Part of the 2024 Irish local elections
2024 Louth County Council election
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All 29 seats to Louth County Council 15 seats needed for a majority |
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Area of Louth County Council |
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An election to all 29 seats on Louth County Council election was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Louth is divided into 5 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
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | Date announced |
Dundalk–Carlingford | Edel Corrigan | | Sinn Féin | 18 December 2023[3] |
Dundalk South | Liam Reilly | | Fianna Fáil | 25 October 2023[4] |
Dundalk South | Tomás Sharkey | | Sinn Féin | 18 December 2023[3] |
Results by party
Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| Sinn Féin | 17 | 7 | | 11,222 | 23.59 | 0.51 |
| Fine Gael | 11 | 6 | 1 | 8,665 | 18.21 | 1.91 |
| Fianna Fáil | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8,072 | 16.96 | 2.55 |
| Labour | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3,648 | 7.67 | 0.25 |
| Green | 5 | 1 | | 1,570 | 3.30 | 3.10 |
| Irish Freedom | 4 | 0 | New | 1,788 | 3.76 | New |
| Aontú | 2 | 0 | New | 636 | 1.34 | New |
| Independent Ireland | 1 | 0 | New | 508 | 1.07 | New |
| People Before Profit | 1 | 0 | | 344 | 0.72 | 0.49 |
| The Irish People | 3 | 0 | New | 334 | 0.70 | New |
| Social Democrats | 1 | 0 | New | 310 | 0.65 | New |
| Independent | 19 | 7 | 1 | 10,484 | 22.03 | 4.26 |
Total | 77 | 29 | | 47,581 | 100.00 | |
Candidates by LEA
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Ardee
Ardee: 6 Seats[5] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Fine Gael | Paula Butterly[†] | 11.95% | 1,162 | 1,177 | 1,188 | 1,191 | 1,192 | 1,205 | 1,210 | 1,229 | 1,243 | 1,260 | 1,271 | 1,274 |
| Fianna Fáil | John Sheridan[*] | 11.36% | 1,105 | 1,112 | 1,113 | 1,124 | 1,131 | 1,144 | 1,149 | 1,191 | 1,242 | 1,264 | 1,301 | 1,310 |
| Sinn Féin | Pearse McGeough[*] | 10.97% | 1,067 | 1,070 | 1,072 | 1,120 | 1,126 | 1,136 | 1,155 | 1,184 | 1,226 | 1,736 | | |
| Independent | Jim Tenanty[*] | 10.55% | 1,026 | 1,030 | 1,044 | 1,044 | 1,084 | 1,098 | 1,174 | 1,214 | 1,468 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Dolores Minogue[*] | 10.14% | 986 | 992 | 993 | 996 | 1,006 | 1,038 | 1,050 | 1,077 | 1,181 | 1,223 | 1,254 | 1,280 |
| Fine Gael | Rachel Kerley | 10.06% | 978 | 986 | 987 | 990 | 999 | 1,030 | 1,051 | 1,077 | 1,114 | 1,151 | 1,171 | 1,179 |
| Independent | Bernie Conlon[†] | 8.33% | 810 | 816 | 852 | 854 | 889 | 901 | 987 | 1,018 | 1,075 | 1,111 | 1,206 | 1,238 |
| Sinn Féin | Kitty Colbert | 5.84% | 568 | 573 | 576 | 655 | 666 | 683 | 691 | 775 | 805 | | | |
| Independent | Fintan Malone | 5.50% | 535 | 537 | 547 | 549 | 595 | 610 | 682 | 707 | | | | |
| Social Democrats | Niall McCreanor | 3.19% | 310 | 319 | 320 | 325 | 329 | 371 | 383 | | | | | |
| Labour | Katerina Karpenko | 2.84% | 276 | 295 | 295 | 296 | 300 | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Thomas Commins | 2.73% | 265 | 265 | 320 | 320 | 363 | 367 | | | | | | |
| Independent | Peter Farrell | 2.29% | 223 | 224 | 233 | 235 | | | | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Phyllis Murphy | 1.69% | 164 | 164 | 166 | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Seán Brown | 1.60% | 156 | 158 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Green | Adam Devine | 0.96% | 93 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 19,928 Valid: 9,724 Spoilt: 227 Quota: 1,390 Turnout: 9,951 (49.93%) |
Drogheda Rural
Drogheda Rural: 4 Seats[6] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Labour | Michelle Hall[*] | 22.28% | 1,426 | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Anne-Marie Ford | 16.59% | 1,062 | 1,099 | 1,102 | 1,161 | 1,181 | 1,260 | 1,281 | | |
| Independent | Declan Power[†] | 13.40% | 858 | 887 | 900 | 901 | 951 | 986 | 1,085 | 1,289 | |
| Sinn Féin | Eric Donovan | 11.26% | 721 | 732 | 735 | 746 | 760 | 790 | 824 | 859 | 925 |
| Sinn Féin | Tom Cunningham[*] | 10.09% | 646 | 657 | 659 | 668 | 678 | 692 | 727 | 750 | 850 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tomás Wilkinson | 6.69% | 428 | 437 | 438 | 443 | 453 | 494 | 525 | 531 | |
| Irish Freedom | Patrice Johnson | 5.36% | 343 | 345 | 387 | 390 | 403 | 407 | 452 | | |
| Independent | Frank Godfrey | 5.08% | 325 | 337 | 341 | 348 | 365 | 390 | | | |
| Green | Anthony Murphy | 3.73% | 239 | 266 | 267 | 272 | 288 | | | | |
| Independent | Mick Martin | 2.61% | 167 | 170 | 176 | 178 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Marian Agrios[7] | 1.64% | 105 | 108 | 109 | | | | | | |
| The Irish People | Derek McElearney | 1.27% | 81 | 82 | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 14,133 Valid: 6,401 Spoilt: 122 Quota: 1,281 Turnout: 6,523 (46.15%) |
Drogheda Urban
Drogheda Urban: 6 Seats[8] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Labour | Pio Smith[*] | 13.06% | 1,195 | 1,197 | 1,201 | 1,208 | 1,232 | 1,236 | 1,243 | 1,246 | 1,399 | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Kevin Callan[*] | 11.83% | 1,082 | 1,095 | 1,098 | 1,121 | 1,130 | 1,157 | 1,160 | 1,173 | 1,195 | 1,208 | 1,222 | 1,258 | 1,337 | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Joanna Byrne[*] | 10.28% | 940 | 942 | 943 | 960 | 971 | 996 | 1,060 | 1,066 | 1,093 | 1,100 | 1,292 | 1,309 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | James Byrne[*] | 9.65% | 883 | 885 | 885 | 890 | 902 | 912 | 913 | 914 | 931 | 938 | 944 | 956 | 1,004 | 1,009 | 1,100 | 1,270 |
| Independent | Paddy McQuillan[*] | 8.48% | 776 | 785 | 792 | 815 | 828 | 866 | 875 | 899 | 915 | 931 | 945 | 1,008 | 1,106 | 1,122 | 1,249 | 1,300 |
| Fine Gael | Ejiro O'Hare Stratton | 6.96% | 637 | 640 | 641 | 647 | 664 | 668 | 670 | 672 | 700 | 724 | 732 | 736 | 759 | 761 | 815 | 1,143 |
| Fine Gael | Shóna McManus | 6.32% | 578 | 581 | 582 | 593 | 600 | 602 | 604 | 607 | 620 | 626 | 631 | 637 | 655 | 655 | 681 | |
| Sinn Féin | Debbie McCole | 4.74% | 434 | 436 | 437 | 447 | 452 | 461 | 539 | 546 | 555 | 559 | 632 | 644 | 693 | 696 | 738 | 753 |
| Aontú | Michael O'Dowd | 4.45% | 407 | 414 | 417 | 419 | 425 | 430 | 432 | 446 | 451 | 457 | 470 | 564 | 627 | 631 | | |
| Independent | Frank Godfrey | 3.69% | 338 | 347 | 352 | 358 | 361 | 387 | 388 | 414 | 428 | 432 | 448 | 491 | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Laura Clinton | 3.33% | 305 | 306 | 307 | 310 | 314 | 322 | 346 | 350 | 362 | 366 | | | | | | |
| Irish Freedom | Patrice Johnson | 3.29% | 301 | 305 | 326 | 328 | 329 | 333 | 333 | 424 | 425 | 426 | 430 | | | | | |
| Labour | Emma Cutlip[†] | 3.04% | 278 | 278 | 279 | 284 | 327 | 334 | 334 | 335 | | | | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Joanne Thompson | 2.03% | 186 | 187 | 189 | 199 | 201 | 203 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | John Bannon | 1.98% | 181 | 182 | 182 | 190 | 192 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| The Irish People | Alan Fagan | 1.86% | 170 | 173 | 201 | 204 | 204 | 217 | 220 | | | | | | | | | |
| Green | Michael Kennedy | 1.74% | 159 | 160 | 160 | 163 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Peter James Nugent | 1.62% | 148 | 148 | 151 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| The Irish People | John Morgan | 0.91% | 83 | 84 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Vincent Hynes | 0.73% | 67 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 19,729 Valid: 9,148 Spoilt: 204 Quota: 1,307 Turnout: 9,352 (47.40%) |
Dundalk–Carlingford
Dundalk–Carlingford: 6 Seats[9] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Kelly[*] | 17.91% | 1,828 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Antóin Watters[*] | 16.88% | 1,723 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | John Reilly[†] | 8.14% | 831 | 862 | 876 | 886 | 910 | 1,084 | 1,092 | 1,224 | 1,245 | 1,260 | 1,275 |
| Fianna Fáil | Andrea McKevitt[†] | 8.04% | 821 | 862 | 912 | 926 | 957 | 1,072 | 1,080 | 1,201 | 1,212 | 1,234 | 1,243 |
| Fianna Fáil | Conor Keelan[*] | 7.75% | 791 | 899 | 906 | 922 | 958 | 992 | 1,009 | 1,070 | 1,097 | 1,142 | 1,172 |
| Independent | Ciarán Fisher | 6.74% | 688 | 742 | 750 | 797 | 849 | 862 | 898 | 978 | 1,331 | 1,412 | 1,518 |
| Sinn Féin | Kathleen Byrne | 5.83% | 595 | 621 | 639 | 649 | 659 | 669 | 855 | 883 | 932 | | |
| Irish Freedom | Tracy O'Hanlon | 5.72% | 584 | 604 | 609 | 682 | 697 | 706 | 721 | 740 | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Fiona Mhic Conchoille | 4.97% | 507 | 517 | 603 | 615 | 628 | 652 | 868 | 943 | 979 | 1,619 | |
| Labour | Jamie O'Hare | 4.63% | 473 | 487 | 504 | 514 | 574 | 613 | 626 | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Seán Ó Broin | 4.39% | 448 | 477 | 514 | 523 | 537 | 544 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Yvonne Keenan Ross | 3.94% | 402 | 409 | 422 | 427 | 460 | | | | | | |
| Green | Gerard Crawley | 2.83% | 289 | 306 | 310 | 318 | | | | | | | |
| Aontú | Liam Reichenberg | 2.24% | 229 | 241 | 246 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 20,039 Valid: 10,209 Spoilt: 180 Quota: 1,459 Turnout: 10,389 (51.84%) |
Dundalk South
Dundalk South: 7 Seats[10] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Independent | Maeve Yore | 17.77% | 2,150 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Robert Nash[*] | 10.71% | 1,296 | 1,401 | 1,431 | 1,441 | 1,457 | 1,482 | 1,515 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Emma Coffey[*] | 9.60% | 1,161 | 1,256 | 1,290 | 1,305 | 1,368 | 1,381 | 1,403 | 1,572 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Shane McGuinness | 8.72% | 1,055 | 1,109 | 1,128 | 1,131 | 1,142 | 1,155 | 1,168 | 1,328 | 1,338 | 1,341 | 1,350 |
| Sinn Féin | Kevin Meenan[†] | 8.07% | 976 | 1,009 | 1,025 | 1,053 | 1,077 | 1,111 | 1,285 | 1,312 | 1,695 | | |
| Green | Marianne Butler[*] | 6.53% | 790 | 873 | 892 | 944 | 1,056 | 1,066 | 1,082 | 1,202 | 1,246 | 1,250 | 1,274 |
| Sinn Féin | Sionainn McCann | 5.88% | 712 | 734 | 760 | 823 | 893 | 904 | 1,122 | 1,163 | 1,481 | 1,652 | |
| Sinn Féin | Jimmy Myers | 5.24% | 634 | 647 | 659 | 666 | 674 | 688 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Linus English | 5.19% | 628 | 670 | 698 | 702 | 735 | 738 | 747 | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Aideen Smith | 4.93% | 596 | 623 | 634 | 677 | 698 | 721 | 854 | 860 | | | |
| Irish Freedom | Cathal Ó Murchú | 4.63% | 560 | 585 | 599 | 614 | 629 | | | | | | |
| Independent Ireland | Barry Kieran | 4.20% | 508 | 555 | 576 | 620 | 670 | 966 | 994 | 1,041 | 1,076 | 1,080 | 1,114 |
| Independent | Seun Grace Atiroko | 3.17% | 383 | 413 | 448 | 517 | | | | | | | |
| People Before Profit | James Hickey | 2.84% | 344 | 368 | 394 | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Dilip Mahapatra | 2.53% | 306 | 343 | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 25,691 Valid: 12,099 Spoilt: 225 Quota: 1,513 Turnout: 12,324 (47.97%) |
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