2024 Tipperary County Council election

An election to all 40 seats on Tipperary County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Tipperary is divided into 8 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]

2024 Tipperary County Council election

← 2019 7 June 2024 2029 →

All 40 seats on Tipperary County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Last election 12 9 2
Seats before 12 9 3

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour WUA Independent
Last election 1 1 15
Seats before 1 1 14

Area of Tipperary County Council

Results by party edit

Party Candidates Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Sinn Féin
WUA
Social Democrats
Green
Labour
Independent Ireland New New
Irish Freedom New New
National Party New New
Independent
Total 40   100.00

Retiring incumbents edit

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

Constituency Councillor Party
Roscrea-Templemore Noel Coonan[3] Fine Gael
Nenagh Ger Darcy[4] Fine Gael
Thurles Seamus Hanafin[5] Fianna Fáil
Nenagh Hughie McGrath[6] Independent
Newport John McGrath[7] Independent

Results by local electoral area edit

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.

Cahir edit

Cahir: 4 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil Micheál Anglim[*][8]
Fianna Fáil PJ English[8]
Independent Tom Hennessey[9]
Independent Máirín McGrath[*][10]
Independent Andy Moloney[*][11]
Social Democrats Alan Moynihan[12]
Fine Gael Marie Murphy[*][13]
Sinn Féin Cathal Ó hÉanna[14]
Quota:  

Carrick-on-Suir edit

Carrick-on-Suir: 5 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil Kieran Bourke[*][8]
Labour Michael Brennan[15]
Sinn Féin David Dunne[14]
Fine Gael Mark Fitzgerald[*][13]
Fianna Fáil Imelda M. Goldsboro[*][8]
Irish Freedom Martin Murphy[16]
Independent Kevin O'Meara[*][17]
Quota:  

Cashel–Tipperary edit

CashelTipperary: 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Sinn Féin Tony Black[14]
Independent Liam Browne[18]
Fine Gael Declan Burgess[*][13]
Fine Gael John Crosse[*][13]
Fianna Fáil Jacqui Finnan[8]
Fine Gael Matthew Fogarty[13]
Fine Gael Mary Hanna Hourigan[*][13]
Fianna Fáil Roger Kennedy[*][8]
National Party John McGrath[19]
Independent Peadar O'Donnell[20]
Independent John O’Heney[20]
Sinn Féin Annemarie Ryan[14]
Quota:  

Clonmel edit

Clonmel: 6 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil Siobhán Ambrose[*][8]
Sinn Féin Natasha C Dingivan[14]
WUA Pat English[*][21]
Fine Gael John FitzGerald[*][13]
WUA Teresa Johnson[21]
Independent Richie Molloy[22]
Sinn Féin Dean McGrath[14]
Fine Gael Michael Murphy[*][13]
Independent Thomas Ryan[23]
Quota:  

Nenagh edit

Nenagh: 5 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Independent Joe Hannigan[*][24]
Sinn Féin Damian O’Donoghue[14]
Fine Gael Eleanor Maher[13]
Labour Louise Morgan Walsh[25]
Independent Séamus Morris[*][26]
Fianna Fáil Ryan O’Meara[8]
Green Iva Pocock[27]
Quota:  

Newport edit

Newport: 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Labour Fiona Bonfield[*][28]
Fine Gael Phyll Bugler[*][13]
Fianna Fáil John Carroll[*][8]
Independent Ireland Eddie O'Gorman[29]
Independent Pamela Quirke O’Meara[30]
Sinn Féin Gavin Ryan[14]
Quota:  

Roscrea–Templemore edit

RoscreaTemplemore: 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fine Gael Willie Kennedy[13]
Labour Jordan Lewis[31]
Independent Shane Lee[*][30][32]
Green Aisling Maloney[33]
Independent Eddie Moran[*][30]
Sinn Féin Breandán Ó Conchúir[14]
Fianna Fáil Deirdre Ryan[8]
Fianna Fáil Michael Smith[*][8]
Quota:  

Thurles edit

Thurles: 5 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil Kay Cahill Skehan[8]
Sinn Féin Dan Harty[14]
Independent Micheál Lowry[30]
Fine Gael Peggy Ryan[†][13]
Independent Jim Ryan[*][34]
Fianna Fáil Sean Ryan[*][8]
Quota:  

References edit

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