2024 Cavan County Council election
This article documents a current election. Information may change rapidly as the election progresses until official results have been published. Initial news reports may be unreliable, and the last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. (June 2024) |
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Area of Cavan County Council |
An election to all 18 seats on Cavan County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Cavan is divided into 3 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]
The period for nominations ran from 10 a.m. on Saturday 11 May and end at 12 p.m. on Saturday 18 May 2024. Candidates could be nominated by a registered political party, through the submission of 15 assents from voters in the local electoral area, or alternatively with a deposit of €100.[3][4]
Retiring incumbents[edit]
Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | |
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Cavan-Belturbet | Madeleine Argue[5] | Fine Gael | |
Ballyjamesduff | Craig Lovett[6] | Fianna Fáil |
Results by party[edit]
Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 8 | ||||||
Fine Gael | 7 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | 7 | ||||||
Aontú | 3 | ||||||
Independent Ireland | 2 | ||||||
Labour | 1 | ||||||
Green | 1 | ||||||
Irish Freedom | 1 | ||||||
The Irish People | 1 | ||||||
Independent | 5 | ||||||
Total | 36 | 18 | 100.00 |
Candidates by local electoral area[edit]
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Bailieborough–Cootehill[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Fine Gael | Carmel Brady[*] | |||
Sinn Féin | Stiofán Conaty | |||
Independent | Gary Cosgrave | |||
Fianna Fáil | Aiden Fitzpatrick[*] | |||
Fianna Fáil | Clifford Kelly[*] | |||
Independent | Fiona McCormack | |||
Sinn Féin | Paddy McDonald[*] | |||
Sinn Féin | Marina McEntee | |||
Independent | John O'Reilly | |||
Aontú | Sarah O'Reilly | |||
Independent Ireland | Kristofer Shekleton | |||
Fianna Fáil | Niall Smith | |||
Fine Gael | Val Smith[*] | |||
Quota: |
Ballyjamesduff[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Fine Gael | Winston Bennett[*] | |||
Fianna Fáil | Phillip Brady[*] | |||
Sinn Féin | Noel Connell | |||
Sinn Féin | Angela Gaffney | |||
Fianna Fáil | Nathan Galligan | |||
Irish Freedom | Kieran Goggins | |||
The Irish People | Lester Gordon | |||
Aontú | Gráinne McPhillips | |||
Fine Gael | T.P. O'Reilly[*] | |||
Independent Ireland | Shane P. O'Reilly[*] | |||
Fine Gael | Trevor Smith[*] | |||
Quota: |
Cavan–Belturbet[edit]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Damien Brady | |||
Fine Gael | Niamh Brady | |||
Independent | Brendan Fay[*] | |||
Fianna Fáil | John Paul Feeley[*] | |||
Independent | Susuana Komolafe | |||
Fine Gael | Peter McVitty[*] | |||
Green | Kevin Murphy | |||
Fianna Fáil | Áine Smith[†] | |||
Aontú | Tinko Tinev | |||
Labour | Liam van der Spek | |||
Sinn Féin | Michael ‘Bricker’ Wall | |||
Fianna Fáil | Patricia Walsh[*] | |||
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. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Notice of Election". Cavan County Council. 1 May 2024. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Local election candidates in Cavan have two weeks to submit nomination papers". Irish Independent. 3 May 2024. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ Enright, Seamus (5 May 2024). "Tributes paid to retiring Cavan councillor Madeleine Argue". The Anglo-Celt. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ Enright, Seamus (13 April 2024). "Lovett won't contest election for Cavan County Council". The Anglo-Celt. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ a b c "Notice of Poll". Cavan County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.