An election to all 29 seats on Louth County Council election will be 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]
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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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Retiring incumbents edit
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
| Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | Date announced | |
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| 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 edit
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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| Fianna Fáil | |||||||
| Fine Gael | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | |||||||
| Aontú | |||||||
| Social Democrats | |||||||
| Green | |||||||
| Labour | |||||||
| Independent Ireland | New | New | |||||
| People Before Profit | |||||||
| Solidarity | |||||||
| Irish Freedom | New | New | |||||
| National Party | New | New | |||||
| The Irish People | New | New | |||||
| Independent | |||||||
| Total | 29 | 
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Candidates by LEA edit
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Ardee edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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| 1 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Paula Butterly[†] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Kitty Colbert | |||
| Independent | Peter Farrell | |||
| Labour | Katerina Karpenko | |||
| Fine Gael | Rachel Kerley | |||
| Social Democrats | Niall McCreanor | |||
| Sinn Féin | Pearse McGeough[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Dolores Minogue[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Phyllis Murphy | |||
| Fianna Fáil | John Sheridan[*] | |||
| Independent | Jim Tenanty[*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Drogheda Rural edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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| 1 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Marian Agrios | |||
| Sinn Féin | Tom Cunningham[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Eric Donovan | |||
| Labour | Michelle Hall[*] | |||
| Irish Freedom | Patrice Johnson | |||
| Green | Anthony Murphy | |||
| Independent | Declan Power[†] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Drogheda Urban edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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| 1 | ||||
| Independent | John Bannon | |||
| Fianna Fáil | James Byrne[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Joanna Byrne[*] | |||
| Independent | Kevin Callan[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Laura Clinton | |||
| Labour | Emma Cutlip[†] | |||
| The Irish People | Alan Fagan | |||
| Fine Gael | Anne-Marie Ford | |||
| Green | Michael Kennedy | |||
| Fine Gael | Shóna McManus | |||
| Independent | Peter James Nugent | |||
| Aontú | Michael O'Dowd | |||
| Fine Gael | Ejiro O'Hare Stratten | |||
| Labour | Pio Smith[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Joanne Thompson | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Dundalk–Carlingford edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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| 1 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Kathleen Byrne | |||
| Independent | Ciarán Fisher | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Conor Keelan[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Yvonne Keenan Ross | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Kelly[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Andrea McKevitt[†] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Fiona Mhic Conchoille | |||
| Sinn Féin | Seán Ó Broin | |||
| Irish Freedom | Tracy O'Hanlon | |||
| Labour | Jamie O'Hare | |||
| Fine Gael | John Reilly[†] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Antóin Watters[*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Dundalk South edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Seun Grace Atiroko | |||
| Green | Marianne Butler[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Emma Coffey[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Linus English | |||
| People Before Profit | James Hickey | |||
| Independent Ireland | Barry Kieran | |||
| Sinn Féin | Sionainn McCann | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Shane McGuinness | |||
| Sinn Féin | Kevin Meenan[†] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Jimmy Myers | |||
| Fine Gael | Robert Nash[*] | |||
| Irish Freedom | Cathal Ó Murchú | |||
| Sinn Féin | Aideen Smith | |||
| Independent | Maeve Yore | |||
| Quota: | ||||
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Sinn Féin fielding new candidates for 2024 local election as Cllrs Tomas Sharkey and Edel Corrigan stand down". The Argus. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "Fianna Fail's Louth councillor Liam Reilly will not contest 2024 local elections". The Argus. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2024.