Part of the 2024 Irish local elections
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
Party | First-preference votes | Seats |
Votes | % FPv | Swing (pp) | Cand. | 2019 | Out. | Elected 2024 | Change |
| Fianna Fáil | 39,958 | 27.54 | 6.20 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 1 |
| Fine Gael | 42,043 | 28.98 | 2.90 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 2 |
| Independent Ireland | 9,828 | 6.77 | New | 8 | New | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Social Democrats | 6,573 | 4.65 | 2.13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Labour | 5,512 | 3.80 | 0.56 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Sinn Féin | 7,185 | 4.95 | 0.49 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Green | 3,967 | 2.73 | 0.16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Aontú | 3,071 | 2.12 | 0.33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ireland First | 1,267 | 0.87 | New | 2 | New | 0 | 0 | |
| The Irish People | 678 | 0.47 | New | 3 | New | 0 | 0 | |
| Glór | 559 | 0.39 | New | 1 | New | 0 | 0 | |
| People Before Profit | 492 | 0.34 | 0.20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 23,782 | 16.39 | 1.34 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 2 |
Total Valid | 145,089 | 99.19 | |
Spoilt votes | 1,184 | 0.81 |
Total | 146,273 | 100 | — | 122 | 55 | 55 | 55 | |
Registered voters/Turnout | 284,173 | 51.47 | |
Candidates by local electoral area
Bandon–Kinsale
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 | 0.87% | 145 | 147 | | | | | | |
Electorate: 31,002 Valid: 16,646 Spoilt: 102 Quota: 2,379 Turnout: 16,748 (54.02%) |
Bantry–West Cork
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
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
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[†] | 17.05% | 2,202 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Anthony Barry[*] | 14.98% | 1,935 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Cathal Rasmussen[*] | 11.98% | 1,547 | 1,552 | 1,606 | 1,649 | 1,654 | 1,709 | 1,752 | 1,782 | 1,924 | | |
| Fine Gael | Sinéad Sheppard[*] | 11.59% | 1,497 | 1,617 | 1,639 | 1,669 | 1,710 | 1,755 | 2,116 | | | | |
| Independent Ireland | Ger Curley | 10.01% | 1,293 | 1,302 | 1,409 | 1,454 | 1,458 | 1,739 | 1,773 | 1,784 | 2,001 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Dominic Finn | 7.28% | 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 | 6.46% | 834 | 851 | 869 | 982 | 990 | 1,029 | 1,075 | 1,116 | 1,264 | 1,318 | |
| Fine Gael | Keith Kelly | 4.99% | 645 | 699 | 703 | 714 | 728 | 733 | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Mehdi Ozcinar | 4.80% | 620 | 628 | 646 | 788 | 790 | 872 | 891 | 894 | | | |
| Glór – Voice of the People | Diarmaid Ó Cadhla | 4.33% | 559 | 567 | 620 | 663 | 666 | | | | | | |
| People Before Profit | Rola Abu Zeid O'Neill | 3.81% | 492 | 502 | 515 | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Peter Kidney | 2.81% | 357 | 363 | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 28,604 Valid: 12,915 Spoilt: 106 Quota: 1,846 Turnout: 13,021 (45.52%) |
Fermoy
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
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
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 Lucey[*] | 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
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
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
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%) |
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- ^ "Carrigaline LEA Results". Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Cobh LEA Results". Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Fermoy LEA Results". Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Kanturk LEA Results". Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Mallow LEA Results". Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Midleton LEA Results". Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Skibbereen West Cork LEA Results". Retrieved 12 June 2024.