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2024 Cork County Council election
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All 55 seats on Cork County Council
28 seats needed for a majority
Area of Cork County Council

An election to all 55 seats on Cork County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Cork is divided into 10 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]

Results by party[edit]

Party First-preference votes Seats
Votes % FPv Swing (pp) Cand. 2019 Out. Elected
2024 		Change
Fianna Fáil 39,958 27.54 Decrease6.20 23 18 17 19 Increase1
Fine Gael 42,043 28.98 Decrease2.90 24 20 19 18 Decrease2
Independent Ireland 9,828 6.77 New 8 New 1 4 Increase4
Social Democrats 6,573 4.65 Increase2.13 7 1 2 3 Increase2
Labour 5,512 3.80 Increase0.56 5 2 2 2 Steady
Sinn Féin 7,185 4.95 Decrease0.49 10 2 0 1 Decrease1
Green 3,967 2.73 Decrease0.16 10 2 1 0 Decrease2
Aontú 3,071 2.12 Increase0.33 6 0 0 0 Steady
Ireland First 1,267 0.87 New 2 New 0 0 Steady
The Irish People 678 0.47 New 3 New 0 0 Steady
Glór 559 0.39 New 1 New 0 0 Steady
People Before Profit 492 0.34 Increase0.20 1 0 0 0 Steady
Independent 23,782 16.39 Decrease1.34 22 10 13 8 Decrease2
Total Valid 145,089 99.19
Spoilt votes 1,184 0.81
Total 146,273 100 — 122 55 55 55 Steady
Registered voters/Turnout 284,173 51.47

Candidates by local electoral area[edit]

Bandon–Kinsale[edit]

Bandon–Kinsale: 6 Seats[3][4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Alan Coleman 15.08% 2,511              
Independent Ireland John Collins 14.30% 2,380              
Fine Gael John Michael Foley 13.18% 2,194 2,208 2,223 2,234 2,254 2,527    
Social Democrats Ann Bambury 10.81% 1,800 1,814 1,967 2,135 2,247 2,370 2,387  
Fianna Fáil Gillian Coughlan 10.37% 1,726 1,751 1,764 1,782 1,829 1,979 1,999 2,485
Fine Gael Marie O'Sullivan 9.60% 1,598 1,624 1,656 1,668 1,772 1,980 2,070 2,211
Fianna Fáil Sean O'Donovan 6.72% 1,118 1,128 1,142 1,163 1,197 1,303 1,310 1,629
Fine Gael Gerard Seaman 5.94% 988 995 1,010 1,021 1,034      
Fianna Fáil Margaret Murphy O'Mahony 5.91% 983 1,003 1,022 1,056 1,100 1,199 1,213  
Independent Brendan Piper 2.93% 488 497 579 663        
Sinn Féin Clare O'Callaghan 2.66% 443 446 478          
Green Stephen Spillane 1.63% 272 274            
The Irish People Deborah O'Driscoll 8.71% 145 147            
Electorate: 31,002   Valid: 16,646   Spoilt: 102   Quota: 2,379   Turnout: 16,748 (54.02%)  

Bantry–West Cork[edit]

Bantry–West Cork: 4 Seats[3][5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Ireland Danny Collins 19.25% 2,386 2,431 2,515          
Independent Finbarr Harrington 15.09% 1,870 1,894 1,968 2,048 2,071 2,258 2,668  
Fine Gael Caroline Cronin 13.68% 1,696 1,709 1,738 2,042 2,050 2,288 2,438 2,478
Fianna Fáil Patrick Gerard Murphy[*] 10.98% 1,361 1,367 1,390 1,463 1,471 1,574 2,050 2,185
Independent Helen O'Sullivan 10.81% 1,340 1,369 1,403 1,499 1,510 1,768 1,962 1,995
Fianna Fáil Danny Crowley 10.08% 1,245 1,253 1,264 1,317 1,319 1,411    
Social Democrats Chris Heinhold[†] 8.02% 994 1,057 1,068 1,285 1,288      
Fine Gael Mary Lou Leahy 4.34% 562 567 586          
Green Liz Coakley Wakefield 2.37% 294 314 318          
Aontú Patrick Murphy 2.33% 289 304            
Sinn Féin Colum O'Callaghan 2.08% 258              
Electorate: 21,485   Valid: 12,295   Spoilt: 101   Quota: 2,460   Turnout: 12,396 (57.70%)  

Carrigaline[edit]

Carrigaline: 6 Seats[3][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Seamus McGrath 36.06% 5,191              
Independent Ben Dalton-O'Sullivan 16.08% 2,315              
Fine Gael Jack White 10.91% 1,570 2,307            
Sinn Féin Eoghan Fahy 9.40% 1,353 1,632 1,659 1,677 1,685 1,716 1,830 2,039
Fine Gael Una McCarthy 7.59% 1,092 1,686 1,754 1,852 1,885 2,029 2,102  
Fianna Fáil Audrey Buckley[*] 6.72% 967 1,983 2,030 2,110        
Green Monica Oikeh 3.82% 550 703 726 743 749 857 1,096 1,336
Independent Chris O'Brien 3.76% 541 703 769 784 787 822 922  
Social Democrats Richard Terry 3.16% 455 522 535 542 542 614    
Labour John O'Regan 2.51% 361 487 501 516 519      
Electorate: 30,679   Valid: 14,395   Spoilt: 100   Quota: 2,057   Turnout: 14,495 (47.25%)  

Cobh[edit]

Cobh: 6 Seats[3][7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fianna Fáil Sheila O'Callaghan[†] 17.0 2,202                    
Fine Gael Anthony Barry[*] 15.0 1,935                    
Labour Cathal Rasmussen[*] 11.9 1,547 1,552 1,606 1,649 1,654 1,709 1,752 1,782 1,924    
Fine Gael Sinéad Sheppard[*] 11.6 1,497 1,617 1,639 1,669 1,710 1,755 2,116        
Independent Ireland Ger Curley 10.0 1,293 1,302 1,409 1,454 1,458 1,739 1,773 1,784 2,001    
Fianna Fáil Dominic Finn 7.3 940 1,053 1,083 1,098 1,110 1,125 1,208 1,298 1,338 1,362 1,376
Green Cliona O'Halloran 6.5 834 851 869 982 990 1,029 1,075 1,116 1,264 1,318  
Fine Gael Keith Kelly 5.0 645 699 703 714 728 733          
Sinn Féin Mehdi Ozcinar 4.8 620 628 646 788 790 872 891 894      
Glór – Voice of the People Diarmaid Ó Cadhla 4.3 559 567 620 663 666            
People Before Profit Rola Abu Zeid O'Neill 3.8 492 502 515                
Independent Peter Kidney 2.8 357 363                  
Electorate: 28,604   Valid: 12,915   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 1,846   Turnout: 13,021 (45.5%)  

Fermoy[edit]

Fermoy: 6 Seats[3][8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Independent William O'Leary[*] 17.70% 2,920                
Fine Gael Noel McCarthy[*] 15.90% 2,624                
Fianna Fáil Frank O'Flynn[*] 13.03% 2,150 2,264 2,333 2,382          
Fianna Fáil Deirdre O'Brien[*] 11.46% 1,891 1,932 1,963 1,991 2,131 2,245 2,328 2,795  
Fianna Fáil Nelius Cotter 9.93% 1,239 1,306 1,334 1,391 1,548 1,607 1,695 1,903 2,030
Fine Gael Kay Dawson[*] 6.42% 1,059 1,095 1,157 1,199 1,254 1,297 1,325    
Independent Peter O'Donoghue 5.68% 937 1,025 1,043 1,095 1,192 1,281 1,648 1,742 1,784
Labour Diarmuid Hanley 5.55% 915 975 987 1,095 1,125 1,289 1,369 1,625 1,742
Ireland First Derek Blighe 5.49% 899 939 951 1,001 1,070 1,158      
Sinn Féin Joe O'Brien 4.39% 725 743 757 805 853        
Independent Frank Roche 3.81% 628 687 694 733          
Green Mary Ryder 1.15% 189 197 199            
Independent Ireland Ken Brennan 0.98% 162 178 181            
Independent Joe Tobin 0.62% 102 114 122            
Independent Thomas Horgan 0.37% 61 64 64            
Electorate: 31,544   Valid: 16,501   Spoilt: 154   Quota: 2,358   Turnout: 16,655 (52.80%)  

Kanturk[edit]

Kanturk: 4 Seats[3][9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Bernard Moynihan[*] 26.54% 3,030              
Fine Gael John Paul O'Shea[*] 19.14% 2,185 2,356            
Fine Gael Trish Murphy 17.84% 2,037 2,232 2,264 2,292        
Fianna Fáil Ian Doyle[*] 10.51% 1,200 1,396 1,409 1,434 1,503 1,632 1,705 1,855
Aontú Becky Kealy 8.35% 953 1,034 1,052 1,065 1,141 1,227 1,485 1,794
Sinn Féin Evelyn O'Keefe 4.69% 536 550 552 565 599 736 812  
Independent Finbarr Cronin 4.46% 509 581 586 596 681 724    
Social Democrats Andrew Ring 3.64% 416 423 424 477 530      
Independent Ireland Brendan O'Connor 3.49% 398 404 404 407        
Green Ted Bradley 1.35% 154 158 159          
Electorate: 21,479   Valid: 11,418   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 2,284   Turnout: 11,522 (53.64%)  

Macroom[edit]

Macroom: 6 Seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Gobnait Moynihan[*] 15.71% 2,794            
Fine Gael Michael Creed[*] 14.58% 2,593            
Fianna Fáil Michael Looney[*] 14.10% 2,508 2,584          
Fine Gael Eileen Lynch[*] 13.36% 2,376 2,408 2,460 2,473 2,739    
Fine Gael Ted Lucy[*] 11.57% 2,058 2,085 2,116 2,136 2,269 2,419 2,536
Independent Martin Coughlan[*] 8.31% 1,478 1,517 1,624 1,630 1,804 2,176 2,214
Independent Ireland Dermot Kelleher 7.52% 1,337 1,371 1,556 1,565 1,614 1,896 1,906
Sinn Féin John O'Sullivan 6.28% 1,117 1,134 1,192 1,194 1,366    
Green Harriet Burgess 5.28% 939 954 998 999      
Aontú Rosarie O'Leary 3.31% 588 600          
Electorate: 32,318   Valid: 17,788   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 2,542   Turnout: 17,928 (55.47%)  

Mallow[edit]

Mallow: 5 Seats[3][10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Tony O'Shea[*] 22.26% 2,615            
Fine Gael Liam Madden[*] 21.89% 2,571            
Labour Eoghan Kenny[†] 19.06% 2,239            
Fianna Fáil Gearóid Murphy[*] 11.31% 1,329 1,583 1,790 1,874 1,911 1,971  
Fianna Fáil Pat Hayes[*] 9.16% 1,076 1,291 1,559 1,629 1,659 1,697 1,861
Sinn Féin Melissa O'Brien 7.37% 866 955 1,012 1,077 1,100 1,205 1,402
Aontú Paddy Scully 3.08% 362 397 424 438 454 482  
The Irish People Ross Cannon 2.74% 322 346 361 373 375 389  
Social Democrats David Curry 1.98% 233 255 276 299 333    
Green Paul McNally 1.14% 134 152 170 183      
Electorate: 23,585   Valid: 11,747   Spoilt: 105   Quota: 1,958   Turnout: 11,852 (50.25%)  

Midleton[edit]

Midleton: 7 Seats[3][11]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Independent Mary Linehan Foley 18.28% 2,962                      
Fine Gael Michael Hegarty[*] 13.06% 2,116                      
Fianna Fáil Patrick Mulcahy 10.06% 1,629 1,814 1,836 1,846 1,863 1,885 1,897 1,936 1,977 1,986 2,036  
Social Democrats Liam Quaide[*] 9.91% 1,606 1,681 1,685 1,700 1,726 1,901 1,923 2,007 2,162      
Fine Gael Rory Cocking 8.64% 1,400 1,422 1,444 1,449 1,460 1,502 1,506 1,649 1,689 1,707 1,771 1,872
Fianna Fáil Ann Marie Ahern[†] 6.50% 1,053 1,092 1,099 1,101 1,108 1,132 1,136 1,210 1,253 1,267 1,328 1,468
Independent John Buckley 5.32% 862 898 901 920 939 946 994 1,179 1,332 1,352 1,546 1,835
Fine Gael Alison Curtin 4.96% 803 1,091 1,110 1,138 1,140 1,176 1,239 1,260 1,298 1,301 1,346 1,417
Sinn Féin Edith Adams 4.41% 715 754 755 765 774 805 836 864 905 919    
Aontú Mona Stromsoe 4.27% 692 716 718 725 741 751 808 852 965 981 1,103  
Independent Seán Buckley 4.04% 654 681 684 695 715 723 742          
Independent Ireland Eileen Kelly McCarthy 3.67% 595 635 638 658 682 694 799 834        
Green Clodagh Harrington 2.39% 387 399 400 407 414              
Ireland First Paddy Bullman 2.27% 368 433 433 461 514 518            
The Irish People James-Peter O'Sullivan 1.30% 211 224 226 239                
Independent Michelle Neville 0.91% 147 218 219                  
Electorate: 36,345   Valid: 16,200   Spoilt: 157   Quota: 2,026   Turnout: 16,357 (45.00%)  

Skibbereen–West Cork[edit]

Skibbereen–West Cork: 5 Seats[3][12]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fine Gael Noel O'Donovan 16.10% 2,445 2,469 2,517 2,539            
Fianna Fáil Joe Carroll[*] 11.74% 1,783 1,804 1,816 1,971 2,063 2,089 2,133 2,274 2,995  
Fine Gael Brendan McCarthy 9.11% 1,384 1,409 1,424 1,552 1,593 1,619 1,674 1,772    
Fianna Fáil Deirdre Kelly 8.85% 1,344 1,360 1,403 1,424 1,448 1,462 1,495 1,913 1,996 2,092
Independent Ireland Daniel Sexton 8.41% 1,277 1,318 1,342 1,378 1,470 1,624 1,775 2,031 2,169 2,238
Social Democrats Isobel Towse 8.23% 1,249 1,335 1,510 1,559 1,701 1,858 2,017 2,145 2,446 2,566
Fianna Fáil Padraig O'Reilly 7.90% 1,199 1,208 1,233 1,237 1,255 1,377 1,729 1,806 1,926 2,011
Independent Declan Hurley[*] 6.88% 1,045 1,081 1,109 1,157 1,200 1,269 1,394      
Independent Humphrey Deegan 5.62% 853 869 895 927 949 1,068        
Independent Barry O'Mahony 4.26% 647 665 697 719 771          
Independent Karen Coakley[*] 3.66% 555 577 595              
Sinn Féin Donnchadh O'Seaghdha 3.64% 552 574 597 640            
Labour Evie Nevin 2.96% 450 483                
Green Rory Jackson 1.41% 214                  
Aontú Lorraine Deane 1.23% 187                  
Electorate: 27,132   Valid: 15,184   Spoilt: 115   Quota: 2,531   Turnout: 15,299 (56.39%)  

References[edit]

  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.
  2. ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Notice of Poll". Cork County Council. 21 May 2024. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Bandon–Kinsale LEA Results". Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Bantry-West Cork LEA Results". Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Carrigaline LEA Results". Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Cobh LEA Results". Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Fermoy LEA Results". Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Kanturk LEA Results". Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Mallow LEA Results". Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Midleton LEA Results". Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Skibbereen West Cork LEA Results". Retrieved 12 June 2024.
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