2019 Kerry County Council election

A Kerry County Council election was held in County Kerry in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 33 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 6 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote.

2019 Kerry County Council election
24 May 2019
All 33 seats to Kerry County Council
17 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 10 7 4
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 2 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Kerry Independent Alliance Independent
Seats won 2 1 9
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0 Increase 2
Map showing the area of Kerry County Council

Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used in the 2014 elections. Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a lower maximum LEA size of seven councillors, exceeded by three of the four 2014 LEAs.[1][2][3] Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 10 Increase1 17,943 25.78 Increase3.53
Fine Gael 7 Decrease2 15,225 21.88 Increase0.09
Sinn Féin 4 Decrease1 9,292 13.35 Decrease0.84
Labour 2 Steady0 3,117 4.48 Decrease2.11
Kerry Independent Alliance 1 Steady0 1,983 2.85 Decrease0.22
Green 0 Steady0 2,151 3.09 New
Aontú 0 Steady0 1,100 1.58 New
People Before Profit 0 Steady0 174 0.25 Decrease0.31
Independent 9 Increase2 18,594 26.72 Decrease4.82
Totals 33 Steady0 69,588 100.00

Results by local electoral area

Castleisland
Castleisland — 4 Seats[4][5][6]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
Independent Jackie Healy-Rae 28.55% 2,621      
Independent Charlie Farrelly 18.17% 1,668 1,872    
Fine Gael Bobby O'Connell[c 1] 15.89% 1,459 1,562 1,674 2,076
Fianna Fáil Fionnán Fitzgerald 11.30% 1,037 1,171 1,482 1,753
Sinn Féin Kate McSweeney 10.60% 973 1,149 1,245 1,364
Fine Gael Pat McCarthy[c 1] 8.66% 795 861 926  
Fianna Fáil Tom McEllistrim[c 1] 6.84% 628 729    
Electorate: 14,764   Valid: 9,181   Spoilt: 107   Quota: 1,837   Turnout: 9,288 (62.91%)  

    Corca Dhuibhne
    Corca Dhuibhne — 3 Seats[7][5][6]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Fianna Fáil Michael D. O'Shea[c 1] 22.43% 1,680 1,774 1,880    
    Fianna Fáil Breandán Fitzgerald 17.09% 1,280 1,423 1,561 2,013  
    Fine Gael Tommy Griffin 16.70% 1,251 1,325 1,400 1,535 1,567
    Fine Gael Séamus Cosaí Fitzgerald[c 1] 13.43% 1,006 1,121 1,310 1,515 1,623
    Sinn Féin Robert Brosnan 11.12% 833 969 1,147    
    Green Michael Fitzgerald 10.37% 777 829      
    Independent David Russell 8.86% 664        
    Electorate: 11,904   Valid: 7,491   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 1,873   Turnout: 7,584 (63.71%)  

      Kenmare
      Kenmare — 6 Seats[8][9][6]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      Independent Johnny Healy-Rae[c 1] 22.15% 3,023              
      Fianna Fáil Michael Cahill[c 1] 16.26% 2,219              
      Fianna Fáil Norma Moriarty[c 1] 14.41% 1,966              
      Fianna Fáil John Francis Flynn[c 1] 10.08% 1,375 1,537 1,685 1,710 1,714 1,872 1,921 2,001
      Fine Gael Patrick Connor-Scarteen[c 1] 9.67% 1,320 1,505 1,527 1,634 1,636 1,772 1,942 2,142
      Independent Dan McCarthy[c 1] 7.69% 1,050 1,465 1,484 1,588 1,592 1,618 1,734 1,955
      Sinn Féin Damian Quigg[c 1] 5.61% 766 864 901 921 923 992 1,047 1,247
      Green Cleo Murphy 5.06% 691 732 740 845 846 862 892  
      Fine Gael Patrick Lyne 3.25% 444 502 509 513 516 561    
      Fine Gael Donie O'Sullivan 3.14% 428 478 502 516        
      Labour Luke Crowley-Holland 2.67% 364 428 432          
      Electorate: 21,813   Valid: 13,646   Spoilt: 142   Quota: 1,950   Turnout: 13,788 (63.21%)  

        Killarney
        Killarney — 7 Seats[10][5][6]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Independent Maura Healy-Rae[c 2] 24.46% 3,099            
        Kerry Independent Alliance Michael Gleeson[c 1] 15.65% 1,983            
        Independent Brendan Cronin[c 1] 11.88% 1,505 1,727          
        Independent Donal Grady[c 1] 10.45% 1,324 1,529 1,618        
        Fianna Fáil Niall Kelleher[c 1] 9.81% 1,243 1,603          
        Independent Niall Botty O'Callaghan 8.41% 1,065 1,293 1,387 1,444 1,480 1,694  
        Labour Marie Moloney 6.88% 871 1,037 1,122 1,172 1,204 1,348 1,400
        Fine Gael John Sheahan[c 1] 6.53% 827 978 1,056 1,133 1,163 1,217  
        Sinn Féin John Buckley 3.83% 485 591 615 661 690    
        Fianna Fáil Neily O'Connor 2.10% 266 343 372        
        Electorate: 20,864   Valid: 12,668   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 1,584   Turnout: 12,794 (61.32%)  

          Listowel
          Listowel — 6 Seats[11][12][6]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Fine Gael Aoife Thornton[c 1] 18.95% 2,578            
          Fine Gael Mike Kennelly[c 1] 15.17% 2,064            
          Sinn Féin Robert Beasley[c 1] 10.89% 1,482 1,537 1,546 1,566 1,683 2,010  
          Sinn Féin Tom Barry[c 2] 10.57% 1,438 1,474 1,494 1,535 1,579 1,797 1,829
          Fianna Fáil John Lucid[c 2] 9.48% 1,289 1,389 1,394 1,406 1,630 1,681 1,685
          Fianna Fáil Jimmy Moloney[c 1] 9.28% 1,262 1,361 1,388 1,487 1,519 1,714 1,727
          Fine Gael Michael Foley 9.11% 1,239 1,439 1,477 1,551 1,607 1,761 1,778
          Independent Michael Pixie O'Gorman 7.51% 1,022 1,084 1,097 1,209 1,333    
          Aontú Sonny Foran 5.75% 782 843 846 870      
          Independent John Martin O'Sullivan 3.22% 438 468 473        
          Electorate: 25,077   Valid: 13,603   Spoilt: 220   Quota: 1,944   Turnout: 13,823 (55.12%)  

            Tralee
            Tralee — 7 Seats[13][14][6]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            123456789101112
            Fianna Fáil Norma Foley[c 1]†† 16.20% 2,106                      
            Sinn Féin Toiréasa Ferris[c 1]† 11.84% 1,539 1,590 1,600 1,636                
            Labour Terry O'Brien[c 1] 11.25% 1,462 1,538 1,551 1,568 1,589 1,613 1,748          
            Fine Gael Jim Finucane[c 1] 9.25% 1,202 1,250 1,251 1,257 1,274 1,297 1,333 1,401 1,423 1,423 1,630  
            Fianna Fáil Mikey Sheehy 9.08% 1,180 1,311 1,313 1,318 1,329 1,366 1,411 1,539 1,545 1,545 1,676  
            Sinn Féin Pa Daly[c 1]††† 8.64% 1,123 1,149 1,156 1,167 1,196 1,235 1,278 1,333 1,341 1,344 1,400 1,904
            Independent Sam Locke[c 1] 6.23% 810 838 851 862 901 1,000 1,035 1,122 1,144 1,144 1,228 1,305
            Green Anne-Marie Fuller 5.25% 683 704 708 753 775 815 868 890 915 920 974 996
            Sinn Féin Cathal Foley 5.02% 653 661 669 674 685 693 704 730 734 737 753  
            Fine Gael Dr Bridget O'Brien 4.71% 612 639 643 647 655 668 687 725 730 730    
            Labour Ben Slimm 3.23% 420 429 432 443 452 460            
            Fianna Fáil Johnnie Wall 3.17% 412 449 455 458 462 473 501          
            Aontú Mary Fitzgibbon 2.45% 318 327 336 338 350              
            Independent Ted Cronin 1.52% 197 203 213 225                
            People Before Profit Bec Fahy 1.34% 174 176 184                  
            Independent Yvonne Dineen 0.62% 80 81                    
            Independent Denis O'Reilly 0.22% 28 29                    
            Electorate: 25,036   Valid: 12,999   Spoilt: 170   Quota: 1,625   Turnout: 13,169 (52.6%)  

              Results by gender
              2019 Kerry County Council election[6][15]
              Candidates by gender
              Gender Number of
              candidates              		  % of
              candidates              		 Elected
              councillors              		  % of
              councillors
              Men 49 79.0% 27 81.8%
              Women 13 21.0% 6 18.2%
              TOTAL62 33 

              Changes since 2019

              Footnotes
              1. Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
              2. Outgoing councillor coopted after the 2014 election.

              Sources
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              • "Kerry County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ News. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
              • "Kerry County Council: 2019 Local Election". IrelandElection.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

              References
              1. Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 44–47, 147. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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              4. DHPLG 2019, p. 119.
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              8. DHPLG 2019, p. 121.
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              10. DHPLG 2019, p. 122.
              11. DHPLG 2019, p. 123.
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              13. DHPLG 2019, p. 124.
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              15. DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
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