An election to all 32 seats on Waterford City and County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] Waterford City and County is divided into 6 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 32 seats on Waterford City and County Council 17 seats needed for a majority | ||
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 Area of Waterford City and County Council | ||
Retiring incumbents edit
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:[3][4]
| Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portlaw–Kilmacthomas | Ger Barron | Labour | |
| Lismore | Mairéad Toibin | Fianna Fáil | |
Results by party edit
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | |||||||
| Fine Gael | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | |||||||
| Aontú | |||||||
| Social Democrats | |||||||
| Green | |||||||
| Labour | |||||||
| Independent Ireland | New | New | |||||
| People Before Profit | |||||||
| Solidarity | |||||||
| Rabharta | New | New | |||||
| The Irish People | New | New | |||||
| Independent | |||||||
| Total | 32 | 
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Candidates by LEA edit
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Dungarvan edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Siobhan Butler Whelan | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Cronin[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Damien Geoghegan[*] | |||
| Independent | Aaron Joyce | |||
| Sinn Féin | Conor McGuinness[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Monica Murphy | |||
| Fine Gael | Pat Nugent[*] | |||
| Social Democrats | JD O’Connell | |||
| Independent | Seamus O’Donnell[*] | |||
| Green | Críostóir Ó Faoláin | |||
| Labour | Thomas Phelan[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Fiona Regan | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Lismore edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Declan Doocey[*] | |||
| Green | Lynn Glasscoe | |||
| The Irish People | Michael McCarthy | |||
| Sinn Féin | Donnchadh Mulcahy | |||
| Fine Gael | Niamh O’Donovan | |||
| Labour | John Pratt[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Walsh | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Portlaw–Kilmacthomas edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Liam Brazil[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Catherine Burke | |||
| Independent | Declan Clune[*] | |||
| Independent | Frank Conway | |||
| Sinn Féin | Ben Duggan | |||
| Sinn Féin | Thomas Guiry | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Ray Murphy | |||
| Fianna Fáil | John O’Leary[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Seanie Power[*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Tramore–Waterford City West edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Aontú | Ronan Cleary | |||
| Independent | Joe Conway[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Suzie Duffin | |||
| Independent Ireland | Michael Gallwey | |||
| Sinn Féin | Jim Griffin[*] | |||
| Independent | Blaise Hannigan | |||
| Sinn Féin | John Hayes | |||
| Fine Gael | Richie Hayes | |||
| Sinn Féin | Alannah Hutchinson-Smith | |||
| Independent | Joe Kelly[*] | |||
| Green | Cristiona Kiely[†] | |||
| Rabharta | Killian Mangan | |||
| Labour | Mairead McKnight | |||
| Fine Gael | Lola O’Sullivan[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Eamon Quinlan[*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Waterford City East edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Declan Barry | |||
| Sinn Féin | Karl Cretzan | |||
| Independent | David Daniels[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Jim Darcy | |||
| Sinn Féin | Pat Fitzgerald[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Caroline Griffin | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Stephanie Keating[†] | |||
| Green | Jody Power[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Mailo Power | |||
| Social Democrats | Mary Roche[†] | |||
| Independent | Darren Ryan | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Adam Wyse[*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Waterford City South edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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| 1 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Joeanne Bailey[†] | |||
| Independent | Donal Barry[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Breda Brennan | |||
| Sinn Féin | Kevin Burke | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Vivienne Burns | |||
| People Before Profit | Patrick Curtin | |||
| Social Democrats | Sinead Ellen Griffin | |||
| Sinn Féin | John Hearne[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Jason Murphy[*] | |||
| Green | Maolíosa Ní Chléirigh | |||
| Fine Gael | Frank Quinlan[†] | |||
| Labour | Seamus Ryan[*] | |||
| 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.
- ^ Keane, Brendan (11 April 2024). "GLOWING TRIBUTES PAID TO WATERFORD COUNCILLOR ON HIS IMPENDING RETIREMENT FROM LOCAL AUTHORITY". Waterford News & Star. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ Murphy, Darragh (12 April 2024). "LOCAL FIANNA FÁIL COUNCILLOR MAIREAD TOBIN RETIRING". Waterford News & Star. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f O'Gorman, Paula (27 March 2024). "Waterford Local Election Candidates For 2024". WLR FM. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ @The_IrishPeople (9 March 2024). "Lismore Local Election Area - Michael McCarthy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @AontuIE (26 March 2024). "Dr Ronan Cleary will challenge the political establishment in Waterford in the Local Elections" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "People". Rabharta. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Local Election Candidates 2024 - Leinster". Independent Ireland. Retrieved 18 April 2024.