnout: 7,232 (58.19%)  

Carrick-on-Suir

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Carrick-on-Suir: 5 Seats[11][12]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Imelda M. Goldsboro[*] 20.98% 1,898        
Sinn Féin David Dunne[*] 18.34% 1,659        
Labour Michael Brennan 16.43% 1,486 1,611      
Fine Gael Mark Fitzgerald[*] 14.80% 1,339 1,442 1,451 1,497 1,545
Fianna Fáil Kieran Bourke[*] 14.75% 1,334 1,396 1,506 1,518  
Independent Kevin O'Meara[*] 11.41% 1,032 1,121 1,138 1,170 1,319
Irish Freedom Martin Murphy 3.30% 299 310 325 330  
Electorate: 16,763   Valid: 9,047   Spoilt: 57   Quota: 1,508   Turnout: 9,104 (54.31%)  

Cashel–Tipperary

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CashelTipperary: 7 seats[13][14]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Independent John O’Heney 20.31% 2,534                    
Fine Gael Declan Burgess[*] 14.84% 1,852                    
Independent Liam Browne 13.34% 1,665                    
Fianna Fáil Roger Kennedy[*] 9.76% 1,218 1,290 1,417 1,434 1,479 1,488 1,566        
Fine Gael Mary Hanna Hourigan[*] 9.22% 1,151 1,325 1,371 1,379 1,384 1,414 1,535 1,615      
Fine Gael John Crosse[*] 8.20% 1,023 1,206 1,259 1,264 1,272 1,315 1,443 1,518 1,547 1,739  
Sinn Féin Annemarie Ryan[*] 6.14% 766 934 939 974 978 1,020 1,038 1,077 1,079 1,186 1,230
Sinn Féin Tony Black[*] 5.67% 708 817 822 912 925 966 973 1,012 1,017 1,086 1,117
Fianna Fáil Jacqui Finnan 3.26% 407 518 526 531 536 577 604 638 650    
National Party John McGrath 3.05% 381 420 422 424 434 468 475        
Fine Gael Matthew Fogarty 2.72% 340 388 420 423 428 441          
Independent Peadar O'Donnell 2.08% 259 318 320 324 334            
Sinn Féin Molly Browne 1.40% 174 185 197                
Electorate: 23,832   Valid: 12,478   Spoilt: 97   Quota: 1,560   Turnout: 12,575 (52.77%)  

Clonmel

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Clonmel: 6 Seats[15][16]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fine Gael Michael Murphy[*] 28.23% 2,746                  
Workers and Unemployed Pat English[*] 16.18% 1,574                  
Fianna Fáil Siobhán Ambrose[*] 15.54% 1,512                  
Fine Gael John FitzGerald[*] 11.66% 1,134 1,824                
Independent Richie Molloy[*] 7.67% 746 1,097 1,312 1,351 1,409          
Independent Niall P Dennehy[*] 6.38% 621 764 857 886 914 964 980 1,103 1,115 1,291
Independent Deirdre Dempsey 3.30% 321 338 344 350 355 369 376      
Sinn Féin Dean McGrath 3.29% 320 360 369 378 382 399 646 670 671 832
Workers and Unemployed Teresa Johnson 3.22% 313 375 411 500 512 570 593 664 670  
Sinn Féin Natasha Dingivan 2.90% 282 303 309 317 322 333        
Green Myriam Madigan 1.62% 158 190 259 263 273          
Electorate: 19,734   Valid: 9,727   Spoilt: 110   Quota: 1,390   Turnout: 9,837 (49.85%)  

Nenagh

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Nenagh: 5 Seats[17][18]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Independent Joe Hannigan[*] 21.37% 2,233      
Independent Michael O'Meara[*] 17.44% 1,822      
Fianna Fáil Ryan O'Meara 14.61% 1,527 1,651 1,747  
Independent Séamus Morris[*] 13.72% 1,434 1,585 1,633 1,851
Labour Louise Morgan Walsh 11.58% 1,210 1,272 1,390 1,749
Sinn Féin Damian O’Donoghue 10.49% 1,096 1,120 1,167 1,212
Fine Gael Eleanor Maher 7.06% 738 845 916  
Green Iva Pocock 3.72% 389 412    
Electorate: 18,622   Valid: 10,449   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 1,742   Turnout: 10,527 (56.53%)  

Newport

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Newport: 4 seats[19][20]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Labour Fiona Bonfield[*] 28.93% 2,346    
Independent Pamela Quirke O’Meara 20.53% 1,665    
Fine Gael Phyll Bugler[*] 20.17% 1,636    
Fianna Fáil John Carroll[*] 15.40% 1,249 1,543 1,595
Independent Ireland Eddie O'Gorman 7.32% 594 676 713
Sinn Féin Gavin Ryan 6.10% 495 780 819
Independent David Ahern 1.54% 125 187  
Electorate: 14,247   Valid: 8,110   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 1,623   Turnout: 8,164 (57.30%)  

Roscrea–Templemore

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RoscreaTemplemore: 4 seats[21][22]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Michael Smith[*] 29.51% 2,460          
Independent Shane Lee[*] 26.76% 2,231          
Independent Eddie Moran[*] 17.07% 1,423 1,599        
Fine Gael Willie Kennedy 13.71% 1,143 1,319 1,398 1,438 1,483 1,616
Fianna Fáil Deirdre Ryan 6.30% 525 810 859 886 924 1,106
Sinn Féin Breandán Ó Conchúir 3.75% 313 358 405 442 467  
Labour Jordan Lewis 1.50% 125 174 225 245    
Green Aisling Maloney 1.40% 117 178 227 257 297  
Electorate: 15,059   Valid: 8,337   Spoilt: 101   Quota: 1,668   Turnout: 8,438 (56.03%)  

Thurles

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Thurles: 5 Seats[23][24]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Independent Jim Ryan[*] 26.15% 2,435      
Independent Micheál Lowry[*] 23.45% 2,184      
Fianna Fáil Sean Ryan[*] 17.59% 1,638      
Fianna Fáil Kay Cahill Skehan 14.88% 1,386 1,777    
Fine Gael Peggy Ryan[†] 9.96% 928 1,097 1,504 1,640
Sinn Féin Dan Harty 7.97% 742 1,064 1,288 1,376
Electorate: 16,791   Valid: 9,313   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,553   Turnout: 9,402 (55.99%)  

References

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